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kawaiiguy

05-09-2005, 11:39 PM

Since it's a Japanese manga/anime about Japanese street racing involving Japanese sports cars, wouldn't it only be reasonable if it was done by a Japanese director??

No offense, but Chinese cars are like the last four-wheel vehicles you want to be sitting inside. :D
Honestly, I think I trust HK cinema for making a live action InitialD than Japanese cinema. The Japanese have a tendancy to throw in CG at every point they find convenient...

Also, most of the crew that is working on the movie also worked on Infernal Affairs, which was pretty good by most standards.

dots

05-10-2005, 03:20 PM

No idea about the production team.
I just noe that jay chou's in the movie and i'm a huge fan of jay
Also i liked the anime and game a lot so i'm definetely gonna watch it.

Kalis

05-11-2005, 04:30 AM

it's going to be sweet :)
My friend told me about it earlier.
Apparently, Toyota made few hachi rokus just for the movie.

Infernal affairs was a kickass movie. So good that I know Hollywood bought the rights to it and are producing their own version.

And now they're making an Initial D movie?
Can't wait. :D

20XD6

05-14-2005, 05:06 PM

The Asia release is July 1st.

rotang

05-15-2005, 03:59 AM

The Asia release is July 1st.
awesome- now i just hope someone subs it :D and that I have a new pc and a new connection when it comes out :D

evaunit07

05-16-2005, 10:38 AM

i so hope there's going to be some kung Fu ...

nnadia

05-17-2005, 04:52 AM

wow the story is gonna be diff than the original manga..hope it turns out good tho.

MariMekko

05-23-2005, 10:25 AM

It's seems to be another HK movie...
As the director and the main character are HK's stars, that's sad for a japanese manga/anime, but why not ?

Think it's a HK-Taiwan-Japan joint project.

The main character Jay Chou is from Taiwan... I'm just curious what language they'll be speaking. ;)

saturnwings

05-25-2005, 06:19 PM

Seems to me it's just an HK project with Japanese material.

In any case, I'm watching the making of the movie right now, and if that's an indication of anything, the movie will be in Mandarin. I'm not surprised since, while I was sure the HK people involved could speak Mandarin, I wasn't sure of the opposite.

As for the whole thing about Chinese people handling Japanese material, I've no problems there. I've really enjoyed the adaptation of several of the Japanese manga (Hana Yori Dango --> Meteor Garden, etc). Besides, why not? If it's good, why does it matter who makes it?

Hungryman

05-31-2005, 12:57 PM

I don't know about you guys but I have mixed feelings about this movie.

On the good side...

1. This movie is directed by Andrew Lau & Alan Mak. Both of them were credited for their higly acclaimed movie Internal Affairs.

2. The directors has said that they actually had a hard time securing for the right to produce this live action adaptation because there were quite a few companies fighting for their right to produce it too. This has got to mean something....

3. In a recent screening for Shuuichi Shigeno, he actually liked the movie a lot...saying that it kept the spirit and feel of the original manga.

4. If you've seen the trailer the main theme / song actually fitted the movie quite well

The Worrying part....

1. Sure the directors of the movie brought us Infernal Affairs but what about the script....Who wrote the script ? A movie can have good directors but still do badly if the script is terrible.

2. Of course Shuuichi Shigeno said he liked it. What was he supposed to say...something disappointing / discouraging ? Remember Stan Lee said that he liked the Hulk though not as he would have made it that way.....but what happened ? Box Office wise it wasn't a flop....but for the fans it was.

3. I'm sure we all know how long the manga and anime is....but trying to revised it into a 110 minutes movie is very risky. Some other live action adaption such as GTO and Meteor Garden was successful partly because there were made into series rather than movies....otherwise it's simply means little to no character development. Take Storm Riders for example it was a complete and total disaster...anyone who has seen the Storm Rider comics would know.

4. And here take a look at the cast :

Jay Chou as Takumi Fujiwara
Anthony Wong as Bunta Fujiwara
Edison Chen as Ryousuke Takahashi
Chapman To as Itsuki Takeuchi
Jordan Chan as Sudou Kyouichi
Kenny Bee as Tachibana Yuuichi
Shawn Yue as Takeshi Nakazato
Anne Suzuki as Natsuki Mogi

I'm especially worried for Jay Chou since its his first acting debut. This guy maybe able to write songs and all but acting.....mmmmm ? And know what ? The directors actually admitted that they picked him not because he's good in acting or that he fitted the role but because he was popular ....can you believe that ?????

Anthony Wong actually told the press about Jay's acting ability saying that Jay's acting ability = no acting ability. He is just like a piece of white paper. All he does is being himself ......Ouch !!!

rotang

06-02-2005, 09:13 AM

Hungryman: What's wrong with Storm Riders???

Hungryman

06-02-2005, 01:16 PM

Well, the original Storm Riders Comics consist of 3 volume......Vol.1 & 2 has ended whereas vol.3 is still continuing right now......The Storm Riders movie is only about 1/4 of vol. 1......and yet they fail to execute it properly.

There are a lot of characters missing from the movie. Perhaps the script writer didn't find the need to include them in the movie....but I think the movie makers fail to realise that these characters contributed alot to the myth surrounding the two leading characters and how they are related to each other.

