WHO'S RANTING.
Thursday, May 22, 2008!
RANTED on; 11:21 PM
i decided this movie is seriously under-rated.
Speed Racer is by far one of the best movies i have ever seen in a long time. I actually managed to leave the theatre feeling satisfied with this bubble of happiness inside. :D:D:D
watched this movie 2 times. once last monday and once today. it ROCKS!
Storyline: (with spoilers)
Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is an 18-year-old whose life and love has always been racing. Racing is "in his blood": his parents, Pops (John Goodman) and Mom (Susan Sarandon), run an independent business building racecars, and his brother, record-setting racer Rex Racer (Scott Porter), was killed in Speed's childhood in the running of the Casa Cristo, an incredibly intense cross-country racing rally notorious for rough and foul play.
Before his death, Rex was rejected by his father for his choice to run the Casa Cristo, and publicly defamed for appearing to cheat underhandedly in a race. Now, Speed Racer is quickly sweeping the racing world with his artistic skill, driving the "Mach 5" of his fathers design, but remains interested only in the art of the race and the well-being of his family.
When Mr. Royalton (Roger Allam), owner of conglomerate Royalton Industries, offers Speed an astoundingly luxurious lifestyle in exchange for signing to race with him, Speed is tempted but declines, knowing that his father would never wish Speed to sign with the very power-hungry corporations he so mistrusts. When Speed refuses Mr. Royaltons offer, Royalton reveals that top corporate interests, including Royalton, are fixing races and cheating to gain profit, and then threatens Speeds career success and very life when he still does not agree to sign on.
When Royalton later proves ready to make good on his threats, Speed teams up with his girlfriend Trixie (Christina Ricci), his one-time rival, Racer X (Matthew Fox), and shifty Japanese racer Taejo Togokhan (Rain) to enter the Casa Cristo known as "The Crucible" in part of a plot to uncover the treacheries of Royalton and save the Racer business.
Despite his fathers initial anger at his racing in the Crucible, his family eventually joins up as well, as Speed overcomes Royaltons brutal team and many seemingly-unsurpassable obstacles to win the Casa Cristo, and, finally, the Grand Prix, returning racing to its true purpose and exposing Royaltons corruption.
Furthermore, it is revealed to the audience at the movies end that Rex did not really die (and also did not cheat), but instead underwent plastic surgery to reemerge as Racer X, helping his younger brother finally save his family and his sport.
seriously, u guys should watch this movie and just ignore the media's criticism on it and just watch it. i think it would have made top box office if its release was made earlier or later. coming out in time with 'what happened in vegas' and 'iron man' is such a bad move coz pple are just missing this damn good movie.
(storyline came from IMDB)ps: even my brother who is has such high stds for movie is gonna watch it AGAIN.
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RANTED on; 2:10 PM
Judo competition = hell.
bruises, cuts, lots of abrasions, mat burns, broken blisters and muscle strains..
not to mention probably a dry throat.
NUS team 1: Phuong, elaine, juan cheng, me, connor, kaijian
NUS team 2: Euming, Daniel, Cheryl, Renjun, Yimin, KC and i cant remember the rest
NUS team 2 emerged champions of IVP!!! at least we maintained champions :)
NUS team 1 was erm lets just say Phuong won both matches while the rest struggled. so err ya we lost. but no matter! the other teams are strong and we did our best so i think we did a job well done.
the girls (note me and elaine) are currently battered and bruised and having a hard time moving ard so pls excuse our slowness in getting things done.
elaine: lots of bruises, probably a strain on her feet.
sharon: lots of bruises that is so pain she screams when shufang and xiaomi tried to rub it. (they're evil i tell you, they laugh at me!!!!), a super sprained 3rd finger so much so that its almost twice the size of her other third finger and its purple. so if u hate anybody right now and need a third finger, now would be a good time to borrow mine.
there. its for lease right now.while stocks last.ps: thanks to shufang and xiaomi for coming down to Republic poly to support us!!! love u guys so much!!! hahaha :)
pss: thanks to nikki for lending me a white tshirt to play coz i forgot abt that stupid rule.
**************edit as of 5.43pm*****************
i forgot to mention abt the fantastic movie we(xiaomi, elaine and me) went to watch after the judo competition.
MADE OF HONOR!!!!!
patrick dempsey was super cute in the show!!!! and Mcdreamy as usual. :)
oh yea, speed racer is a damn good movie too and Rain is good.
