Initial D Review

Watched the movie initial D yesterday, the racing scenes was great but that is all I like about it. The script is very different from the animation. I am a fan of the animation. I know it is hard to combine so many episodes into a 1 hr 40 mins movie but some of the characters should not be altered so much. For example, Bunta, the father is not abusive at all in the animation, in fact he is 1 of the coolest character in it and he does not wear ah beng leather clothes! Another thing is that Takumi has other 3 friends that form a 4 person group. They combined the 3 person into 1 and linked that person and the petrol station boss as father and son, ridiculous! 3rd, Bunta has never ever once see Takumi during racing before (at least not in the animation) and does not flirt around, that is also what makes him so cool in the animation! Lastly, Takumi joins the team not because of Xia Shu, the reason behind is he truly loves racing and wants to be faster. There is no other reason or catalyst effect behind his decision. If there is, it is after he reconciled with Xia Shu not before. Hear that there will be a sequel; hope the script is not altered as much as the 1st movie.
posted by Estan @ 9:39:00 PM (GMT+08:00).