The Official Rate and Review Thread

[SolarTiger]

I did not see the kamehameha clip only the Shenron one. I don't want everything spoiled.

 

[dark_b]

its 24 seconds........including with goku powering up .

 

[Son Kune]

Well now we all know. The movie is pure GARBAGE....

 

[Cartman Blues]

Oh shut up! I can't believe you guys are letting someone else dictate your opinion. I'm probably leaving here soon.

 

[Son Kune]

I mean from the looks and sounds of it:

It's not a good Dragon Ball movie.
It's not a good action/sci-fi/martial arts/adventure movie.
It's not a so bad it's good movie.
It's not even a funny because it's so terrible movie.

It's just a really bad movie that from the sound of it, isn't really entertaining.

 

[SolarTiger]

its 24 seconds........including with goku powering up .

Damn...including powering up?

Oh shut up! I can't believe you guys are letting someone else dictate your opinion. I'm probably leaving here soon.

 

[Cartman Blues]

Well see it for yourself before you judge it. Bootleg it whatever just form YOUR opinion.

 

[dark_b]

Damn...including powering up?

if i wouldnt watch the time i would even say 10 seconds.
ut you cansee that it was cut down. in the middle of the kamehameha there is just a cut.
there are deleted scenes.

 

[BLACK-SPIDEY]

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/N...le/indexF_html

MARBLES, baseball cards, gumballs... Dragonballs? These sound like the stuff children of yesteryear collected to play with or trade. So if Dragonball: Evolution sounds rather childish to you, it really is.

The movie is adapted from Japanese kiddie cartoon (or manga) series, Dragon Ball, created by Akira Toriyama in 1984.

The comic books spawned best-selling graphic novels, a phenomenally successful television series and role-playing videogames.

The Dragon Ball cartoons had more than 500 episodes which were made in Japan, and were produced and licensed for the United States, Australia and elsewhere.
Basically, the Dragon Ball stories deal with the adventures of Son Goku whose destiny is to protect Earth from an endless stream of villains bent on taking over the universe.

In this movie, based on the King Piccolo Saga, Goku (played by Justin Chatwin) has to stop the evil Lord Piccolo (James Marsters), who has returned from banishment after 2,000 years, from destroying the world.

In order to defeat Piccolo and his female sidekick Mai (Eriko), Goku not only has to learn some cool martial arts moves from Master Roshi (Chow Yun-fat) but he also has to collect all of the seven magical orbs (or Dragonballs) so that he can be granted one “perfect wish”.

Besides Roshi, Goku teams up with Bulma (Emmy Rossum) and a highway robber named Yamcha (Joon Park) in a race to find the Dragonballs before an eclipse of the sun.

When Twentieth Century Fox bought the rights to the Dragon Ball series, many of its fans had hoped that Michael Bay (of Transformers fame) would direct the movie.

That did not happen and James Wong (of Final Destination) was brought on board with screenwriter Ben Ramsey.

One can understand the constraints involved in turning such popular manga characters into live action.

Race and creed have no bearing in the Dragon Ball world where the past and future have become one.

Wong and Ramsey manage to convey this sense of “otherworldliness” nicely but they fail to flesh out the characters properly.

Except for Chow’s Roshi, the lead characters like Goku, his grandfather Gohan (Randall Duk Kim), Bulma and Yamcha appear two-dimensional and underdeveloped.

Many of Ramsey’s lines sound lame, and the high school scenes where Goku gets bullied look shoddy and contrived.

Chow and Jamie Chung (who plays Goku’s love interest Chi Chi) are the exceptions. Chow gives Roshi his own brand of self-deprecating humour, while Chung manages to portray the girl-next-door who kicks butt as well!

Rossum’s Bulma goes way over-the-top while Park’s Yamcha looks as if he has dropped out of the sky — just like Piccolo.

Technically, the movie looks impressive. The sets and location (shot in Durango, Mexico) are marvellous to look at and the battle scenes are well choreographed and filmed.

However, Evolution has that B-movie sheen because Wong could not give the film enough polish to make it appear otherwise. Still, it is way better than Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.

If you are planning to catch the movie, don’t be in a hurry to leave when the credits appear.

The film-makers have latched on a narrative hook for its sequel in the middle of the closing credits. And it is quite a surprising touch, too.

 

[SolarTiger]

When Twentieth Century Fox bought the rights to the Dragon Ball series, many of its fans had hoped that Michael Bay (of Transformers fame) would direct the movie.

wut?

 

[BLACK-SPIDEY]

wut?

lol yeah right? i was like "wtf?..Michael bay?...no!....never."

 

[craigdbfan]

I would have preferred a film from Bay actually (another screenwriter, and another studio) instead of this sloppy disaster that Fox whipped up.

We can only hope for 20th Century Fox to either sell the rights or let their ownership to the filming rights expire so it goes back out on the public market.

