Tuesday, July 05, 2005, Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Initial D.
juz watched the movie 'initial d' earlier with dearie and this is what i have to say about the movie:
being a car fan and lover..i felt that this movie lacked the overall car feel although they did showcased some of the common race cars seen in car mags and in movies ever since the car craze started in sg...why do i say so?...the movie which revolves around jay chou, edison chen and shaun yue is about this tofu despatch guy (jay chou) realising his dream of being a professional car racer after being gifted with the art of racing by his dad (anthony ng)..the characters in the movie lacked the jap anime feel and it feels like a HK movie set in a japanese countryside setting..weird...hmm...the main cast brought with them a hongkie feel and despite the fashion change which saw the donning of adidas jackets and t-shirts...the look and feel of the characters to me..failed miserably...instead they would have done better if they stuck with japanese actors and actresses..yes 100%...and speak in native japanese language...agreed with dearie..because they sounded very fake...the voices were all dubbed and 'pasted' over the film...
the plus point of this movie is the various techniques that they use to show the car race scenes..which were quite ok to me...hmmm...i personally felt that the car overtaking scenes were quite good...professionally done...but then again, as the focus of the movie is hugely on car racing and modification...although the directors did try to add different facets to the movie..by including the romance story between jay chou and the jap actress..it fell flat..hmm...very limited screen time..didn't have enough time to develop into a full romance thingy....and the movie ended quite abruptly..
i DO hope that they come up with INITIAL D 2 or something with full fledged jap cast and recorded in japanese one day..maybe i will catch it again..hahahah..hopefully they put in some traffic police or something and race on different tracks?..hahaha...
i give it 2 out of 5 stars. :)