Live action initial D

[m0rex]

That one you downloaded off torrentspy aint it. It still hasent even came out yet anywhere. This is the official site http://hk.initialdthemovie.com/index_en.html. It has all the cars, dates, trailers, and shit. I think the movie is gonna be pretty good.

That gutter trick aint impossible. Keichi does it with his ae86. I saw it on best of motoring. Never tried it or even thinked about trying it though.

Edit: nevermid it did come out already somewhere in asia. I heard it sucks.

[s13driver]

u wanna bet ?

[FaLKoN240]

Why Did You Bring This Stupid Thread Back?!

[max_misawa]

should be good for 90 mins of fun/ zone'ing out

Max

[kuramaya]

Chinese remaking a Japanese Manga and Anime into a movie

[sLip techniques]

Originally Posted by bjorkluv

Chinese remaking a Japanese Manga and Anime into a movie

yeah thats the kicker right there.....

[matchgrade]

I just saw the live action Initial D at the theater in Taiwan with dball33. It was dubbed in Mandarin with English onscreen subtitles; the original is in Cantonese. It's not too bad, but they crammed Stages 1-3 into 2 hours and everything suffers of course. {edit} in retrospect there were actually a lot of "what the HELL??" moments.

It's a star vehicle for one of Taiwan's biggest music stars, Jay Chou...unfortunately he can't act. If you've seen Infernal Affairs, you'll recognize some of the other stars. If you haven't seen Infernal (not internal) Affairs...rent it...it's good and a black R33 GT-R Skyline makes a brief appearance. It's being remade by Scorsese with DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon.

Anyway, I can give yall some facts about the movie and you guys decide. I must say it's weird that it's set in Japan but all the actors speak in Chinese. If you don't like spoilers, don't read any further.

The movie is set in Japan, shot on location on Mt. Haruna aka Akina. Akina is actually the mountain's nickname. The new Itsuki character is a combination of the original Itsuki, Iketani, and Kenji, drives Iketani's lime S13 Silvia, and later buys his own AE86 too (not an AE85) in which Takumi beats the white Evo. Itsuki's dad owns the gas station that they all work at.

Bunta is an alcoholic father whose wife ditched him, beats his son, and visits hostess bars, and there's only one Takahashi in the film: Ryosuke, driving the white FC. Nakazato with the black R32 GT-R is also in the film and is beaten by Takumi of course :P. It's interesting to see the GT-R actually drifting in the turns with visible countersteer. The Natsuki subplot with her Benz-driving "papa" remains in the storyline. The guy seems to own at least two Mercedes...a new E-class and an older S-class.

The AE86 does blow its engine and have a 20-valve put in, causing everyone riding shotgun in the "reborn 86" to spew chunks...literally and quite disgustingly.

The gutter trick shows up at least twice, including in the last race which is between Fujiwara, Takahashi, and the Emperor's Sudoh in the black Evo (all three at the same time!?). Ryosuke actually blocks the Evo for Takumi, calling it a "race strategy," after which the Evo flys off the course and lands upside down. All in all, a good two hours of silly entertainment. The driving scenes were actually quite decently filmed and were performed by lower ranking D1 drivers.

Funny how Takumi is first shocked that it took a long time--"a WHOLE 1 month" for Bunta just to find the right suspension for the AE86, but later Ryosuke says that Bunta took so little time to tune the suspension, he must have been a genius.

[aznpoopy]

interesting...

thanks for the review

imma have to check it out.

[Giant Robot]

Originally Posted by matchgrade

It's a star vehicle for one of Taiwan's biggest music stars, Jay Chou...unfortunately he can't act. If you've seen Infernal Affairs, you'll recognize some of the other stars. If you haven't seen Infernal (not internal) Affairs...rent it...it's good and a black R33 GT-R Skyline makes a brief appearance. It's being remade by Scorsese with DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon.

what a coincidence, i just watched part 1 for the 3rd time today...I did notice Anthony Wong in the Initial D movie and is it Andrew Lau (not Andy Lau) directing it?

i'll probably be picking the foreign release Initial D movie in a couple months when it comes out.

[matchgrade]

Originally Posted by Giant Robot

what a coincidence, i just watched part 1 for the 3rd time today...I did notice Anthony Wong in the Initial D movie and is it Andrew Lau (not Andy Lau) directing it?

i'll probably be picking the foreign release Initial D movie in a couple months when it comes out.

Yes, Andrew Lau directed all three Infernal Affairs, and yeah you're right he is NOT the same person as Andy Lau.

[Dunkee]

I just saw it...wasn't bad. Some of the characters were a little annoying. You can download the bittorrent off of thewirdsdomain.

[ZK]

I watched it yesterday... they seriously need some English subtitles and the video quality sucked as expected from a camcorder.

I'll wait and watch the official release DVD.