Tokyo Drift

[rotarypower]

Have you seen it?? Did you like it?

Personally I didnt think it was too bad. A lot better then the first 1. The 2nd wasnt bad either but TD had better cars. Yes, i know they are all un-realistic with a crappy story line but i couldnt really care what it was about, as long as it had some cool driving and mad cars. But i do reckon they over did the useage of 350z's in TD.

8/10 final thought

[bustin]

I haven't seen many movies where I wanted to leave after the 1st action sequence, but this was one. I stayed on in the hope of seeing some nice cars, and I did, but the idiotic story line ruined the whole flick. This movie starts dumb and gets dumber. One of the worst films ever made.

P.S. I felt ripped off, even though it cost me nothing to see.

[BEVIN1]

i hate how they put a rb 26 on a mustang is so so gayy

[Big_Burnouts]

i hate how they put a rb 26 on a mustang is so so gayy
Yeah, They are made for V8s not them :(

[chainzaw]

yeah, pretty corny shit aye...

bit i dont get is how its a drift related movie right... then Vin Deseil rocks up in a big impala or whatever and your like " :eek: he's gunna drift that up the ramps " ... no... stupid story line, but pretty decent cars, and putting a RB into a mustang would be a fun project but.. would be unique:cool:

[STI-NXZ]

you cant beat the first fast and the furious

[bustin]

you cant beat the first fast and the furious

All the F&F movies are unrealistic hollywood shit, anyone who think's otherwise is wrong. I wish these movies were never made. Why waste your time on that rubbish when there are REAL car movies to watch.
(and just to make a liar out of me, the movie list I posted below put the 1st F&F at number 40 out of 40.:o )

[jamma14]

originally posted by bustin
Why waste your time on that rubbish when there are REAL car movies to watch.

what are some real car movies??

running on empty
gone in 60 seconds

are a couple of my favourites.....

[Camper]

BEST car movie hands down is Smokey and the Bandit, read my sig ;)

[bustin]

what are some real car movies??

running on empty
gone in 60 seconds

are a couple of my favourites.....

^Originals only.
Loaded up and truckin.Smokey and The Bandit (1977) hell yeah. The Gumball Rally (1976), Vanishing Point (1971), Mad Max 1 & 2, Bullitt (1968)(if not only for the chase), American Graffiti (1973) (just for the rods), to a lesser extent, Cannonball Run, The Italian Job(original). Here's a link to check out- http://www.hotrod.com/thehistoryof/hdrp_0610_top_car_movies/index.html
P.S. An awesome old school flick is "Death Race 2000" (1975). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072856/

[geordo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBcUZwHD5Iw&mode=related&search=

http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/chs/studentwork/p_debartolo_movies/pics/bandit%203%201.jpg

[kyversgirl]

i havent seen tokyo drift, most of those movies bustin mentioned are the gear

[bustin]

i havent seen tokyo drift, most of those movies bustin mentioned are the gear
I should probably clarify, F&F TD, I think the thing that pissed me off the most is it could've been a halfway decent flick, but, It just had way too much over the top bullshit. Drifting is a spectacle in itself, it doesn't need this OTT Hollywood tripe. Not to mention how predictable it is. Bloody hell, Initial D is more realistic. But they had to make it so Americans would like it, and I think it suffered. I'm not saying 'don't see it' just don't pay to see it, and prepare to laugh if you do.:)

P.S. And if that's your own signed pic Geordo, I'm very jealous.

[PWPRT]

The only decent car in all of them was the blown weapon in the first movie, the rest are wind-up toys.
Shopping trolleys with stickers on them.

[STI-NXZ]

yeh so we all get it now tokyo drift sucked ass, we need a movie set down under with monaros, vl turbz and gt's. oh and for real car action check out the high octane series for jap imports havin there ass's floged.

[jamma14]

there was an ozzie movie i saw, cant remeber the name but it had a silvia as the main car, also featured the momo vr vs ute, was crap..... dont know if anyone else has seeen it........

what was that ozzie movie that had jaguar's in it, that movie had a tuff hq 2 door.....