I was actually willing to accept these changes ( missing characters & storyline changes) but what's baffles me is that they even fail to deal with some of the plotholes present in the movie. eg. during the final battle between Wind & Cloud and Conqueror where both wind & cloud were loosing badly...all of the sudden Cloud's sword began to emerge out of no where.....now we all know that Conqueror didn't have it because Cloud's father didn't surrender the sword to him even upon his death...but instead said that without both him and his son's blood the sword would not be revealed.....How the **** did it appeared suddenly amongst those thousands of swords....( note: this place is actually called "grave of swords" in the movie - a place where conqueror stored his most precious sword collection) a place belonging to conqueror ? Also....once both wind & cloud got hold of their swords...they begin using them as if it were second nature to them.....where the **** did they learn how to use swords ????

The end battle scene is also a let down.....the cgi were used terribly. In the comic...that battle was "earth Shattering". After the movie.....it left me with : " Huh ??? What ????? That's it ????" In the comics.....both these characters are complimentary.....only then their full potential are realise---- Wind + Cloud = Storm = massive damage....but in the movie they didn't appeard in sync.....I personally don't think 2 young guys whacking up a old guy (whether simultaneously or in turn) is considered to be in sync. And what's with the dragon....where did it came from....what does it signify ?

Bottom line : This movie is considered terrible to those who already read the comics....

rybabe

06-06-2005, 09:03 PM

Think it's a HK-Taiwan-Japan joint project.

The main character Jay Chou is from Taiwan... I'm just curious what language they'll be speaking. ;)

i believe it's going to be in english... tho i heard a rumor that miramax took it over

so that means recasting, re everything... basically.. less of a movie :(

saturnwings

06-06-2005, 10:01 PM

Well, the original Storm Riders Comics consist of 3 volume......Vol.1 & 2 has ended whereas vol.3 is still continuing right now......The Storm Riders movie is only about 1/4 of vol. 1......and yet they fail to execute it properly.

Bottom line : This movie is considered terrible to those who already read the comics....

I didn't read the Stormriders comics, couldn't get a hold of them. However, I think that's what allowed me to enjoy the movie. I agree that the CGI was badly used and the story had bigger holes than the Titanic, but I still liked it. ^_^

Now, as for Initial D, I'm also worried about Jay Chou and his acting debut. I'm not surprised that he was picked mostly (only) because he was so popular. It's not an unheard of concept in HK (or China). (I'm going to give the directors the benefit of the doubt and say that they weren't the only ones with the say in casting Chou.) I'm more worried because of the statement that his acting skills basically consists of him acting like himself. That could be good or bad. It's not an unheard of thing for an "actor" to excel in "acting" just by being himself. (I even know a few actors like that.) However, it's really a matter of whether or not Jay Chou's self can fit into Takumi's self. We'll see...

I'm holding judgment until I see the movie. In the mean time, I'm also going to not watch Initial D (the series) until the movie comes out. Something tells me that I'm going to not be able to enjoy the movie as much if I see the series first.

rybabe - where did you hear that it would be in English? As far as I know, none of the actors speak enough decent English for it to be an English movie (and certainly not nearly enough people behind the scenes speak great English). In addition, the movie is an HK production with lots of Taiwanese actors. Why would they make it into English while Chinese (likely Mandarin) would be the logical choice? Per Miramax, I haven't heard anything about that, and I would be surprised to see it remade stateside. Fast & Furious was a box office hit, but the sequel was a flop. Initial D is close enough to F&F (at least to big studios) that they wouldn't be jumping on the remake bandwagon so soon. Besides, Internal Affairs was a bigger deal in Asia, and Hollywood still has yet gotten around to remaking that despite the year or two of rumours.

seorang

06-07-2005, 07:51 AM

Jay Chou can't act, if his MTVs are anything to go by. I like his "cool" style though.

I didn't think Storm Riders was that bad. Compare it to Man called Hero or Legend of Zu and you'll understand what I mean.

alucard81

06-07-2005, 06:28 PM

Well, the original Storm Riders Comics consist of 3 volume......Vol.1 & 2 has ended whereas vol.3 is still continuing right now......The Storm Riders movie is only about 1/4 of vol. 1......and yet they fail to execute it properly.

.....

The end battle scene is also a let down.....the cgi were used terribly. In the comic...that battle was "earth Shattering". After the movie.....it left me with : " Huh ??? What ????? That's it ????" In the comics.....both these characters are complimentary.....only then their full potential are realise---- Wind + Cloud = Storm = massive damage....but in the movie they didn't appeard in sync.....I personally don't think 2 young guys whacking up a old guy (whether simultaneously or in turn) is considered to be in sync. And what's with the dragon....where did it came from....what does it signify ?

Bottom line : This movie is considered terrible to those who already read the comics....

I agree with u but u never got to see the debacle that was the TV series!! that one was a absolute disaster!! granted they managed to get more plot in since its TV series they really screwed with the fans big time... (i guess if a company wants to make a Stormrider drama they should have enough budget to get a good cast)
cast was
He Run Dong -> Bu Jing Yun (the dude dyed his hair blue and frankly after seeing aron kwok strut his stuff, there is no comparison)
Zhao Wen Zhuo -> Nie Feng (WTH??!!!, worse later he shaved his head bald)
They did get the guy who did Conqueror in the movie...
then of course they picked someone i cannot associate with being Nameless as Nameless (Wu Ming)
also the female casting was done quite badly.... they Wu Chen Jun (she looks too mordern!!) to play a love interest of Feng (if my memory serves me, cos i hated the serial with a passion)

be glad u never saw the serial

joviris

06-09-2005, 10:56 PM

this is gonna be awesome....the trailer looks great with the drifting and all....but it doesnt realy follow the real comic....if it does..its not entirely...how are they gonna fit so many stages in one 2 hour moive?...=D

alucard81

06-10-2005, 12:11 AM

well from the cast line up i think they took out the younger Takahashi brother, i kinda doubt that getting Edison Chen to play Ryosuke is such a great idea.... he looks too cocky to me... and Ryosuke is anything but cocky if u ask me.... hope he pulls it out of his bag with his limited acting skills.....

