We just caught Initial D the Movie…

2 words : Jay Sucketh…
Another 2: … Big Time.

Granted, the character he’s portraying’s supposed to be this bored young man, who’s usually spaced out and daydreaming. Unfortunately,the feeling that came across was a “I’m too too good for you” look; the kind of look that makes you feel like punching the little twerp in the face the moment you see his face.

Other than that, the cars and the racing was superb. The writing team and directors took rather free reign with the original manga and animation, so many of the character’s relationships were vastly different from the originals. But then again, why would I pay $7 (it’s a monday ~ we saved $2.50 each! ~ more on this later) to see a show that I’ve already read and watched on anime?

I think my friend’s advice is valid: whenever Jay comes on screen, just close your eyes… and the movie will rock.

Redeeming points:
1) Chapman To is extremely funny as Jay’s sidekick! In fact, I think he saved the show from being just another mediocre made-in-HK crap.
2) Race scenes. It was awesome to watch it on animation… the fact that they’re doing this for real with real people and real cars is… mind blowing. Wow.
3) Kenny Bee. Wifey was raving about him… still very good looking for a man in his, what, 50’s?

Back to the movie price rant:
WHAT THE HELL IS THE PROBLEM WITH MOVIE PRICES?!?!? It’s freaking daylight robbery to watch movies on weekends! $9.50 for a bloody ticket? If we catch the show on mondays to thursdays, it’s only $7.00 ~ a $2.50 difference! Between the 2 of us, we can catch 3 weekday shows for every 2 weekends! Seriously,, while I understand that there is such a thing as inflation, but wasn’t the idea of having movie multi-plexes able to give us more movies at cheaper prices? Sheesh… and I still remember being able to get Circle seats at Capitol for just $6.50, or even Stall seats at the old theater at mom’s for $3.50. Posted by Hello