go speed racer go!

speed racer is on cable right now. I really dug that movie. A lot. And watching it just for the 2 minutes that I did right now, I realize it wasn't some fluke. Sure, the movie was made to be seen on the big screen. the effects are purely awesome. But really, even without the awe of the candy-colored LSD trip that is the movie, its just great. Sure, its cheezy as all hell, but that's the point. It supposed to be hokey. Its supposed to be cheezy. But its not done ironically. Its a movie that says "hey, its ok to have fun at the movies. just. pure. fun." And on top of all that, I love Christina Ricci in it. I haven't liked her so much in a movie since she played Wednesday Adams...so its been a while. But the whole movie just screams "be a kid; enjoy a movie; have fun!" And i think that if people could just do that--could just have fun--it would have been a huge success. But for some reason, as people get older, they forget how to have simple fun. The fun of running around. The fun of stupid cartoons. The fun of running around in the year's first snow. Just fun without any wink wink nudge nudge or thoughts of decorum or 'adulthood.' I hope i never lose the ability to enjoy something like speed racer. Being an adult should not mean giving up, getting complacent, getting boring. We all need to learn how to appreciate and find joy in things again (me included, of course). Getting older should not mean dying.

By the way, i love the theme too. Its so beautifully 50s-60s cheeze-tastic.

I Was Born - Magnetic Fields

"Growing older is killing a child who laughed and smiled at anything." Only if you let it be. I won't.

by the way, thanks to everyone for commenting recently. I like reading them.