Jordan Chan should be able to portray Kyouichi Sudou with ease... (the looks are similar too :D)

i will keep my fingers crossed and wait for the movie

seorang

06-10-2005, 01:30 AM

Jordan Chan fits Sudou so much. I kinda think Edison fits Keisuke more than Ryosuke.

And from what I've gathered from the trailer, even the music's different. Now its all this pop/hip-hop stuff. I like this stuff, but I thought that the Eurobeat was way better suited to the races, and helped in making it exciting, unlike what I've seen of the trailer.

shonan

06-10-2005, 06:00 AM

I think Jay chou will be Takumi in that. Never seen him act,but his songs are good. So, it is a must watch.

alucard81

06-10-2005, 06:23 AM

i dunno wat disturbs me more... seeing 3 cars do battle is kinda like overkill.... but anyway... Jay will do Takumi just fine... wat kind of expression Takumi has??
spaced out while drifting
staring infront while he is PISSED OFF and looking real intense
spaced out at work
spaced out at school
spaced out infront of his girl....
looks surprised now n then....
I dun think its that much of a challenge for Jay... he has always tried to look cool while not being so cool (no offence to the Jay fans, i like his songs but his personality is something else) so yeah... in short Jay should be able to ace it... why did they have to take out Keisuke?? I mean having Keisuke race him would be more fun.... then they can get someone else to play Ryosuke.... :p i am whining again wakakaka

Hungryman

06-10-2005, 11:47 AM

Hungryman

06-10-2005, 11:55 AM

I agree with u but u never got to see the debacle that was the TV series!! that one was a absolute disaster!! granted they managed to get more plot in since its TV series they really screwed with the fans big time... (i guess if a company wants to make a Stormrider drama they should have enough budget to get a good cast)
cast was
He Run Dong -> Bu Jing Yun (the dude dyed his hair blue and frankly after seeing aron kwok strut his stuff, there is no comparison)
Zhao Wen Zhuo -> Nie Feng (WTH??!!!, worse later he shaved his head bald)
They did get the guy who did Conqueror in the movie...
then of course they picked someone i cannot associate with being Nameless as Nameless (Wu Ming)
also the female casting was done quite badly.... they Wu Chen Jun (she looks too mordern!!) to play a love interest of Feng (if my memory serves me, cos i hated the serial with a passion)

be glad u never saw the serial

Haha.....unfortunately I have seen them all ......I think it was a year ago.....borrowed it from a friend ( storm rider freak ).....and yes it was horrible mainly because of terrible casting and stupid storyline changes....if they were to casts better actors and follow the comics then it might be good .

Hungryman

06-10-2005, 12:04 PM

rybabe - where did you hear that it would be in English? As far as I know, none of the actors speak enough decent English for it to be an English movie (and certainly not nearly enough people behind the scenes speak great English). In addition, the movie is an HK production with lots of Taiwanese actors. Why would they make it into English while Chinese (likely Mandarin) would be the logical choice? Per Miramax, I haven't heard anything about that, and I would be surprised to see it remade stateside. Fast & Furious was a box office hit, but the sequel was a flop. Initial D is close enough to F&F (at least to big studios) that they wouldn't be jumping on the remake bandwagon so soon. Besides, Internal Affairs was a bigger deal in Asia, and Hollywood still has yet gotten around to remaking that despite the year or two of rumours.[/QUOTE]

I think the movie will be in Cantonese.....cos there's this scene from the trailer where Anthony Wong said to Jay Chou....telling him not to spill it (the cup ) or he'll kill him....and that's in Cantonese.....also most of the actors in this film knows how to speak in Cantonese more than they do in Mandarin....with the exception of Jay & that japanese chick....probably they'll dub it in Mandarin for releases in China & Taiwan

alucard81

06-10-2005, 08:32 PM

side track a bit.... with regards to the Infernal Affairs hollywood remake it is filiming as we speak and is due for 2006....
cast are below
Jack Nicholson (he took the role Zeng Zhi Wai had) :)
Matt Damon (Andy Lau)
Leodarno DiCaprio (Tony Leung)

its still making... Martin Scorsese is directing so it might actually live up to the original's name :D

Kalis

06-22-2005, 09:05 PM

I just wabt to express my frustration.

The movie comes out today in Hong Kong, but my flight is at 4pm, so I can't watch it :(
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Apparently the movie doesn't really follow the manga storyline though, although it has the characters from it. Still, I really wanted to see it.
Now all my Hong Kong friends are going to torment me about it as soon as I get home :(

debiru

06-22-2005, 10:17 PM

alright , i dont know wats going on here , but il tell ya wat i know about it...