[STI-NXZ]

hey jamma14 if you rember what tht movie waz called let us know please cheers

[EZY10]

i think it was called ...redline or in the red

[fullboost]

The best Aussie car flick besides Mad Max 1 is probably Metal Skin.

Bit of action down Cherry Lane way :)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110500/


http://einsiders.com/reviews/dvd/images/metalskin.jpg

DVD review

Some movies demand a second viewing to get the full effect. Movies like The Sixth Sense and Memento can provide you with a much different experience when you are armed with the knowledge that the first viewing provides. There are times when I don't like a movie enough to merit a second look but I felt that Metal Skin was a film that called for this. I am so glad I watched it again because although it was fairly enjoyable the first time around, a second viewing made it a much more complete experience as I was able to get the full effect of what director Geoffrey Wright was going for.


Metal Skin is not a happy movie nor is it a movie that is about drag racing. There are scenes of drag racing in the film and there is a beautifully shot yet short car chase but essentially this film is about four people in Melbourne and the unhappy lives they lead. If you are looking for something with action like The Fast And The Furious or Mad Max (which are both mentioned on the back of the DVD), you are going to be in for a disappointment but if you are in the mood for some strange and tortured characters in a story that is told in a way that you will likely remember for a long time, this is something worth checking out. This was much more like Two-Lane Blacktop than Days Of Thunder.


Aden Young stars as Joe, an awkward guy who wants to meet a girl but is held back by his lack of confidence and his mentally ill father who is slipping into dementia. Joe starts a new job at a food store where he meets a guy named Dazey (Ben Mendelsohn) who happens to be involved in the subculture of illegal drag racing. Dazey is a somewhat irresponsible chap and he has a difficult relationship with his girlfriend Roslyn (Nadine Garner) who was badly burned in a car accident. Regardless of Dazey's morals, Joe stills looks at him as a cool dude and befriends him. Joe is also desperate for love and he sets his sights on an odd girl at work named Savina (Tara Morice) who has a lint-collecting mom and a nasty habit of worshiping Satan. All of these characters are tragic yet endearing as you want them all to find what they are seeking even though you know that it is probably not going to happen. Still, you hope that they will overcome the odds that are stacked against them by themselves, society, and their own attitudes about their lives.


Geoffrey Wright delivered this movie as a follow-up to his highly successful skinhead drama Romper Stomper which starred Russell Crowe. Although Metal Skin does not deliver the same visceral impact of it's predecessor, it still brings us a memorable group of characters trying to exist in a bleak world. We also have a fine group of lead actors that, as Wright puts it, are not afraid to play ugly and we are rewarded with a quartet of performances that complement each other as we see the characters trying to relate while being chained with their personal issues. This could have just become a montage of cool-guy posturing but Wright and his actors draw us in with compassion for the characters even though they all have their faults and are not your typical morally upstanding citizens.


Wright has chosen to incorporate a great deal of crosscutting and jump cutting in the film, which adds to the uncertainty of everything you are seeing. I found that this brought me closer to the confusion that they characters are feeling. Being in this state allows us to feel more for the characters rather than simply write them off as a bunch of pathetic losers. There is also a noticeable lack of recognizable landscapes which brings us into a world that is seemingly only occupied by members of this small subculture and which also adds a huge impact to the final shot of the film which made me realize that I was watching something in the real world and not just the wasteland of the characters. Combined with the song which played over the end credits, I found it almost like a rebirth from the dismal world that the film took place in. Regardless, once you have been through this movie once, if you check it out again, you can understand what all the crosscuts were about and you can see that, like all good movies, that everything is there for a reason...even if at the time you think it is unnecessary. I'm sure that I will be revisiting this flick a few more times in my life.

[jamma14]

hey jamma14 if you rember what tht movie waz called let us know please cheers

it is called in the red.

[fosters]

is in the red any good?