Who Should Have Directed This Movie?

[arman200]

Also the changes they made to V for Vendetta had nothing to do with the times we live in. The ideas presented in the original comic books are even more relevant to the here and now. Their changes hurt the lead characters and turned all the supporting characters into 2-d versions of themselves.

The wachowskis wrote a very accurate version of V for Vendetta. They didn't make the changes, the producers did.

 

[TLH]

The wachowskis wrote a very accurate version of V for Vendetta. They didn't make the changes, the producers did.

They produced the film as well.

 

[Adam]

Maybe he meant director :/

 

[DorkyFresh]

You want him to screw up Dragonball?!

i agree. he fits Transformers pretty well, but please keep him away from DB. it's being Hollywoodized enough as is.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

First sorry for being grumpy and out of order. Was uncalled for and I apologize for that.

insinuate much? i knew the Matrix wasn't fully their idea and that's one of the reasons why the sequels didn't live up to the original...ON TOP of the original being as hyped as it was.

I don't think this excuse works though. Plenty of sequels to better films, have succeed with as much, or perhaps even more hype. I believe it is hard to look past the creative problem and to blame hype, when the films flipped on their own head.

72% on rottentomatoes.com is more than "good enough". as for V for Vendetta being a timeless piece of filmmaking or something that will be remembered in 10 years...that statement could be applied to the majority of films that comes from Hollywood. you think this DB movie will be timeless or remembered in 10 years?

See the thing is it got a "72%" fresh rating. That only figures in whether the film received a positive review or not. It doesn't take into account how positive or negative the review was. The average rating was 6.8/10 which to me does scream "good enough". Well actually if this was a class in school it would be below average but it is in that range.

Also while that statement very well could be applied to many films, I don't believe that should give it a pass in the quality department. A great film is always great. A bad one is always bad no matter the source.

Finally I do believe any material has the chance to be something timeless if done right. Look we are here talking about DB 25+ years removed from the day it started.

i wouldn't say they put comics and anime on film in the worst way, but their nack for eye catching action sequences is what makes them unique. despite your, personal, disdain for their work...most people who are into comics and anime enjoy their action scenes.

I am into comics and anime, and to me they bring out the worst. I am personally a favorite of just about everything in the first Matrix film and pretty much everything in Reloaded up to the car chase. That however to me is when they take on the problems I have with most anime action. It starts to lack substance or proper pacing.

One scene that really bothers me is the mech battle in the "real" world. A scene that could of been inter-cut, just lags on for 10 minutes. Painful and mind numbing.

http://comics.ign.com/articles/696/696867p2.html

Well they pretty much said what I said, but liked it. So to each their own I guess.

you realize we're talking about action right? 90% of the action in action films make no sense.

See that is a problem to me. I don't enjoy 90% of action films. It is those 10% that knock it out of the park that get my money. Most of these films ride the line of believability of course, but they earn your trust with the majority of the work and thus you just go with the rest.

yeah...[sarcastic] i guess that's why he's constantly being compared to the likes of Paul W. Anderson and Uwe Boll.

No one is that bad though. t:

Rodriguez just doesn't know when to stop and when to edit. He makes his films in three stages, but instead of cutting and crafting, he just adds and adds. From script, to filming, to post production. His films just get more and more outlandish and bloated. It is his problems as a writer, director, and editor.

He is fine at brainstorming an idea, but past that point he lacks control. This is why you see the nice gems,which are never fully realized, spread through his films. At least that is how I see it.

DBZ's action scenes are intense, despite the characters having little substance and doing outlandish things. lack of character development doesn't equal less intensity when it comes to action. Jackie Chan managed to dish out countless, intense action sequences despite his character being painfully 2D in most of his movies.

I would argue that you are selling DB short on the substances of the character. Heck a lot of DBZ is built around building these character's mythical auras. To the point that when they finally do battle (After 10 episodes of build up) you can't help but eat it up.

Jackie Chan plays Jackie Chan. He is a persona. You are attached to the actor, not his character.

i'm glad you're using the right to express your opinion, but try not to make it sound so absolute. it kinda sounds like you're trying to make your opinion sound like a fact.

Sorry again.

as if DB is supposed to be in a serious setting. if anything, wacky and over the top is exactly how i would describe the anime...and it's how we should have been able to describe the live action movie.

See the thing is if your film isn't sincere it doesn't work. Perhaps serious is the wrong word, but if you don't buy into why being able to launch an energy blast is such a big deal, you lose your audience. I don't believer you can just say "buy it".

DB and early DBZ is built on that sincerity. The last 200 odd episodes of DBZ is basically milking the good faith built in the earlier stories.

who is this "we"? your 2 posts on this thread were basically trying to shoot my opinion of who could make a better DB movie than James Wong. if you're really so concerned about practically and logically finding a director who should have directed this movie then how about you stop waisting posts trying to convince me that my opinions are wrong and suggest someone of your own choice???

Sorry once more. Personally I just don't see the point of discussing those that unless something drastic happens in their life. Your free to do what you want obviously.

 

[Saint]

My old answer was "The Wachowskis." ZI didn't see Speed Racer, but the trailers indicated that, unlike most filmmakers, they're not cowards--and were willing to think outside the box and adapt the hyper-kinetic, ultra-stylized nature of an anime to film, with good results.

Sadly, their weaknesses are just about everything else (as indicated by poor reviews for the film). So, my new answer is Michael Bay. Frankly, I can't believe I hadn't thought of it before. Michael Bay doesn't usually make the type of films I'm interested in, being all flash and little substance, but I think he's absolutely the perfect choice for DragonBall. DragonBall conforms incredibly well to Bay's strengths and weaknesses.

 

[DBZ2cool]

Director of WANTED.

The action scenes would have been something special then. I mean Wanted is a 80 million budget flick and it looks pretty damn slick and visually exciting.

 

[craigdbfan]

Director of WANTED.

The action scenes would have been something special then. I mean Wanted is a 80 million budget flick and it looks pretty damn slick and visually exciting.

"Wanted" actually had a $65 Million Dollar Budget.

 

[Hectorminator]

Stephen Chow.

And me. Because my ideas for the DBZ movies are the best ever and make everybody cry after I tell them that I'm not actually directing them.

Kidding. But seriously, Chow.

 

[MoPlaYa]

Stephen Chow would have been great! IMO