Initial D the movie...er...main character is played out by Asia's heavenly King aka Jay chou ( u can find his performance videos in PV section , i posted them up awhile ago , oh and hes a singer so this is his first movie debut , he had one previously...but tat...er...well wasnt really a actual movie.. )

hmmmmm the movie is in mandarin and cantonese , both played out by the actor's voices tho the cantonese version might not be very "Accurate" since the singer/actor jay chou cant speak mandarin fluently on the spot , so wat they did was tat they made'em dub the cantonese voice after the movie was completed ( but according to sources , there realy isnt much difference between both versions )

and...the music video for the movie is already out ( i have it xD ) so yea

ahnaha

06-23-2005, 12:55 AM

I've just seen the movie and I must say it's not going to one of my favourite manga/comic adaptation movie. Storywise, it's very weak. Much like Storm Rider, they tried to put so many things into one movie. A little hard to follow whose who if you're also a reader of the manga. Non-reader will probably have a better experience. The car battle, IMO, is great, if not awesome. Especially the last battle.

Overall, I did enjoy the movie but not enough to make me want to watch it again, over and over.

xshurik3nx

06-23-2005, 10:11 AM

dang...that sux, sorry to hear that ahnaha...well, i wasn't expecting it to be a great movie anyways...too many important characters are missing...

anyone know when we might see it in the US?

dots

06-23-2005, 10:24 AM

I just watched it a few hours ago...
i have to say it's quite a good show...
i'll strongly encourage everyone to watch it...

susubendera

06-23-2005, 09:05 PM

I just watched it a few hours ago...
i have to say it's quite a good show...
i'll strongly encourage everyone to watch it...

did you buy the cd or did you download it from somewhere?
if you downloaded it, let us know the link.
thanks

dots

06-23-2005, 11:34 PM

errrrr nopes...
I went to a local cinema and watch the movie there....

xspeed

06-24-2005, 09:36 PM

I am still kind of disappointed that a Chinese Movie Studio made it and not Japanese. Still, at least "someone" did it.

Roys

06-25-2005, 10:07 AM

I've watched the Initial D movie today in the cinemas,
as i'm not an avid fan of Initial D nor any of it's comics/manga/anime/shows. I thought the show was pretty hilarious.

I'll post the vcd or dvd version iso here if i buy the cd here.

masashi

06-25-2005, 10:43 AM

The movie action wise was expectedly good. Though they had to pick on only a few partion from stage 1 to stage 3 of the more important ones. I suspect there is an element of Lan Evo bias in the movie... There were some scenes that made my friends and I cringe. Otherwise the movie is definitely worth watching especially for those who have not read/watched the manga/anime yet. Got the urge to play the arcade version of initial D after watching the movie. :D

servbot

06-25-2005, 12:32 PM

well the anime itself is biased towards Lanevos....

Only in 4th stage does Takumi get a car that can properly battle a Lanevo.

orka

06-25-2005, 12:49 PM

Well, I guess we're just supposed to assume that Takumi has godly skills... I guess a real life equivalent would be Michael Schumacher. :eek:

susubendera

06-25-2005, 07:24 PM

There is link for Initial D the movie, but I'm not sure if it has english sub.
I read that it has malay sub, but when I checked it again, it only says Chinese audio.
The link

http://tinyurl.com/btnba

alucard81

06-25-2005, 11:06 PM

Well, I guess we're just supposed to assume that Takumi has godly skills... I guess a real life equivalent would be Michael Schumacher. :eek:
orka... Takumi is not godly... (I seriously think that Ryosuke can beat him if he did not fix his car up to outdrift him)
being the main character of the series, Takumi has the unearthly advantage of driving the 86 everyday since he was 15.... (thx Bunta) Bunta never trained him officially, he just egged him to discover ways to do it faster and faster (which was a play on Takumi's character who does not like waking up in the wee hours of the morning n delivering tofu every single day) and of course that further sanitized Takumi's feelings of speed and danger in a car.... (damn, he thinks nothing of drifting into a hairpin at 120 km/hr, "i do it everyday" he would say)
then when Takumi fell in love with racing his instincts further enhanced his abilities.... but he still has heaps to learn from Ryosuke and the team... esp abt the mechanics of the cars.....

(might be spoliers if u just watch the anime and never read the manga)

as for Bunta forcing the WRX on him, its a ploy by Bunta, he needs him to know that no matter what u did in the 86 if u can do the same things in the WRX the WRX will win.... of course now Takumi is constantly doing battle with the WRX in his head everytime he delivers tofu (which has gotten kinda routine) so the alternating thing that Bunta forces on him is what i should say is the official training that Bunta is doing..... (i need to get my hands on the manga... but i am in Australia!!)

adun50

06-28-2005, 08:41 AM

I happened to watch this today and I must say, its not actually that bad. sure there might be changes from its manga/anime counter part, but if it was EXACTLY like how it was in the anime, I'd find it rather boring. the very last race was quite interesting, and Bunta as a drunk, BEST CHANGE EVER!

Hypersoup

06-28-2005, 01:31 PM

Just watched the movie yesterday and it really wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. Racing wise, they were perfect, must've taken FOREVER to film those perfect drifts in the movie. And the details on the cars were absolutely mirror like, I wish I had a RX-7 with those details ( or a car at all ^__^ ). Although, the storyline was kinda rushed, I think, tried to pack too much into one movie? And the relationship between Tak and Natsuki was kinda skin deep, but I guess acceptable. The thing I didn't really like was Jay's acting... it was to say the least dull... I mean, sure Tak is spaced out all the time but Jay looked like he was half stoned for the whole movie...

