Disappointed in Christina Ricci Lately #1: Speed Racer Hits Long Beach, CA

Why is she doing this? Christina Ricci was making a real actress of herself in movies like Monster and Buffalo 66 and John Water’s Pecker (!) – but come May 9, I will suffer pained sadness when Ricci appears in theaters as Trixie (Speed’s girlfriend) in Speed Racer, a live action film adaptation of the 1960’s Japanese animated series.  You may be thinking, but Japanese animation sounds cool, or even, I like Speed Racer.  Those are valid thoughts, but look at the rest of the cast: John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Mathew Fox, and Emile Hirsch.  Just how fast can this live action movie be? – and even if you doubt my powers of pure logic, just take a look at the sluggish photos below.  The stars of the movie were out on Sunday promoting this new flick at the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.  Do any of them look particularly fast to you?  I bet you can walk right up to either one of them and rob them just like that.