Comments on: Dragonball: Evolution Review

By: Tweeb

Tweeb — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:04:25 +0000

wow. i was thinking about renting it for my 15 yo but i guess not…

By: elrey908

elrey908 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:06:06 +0000

ok so i just watched the movie..it was really bad. when i went on the bonus features and saw the gag reel i thought it was going to show me the whole movie

By: TheREALGoku

TheREALGoku — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:20:17 +0000

This movie was a complete fail. It had nothing to do with DragonBall, except for sharing the same name. The script should have been thrown out and the casting was terrible.

Let me make another important point: Goku is NOT a white guy! I don’t buy the “he’s an alien” copout either; since aliens in the DragonBall universe ARE Asian. DragonBall is an Asian genre cartoon. Hence, the charaters have Asian names, eat Asian food, wear Asian clothing, etc… No one ever mistakes Superman for being anything other than white; and he’s an alien.

So, yeah, the film sucked big time with White Goku.

By: marcus

marcus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:54:05 +0000

i….. i dont know wat to say except that that waz the worst movie ever like wat the hell it made me so fustrated i wanted to beat the crap out of the producers i really did i am a diehard dragon ballz fan i have read the whole manga i know every fight every battle every near to death expereince that happended this movie got every thing wrong like did the producers actually watch the t.v show or at least read it? if they did then wat the hell happended yes i realize that not evey thing could have been correct they are turning a animation into a movie but they could have at least tried like for example they could have made the great ape transformation correct saiyans transform when there are a full moon as long as they have a tail they dont need a.wtf? an chi-chi should not have been a real impt charachter at the time, piccolo should have come during the budakia, there waz no budakia, krillin waz not in there,all the unnessarry hand movementz, to me it waz more like a lame kung-fu movie not drangonballz,

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:11:48 +0000

I don’t know how anyone involved with this film sleeps at night
every aspect of this piece of crap movie was horrendous
script/storyline/music/effects/casting/costume/acting were all disgustingly cringeworthy
i hope that this movie gets forgotten quickly so that a proper attempt may be made at completing a successful dragonball film in this future

By: pffft

pffft — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:02:46 +0000

even the fans of the original dragon ball hate this film…

By: menga

menga — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:42:29 +0000

Just saw it….. WTF!?!?!?!? I remember watching an interview with Justin Chatwin and Emmy Rossum before the movie came out saying the movie NOT a Dragonball film. However, may I just say…. WHY USE THE WORD DRAGONBALL in the title? Why name the main characters the same as the manga/anime if it’s not even lightly based on the “Dragon Ball” Series’. This film could have been GREAT!!! I wasn’t too upset with the actors and even the visual changes in their character. The most upsetting part of the film was the storyline changes. Yes, Goku and Chi Chi were older and in High School, Yamcha was A LOT older and blonde, Bulma didn’t have blue hair, Roshi wasn’t bald and as much of a perv as in the manga/anime… THERE WAS NO KRILLIN!!!, and Piccolo was totally different looking. BUT why did Piccolo have a woman do all his bidding when Piccolo is a solo act? Also, why did they say that Oozaru was Piccolo’s partner in crime 2000 years ago when Goku was shipped to Earth only 18 years prior? First of all, Saiyans are not that old of a race to ship one of their own to Earth so long ago. Second of all, Goku would have been able to turn into Oozaru on every full moon of his life (as long as he had a tail, which was nowhere to be seen in the movie), and Piccolo wouldn’t have been able to control him… (It was almost like Underworld with the Vampires controlling the Lycans… pshh). Finally, Piccolo would have spit out an egg at the end when he was defeated, forming a “good” Kame/God and “evil” Piccolo. Overall, I thought the acting was cheesy as is most of the dialogue in the manga/anime which was ok, and the visual effects were disappointing but after all it was only Dragonball… the visuals don’t pick up that much till Dragon Ball Z anyway.

I think if another movie was made I would give it a shot, but only if the directors and script writers correct the storyline.

By: JamesWC

JamesWC — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:43:29 +0000

This moveie wasn’t the worst thing I’ve seen in the last year. As for the dialogue, Dragonball Z always had bad dialogue. Further more, every storyline in the anime series was the same. How it lasted as a series as long as it has is amazing.

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By: Thischarmingsam

Thischarmingsam — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:05:52 +0000

One change to the original material is one change too many,the Suck-to-Win ratio of comic book films is far too high.

The difference between films like this and say, Batman, is that the way we (the fanboys) imagine how we would have directed it etc. is a million miles away from the mass-market-friendly viewpoint the studios have. Batman only had one viable route to take (grittier etc.) which was exactly what the fanboys had in mind but also what the mainstream consciousness expected of batman = great success.