Anyway xspeed, as for the chinese doing instead of japanese, I'm kinda glad a chinese studio did it instead. The japanese tend to CG everything they can escape with CGing so who knows what half of those drifts would've looked like. :confused:

nnadia

06-28-2005, 06:05 PM

just watched it last night..the storyline is not good at all. I guess the aspects that really stand out is the comedy here :D

rurouni wilson

06-28-2005, 06:34 PM

sweet! thanks for the link, susubendera. i can actually put my limited chinese to use.

u cant expect a deep storyline from this movie. basically the formula for the story is "this guy cant be that good, he does not have my (insert opponent's skill)" to "o wow he is so good, he learned my (insert opponent's skill) and was able to defeat me"

kenchan

06-28-2005, 08:53 PM

I watched this not too long ago. lol
For some reason, I didn't find the driving scenes as exciting as the Anime. Maybe cuz I saw the anime? Hmm, but its still a good watch.

I didn't find the main character (Jay Chow?) is it? not sure, didn't fit the anime char. I don't know he looks alittle old for that part....well thats my view in things. =P

adun50

06-29-2005, 08:54 AM

For some reason, I didn't find the driving scenes as exciting as the Anime. Maybe cuz I saw the anime?
generally you can't compare something that happens in the anime with something that happens in real life. you have to see drifting in real life (whether it be on the streets or track).

I thought the drifting was awesome. probably reason why most of the driving scenes weren't that good was the angles they were taken at. like at one part you see the 86 and FC drift on one hairpin, but the camera moves so slowly to the next section of the road, that could have been done better.

Mecha

06-30-2005, 08:58 AM

i watched it today i thought it was pretty cool. was natsuki really a whore in the anime too? i dont remember anything giving that away in the anime.

hotsoup

07-01-2005, 02:26 AM

Yes Natsuki was really a "whore" in the anime as well. I think it was shown in the First Stage.

dots

07-01-2005, 02:55 AM

(Jay Chow?) is it? not sure, didn't fit the anime char. I don't know he looks alittle old for that part....

Yes that happens to be jay chow and well i think he fits rather well into the role... well for one he has this sleepy face look which seems to fit in really well...
But i still think the reason to put him in is to attract his huge fans support to make the movie sell even better... Acting wise he may not be that good but profit wise he's probebly the most marketable star in taiwan or hongkong...

finalight

07-01-2005, 05:31 AM

girls see the cast, boys see the cars. Period

dots

07-01-2005, 07:47 AM

Not really the jap actress playing natsuki looks really cute...
too bad she had to play a role that involves her being a whore....

carloamoyen

07-01-2005, 05:10 PM

Jay will do Takumi just fine... wat kind of expression Takumi has??
spaced out while drifting
staring infront while he is PISSED OFF and looking real intense
spaced out at work
spaced out at school
spaced out infront of his girl....
looks surprised now n then....
I dun think its that much of a challenge for Jay... he has always tried to look cool while not being so cool (no offence to the Jay fans, i like his songs but his personality is something else) so yeah... in short Jay should be able to ace it.

After watching the movie and thinking about what was written above..... i coudn't agree more. Although to some of us tend to believe that acting of jay chou's part shuld have been better, if you compare his expression to the expression of takumi in the anime you would realize how similar they both are.....being spaced out throughout the entire movie is living up to the anime........sadly
well at least im glad the movie turned out pretty good. had a nice intro, shaky middle and a nice ending...minus the small conversation that jay has with edison on the phone. if a japanese studio would have made it, not only would there be plenty of "obvious" CGis but i would believe that the japanese actors would do a horrible job at acting.....hence the movie Devilman.......wow that was WAY disapointing.......... :( . Hope they make a sequel, intial d 2 with new refound acting abilities and more races since i can assume that this movie has obviously got to bring in lots of cash at the box office.

as posted earlier if you want to see the movie (cam) heres the link (below). its watchable/acceptable...sometimes blurry, has chinese and i believe malay subs. audio is acceptable. you should watch if you really really want to see the movie. :) it uses realplayer and the moive is split into two files.

http://tinyurl.com/btnba

krezreal

07-03-2005, 02:58 AM

I disagree. Takumi was more like sleepy in the comics. Jay Chou depicted Takumi as a dumb fellow. They also changed his dad's character. Which is another black mark against the movie.

alivenwell

07-03-2005, 04:38 AM

Just watched the movie myself as well, thought the action was great, thought the movie was quite humourous, Chapman To was pretty funny at times, heard lately that they are going to release a sequel, and they are somehow going to fit in Sammi Cheung and Shu Qi as the two girls who drive the Sil80, though the story may seem out of place, but it would make the movies more highly anticipated.

krezreal

07-03-2005, 05:20 AM

Shu Qi!!! *drool* :eek:

finalight

07-03-2005, 05:28 AM

bad thing about project D is that they're going to take place at alps, and start on stage 3...not in chronological order, eh?

Roys

07-03-2005, 05:59 AM

For some reason or another, Anne Suzuki, the one who played as Natsuki Mogi, looks sooooo damn alike my english teacher.

His father's character was changed, but it's still served as a humour station for the show. Bunta was really funny in the whole show, being the acting stupid father.

Jay's character, Takumi was rather well played in my point of view. He looks so.. relaxed in the whole show. If there was a sequel, i wonder how would they show Stage 2/3/4..

dots

07-03-2005, 09:50 AM

Jay's character, Takumi was rather well played in my point of view. He looks so.. relaxed in the whole show. If there was a sequel, i wonder how would they show Stage 2/3/4..

