User:Luckygamer77/sandbox/Initial D (2005 Hong Kong film)

Initial D is a 2005 Hong Kong action film adaptation based on the manga series of the same name by Shuichi Shigeno. The film was directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak and was released on June 23, 2005, in Hong Kong. This adaptation takes the segments on the First, Second, and Third stages of Initial D.

Why It Doesn't Deserve The AE86

 * 1) For starters, the film has a complete poor grasp of source material to where there are many inaccuracies that the film share with the manga and these examples include:
 * 2) *Bunta is an abusive and drunken father to Takumi while in the original series he is strict but loving to him.
 * 3) *Itsuki is Yuichi Tachibana's son which also includes sharing the same last name as him, he also drives a Nissan Silvia S13 and becomes the leader of the Akina SpeedStars to where he becomes more like Iketani while in the original source material, he drove a Toyota Levin AE85. To add more insult to injury, his egotistical personality made him into a spoiled brat to which he becomes stupider than before.
 * 4) *Wataru Akiyama's sister Kazumi works at the same gas station as Itsuki and what's worse is that he himself doesn't appear in the movie.
 * 5) *Keisuke Takahashi doesn't appear in the movie at all, which leaves viewers confusing because he is one of the main characters of the series.
 * 6) *Ryosuke Takahashi collaborating with Takeshi Nakazato in races that don't make sense since they are rivals.
 * 7) *The AE86's engine blew up on its own home course in Mt. Akina instead of Mt. Akagi.
 * 8) Like the Tokyopop dub of the show, the movie removes any Eurobeat music and instead replaces it with rap and rock music.
 * 9) The film also takes too much emphasis on the stories based on Initial D First, Second, and Third Stage as it tries to cram it all into one plot rather than telling its own story.
 * 10) Terrible acting including from Jay Chou who plays Takumi Fujiwara.
 * 11) Awful camera work in the racing scenes where there's terrible angling, choppily frozen frames, and cheesy slow-motion edits that ruin the effect of the scenes which looks unprofessional.
 * 12) Poor CGI edit in one of the scenes where a crash has occurred which makes it look very fake.
 * 13) While somewhat unlikeable in the original series, Natsuki is completely flanderized in the film to where she doesn't redeem herself unlike in the anime series.