I think Tom Rothman went into the boardroom meeting and said, This is one of those Chinese-people movies, so I say we go with Wong. Dont underestimate the lack of taste these people have. I wouldnt be surprised if my joke turned out to be not too far off from the truth.
If what you describe were really how directors were hired in Hollywood, then Adam would have been put in charge, not Wong.
of course not, but Spy Kids is a movie with kids as the main characters. even though they'll have to show Goku as a kid in some for or another, most people would opt to want Goku to be at least be past puberty for the majority of the film. even though the 2nd and 3rd Spy Kids were pretty crappy, the first one was pretty cool. Rodriguez has done action, horror, family, and comic book movies. the only thing he hasn't tackled is martial arts and i'm sure his good pal Tarantino wouldn't mind helping him out if he ever did. his more adult oriented movies are badassery and if he can achieve a happy medium, especially utilizing the methods he used for Sin City, then i think he would have created an awesome DB flick.
it's true that he hasn't directed live action......yet. however, all of his movies so far have been family friendly, heart felt, action movies that have had moderate to great success and he's currently working on a live action movie about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. of course, it will be much more serious in nature than his other films. so if that movie turns out to be any good, then it would go to show that he could potentially have made a great DB flick.
no, not Ebonics. when i say 'jive', i mean it in as another word for 'cool'. they always have conversations and dialogue exchanges that feel sassy. now that i think about it though, i guess Tarantino's talent for heated and extreme conversations could lend well to their verbal exchanges before their battles. i guess i wouldn't mind seeing him do a DB movie, but i'm still not sure if he can pull off a non-R movie.
It's actually good you bring up Sin City because though I personally am not a fan of Rodriguez's work, Sin City is a perfect example of a very highly stylized movie receiving widespread critical approval, very much in contrast to what happened to Speed Racer. It proves you can adapt Dragonball in an eccentric fashion and not forsake your audience and the critics.
tha Matrix was such a huge success that it was next to impossible to top. the sequels are a product or over hype. i agree that they didn't really figure out everything, but the sequels have shown that the Wachowski's can pull off DB's trademark action in an epic setting.
i thought Bound was a well made film and V for Vendetta recieved a lot of critical praise, even if they were only the producers.
ENTIRELY your opinion. i found the script pretty clever, even if it isn't as genius as the first Matrix. they changed quite a few things from the comic, but they did it to reflect our times and our current problems. even if they don't have strong writing skills (which they do), they have an eye for action that is distinguishably unique and would be nothing but pure bliss to see applied to a live action DB fight.
once again, ENTIRELY your opinion. my opinion happens to be that, aside from his childrens movies, Rodriguez puts out great action flicks. my least favorite of his so far was Once Upon a Time in Mexico, but even that was entertaining. i won't deny that the actors definitely help his films, but that's like saying the actors help Guillermo or Peter Jackson's films. it's a given. however, the action in his movies are always intense and stylized with comic book movie type movements and sequences. those are things that you cannot contribute to the actor/actress because they weren't the ones that came up with the ideas.
i thought the action in Kill Bill was good enough. Uma Therman looked novice, but that's not Tarantino's fault. i thought the angles and editing were done well enough. it's true that his movies are really just a conglomerate of movies that he's watched before, but that's the nature of art. DB, itself, is a conglomerate of stories and characters that Toriyama had experienced before he made DB.
i know he would never make a DB flick, even if this one weren't being made. however, that doesn't mean he wouldn't have made a good one either. despite his taste for movies and films, he has most of the qualifications that a director needs in order to make a successful DB flick. he might not ever want to do an Asian themed movie, but if he did DB, i could almost guarantee that it would be better than what we're getting now.
I didn't realise that we had fortune tellers on here
I think alot of people are getting a bit too deep on these subjects on this forum,
How can you predict what wong is doing with the film whithout a shred of proper "action movie" footage?
We have some great pics, (imo) and i'm totally happy with what i have seen so far.
I for one, watch movies cos i want to see them, i couldn't give a s... who's directing it !
When your missus says "do u want to go and watch ......... tonight ?"
My first response isan't "WHO'S directing IT"
wasnt just referencing your post, Just making the point that the public, well the general audience, don't care about this stuff, director, speculation and what not. Their just gonna see an ad on tv, and will be drawn to it, because its a blockbuster with explosions and fighting.
