There's definitely an angle of "actually this unrealistic treatment is director's intent", but it's hard to know on the basis of one out-of-context clip. The l

There's definitely an angle of "actually this unrealistic treatment is director's intent", but it's hard to know on the basis of one out-of-context clip. The live action Speed Racer film also got blasted at release for overuse of "cheesy" techniques that mimic the cartoon source material rather closely. It's become a cult classic, though. A lot of this is predominant tastes preempting the discussion. American pop culture has focused for quite some time on achieving high detail and realism in photographic treatments, so when the trend is bucked for any reason it gets dinged as being not serious. I kind of like the "90's FMV game" look to it, myself. Though it probably won't make me watch the film.