AND HONESTLY HULK THINKS IT'S WHY CREATIVITY SEEMS LESS INGRAINED INTO STORY APPROACH AND MORE OFTEN RELEGATED TO SEMI-INVENTIVE CONCEITS (I.E. THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAN SEEM TO SEND AN AUDIENCE MEMBER RUNNING FROM THE THEATER.
SENSIBILITIES FOR THINGS YOUNGER THAN OUR OWN. WE CAN LOOK AT A LOT OF THINGS IN WHAT WE COLLECTIVELY DETERMINE AS "QUALITY FILMMAKING," BUT HULK WONDERS IF WE'RE A BIT TOO RELIANT ON COHESION SOMETIMES. OF COURSE, HULK UNDERSTANDS THE INITIAL REACTION TO THE FILM. THAT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT IT REALLY READS LIKE THE VIVID DAYDREAM OF A 10 YEAR OLD FED BY THE NINTENDO GENERATION, WHO HAPPENS TO BELIEVE EVERY CARDBOARD CUT-OUT IDEAL THAT'S ACTUALLY WORTHWHILE. THERE'S EVEN A KIND OF "TRUE PG-NESS" TO THE WORLD THEY'RE IN AND THEY ALL FOLLOW SUIT.
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AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS MOVIE JUST GETS IT. IT BELIEVES IN CHRISTINA RICCI, WHO HULK SWEARS TO GOD IS CHANNELING BABY-VOICED MAE WEST VIA ANIME LOUISE BROOKS. IT BELIEVES IN JOHN GOODMAN AND HIS OUTRAGEOUS CAPACITY TO RADIATE DECENCY. IT BELIEVES IN EMILE HIRSCH AS THE RACING WUNDERKIND, JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT HE LOVES. THAT'S BECAUSE IT JUST BELIEVES IN ITSELF. SO YES, SPEED RACER IS REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT ITS WORLD. AND AS HULK ARGUED WITH CLOUD ATLAS, YOUR ABILITY TO EMBRACE THEIR WORK TENDS TO DEPEND ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU BUY THE CONCEIT IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEY GIVE YOU BIG, BOLD, CONCRETE WORLDS WITH SUBTEXT WRITTEN RIGHT INTO THE TEXT ITSELF, WITHOUT FEAR OF EMBARRASSMENT. BUT SOMEHOW, SOME WAY IT ALL COMES TOGETHER IN A NEON POP SYMPHONY OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT THUMBS ITS NOSE AT THE VERY NOTION OF CONSISTENCY WHILE DOING EXACTLY WHAT IT NEEDS TO. HECK, THERE'S EVEN A SPEECH ON THE STOCK MARKET MANIPULATION. AND BEYOND MERE SUBJECT, THERE'S THE RAUCOUS TONAL JUMPS: SILLY MONKEYS, GUN VIOLENCE, DATE NIGHTS, KUNG FU, SCHOOLYARD HIJINKS, IMPROMPTU WRESTLING MATCHES. BEYOND MERE GENRE, THERE'S THE SUBJECT MATTER ITSELF: IT'S A MOVIE ABOUT CORRUPTION. BUT ANYTIME YOU PLAY WITH THESE THINGS, WHAT YOU ARE REALLY PLAYING WITH IS AUDIENCE EXPECTATION, WHICH PROMPTLY TURNS ANY AMALGAMATION INTO A HIGH WIRE ACT.ĪND IT'S AN AMALGAMATION OF SO MANY THINGS THAT IT MIGHT SEEM CONFUSING: IT'S A RACING MOVIE. THEY SHIFT IN LOOK AND FEEL SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. BUT THEY OFTEN SPEAK IN HEAVY CODIFIED LANGUAGE. WE MOST OFTEN THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF QUENTIN TARANTINO'S WORK, WHERE HIS FILMS SEEM TO JUMP INTO DIFFERENT GENRES AT WILL. AMALGAMATION: THE COMBINING OR UNITING OF MULTIPLE ENTITIES INTO ONE THINGīESIDES BEING ONE OF HULK'S FAVORITE WORDS, IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS A TRICKY PROPOSITION IN CINEMA.