i am blogging from a hospital computor, and it's lunch time. decided to blog now so i can concentrate on doing my presentation later tonight.

at least that's the plan.....

was reading someone's blog who commented on initial D. and i was so not impressed by what the blogger wrote. okie, so i have this outofthisworldmajorcrush on JC, so i admit i am damn biased when i am commenting on this movie.

yeah,storyline was abit off cos they tried to squeeze in alot of stuff into a mere 1.5 - 2 hours.certain characters were changed, many were deleted. i've just finished watching Stage 1 of Initial D - the anime. and it made me wish that more characters were included in the movies..and more scenes. but i can understand the need to CUT CUT CUT, so i'll say the storyline wasn't great.

for acting, i think the guys did a great job. i enjoyed the movie totally. and if i have the money, i'll want to watch it again. (now can only wait for the dvd to be released...) given that this is JC's first movie, i think he did a pretty good job. JF is gonna BOO BOO on me for this one, cos he think's JC's acting sucked. i beg to differ. his role din have a lot of lines, so alot of the acting comes from his expression. and i personally feel that i was able to feel what the character was supposed to be feeling, which i thought means that JC managed to conveyed the emotions well. and i think to be able to do that is a pretty difficult task for a first time actor on a big screen.

read this critic who said the racing scenes were like the anime - too 2D. oh man, i was totally thrilled by the races.so this critic might be someone who's addicted to high-speed chase scens from fast and furious, with explosions and crashing into obstacles. the races in Initial D is totally different. beauty lies in how the car drift around the sharp corners, how the bumpers can miss the guardrails by mere centimetres. it's not about crashing and explosions. and i think it was a fantastic job done.

then there were people who said chapman to's character has been reduced to a mere comical character. i mean, his character was supposed to be in total contrast to JC'c character. it was exaggerated, but hey! it's a MOVIE. gotta have a bit of exaggeration yeah? even in the anime, Itsuki's personality is loud and comical! *diong*

and the love story between Takumi and Natsuki...bittersweet is an understatement. dun think Natsuki was an 'extra' in the show at all. i think her presence is important in the development of Takumi's personality.

but, to each his own. while there are many screaming fans out there for JC, EC and SY, there are also those people who absolutely hate their guts and think the movie sucks. and i guess i do have lower standards when it comes to a good movie. shows that win tonnes of awards dun appeal to me...

when i watch a movie,i want to be drawn into the story, feel what the characters are feeling and live what the characters are going through. Initial D did that for me. adrenaline rushes, tears well up and cheers ring loud in my head throughout the movie.

it's a movie i wanna watch again and again. it's a movie i wanna buy the soundtrack for. it's a movie which i can't wait for the sequel to be out.

so in my shallow opinion, Initial D rocks - the anime, the movie and the people who acted in both the anime and movie.