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| Topic Started: Mar 6 2009, 11:45 AM (156 Views) | |
| kmccaskill | Mar 6 2009, 11:45 AM Post #1 |
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The Asian media site Voize Be Independent has an early review of Dragonball Evolution Dragonball Evolution Review By Sebastian Loh, on 06-03-2009 15:09 Views : 91 Favoured : 1 Published in : Movies, Reviews  Dragonball Evolution is what you get when you try to forcefully crossbreed Mortal Kombat, Power Rangers, The Karate Kid, and The Lord of the Rings. Predictably, the resulting offspring of this supremely unholy union would either have to avoid mirrors for the rest of their lives or gouge out their own eyes. Fireballs coalesce through hand movements and then fly across the screen, check! The central villain is a campy green and his Asian American henchwoman is always dressed in a sort of catsuit, check! Asian American old man tutors his young, neophyte white grandson about believing in himself and fanciful notions of "ki", check! And the main protagonist experiences relevationary visions whenever he fondles the main plot device and must prevent it from falling into the hands of an apocalypse-bringing villain, check! The point is we've seen all this before and we (at least those among us with thinking heads) weren't particularly impressed the first time (the exception being that bit from The Lord of the Rings, of course). What's baffling is that Dragonball Evolution insists on regurgitating all of that on us along with with criminally amateurish acting. Performances swing from wooden to campy and back, perhaps indicative that the actors too are clueless about the plot material. Based on the exceedingly popular manga series of the same name, the film is set in... well honestly, I don't have a freaking clue. It was never explained. Goku's high school is typically American in the present day; indeed most of the film's characters have American accents. But then he (Goku) and his group of adventurers travel by motorcycle to nearby locations (the film appears to cover the timespan of a few days) with decidedly Oriental names. Ultimately, the plot is wildly implausible, confused and vague. Having not read the original manga series, I can only hope (for the sake of its readers) that the film is an abberant deviation. If you want to catch a quality comic book film, I'd suggest you pick Watchmen (read our review here). If you've already watched it, 10 bucks spent on Dragonball Evolution is still far better spent watching Watchmen again (no pun intended). Then again, it might be worth it (if you want a good laugh) to see Chow Yun-Fat (who plays Goku's teacher, Master Roshi) say, "Believe it, you punk! You are getting your clock cleaned!" Rating: 1/5 stars http://voize.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2552&Itemid=108 |
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| Superraizen | Mar 6 2009, 11:54 AM Post #2 |
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HA! Bet theres more to come where that came from |
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| Reptile | Mar 6 2009, 12:53 PM Post #3 |
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hehe looks like it sucked balls...real big darn dragonballs.... |
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| Adam | Mar 6 2009, 01:07 PM Post #4 |
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A review from someone that has never read the source material and never seen the anime...One of his problems with the film was that the main villain was campy Green, and fire balls fly across the screen?? ...right there makes his review of the movie worthless cause he has no idea what the hell he is even reviewing lol. "Ultimately, the plot is wildly implausible, confused and vague." LOL he does now he's reviewing a manga based movie right? Again has no idea what the hell he is talking about lol. Sounds like Dragonball to me. I really loved when he said this cause then he follows up by saying you should see watchmen instead lol. Because that movie is so much more plausible lol 1985 Richard Nixon still president outlaws superhero...real plausible buddy. |
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| Mssj.Vegeta | Mar 6 2009, 01:09 PM Post #5 |
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"perhaps indicative that the actors too are clueless about the plot material. Based on the exceedingly popular manga series of the same name, the film is set in... well honestly, I don't have a freaking clue. It was never explained. Goku's high school is typically American in the present day" this guy obiosuly never watch cartoons or anime, and has no clue about dragonball. Flying cars seems very present day to me, oh and bulma's capsule, i use one on campus every morning. plus he's comparing it with watchmen, i completely different thing. Watchmen=justice Dragonball= adventure on top of that japan has been b!tching about dragonball since the trailer, so i'm not surprised. @Adam-ha you beat me to it. ------------------ Edited by Mssj.Vegeta, Mar 6 2009, 01:12 PM.
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| End_Game | Mar 6 2009, 01:13 PM Post #6 |
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Regardless, it is safe to say that everyone here (except the obvious few) will go watch it. Many times over. |
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| Adam | Mar 6 2009, 01:14 PM Post #7 |
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That's what dragonball was. everything seemed present day but then you got things like flying cars, capsules, robots, etc. This guy admits to never seeing the source material so why did this sight pick him to review the movie then? This guy is literally complaining about things that made Dragonball Dragonball lol. |
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| End_Game | Mar 6 2009, 01:30 PM Post #8 |
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Like i say to everyone about every freaking movie: go watch it and form your own opinion. Don't be a follower. Edit: Apparently 1pm is where i go like "screw grammar!" Edited by End_Game, Mar 6 2009, 01:47 PM.
