Initial D: Tokwa Drift
Diverting from the box-office line of swash-buckling pirates, I tried to watch "Initial D" on the silverscreen. When I entered the cinema it seems very sad that most of the seats were empty. Good thing I was able to get a good spot: top row left section next to the center aisle, then people started coming in. This is good because they’re kids. I love it when they react inside a cinema: different kind of laughs and reactions. I get less phone rings, loud sneezes and courtside comments from them eh.
The movie is very very nice. Although it’s a chinese movie subtitled in english, it doesn’t really matter if you can’t look at the picture and read the subtitles at the same time. Just ride with the tofucar and enjoy the racing scenes along the twisted roads of japan’s mt. akina (imagine multiple hairpin curves). All I can say is it’s pure speed, skill, rush, and heart. Nothing too flashy, just designed, but not decorated. Adding up comedy and romance didn’t do damage. I just felt I want to watch the next screening, if it wasn’t getting late before the mall closes.
I just felt I was missing so many chinese movies lately. Oh well, we’ll watch pirates next week anyway.
