Speed Racer
May 11, 2008 – 7:01 pmOK, here is my promised review of Speed Racer. Go here if you want a more official review.
The Good:
- Clean, no immorality ( Matt 5:27-28;Heb 13:4 )
- There is a priority placed on family ( Eph 5:22-6:3 )
- The Speed family love each other and strive to serve each other ( 1 Cor 13:4-7 )
- The Speed’s strive to do what is right
- Speed and Racer X fight against deception in the racing industry ( fixed races ) at great personal cost and risk to themselves.
- The fixing of races is treated as wrong, as illegal, as unacceptable behavior.
The Bad:
- Speed and his older brother, Rex, do deceive their family ( although, in their defense, they did it for the greater good ). This is always a tricky situation. But deception is wrong ( Ps 5:6; Prov 24:28;1Pet 3:10;Ps 15:2 )
- Fixing races and cheating would constitute as unfair balances in my mind ( Lev 19:35-36;Deut 25:13-16;Prov 11:1;20:10,23;Mic 6:11 ). Now, it is not approved of in the movie, but I just mention it to highlight it as wrong.
OK, that is enough for now. Movie won’t win any awards, but I feel like it was good, clean fun.
2 Responses to “Speed Racer”
You forgot to put Chim-Chim under the good category.
By David Runyon on May 14, 2008
Wait, you mean to tell me he was not the ultimate villain??
OK, couldn’t resist:-).
By admin on May 14, 2008