Initial-D The Movie

Bunta Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 655 Location: Surrey, UK

I ordered from CD-WOW and then looked at Yesasia to see that they happen to do a Ltd edition version with extras including cups, T-shirts and caps

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:29 pm Post subject:

owh, so tempting! Smile

Bunta Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 655 Location: Surrey, UK

The Encyclopedia book is pretty cool. The summary at the front is an english section about the AE86 and the rest is Chinese character sypnosis' and artistic shots. I will probably be watching the DVD before bed to check on the transfer quality and DTS soundtrack.

Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 3 Location: slovenia

I got a DVD as well, but its a little different . On the cover in the foreground there is a pic of all the caracters and in the background ae86 chasing something that looks like ferrari 612, lol. price: 1€ Very Happy

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 2:29 pm Post subject:

well, watched the movie yesterday.

It was quite a nice movie, if you've got nothing to do Smile

It follows the lines from the Anime a bit, but they changed a few things, sadly Sad

Itsuki driving a S13 Silvia, crashing it and buying an AE86 (which sounds exactly like the one from Takumi...) and more of that stange things Smile

I did like some nice action shots, but the music is really Neutral

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:54 pm Post subject:

i also watched the movie yesterday; i agree it isnt that bad. some shots/drifts/action are very impressive.. also the "kansei" dorifto that takumi uses when overpasing Nakazato (in anime he passes Keisuke) is really neatly done (slo - mo, light trails..). so that i liked.

what i disliked is no. 1 - chinese. wtw. its such a lame language for street racers.. takes away half the charm.

no.2 modified story. okay you cant expect to put some 35 animes + a moovie into just 2 hours of tape. and its true you cant use so many characters, coz you dont have the time to get into each and every one of them. but still they could leave same characters and neglect others, not fuse them in some stupid way. Bunta is by far the coolest character in the anime, but here... Confused

also itsuki isnt just a stupid, untalented, loyal takumis friend, but he is arrogant, well the stupid part is the same.. but it seems as he was composed out of few ID characters..

no.3 takumi. man that guy just isnt takumi. period.

no.4 the story. i really missed the "evolution" of takumi as a driver, like in the anime. again the time limit has a lot to do with that, but it could have been done nicer. and i missed he red line, a thread that would lead the plot.. insted its just crapped and mixed together..

there are more bad things about this, but i think all in all its not that bad to watch if you are an ID-fan. Or hachiroku fan.. i just think its a shame they ruined the moovie, because with a little more brushing up, and nihongo (!!!) it could really be a great film.

đana.

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject:

My wife bought me a little movie in HongKong Smile

Includes english subtitles and an extra disk!! making off, deleted scenes, interviews, etc. Smile

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:58 pm Post subject:

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject:

And she forget all the other members...

Wave

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:37 pm Post subject:

guys, check ebay, for around 20 euros you have your own copy! Smile

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:28 am Post subject:

mux, have you watched it yet? the bonus material i mean?

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:27 am Post subject:

Well mux, hope you dont minde me coming round with a dvd-r some time soon Very Happy

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject:

I haven't watched the extras yet, will do that this weekend I think. Yesterday I watched the start of the movie, but my wife wanted to watch kung fu husstle so we watched that first:)

I must say that eventough i think Takumi is really potrait as he's a morron (and not as in the anime where he's initialy just a bit shy and ignorent) and that Itsuki really is an asshole instead of a comic relief character, so far I've found the movie very entertaining.

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject:

Sounds like a good idea..when's a good day? I'm coming home on saturday so I could make a detour (from nijmegen). BTW, kung-fu hustle is quite entertaining.

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject:

Hmm sunday evenings are best for me cause the wife is out working:)

I finished the movie yesterday btw

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:59 pm Post subject:

I watched the special disk today, unfortunately its not subtitled and that makes it a little less nice.

The behind the scene's stuff is pretty cool, you see how they made most of the drift shots and get loads of background info about the characters and actors.

They have the japanese introduction day which seems to be pretty booring, just the actors and filmmakers being presented to the press in the usually way.

The promotion day in shanghai on the other hand was pretty nice:) They had taken 4 cars out to a circuit over there and were doing some nice donut and alike things. Fun to see.. Especially when they guy driving the R32 smashed up the rear and lost his entire exhaust!! Smile

The deleted scenes and outtakes didn't yield much things, some funny messed up shots but other then that.. I really think I need to have english subtitles to make up what is going on:) Smile

Anyways, not really something you'd need to have watched but fun as a bonus:)

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject:

And tonight it is showing on MTV Asian Cinema at 23:10:
http://www.mtv.nl/homepage/artikel.php?article=...ection=TV%20Guide
Dunno if it is being aired outside Holland since we have our own MTV and I lost track of such things a while ago... Wink

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject:

hey banpei,

Did you ever remember to bring that limited edition box with you or is it still at my place?