Dragonball: Evolution

[Unition]

So is anyone going to see this when it comes out?  Is it worth seeing?
Presumably all the kids that watched it have grown up by now, so maybe it'll be a good movie?

[RainRat]

You got the title of the thread wrong, it's Dragonball, not Dragonball Z. It's gonna be great. Maybe people who aren't fans won't like it, but fans of the series will like it.

[Zephyron]

Violent Rat on the loose o.o;;

[Kaji]

Oh wow, I never thought possible to ever see rat like that O.o...Although its a given never mess with Dragonball around Rat ever.

[Raikon]

LOL dragoncubes....

I'd like to see it, although it's not too high on my list.  If a bunch of people go though I'll probably come with.

P.S. Rat I'm so glad you aren't like that when we play games o.o I know now not to get on your bad side.

[Kaji]

I'd like to see it, although it's not too high on my list.  If a bunch of people go though I'll probably come with.

Dude, just join us for the movie this friday. Take a look.
Dragonball Movie/Dinner Meet

[Raikon]

I heard friday and I already have to decline >_>

I'm too busy nerding it up that day (in a different sense then seeing a Dragonball movie) although maaaaaaybe I'll change my mind.  I'll see Rat tomorrow so maybe he can force me to come (if he can beat me at PPL that is! Mwuahahahaha......yes it's sad, I'm looking for any excuse to get him to play with me >_>)

[Haloth]

Heh, way to go Uni.   Trying to shatter the man's spirits.    xP   


mind you, I did hear that Piccolo isn't even green in the movie...    I love the series, but I am not holding my breath for this film...

[TarekCoyote]

Ok so ive seen thsi movie Twice now in theaters with two totally different groups:
1. Hard to impress Animoo Otakus
2. Harder to impress gooftards who cant think of a serious moment in their life, and to further the experiment, half of them were stoned.

My own personal thoughts first and foremost:

For a person who has not watched Dragonball ever since Goku missed with the spirit bomb during that fateful fight against Freeza, i must say im amazingly impressed with how well executed the movie as a whole was.
Of course you have the occasional bad line, some teeth grindingly noticable string pulling, and areas of fake enthusiasm shining through like a steel turd in the afternoon. But from all of its faults: its mere nitpicking.

The film was enjoyable. The dialogue was for the most part solid, the choreography was fun to watch, the story was quite solid with some nice pulling of the heart strings, some great performances by the actors given the subject matter and direction of a PG film. They even manage to do some holy-crap killing and get away with it.
I wont spoil anything here, but i will say this: Its not earth shattering, but its not bad either. Its only earth shattering in how broken to pieces my expectations were when the end credits rolled.

And especially after watching Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, i have to say this was a very pleasant surprise!

Overall: 6.5/10 ]-----------------------------------[]------------------------[
Impression: Check it out in theaters for a good time. But the movie is a rental at best once it comes out. Get it, shut the brain off, get your buddies around, and enjoy.


As for the two groups of friends:
Group 1: Thumbs up all around
Group 2: Thumbs sideways and Up, 45* angle if you will.

[Kaji]

For me it was certainly enjoyable for the complete fail factor. Basically the only reason I saw it was to see how wrong it was from the true anime. Everything was way off except for a few points here and there in the story and the characters names. Other than that, nowhere close to the anime. Complete fail in my eyes, but an entertaining movie to laugh at non the less.

[TarekCoyote]

For me it was certainly enjoyable for the complete fail factor. Basically the only reason I saw it was to see how wrong it was from the true anime. Everything was way off except for a few points here and there in the story and the characters names. Other than that, nowhere close to the anime. Complete fail in my eyes, but an entertaining movie to laugh at non the less.

Actually one must understand that they never intended to follow the Anime verbatim. They took the important elements (7 Dragonballs: check, quest to find em all: check, Staple characters: check, Dragonballs can summon a dragon for 1 wish: check) and that was it.
The reason for this is, if they followed the Anime, itd be FAR more rediculous of a plot than it already is.

Sorry to burst the bubble, but Dragonball's story isn't exactly "good", its merely "passable" until the next episode. Do something and then have the characters grunting for 25 minutes. No substance and ends up being seasons long per fight.


Remember, if they were to follow the storyline to the Anime, itd never be done. You have Goku growing up and then what, get into Dragonball Z. Itd be like saying that if a Live Action Simpsons Movie were to be made, it better follow everything from season 1 and on. haha.
The producers had to condense it somehow into an hour and a half - two hours. The best way is to do what hollywood does best: start from scratch. After 2 and a half hours of watching real life goku try to become familiar with the Kamehameha, thats 80,000,000 they jsut spent on that movie, and onto the next one? Its not economically feasable. In fact THIOS dragonball movie cost $100,000,000 to make, and they will not be turning a profit, even though they set it up for a sequal.


Overall, what they did was the right move, and theres no doubt some people would be pissed at it, but cant win em all.




on the other hand, Andrzej Bartkowiak can burn in a fire for the Doom movie. Couldn't have missed the point further.

[Kaji]

Well whatever they did cover, I wish they could have done it closer to the anime.

[Star Wonder]

The anime was epic, and is still extremely popular. They could have at least set it as he was an adult because in no episodes of the anime was Goku 18. He was either a kid, or an adult... which is just sad really... I think he should have at least been ten stories high like he should have been as a monkey XD

[Malissa]

saw it didn't really enjoy it,  wont watch it again.  i hope they try again but make it closer too the anime

[Kaji]

saw it didn't really enjoy it,  wont watch it again.  i hope they try again but make it closer too the anime

Another remake basically. Kinda like they tried to do with the hulk. Heard that just turned out as bad as the first one. But yah, I hope they try again. And by they, I mean the proper creators...the Japanese. They know how to do things right.