 

[The Kid]

So what do we do now, just not watch the movie? **** these reviews

 

[JP]

Ah well. I can still maybe enjoy the film on a b-grade cheesy camp level (ala Super Mario Bros/Mortal Kombat/Hairspray '88). I'll go in with very low expectations, I guess.


And wait for the reboot in... never.

 

[JP]

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/N...le/indexF_html

MARBLES, baseball cards, gumballs... Dragonballs? These sound like the stuff children of yesteryear collected to play with or trade. So if Dragonball: Evolution sounds rather childish to you, it really is.

The movie is adapted from Japanese kiddie cartoon (or manga) series, Dragon Ball, created by Akira Toriyama in 1984.

The comic books spawned best-selling graphic novels, a phenomenally successful television series and role-playing videogames.

The Dragon Ball cartoons had more than 500 episodes which were made in Japan, and were produced and licensed for the United States, Australia and elsewhere.
Basically, the Dragon Ball stories deal with the adventures of Son Goku whose destiny is to protect Earth from an endless stream of villains bent on taking over the universe.

In this movie, based on the King Piccolo Saga, Goku (played by Justin Chatwin) has to stop the evil Lord Piccolo (James Marsters), who has returned from banishment after 2,000 years, from destroying the world.

In order to defeat Piccolo and his female sidekick Mai (Eriko), Goku not only has to learn some cool martial arts moves from Master Roshi (Chow Yun-fat) but he also has to collect all of the seven magical orbs (or Dragonballs) so that he can be granted one “perfect wish”.

Besides Roshi, Goku teams up with Bulma (Emmy Rossum) and a highway robber named Yamcha (Joon Park) in a race to find the Dragonballs before an eclipse of the sun.

When Twentieth Century Fox bought the rights to the Dragon Ball series, many of its fans had hoped that Michael Bay (of Transformers fame) would direct the movie.

That did not happen and James Wong (of Final Destination) was brought on board with screenwriter Ben Ramsey.

One can understand the constraints involved in turning such popular manga characters into live action.

Race and creed have no bearing in the Dragon Ball world where the past and future have become one.

Wong and Ramsey manage to convey this sense of “otherworldliness” nicely but they fail to flesh out the characters properly.

Except for Chow’s Roshi, the lead characters like Goku, his grandfather Gohan (Randall Duk Kim), Bulma and Yamcha appear two-dimensional and underdeveloped.

Many of Ramsey’s lines sound lame, and the high school scenes where Goku gets bullied look shoddy and contrived.

Chow and Jamie Chung (who plays Goku’s love interest Chi Chi) are the exceptions. Chow gives Roshi his own brand of self-deprecating humour, while Chung manages to portray the girl-next-door who kicks butt as well!

Rossum’s Bulma goes way over-the-top while Park’s Yamcha looks as if he has dropped out of the sky — just like Piccolo.

Technically, the movie looks impressive. The sets and location (shot in Durango, Mexico) are marvellous to look at and the battle scenes are well choreographed and filmed.

However, Evolution has that B-movie sheen because Wong could not give the film enough polish to make it appear otherwise. Still, it is way better than Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.

If you are planning to catch the movie, don’t be in a hurry to leave when the credits appear.

The film-makers have latched on a narrative hook for its sequel in the middle of the closing credits. And it is quite a surprising touch, too.

I liked this one. Kind of what I'm expecting.

 

[craigdbfan]

Ah well. I can still maybe enjoy the film on a b-grade cheesy camp level (ala Super Mario Bros/Mortal Kombat/Hairspray '88). I'll go in with very low expectations, I guess.


And wait for the reboot in... never.

The chances would/are going to be slim at best.

 

[JP]

Slim is an overstatement.

 

[SolarTiger]

3 films. I would think a 4th reboot would be pushing it.

 

[Cartman Blues]

Why is everyone so friggin' melancholy after 2 blurry clips?!

 

[JP]

I haven't watched the clips.

 

[BLACK-SPIDEY]

Why is everyone so friggin' melancholy after 2 blurry clips?!

face it cartman no one here gives a **** about this movie any more....in fact hardcore fans never did.

 

[jk_4000m]

I care and I am a hardcore fan

 

[JP]

I care and I'm pretty hardcore.

 

[The Kid]

What's wrong with you guys? You invest so much time and energy into following every aspect of this film's development, then turn your back on it at a few ****tastic reviews?

*steps on soap box*

Were you not completely overjoyed when Goku became super saiyan for the first time in the series? Did that not make you believe that anything was possible if you just never gave up?

Did you not sit down after school every day eagerly awaiting the next thrilling adventures of Goku and gang?

I'm not going to sugar coat this anymore, yes I'm the last person to say this, but...

What a bunch of *****ES!

You're not a true fan if a few bad reviews makes you lose interest in watching Goku return after all these long years. I'll be there with my Goku action figure I got in 2000 and I'll be the happiest little fan in the world even if I'm alone and to hell with you if you don't see things my way!

 

[JP]

Like a Star Wars fan waiting in line for the prequels!