Initial D!

[yuii]

i watched it on the day it was released--23rd June! Went with my collegemates and after that straight to Teluk Gong for seafood ^^

anyway, this is so cool to see them in action! Jay is really cute as Takumi. although he's not fluent in cantonese, there's no doubt that he's so cute that i wanna pinch him! *hugs jay*

the movie without comedy will be a little dull so i guess Chapman To's (To Man Chak) character is a must to blast it off. seriously, i don't wan to give out any spoilers but watch out for his silly actions *beam*

one thing that i'm rather disappointed/ annoyed is shawn yue's character.

*SPOILER*

basically shawn yue looks like an extra. he did nothing much (not much influence to the story) and he acted as keisuke for certain part. one example would be the first time he got 'overcome' by another racer (before edison/ryousuke). he was driving in the morning at Akina and suddenly he saw Takumi's car from behind... both races... try to overtake... etc etc you know the story.

my point is that, THAT part should be Keisuke in it, not ... er, what's shawn yue's character again? i forgot ady ^^;; ...

overall it's a good movie, a satisfying one too although i believe i'll be reading lots of cases on car accident in the papers

[Alec-Sects]

So-so for me. Jay acting is bad, ugly in Cantonese, not to mention he's the only uncool racer in the movie. Thank goodness Chapman's character make the movie lively. Ryosuke's brother has removed for movie version. Shawn Yue play as Takashi, the guy from Nightkids. Weirdly they never mention team vs. team. They discuss nothing about cars too. Anthony Wong plays a kaki botol + kaki perempuan yucks. I give 6 of 10. Some question asked:
Where's Ryosuke's intelligent?
Where's Speedstar's pride?
Where's lady racer?
Why Ryosuke is Edison Chen?
Why crash EvoIII?
Why the race start and end without racer's thoughts?
Why everything seems to be rushed? Becos filming in Japan is too expensive?

[yuii]

hahahaha Alec, ask the questions to the director! but i believe they can't make an exact 100% copy of the manga/ anime to real movie. but yes, crashing EvoIII gives me heartache >_<!!!

ah Jay improved in his cantonese also it's undeniable that he's not capable of speaking well. but i kinda like the way he speaks ^^;; sound a little 'manja' haha~

[eek-1]

I thought the Evo accident was stupid. I mean, if the guy is a professional racer (or so he was called), then he wouldn't have neglected the warn... Then again, everyone was arrogant, even the know-nothing Itsuki.

Other than that, it was an okay movie. I liked the drift scenes in the first few races. And my friend who never heard about the anime did enjoy it.

2.5 of 5. Can't give it a higher rating because of so many good movies this year.

[Kellicros]

I enjoyed and love the movie.

Well, it is all good if you see the movie as a stand-alone movie rather than an anime port. Hmm, story messed up? Removed characters? That is what you get by squeezing a 2 seasons show into a short movie. I like how the movie get me to think about its story rather than the anime one after watching it, like how Itsuki being the Yuuichi, Bunta being a drunk idiot, etc.