The points that ruin the films for me were when they very obviously switch emphasis from one age-group to another e.g. Optimus Prime hiding outside Sam’s house – cringeworthy.

Through reading/watching/growing up with these very well-defined characters we create our own unique bond with them, as well as a very stylized image in our head of how they would look/behave in person (e.g. when playing with their toys as a child – lets not forget the role of imagination in all of this!) Which is exactly what they are designed to do.

Millions of people with similar, but not identical, expectations cannot all be satisfied at once, so compromise is reached at the expense of the fans at the hands of the toy-purchasing younger populous.

I’m a big DB AND Transformers fan and i think they both stank, studios try to cater for all audiences when making these films to get the most $$$ and ultimately leave hardcore fans out in the cold.

I’m available for psycho-analysis, kids parties…

By: river

river — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:46:53 +0000

well…I got my own head sleep in theater while movie played. And hope next of this movie sequel “if” they gonna remake it, to have a good Dragonball the movie…

By: Boyo

Boyo — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:03:02 +0000

I can’t believe they did such a bad movie. I really can’t. Dragon Ball is a great franchise and they could have made (very easily) a lot of money on a 2D animation with probably half the budget they spent here. But no, they had to do pretty much the worst movie ever (even if you’re not a dragon ball fan.) As a Dragon Ball fan, it’s even worse than the worst movie ever cause it ruins the original story which is very funny in the beginning. I would REALLY love to talk to the people who made the movie (director and writer) cause I can’t believe they really thought it was okay. They really believe the public is stupid and is gonna be amazed by CHEAP visual effects that aren’t even innovative (the transformation of the capsule into a bike is very used recently in ads), the KI effect is used anytime Hollywood want to make obvious that there is “energy” somewhere. It’s horrible. I can’t believe it. I went to see this thinking it was gonna be awful but I could laugh at its awfulness. It’s just impossible, it seems like an insult. No one in the theater was serious, everybody was laughing at the movie, criticizing it etc.
Sorry for my english, i’m french!

By: evans

evans — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:26:16 +0000

ok, couple of things, this new movie is like all the other comic book/ video game/ cartoon shows turned movie. Why people never stick to the original script kills me. another thing is this, there are way more people in asia then america, and yes, Goku and his homies have a bigger fan base than Optimus and his. The transformers movie sucked just like this one, just had Shia Lebeauf and Optimus prime who looked closer to his cartoon form than Goku. and right now, for all those out of the loop, naruto is getting a bigger fan base than both, they may be classics to us, but they are also the stepping stone to greater things when used properly. To all the director and script writers reading, sometimes you just gotta stick to the script that you already have.

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By: Syncopath

Syncopath — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:17:54 +0000

The movie could have been better, for me they only concentrated in creating a dragon ball movie.. its like they just made the movie because they know that a dragon ball movie will be catchy and intriguing. They did do the movie because they want to make a great movie, a movie to be remembered. They just did it for money.

The movie was all compressed in just one and a half hours therefore making the story quite lame and the narration was so bad. The movie was so fast phased. They didn’t tell the story of Goku in an entertaining manner..the movie just gave me a taste of every thing. A little comedy, a little action, a little love story. JUST A LITTLE!! In addition, the story line was greatly changed and fight scenes were boring and lacks excitement. i don’t really know why it ended up this way, maybe they have no budget.. i don’t really know. If it where a movie with a different title i would give it 6/10 but for it to be titled “DRAGON BALL”, its score would be 3/10.

By: SIN187UM

SIN187UM — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:23:36 +0000

Chatwin and the film still FAIL.

By: T-Grave

T-Grave — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:35:24 +0000

I think one of the main reasons they chose for Chatwin is because of his facial characteristics. I don’t know any other actors that have that same resemblance with Goku. And no he’s not all buffed up, but Goku wasn’t buffed up either in Dragonball(if you’ve seen the last saga where he is a teenager, he’s quite skinny).

By: Rakesh

Rakesh — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:15:18 +0000

What a lousy film, this is seriously a bad film.

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:16:30 +0000

@Sin
When I first saw that Chatwin was going to be Goku, I wanted to hunt down the idiot who made that decision. But watching the movie, I understand what the director was trying to do, make Goku a type of Clark Kent with a super secret. If they are going to do a DBZ, I would hope they get a more muscular/cut actor. In the end, the director is the one responsible for how the character is represented. I’m not a Justin Chatwin fan but I think he did what the director told him to do.

By: SIN187UM

SIN187UM — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:19:04 +0000

@T-Grave

I agree with you on that. Still Chatwin just doesn’t have the acting strength to play Goku. I mean come on at least Chow Yun Fat was somewhat believable as a version of Roshi even if he was reading a fail script and directed towards failure.