Why bring Iron Man into this discussion? I don't really care for Speed Racer and am not even sure I'm going to go see it, but I'm not instantly drawing the conclusion that it's a lousy movie, the way you have done, sight unseen, with Iron Man, which a very large number of critics like you purport to be appear to like very much. You aren't doing your credibility for this review or in general any favors by writing off a movie you haven't even seen. In fact, Mr. Reed, that sounds more like the idiotic narrowmindedness of the fanboys you most likely look down upon than the attitude of a real critic: don't knock it till you try it.

And people wonder why critics are largely viewed as useless...