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Dragonball: Evolution

Dragonball: Evolution

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This movie sucked.

Customer Reviews

Only good for a laugh

Rating: 2/5

This movie does not follow any part of the over 300 episodes in the entire Dragonball series. I'm wondering if any person on this movie has even heard of Dragonball before signing on to it. Besides not following the series, the acting and special effects really do not deliver. The KamiHamiHa looks as bad as a scene fromt the Last Airbender. This movie does raise some questions that fans of the Dragonball series have. Why is Goku white with an asian grandfather? Why is Piccolo portrayed as being thousands of years old? How can Goku become the Oozaru without his tail? Why is Piccolo foreign to Goku when in the series Goku defeated him when Goku was a child? Why does Master Roshi not have his beard and bald head? That's the problem with these anime made-to-real-life movies. You simply cannot take a series that has so many episodes/sagas and cram it into a 90 minute flick. It seems that this movie was only made for kids/teenagers who don't understand the Dragonball series. Kids may enjoy the movie but I would not recommend this to any anime fan.

Another horrible western adaption of an asian genre

Rating: 1/5

The Dragonball Evolution story comes from an Asian comic book series. I have never read this comic book, but was recommended to watch this movie by fans of the serial. And so I did, and I was horribly disappointed. The entire story is quite original to those who have no background in Asian comic book stories, and I won't go into the details here, but everything else was horrible. First of, why is the main character a white man when the setting is in Asia, and the main character's father is Oriental? Second, why do all these Hollywood produced movies have to have the white man pick up the hot chinese babe in the movie? Why not the other way around? And why did Chow-Yun Fat sign up for this movie? His role was utterly ridiculous. Worst of all was the kung fu fighting. It had all the apparent use of special effects, high-wire stunts, and second-by-second choreography, without any of the spirit, drama or tension seen in the Hong Kong-made martial arts movies. Luckily again, the plot is quite original with several unexpected twists to keep the viewer interested.

Dragon Ball: Evolution

Rating: 5/5

The kids really enjoyed the dvd and I think they will watch it again and again.

dissapointment

Rating: 2/5

as someone who grew up watching the series i was highly dissapointed when this came out i didnt care for the cast at all except chow yun fat they grabbed one of the chicks from one of the real world seasons and put here one here im not gonna ramble on because enough people have already done it but ill say this i know theyre making another one hopefully they re do the whole cast except chow yun fat and get the movie atleast pg 13 and and definitly get rid of the guy playing yumcha

KameHAmeha?

Rating: 2/5

Talk about absurdity, but of what I'm not sure: was it due to the most powerful being on Earth going to high school and getting ridiculous by hand-me-down bullies, or was it that I watched that scene straight-faced? In actuality, the thing that crossed my mind was, "how could a high school in the suburbs be close to a secluded hut on top of a hill where Goku lived"? I don't understand the inclusion of having a high-school setting in the first place; as a Dragonball enthusiast, that seems more suited for a character like Gohan. Gohan went to high-school and he goes through the same awkward stages like Justin Chatwin's character. In fact, Chatwin acted more like Gohan than Goku: Goku has always been a naive but kind-hearted character with a large appetite, not nebbish and cowardice towards girls like Chatwin portrayed. His love-interest, Chi-Chi, is more of a flirt than a hot-tempered lady of the original and thus is a lot less interested. The actors don't seem too thrilled with their performances, with the exception of Chow Yun-Fat who manages to mantain his Muten Roshi character with most of the original perversion and radical temperament intact.

If anyone doesn't know what the Dragon Ball series is about, the you'll be completely flabbergasted by how contrived and ridiculous the whole movie sets up, but even if one's an avid Dragon Ball fan, the plot for "Dragonball Evolution" still wouldn't make sense. It narrates about an evil nemesis named Piccolo who's a destroyer of planets alongside a giant ape, until he was locked in a cage but he was uncaged and is off to follow his cliché. The film never bothered to explain how he got out, it's just an excuse to drive the "stop the big big" plot for Goku to go on the merry journey, as well as finding the dragonball with help of his allies. Who is that woman Piccolo's hanging with and how did they meet? There's an explanation among elders about Goku's eighteenth birthday and how it relates to the plot, but how would the elders know about it? How come the missing dragon balls are so close to each other in the search? Other plot-related questions that I can't spoil, but the point is almost every situation seemed to be set-up simply out of convenience without any kind of logical explanation behind them.

If I have anything good to say, the fight scenes aren't bad, although the climatic showdown between Goku and Piccolo ended on a total letdown. But when it comes to a paper-full-of-holes plot, boring characters, and cartoony effects, saying "fights aren't bad" isn't good enough. It's just another lousy effort on a live-action anime adaptation.