---INITIAL D MOVIE REVIEW --- after watching this movie.. i am not going to blame any actors or actresses. the MAIN PROBLEM here is the director and the story.
---THE FILM--- the director made great camera shots and great visual effects. the motions of the racings are amazing. however, it lacks the MOST IMPORTANT thing in a "MASTERPIECE" movie. which is "EMOTION"..
there was basically no emotion in this film. and it really wasn't because of the actors. the director's timing was very bad. in the anime Initial D, the pace of the music and the scenes are just so perfect. when AE86 is about to pass every opponent, it goes to slow motion of the opponent's reaction.. and as AE86 passed its opponent, the speed resumes to normal as the music (Eurobeat is needed here...) HITS and that just burns you up!!!
anyways, with that.. the movie already cannot become a masterpiece. i m very disappointed because the director actually directed "Infernal Affairs", an ultimate masterpiece...
---STORY--- the 2nd thing that makes this movie not "entertaining" is the STORY. it is way too predictable if you have already seen Initial D the anime. they should either USE the exact story (which is amazing) OR they should rewrite the whole thing instead of just tweaking here and there adding some unneeded stuffs. plus, the movie is too short to FIT the whole Initial D story... things just don't connect. they're like little pieces of scenes just put together with no reason. they really should have rewrite the whole thing.
BTW, the missing of Takashi Keiske is a major turn off too...
---CONCLUSION--- I believe the Jay Chou fans would enjoy this movie just for the fact that he's the main character here. If you are searching for entertainment, it probably wont give u a GREAT time... If you are searching for a deep thought movie that will teach you lessons, then this is exactly NOT it... Lastly, to the Initial D Fans, I believe you will be VERY DISAPPOINTED.
Final Grade: C+/B- ("A" if you're just looking for Jay Chou)
---THE FILM--- the director made great camera shots and great visual effects. the motions of the racings are amazing. however, it lacks the MOST IMPORTANT thing in a "MASTERPIECE" movie. which is "EMOTION"..
there was basically no emotion in this film. and it really wasn't because of the actors. the director's timing was very bad. in the anime Initial D, the pace of the music and the scenes are just so perfect. when AE86 is about to pass every opponent, it goes to slow motion of the opponent's reaction.. and as AE86 passed its opponent, the speed resumes to normal as the music (Eurobeat is needed here...) HITS and that just burns you up!!!
anyways, with that.. the movie already cannot become a masterpiece. i m very disappointed because the director actually directed "Infernal Affairs", an ultimate masterpiece...
---STORY--- the 2nd thing that makes this movie not "entertaining" is the STORY. it is way too predictable if you have already seen Initial D the anime. they should either USE the exact story (which is amazing) OR they should rewrite the whole thing instead of just tweaking here and there adding some unneeded stuffs. plus, the movie is too short to FIT the whole Initial D story... things just don't connect. they're like little pieces of scenes just put together with no reason. they really should have rewrite the whole thing.
BTW, the missing of Takashi Keiske is a major turn off too...
---CONCLUSION--- I believe the Jay Chou fans would enjoy this movie just for the fact that he's the main character here. If you are searching for entertainment, it probably wont give u a GREAT time... If you are searching for a deep thought movie that will teach you lessons, then this is exactly NOT it... Lastly, to the Initial D Fans, I believe you will be VERY DISAPPOINTED.
Final Grade: C+/B- ("A" if you're just looking for Jay Chou)