Initial D: Drift Racer is a hong Kong live action movie version of the hit Japanese manga and anime mountain racing series Initial D.
Plot: Young Takumi is a young man who delivers tofu (bean curd in the movie) for his father using an old AE86 hatchback. From making these deliveries on the mountain roads, he has unknowingly learned techniques to drift and cut down the time of his deliveries. When a Street racer one day drives down the road he encounters another racer not knowing it 's Tak making his run. After loosing to the 86 he makes a public challenge for a official rematch. And thus Takumi is thrusted into the world of drifting.
First thing first: The soundtrack of the movie while different from the anime's europop soundtrack, fits and gets you pumped for the races and the camera angles of the race is awesome and well done. The movie is basically the first stage (saga) of the manga and anime, showing Tak's first race up to the point where he joins Project D (with some changes due to time limitations)
One thing that pissed me off was some characters used different cars then in the series but watching the races in live action more then made up for it.
Overall I give this movie a 4/5. See it if your into Drift racing.
GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) the live action series and movie
This is one of the greatest live action series ever! It's final episode was the most watched show in all of japan. Based on the manga and anime of the same name.
Plot: Eikichi Onizuka is a former gang leader who desires to be a teacher. After finally getting a job teaching class 2-A (the worse class in the school.) Major trouble begins. Sucide attempts, sabatage, betrayal, love are among some of the things that happens As slowly, Onizuka gains the loyalty of his students and proves himself to be the greatest teacher ever.
GTO is a comedy with deep themes hidden within in it's humor mostly dealing with things like how a teacher should be there for their student's no matter what and that no one is worthless. An example is in the first ep where Onizuka supplex's the head teacher after he calls two expelled students worthless garabage that should die. He then leaves yelling that he would never teach in a school where the teacher's treat their student's like trash and that everyone deserves to learn.
The live action manages to keep the same feeling of the manga and anime and the acting was really well done. It's theme song Poison, which was sang by the actor who plays Onizuka, fits with the theme of the series (the song was about how we should refuse to live in a world of lies and go after our dreams and goals) I really enjoyed watching it.
The movie on the other hand.....While I enjoyed watching it, it didn't have the same kind of emotional feeling as the series. Onizuka was made out to be more of a bastard and didn't have a lot of lessons to teach most likely due to the time limitations.
Overall I give the live action series a 5/5 and the movie a 3/5
DJ-Delinquent
Well what do we have here
some realy detailed reviews i must say
and im glad it was writtin by some one of your opinion
so lets get started shall we? ^_^
*clears thot*
Initial D:
the way u explained Initial D sounded like it had very bad re-watch value.
But that can blow my balls!!
ive seen some of the Anime and some of my HIN friends are madly inlove with it. Besides i have not came across any movie of iLLegal Street Racing that i did not like
in my opinion they all rock (Fast and the furious and all)
also
Japanese Suck ass at making movies. The Death Notes were horrible.
if Japanese is such technological junkies why did the special effects blow so much ass? and Ryuk looked Fake as hell dude
Japan Sucks at movies.
So becouse of the fact that this is made by Hong Kong Cinema is the biggest WTF in history
since Chinese are the absolute BEST in making movies
you waying this? Japan worst < Chinese best
its a conundrum LOL
i WILL see the ID movie and i may have to kill a few people to watch
thanx for telling me about its existance
HOWEVER!!!!!!!!!
the GTO movie did not advertise me
i find it to be another american Gangsta School rip off.
Japanese arent Thugs. There Crime rate is low.
if i wanna see a dope Bad School movie ill go see "Lean on Me"
or "Freedom Writers"
those are the shit
i just cant see Gang Bangin Japanese kids
cus quite frankly a japanese high skool kid wud never survive american high skool
so i dont see much Drama/action/stress
and further more
its Comedy -_-
cmon man...
NOW I REEEEEALY dont wanna see it
so to recap
Initial D = Boner
GTO = Boner Killer
TY for this Awsome Post
RPGmastar
The GTO series is first and foremost a comedy that's not really ment to be taken seriously. It's still a very good show and the actor who plays the live action Onizuka managed to keep the feeling of the anime and manga Onizuka. You should at least watch 1 ep of the live action series before you judge it. If you dont like it after watching it then ok but at least give it a chance. Oh and the opening song is awesome. The movie on the other hand.....skip it. It sucks ass like nothing before it. (Cept for the death note movie) I enjoyed the Death Note L movie. While the special effects sucked I enjoyed the hidden theme of how you should live live to the fullest. (in the movie L writes his name in the death note then destroys them. He has around 20 days to live. At the last day he finally realizes that he doesn't want to die but it's too late.)