I hope they show stage four like the anime where he gets the drive the blue subaru impreza STi...that would look really cool...

Also i cant wait to see ryosuke's brother....

carloamoyen

07-03-2005, 04:19 PM

same here. hehehe im so filled with anitcipation for intial d 2 not because it "initial d" but there might be chance that they might add in the yellow FD they forgot in the first movie. of all cars they had to forget one of the best......

just a nerdy question 0.o.....i though Chapman To was suppose to drive a Levin instead of a trueno? eh w/e. movies based of comics,cartoons, story/novels....always get rewritten someway or another.....

Floemp578

07-04-2005, 10:04 AM

enjoyable movie ^^ but there are better

sdflame

07-04-2005, 11:37 AM

whats is the language they speak in this movie? is it cantonese, japanese, mandarin, english or....................???

carloamoyen

07-04-2005, 12:04 PM

it in cantonese but the girl that play mogi is dubs. hehe jay chou speaks cantonese in this movie....not bad since he doesnt know the language unlike the movie twins effect 2......... probaly the VCD version the language is switchable between mandarin and canto, as for the theaters its in canto.

aznboysee

07-04-2005, 12:21 PM

it should be in japanese since the anime is in jap

Hypersoup

07-04-2005, 05:21 PM

lol, I HIGHLY doubt any of the chinese actors can speak a paragraph in japanese much less an entire movie. But anywho, I don't see why because the lines spoken in cantonese weren't bad, even if the movie was supposed to be based in Japan. Plus, I have a much easier time understanding cantonese (being chinese of course XP) than understanding japanese :D

hyde69

07-04-2005, 06:33 PM

damn! initial D been basterized xD
and is coming out in the US in 2006?
i just downloaded the movie today an find it boring i was confuse with the weird names they had, why did they had to go changing them when the street race was supose to take place in japan.
i go with aznboysee, for that i would had rather seen original creators with japanese actors. or just stay the way it was as anime/manga
and the worse is the music been change from trance/eurobeat to hiphop/rap x.X

rotang

07-04-2005, 07:38 PM

and the worse is the music been change from trance/eurobeat to hiphop/rap x.X

what kind of hiphop?
at least they didnt do an mtv voice over like "Volcano High"

ussimon

07-06-2005, 08:03 PM

thanks for the info

AzNyCxMikhal

07-06-2005, 08:38 PM

5hinD3vil

07-09-2005, 04:12 AM

initial D the movie just killed itself..

wat a letdown. totally spoilt my mood.
gimme back the anime version for christ sake.

2muchtime

07-09-2005, 04:25 AM

It was a pretty good movie...I watched it yesterday and I admit they somehow fit everything into this...from stage one to 4 and the movie....just the main points....It may be different but at least they didnt change his name or the WHOLE story entirely.....

It ws stage one to three, not four and the movie was a dissapointment. The main character's (Takumi) "acting" was so crap (he is an ugly bastard as well)!!! Also Mogi wasn't cute enough!!! Although they did include most of the main points, it seems like a movie from the mid 90s and quite a few HK street racing movies have been better.

Kalis

07-09-2005, 09:07 AM

Jay Chou can't speak Cantonese. He's a Taiwanese singer, and this was his first time acting. So yea, he was pretty bad at his role.

It's definitely bastardized, and ended up as a disapointment to me (as a huge fan of the anime and manga).
Missing several characters, having only Akina and no reference to the other mountains. There's not even a reference to the racing teams which are in the anime for the matter (except for the labels on the cars)...

Takumi come off more as a retard than as a cool but distant character.
i have to wish that they focused more on developing characters and 1st Stage than trying to cover 3 stages at once in 1 movie...

sadistic88

07-09-2005, 10:45 AM

i heard that there will be a second episode isit true ?

xxslickboixx

07-09-2005, 12:32 PM

Do you guys know where to get the high video quality CANTO version of Initial D? I got the dubbed version (Mandarin) and I couldn't understand a single word of it even though I'm taking Mandarin classes.

Well I watched part of the movie and I thought it was pretty bad. Bunta looks like a dirty old man and he's a drunk. Takumi looks pretty stupid. It was a mistake for Jay Chou to play Takumi. He can't act even considering that this is his FIRST acting role. His canto sucks dick but that's reasonable cuz he's Taiwanese. I couldn't help but laugh throughout the movie cuz it was so bad. BTW, what happened to Keisuke? They COMPLETELY left him out. Edison shouldn't have played Ryosuke. He doesn't look old enough and doesn't exactly have the "serious" look on his face whereas in the anime, Ryosuke looks more mature and serious.

But just take note that I only watched the first 20-30 minutes of the movie. There's probably more I can say, but I'll save it for later when I actually watch the movie in FULL LENGTH.

carloamoyen

07-09-2005, 02:48 PM

im not tooo sure but i heard the team is makeing initial d 2. heard it was gonna be filmed in europe. then again these are all rummors i have heard.

Zell2k3

07-09-2005, 04:12 PM

Will it be another Too Fast Too Furius? Woo hoo! A japz version of it.

Im looking for it, because making a racing movie is actually *easier* than some 3D SCI-FI stuffs, so, they could make a real driller!

Hmushi

07-11-2005, 01:20 AM

this... movie... sigh~! :(

chaos99

07-11-2005, 12:46 PM

my opinion,.....jst watch d cars battle, not the characters way of 'show offing'.

