I mentioned it was a great effort by them n i appreciate it... But e article simply made me think twice about e whole issue... I had to type out e parts so bear wif me...
Article: INITIAL D GETS THE JITTERS - Movie's got idols n pretty faces - but production firm worries tt it may not do well in China...
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There are only idols and youngsters in the movie and it's not a Hollywood film. It has no success in other places to draw audiences." says Mr John Chong, Media Asia's founder and executive director.
Okay, so u, as e executive director, actually admit tt ur movie is a crappy one??? So means only can go see e idols but e show generally cannot make it lah??? Biangz, to think i actually reccommend e show to others, so it meant tt i had jus reccommended a POSER show to ppl... Shit, i hope my fren dun blame me... Duhz...
If u think there r no other areas tt will attract audience, then y e hell did e company pick tis story anyway? Or since u had picked it, y didnt u work on e other areas? Didnt u take INITIAL D coz u wan to ride on e success of tt anime?
Pls, at least for me, i went coz of INITIAL D, not coz of e stars... Initial D is famous, and i can bet its much more famous than Jay CHou... Wat a crap comment...
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Also, e movie adaptation of e Japanese manga (comic) has no brand names like Andy Lau or Tony Leung Chiu Wai whom e China audience adores.
"The future is in China and we have to monitor China very closely. Hong Kong is just not e market for movies it once was." notes Mr CHong.
Ok, if u haf known tis, y didnt u use e budget to do a movie tt China audience will like? Since it didnt matter to u anymore, for viewership in countries like Hk, Sg, Taiwan...
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Initial D is e latest attempt by Media Asia to crack e China market wifout neglecting other Asian audiences.
Sibei contradicting leh...
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"Ten yrs ago, Taiwan shifted its attention to Western and Korean films. I think that's a consequence of e bad movies tt came out of HK then. Its not about e volume but quality." says Mr Chong
Tis explains y Initial D's US$12 million (S$20 million) endeavour took four yrs, from spending 2 1/2 yrs convincin e Japanese publisher to sell e rights, to finding e right cast.
I posted an entry jus e other day. LINK Talking about e loss of quality in shows fr HK...
1stly, i appreciate e fact tt u admit HK produced bad movies... BUT!!! Orrrhhh... So now i noe liao lor, produce bad movies is coz ppl focus on other countries' films... Wah, SSSSOOOOOOOO logical hor???
Wat crap!
Ppl focus on western n korean films coz they were gd...
So like tt means, if GUO MEI MEI (SG new singer) album sales did badly, its coz ppl listen to other countries' singers and thereby e singer herself need no reflection as to wat went wrong coz its a consequence?
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Media Asia won e rights after a battle wif several Japanese productions firms and American studios. "They felt we could make a better commercial movie. They felt tt Westerners would not understand e Asian culture behind e comics." says Mr Chong.
Instead of hastily churning out a car-racing film, he wanted e focus to be "about youngsters and to make a WUXIA film". By tt, he refers to e WUXIA themes of honour, friendship and family in e movie.
I agree tt westerners would not understand e culture... But unfortunately, HK didnt as well... Now knowing their objective in e movie, i feel DISAPPOINTED... Wif casts in their late 20s... I dun see e show as about YOUNGSTERs... Takumi was supposed to be 18 only... But e whole show made me watch a show of spoilt, useless adults who indulged their lives in woman, cars, money... Father abusing kid as FAMILY? Useless kid kept taking his Dad's money as family? Ah Mu seeing Takumi different coz he was a racer as frenship???
In Lie Huo Zhan Ce 2 movie... Lead's gf died in e race due to him, to honour tt, he stayed single even though a pretty young gal was luring him, he still love his gf... Lead then ran away fr everyone coz he was too upset and gave up racing... Lead's best fren died for him coz he wanted to revenge and challenge Lead's enemy to a death duel... Lead then stood up again and avenge everyone's death and gained back his honour by being e fastest racer wif e fastest car he created wif Lead's best fren notes...
Now, at least tis is honour, friendship, family...
To be fair, e actual INITIAL D was indeed about honour, friendship and family... I was so moved by them coz of tt...
But i didnt noe e chinese movie intended to show tis... They only showed finding your real self in e world tt u belong thingy... But theres no other more to it...
Sigh... Wat e hell went on in their production... They completely wasted a gd chance of having a great movie story... They had e opportunity and yet they didnt take it...
So anyways, e article concluded by saying they had 2 movies coming up starrin Andy Lau and Tony Leung, something like Infernal Affairs... And since China love tt 2 casts and Infernal Affairs did well in China n Hk...
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These projects should not cause him (Mr Chong) sleepness nights then, given e wide fan base of Andy Lau and Leung in china...
So expect more POSER shows i guess... Now i finally realised where those bad HK movies were coming fr... Wif mindsets like these... I can only say, i feel so sorry tt they even produced Initial D since they were so not confident of wat they r doing... Sigh...
U guys haf totally demeaned e art of filming... And totally trashed Initial D. Sad...
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