We saw the movie Speed Racer this weekend and it was actually pretty good. It wasn't as good as the original series in the 1960's but it definitely could have been worse. It had a relatively good story with the message that cheaters never prosper. My children (boys 11 & 9) liked it and as I am sure, as most kids, liked the action and didn't care about the story which was kind of confusing at the beginning because they went back to the past, forward to the future, to the present, future, present, past, future, etc. Boy it got confusing at times, probably too confusing for my 9 year old. The racing was kind of strange to me, the cars were constantly going sideways, "drifting", and constantly spinning around bouncing and crashing into each other with little or no damage. But that's what my kids liked.
Get your kids away form the terrible cartoons of this age and get the original version on DVD for them to watch. The 5 seasons of the original Speed Racer TV series are available here.
If you haven't caught the newest in the Speed Racer series, they have been showing Speed Racer - The Next Generation on TV and it is actually pretty good also. They already have it on DVD if you want to check it out.
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