Hypersoup

07-11-2005, 12:48 PM

Well, I can't exactly say this movie was the best thing I've ever seen but I DID like the racing/drifting in it (pretty funny too). And yah, pretty much everyone agrees ANYONE else should've played Tak instead of Jay chou but I guess the directors needed something to sell in their movie (in this case, Jay). And xxslickboixx, there's a cam cantonese version out on BT but it's been at least 2 weeks since the movie came out so I don't know how many seeders are still on. Plus, there's malaysian subtitles so I don't know how you'll feel about that...

fox666

07-16-2005, 03:32 PM

haven't seen the movie yet I want to see the anime version first.

Somebody knows where I can that?

Dreamerdgh

07-16-2005, 04:55 PM

Last time i looked "Box" still had initial D or you can check here
http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11238

fox666

07-16-2005, 05:04 PM

Thanx a lott I found some episodes with Iso hunt.

crpd

07-18-2005, 07:28 PM

As soon as I heard about this movie I knew the racing/drifting was gonna be REALLY good, especialy after watching the trailer, but the only part I was worry about were the actors, I dont know anything about them, but some of them didn't seem to resemble the characters in the anime/manga
I enjoyed the movie, but two things bothered me:

The thing I didn't really like was Jay's acting... it was to say the least dull... I mean, sure Tak is spaced out all the time but Jay looked like he was half stoned for the whole movie...

I couldn't agree more with Hypersoup

I thought the drifting was awesome. probably reason why most of the driving scenes weren't that good was the angles they were taken at.

I loved the racing/drifting scenes, but they lacked a little more of emotion, like they had on the anime/manga

carloamoyen

07-18-2005, 11:12 PM

this is a site yououdget somedict downlad epsods initial in so-so quality
http://carfreaks.b0nk.net/InitialD/

fox666

07-18-2005, 11:27 PM

this is a site yououdget somedict downlad epsods initial in so-so quality
http://carfreaks.b0nk.net/InitialD/

Hey that's a link I can use !!!
Tanx a lot

Hypersoup

07-19-2005, 12:17 PM

Not even the full series... But I guess it beats BT by a long shot ^.^

carloamoyen

07-19-2005, 10:21 PM

no prob. i believe it goes up to the third stage..... as for the fourth stage....well lets hope that the last remaing 2 episods of 18 well see to exist in 2005.......hopefully.......

alucardkow

07-19-2005, 10:41 PM

boxtorrent has the movie with subtitle great quality too look like dvd rip
http://www.boxtorrents.com/details.php?id=128083

Maverick007

07-21-2005, 10:52 PM

Well....the movie was....ok at best...but the subs were absolute crap.... "I want to eat people now." Istuki in the movie....I mean What the F***! The subs were...decent at first but after half way through the movie the subbing qualities went down to the darkest pits of hell. I mean the subbing was indeed.....crap.

Oh yea! Did you guys also see the ghetto ass jeepny (or that lame ass truck) that held the Evo III. I mean What the F***! I was s***ing in my pants when I saw that cause it was sooooo funny. HOLY S*** I'm still crying now! Can you say....fruity?!

Edison Chen was probably one of the shitiest actors in this buisness...I mean he was loosing and all he could do was....smile.....................hmmmmm.

Edit just for all people who missed the jeepny....even though I don't know how in the world you can miss something as...."bright and shitty" as this piece of shit. {Edit Part 2: I just made the image an attachment so it could be easier for you guys to view....enjoy the shit mobile.}

Hypersoup

07-22-2005, 12:25 AM

Whao man, calm down, we all know the movie was just under mediocre but you're pretty much in the deep end right about now.

carloamoyen

07-22-2005, 04:37 PM

thats alot of info....like what hypersoup said, you have to calm down a bit. we all know the movie was average but you dont have to flame "it" that much. the acting may "suck" but at least they were able to do the drifting scences to the extent where the audience was pleased...... At least its better than the fast and furious series.....

from another source, the author of Initial D actually praised the movie, saying how it was what he would wanted it to be....... still i dunno why. probaly just to give face.....

xshurik3nx

07-23-2005, 01:56 AM

hmm...i dont' like how they threw everything together...i think it would've better to focus on one story arch at a time...hell..the movie would've kick-ass if the just covered up to the keisuke-takumi race.

eh...the whole thing with the redsuns and the nightkids was dumb...but edison chen imo fit ryosuke a lot better than jay chou as takumi -_-

not to mention the actress was "mehhhhhhhh"

5/10 for me....wish i didnt watch it...actually, wish it was never made...

BigBabyFish

07-23-2005, 06:29 PM

umm being an initial d fan for many years, this movie kinda messed up initial d. the characters were switched around and they were missing keisuke, which is a key to the series. Overall the filming was alright for the drifts but still messed up isuki and just making the movie that represents 4 stages isnt that good

xcomp

08-18-2005, 03:09 AM

I don't think the movie was really to represent four stages. Maybe just the first two. Since it was a movie it had to select the "key moments" to fit in just like how LoTRs cut out a lot of content to slim down the movie. Do you really want to sit in the cinema for hours? XD

Overall, I thought the movie was pretty good with the mix of Taiwanese and HK actors. Jay done well as Takumi I thought since Takumi always talks in a low, half-asleep like way. I thought Takeuchi's character was changed way too much though and Edison didn't really match the role of Ryousuke. I think the reason why they took his brother Keisuke was taken out to avoid another race scene. Since Ryousuke was Redsun's main lead, the one who ended First Stage and raced Sudou in the race with Emperor's Sudou, they kept him so that they could have the scene where Takumi's car gets busted.

