I walked by a TV running the movie at the store the other day and within 2 minutes I was totally sucked in and immediately bought the film.
I'm talking about... Speed Racer!
It... it... it is insanely fun!!!
I bought into the world created in the film and I honestly can't say the last time I remember having so much fun watching a movie.
Not even this past year's Iron Man was this much fun.
And I think that's the key here. You have to buy into it completely and not think about how insanely crazy it is.
The fun I had in this film is what I wanted to have in Transformers and didn't get.
Hey, that's great! I missed it when it was out at first and then people were panning it, so I just didn't bother after that. I'll pick it up and check it out. I was hoping it would be the way you described!
Just accept it for what it is and go along for the ride!
I'm sad that so many people didn't seem to like it.