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First off let me commend FOX for even trying. Even though their efforts(if any) were somewhat......abysmal, they did what no other studio had the guts to do and that's take on an icon and bring him to life; I respect them for that. If only it were a GOOD attempt.

To be blatantly straightforward, the movie was bad. There's no denying it wasn't very good, but I loved it. Say what you will about me but it was an attention grabber. To me there was never a dull moment, probably because things were moving so fast it didn't seem to drag much at all. It had the aspects of an instant hit but not the assets. Visually the movie was astounding; one scene I thought the CGI was top notch was the scene that shows Lord Piccolo disintegrating a lake in its entirety in an attempt to extract the Dragon Ball hidden within it. Considering what they had to work with, they did justice with most of the effects. Some weak spots in terms of CGI I thought was the emergence of the Dragon Temple, Oozaru's design in one of the flashbacks and his over all movement which looked really cheap and fake, and Shen long.

In terms of quality acting wise, it was okay. Jamie Chung did a good job in her role considering the utter redundancy of her character in this movie. Her fight scenes didn't do her many favors either. I mean, it just seemed like she was freestyle fighting; doing whatever came to her instinctively...at least to me. Strangely enough, Chi-Chi vs. Chi Chi may have been the best fight scene in the movie. Piccolo vs. Goku had potential but it was too short and Goku vs. Roshi was good but most of the time I had no idea who was throwing a punch. The camera work was so messy. Goku vs. Gohan wasn't so hot either but it ranks higher than the latter two.

Of course, Chow Yun Fat can save any film with his amazing acting. Being very much new to the films he's starred in I can't really compare his acting in DBE to any of his previous works, but speaking as a man who saw this movie I CAN say he gave his heart and soul into this character. In spite of the changes made to the character appeaerance wise, Roshi retained the charm, chicness and a little bit of the lechery that we came to know and love him for, well executed by Mr. Fat.

Emmy Rossum, well what can I say? The girl has got it going on! As Bulma she really released her inner bizzle; my favorite of her scenes being her debut at Gohan's house and her interaction with Goku. She was really one of the few that brought their character to life.

Joon Park....not much to say about him. I've seen tumbleweeds with more importance in a movie than Joon's character Yamcha. The only significance other being a martyr Yamcha served was to show just how much of the story they really did alter to draw in a new crowd of fans. Too bad it didn't work out.

Mai, played by Eriko Tamura had the potential to be the Vader to Piccolo's Sith Lord, alas, such an underused character got dragged down with the rest of the fodder. She only has about 2 lines in the entire movie so it wouldn't be fair of me to judge her when it comes down to acting. Mai on the other hand has very little history. Nothing is explained about where she comes from or how she ended up with Piccolo and I doubt we'll ever know seeing as how super saiyan Yamcha shot the bizzle. Still, the badass meter for her goes beyond that of even Piccolo considering how she was able to take out the mighty Goku, something even Piccolo in all his vengeful glory couldn't do.

Justin Chatwin who plays the legendary icon himself, Goku, put on a great performance at the beginning of the film that slips near the middle then rises back to greatness then slips again and finally shines at the conclusion of the final battle. As the story progresses and you get to know just who Goku is, small traits of the character himself appear to blossom in Chatwin and he literally becomes Goku. He really does an awesome job, better than most fan speculated. Sadly, Goku was watered down so much. The most Goku-like scene in the whole movie was the scene with Chatwin eating a turkey leg. But he did good.

Above everyone else, James Marsters did the best job on his character. King Piccolo is such an underrated villan. He was ruthless and two-timing which in all fairness wouldn't explain Lord Piccolo in DBE but the concept of his character was to be badass and evil which Marsters pulled off flawlessly.

The fight choreography was decent to say the least and the wire work was meh. A lot of scenes where wire work was done made it boldly obvious the actors were on wires. Such scenes for example would be the Gohan vs. Goku fight. Goku lunges a slow kick at his grandfather and as he's sent hurling towards him, it looks like he's a Christmas ornament on a clothes line. This sad attempt at action is repeated at the very end where Goku and Chi-Chi clash into each other. I shameully facepalmed at the sight. It's like the actors weren't even trying to be convincing that they were leaping at each other in mid-air. Poor direction I suppose.

The dialogue in the movie was utterly atrocious. It enforced every cliched line in every comic book you've ever read. "I'm going to defeat you." " I will have my vengeance!" sure these lines are acceptable when used in the proper context but they just weren't delivered believably. Again, poor direction on top of a poor script=instant failure.

The film is very flawed but none of that mattered to me much. It was Dragon ball so I could forgive the mistakes and.....well downright grotesqueness of its existence. I loved it for its entertainment value and it's colorful cast. I would definately appreciate a sequel and would love to see everyone return for DBZ.....excpet Wong and Ramsey.

So for me, DBE deserves a 5.5/10.

Well I'm sleepy so I will stop right here for the moment. Later folks.