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DMN’s Tom Maurstad is Pretty Much the Only Film Critic in America That Loves Speed Racer

Posted on May 9th, 2008 10:47am by Zac Crain
Filed under Entertainment, Transportation

I’m not saying Tom is wrong in giving the Wachowski brothers’ take on the super-overrated cartoon an A. Just noting that he–and by extension, the Dallas Morning News–is completely out of step with just about every other film critic in America. Like, way out of step.

15 Comments to “DMN’s Tom Maurstad is Pretty Much the Only Film Critic in America That Loves Speed Racer”

Bill M. @ May 9th, 2008 at 10:58 am

And of course those film critics have been so very much in step with the American film audience, haven’t they?
DM @ May 9th, 2008 at 11:07 am

They can give it an “A” or an “F”… I’m still gonna go see it!
(flash back) http://youtube.com/watch?v=vtI.....re=related
Zac Crain @ May 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am

Bill M.: Point taken.

And I’m not saying something has to be critically acclaimed or even actually good to be commercially successful.

Just thought it was curious, was all.
C.R. @ May 9th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

Just watch the first 8 minutes of the movie….

If you’re an 8 year old boy you’ll probably love the movie.
Micheal Jackson @ May 9th, 2008 at 12:52 pm

What if you like 8 year old boys?
Bethany @ May 9th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

I’m waiting for GI Joe. More eye candy. Even if the movie is horrible, I will gladly sit there with my iPod in, ignore the actual dialogue and just watch.
Ellen @ May 9th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

Don’t knock the review just because it’s different from the others! This is one guy’s opinion, after all. It’s original. I think Maurstad’s writing is almost always refreshing.
Zac Crain @ May 9th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Not knocking him, as I said. I like Tom’s stuff, too–generally.
dave little @ May 9th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

Why do you hate Tom, Zac?
Bill M. @ May 9th, 2008 at 3:36 pm

Besides, Zac, Maurstad is a brainy writer, a contrarian thinker who always has a sharp take on popular culture. If he liked it, I’d be inclined to give it a look.
Zac Crain @ May 9th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

Now I’m definitely not going to see it.
Matt @ May 9th, 2008 at 3:39 pm

I find it curious as well. An ‘A’ should be reserved for an Oscar-caliber film, not a popcorn summer movie for 8-year olds. I’d be interested to see the grades of other movies that he’s reviewed, but the archive link on his bio page isn’t working.
Endangered Pedestrian @ May 9th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

I’m not sure this is completely relevant, but it’s revealing, I think, in a funny way. Maurstad is an aggressive, some might say, obnoxious driver. Maybe he fancies himself Speed Racer. That dude has nearly run me down more than once. And I saw him almost nail another unfortunate walker one day as he ran a red light.
PuddinTane @ May 11th, 2008 at 8:27 am

So can anyone tell me if they got the words to sinc up with the mouth movements? In the cartoon they never did and it was like watching a Japanese film with English dubed in.

Hated it.
miranda @ May 14th, 2008 at 1:02 pm

At least they wrote a review. Everything else in the movie section comes from some other newspaper. Oh, can anyone tell me why they cannot run a local review of movies or books but they can run concert reviews. Why do I need to have a review of a show that I cannot see since it already happened>