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| Adam | Mar 6 2009, 01:44 PM Post #9 |
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Exactly. This movie is based on a manga with over the top humor and over the top characters so of course it's going to get bad reviews. Go see it for your self and then decided if it's bad because I don't think the movie is going to get good reviews because well it's based on Dragonball an over the top manga and anime that became a huge hit around the world. I just can't get over how one of this guys main complaints is that Piccolo is green lol. Most people were pissed because he didn't look green and then we get this guy reviewing it saying this movie isn't any good cause the villain was green. 
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| BIGBMH | Mar 6 2009, 02:31 PM Post #10 |
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This person wouldn't like the source material either by the sound of it, so I'm not concerned with his comlaints about the plot. Most of his complaints seem to be inherent with a Dragonball movie so it seems to me that a bit of his dislike stems from his taste in movies. Notice how the reviewer fails to comment on the quality of the action or the special effects. If he cared about either, and it was bad, he would have tried to rip into that too. This shows that they're probably good and he doesn't want to give it credit. The only thing that makes me a bit worried is the criticism of the acting. |
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| Superraizen | Mar 6 2009, 04:43 PM Post #11 |
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All these crap changes were made so people like him would like it. I guess it says alot about the movie as a whole. |
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| BIGBMH | Mar 6 2009, 05:27 PM Post #12 |
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Yes. It says that even if they change it to make it appeal to a broader audience, someone who won't like Dragonball won't like Dragonball. Anyway, it's not about people like him. It's about people who may not know Dragonball very well but could like it if introduced in a way that doesn't totally overwhelm them. |
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| BladeRunner | Mar 6 2009, 05:32 PM Post #13 |
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This is not surprising. This guy obviously just picked out the parts that he thought were cheesy, and after not knowing anything about the anime, picked most of it. That's a really bad review to me, I mean terrible. It was a surphace deep, and poorly analytical review that was trying to just say that the film is bad to him. He was just complaining, like what everyone does here, only he's an employed complainer that calls himself a film reviewer. To me, its interesting that he considered them amautuer actos, yet he didn't justify AT ALL that claim. No evidence, anywhere. And with no evidence that's hard to believe. You can criticize actors without spoiling the movie I think. Anyway, I think that its a sh*t review that no one will read (hopefully). The important reviews are from the LA times, NY Times, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Boston Globe, etc...if they even bother to watch it...in my view. Not giving it a second thought. And you all are right. This guy is talking about things that make DB what it is and what makes it FAMOUS. Obviously, he's subtly saying that it shouldn't have been done in live action because it looks campy. And what, Watchmen won't?! Its even more faithful that DBE! Its a literal translation according to Zach Snyder! So, I stick by this: Its a bad review that shouldn't mean anything. Definitely shouldn't influence the box office numbers, unless this guy has a huge following that I don't know about, which is possible. |
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| Vegetasgirl | Mar 6 2009, 06:28 PM Post #14 |
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I have to agree with Adam on this one. This guy was obviously too clueless to give a good review. He didn't even address most of the things a good reviewer usually does. It sounds to me as if they picked someone to do the review that hates anime in general and I've run into a few of those. To them anything that has to do with it is pure crap. They usually have watched a Miyazaki film or two and a couple of episodes of something else and then formulated their opinion about anime based on that limited knowledge. Pro reviewers will probably give this a mixed bag type review stating things that worked in the film and things that didn't based on the formula this type of film generally uses. |
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| Thrash Til' Death | Mar 6 2009, 07:05 PM Post #15 |
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People. Please. A review is an account of a subjective experience written with the intent of consumer advice. They are OPINIONS, no more and no less, and thus they can't be invalidated (unless they cite inaccurate facts, but that's a different matter). You may agree with a viewpoint, or you may not. You may empathise with a viewpoint, or you may not. But ANY viewpoint on ANY product is valid. So this guy's coming at it without familiarity with the source material. Fine; that's the perspective he offers, although it's not one most members of this site share, and thus not one that's really relevant to us. Reviews are not written with the intent in mind of being God's Truth, just of stating one's stance. Oh, and implying that this reviewer is an "anime hater" (I'm looking at you, VGirl) is a wild extrapolation based on prejudice and assumption. I hate to say it, but you guys are reacting with the same irrational knee-jerk stonewalling that occurs in any fan base when a reviewer outwith the comfortable circle of fandom criticises something the fan base holds dear. THAT SAID, I didn't think this review was particularly well-written. The comparison to Watchmen doesn't really make much sense, considering that Watchmen is an ultraviolent, postmodern deconstruction of comic-book conventions and a meditation on the dichtomy of moral relativism and moral absolutism, and Dragonball is... well... Dragonball. One-star reviews aren't usually given much depth anyway, being as they are essentially a critical form of dismissal and ridicule, but even if it had been an in depth analysis which gave a point-by-point dissection of the films merits and demerits and why it ultimately didn't work, can you honestly say you wouldn't have responded the same way? Pardon my cynicism, but I doubt it somehow. |
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