I hate to say this but Initial D's character artwork isn't that good so maybe the director had this in mind when picking actors ;)

The Redsuns with Night Kids felt pretty odd too but oh well. A lot of the story was changed :rolleyes:

Now roll on Fifth Stage :D

orka

08-19-2005, 12:17 AM

The movie was bad.

First of all, Jay Chou is definitely nothing like Takumi. Not only that, but his acting was lackluster and unispiring. I never understood why he's so popular in the first place, because I personally don't see him as a very good actor. And this movie definitely did not do much to remediate that impression...

Even if you had no idea what "Initial D" is about, you can definitely tell that this is not a good movie. Heck, this thing actually makes "The Fast and the Furious" (which is a horrible, horrible movie) seem acceptable. I definitely regret watching it.

seorang

08-19-2005, 01:08 AM

First of all, Jay Chou is definitely nothing like Takumi. Not only that, but his acting was lackluster and unispiring. I never understood why he's so popular in the first place, because I personally don't see him as a very good actor. And this movie definitely did not do much to remediate that impression...

Anybody could tell that by watching one of his PVs. I like his music, but he's a shite actor.

HyG07

08-19-2005, 01:25 AM

Jay's acting is bad... the way the story develop just sux...

None of the actors are similar to the characters...
I do agree that they should just focus on one of the story arc or one stage.

Disappointed with the movie~

debiru

08-21-2005, 10:04 PM

damn u guys gota cut jay some slack ,its his first ever movie and i realy thought he suited the part ( tho he needs to polish up a bit but his natural attitude i gues matches a lil to tak's ) since hes a realy shy guy ( read his bio , observ his MVs and read some news ) and same goes for tak , and if he didnt fit the role , U tell me who would, there's only a few youngsters ( famous ones ) tat are in the chinese movie industry right now ( and they jus.....well jay's the perfect choice >_> ) and hey , even IF jay's role did realy bad , he had his fanbase to suport the movie...read somewhere tat its one of the highest grosing film of the year ( in the asian market ) xD

orka

08-21-2005, 10:16 PM

Dunno... I had a bad feeling about this movie from when I first heard about it. In a hindsight, I think we can all agree that a movie based on Japanese manga/anime about Japanese street racing should've been left in hands of Japanese directors and actors.

I'm not trying to be racist. Just a honest thought.

debiru

08-22-2005, 10:18 AM

think i've said this before..but , all the adaptations out there ( from games, comics wtc. ) are kinda shitty coz they dont meet their fans expectation and doesnt realy stay true to the storyline, but wen u think of it ,its something tat will always be there because we're talkin about squeezing hours and hours of fantasy into a 2-3 hour flick AND theres also the fact tat they have to make it realistic, as in, the incident maybe happen in reality ( like the transformation of normal person --> hero ) and is not totaly happening in a fantasy world ( if it were to happen in a fantasy world , it might as well be a kiddy movie and tat would result in less audiences )

Killythesafeguard

08-23-2005, 02:18 AM

In that movie drifting is the best of all, the rest are like trash. I don't enjoy much with jay acting(sorry to all jay's fans..) but I would still recommend to those who like initial d anime to watch it because its abit comedy(?) and most important is drifting are real, not cg.

886688

08-23-2005, 06:05 PM

OMG. this was the worst movie ever. theyve completely changed everything how it was. like for example where the hell is Iketani, Kenji, and Keisuke? also they make all the emperors seem like retards. the acting and drifting are all bad. so much stuff in this movie that makes it soo bad and ive only named a few of them.

Coaxial

10-20-2005, 08:44 AM

Having finally seen this film (and to think that I was looking forwards to it) I finally realise why Tsui Hark decided not to direct it... IT sucked.

Anybody know the name of the scriptwriter... or where he lives.., so that i can have him shot. It can be difficult to properly adapt an anime as long as this one into a workable film, but I can't help but feel that they hardly even tried.

I think I'll stop here because if I go on to talk in detail about all the reasons why the film was a major disappointment I'll still be here in a few hours and will have flamed everyone involved in the film from the director down to the 2nd assistant cousin of the grip.

Will just have to hope that a sequel never sees the day, since sequels are usually worse than the originals it might lead to something so horrendous we might be marked for life.

Thyran

10-27-2005, 01:47 PM

When in love, Takumi has a lot in common with a somewhat mentally ill person.

Laughable attempt to entertain people. -.-

salot

10-29-2005, 04:15 PM

The movie rocks. I just bought it last week and the driving scenes are SICK. Just like in the anime the AE hugs the guard rails real close.

lowlude

10-29-2005, 04:51 PM

This movie isn

Shuhei

10-30-2005, 03:15 PM

I haven't seen Initial D and I didn't know anything about the storyline but I actually thought the movie was pretty good. Maybe i'm just looking at it as a whole or maybe i'm just not as finicky as the rest of you but I don't think I could even come up with a half page of rants about it let alone 12. I migh teven watch it again with some of my other friends. I'm not saying it was perfect but I still don't see how all of you would rather burn it at the stake than even look at the box. All well, you can all procede with your ranting and probably throw me in the list too lol.