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I was actually curious about this movie. I never expected it to be good, but as the first live action DB film that I heard of, I had to check it out.
It was almost a crime against humanity. Almost.
I know this is late, but perhaps there are other people out there that waited for the DVD instead of torrenting to quell their curiosity.
Goku's a walking facepalm. If you had changed the name to "Mystic Spheres", you could not tell me that was supposed to be Goku, even in his orange outfit.
Some things I can understand changing, like giving subtle blue streaks in Bulma's hair, changing the size of Ozoruu, how the characters meet up, etc. But at least pull it off decently. We do not need a stereotypical "high school nerd" scenario to connect with Goku. But the interesting thing is, if I keep myself from thinking "this is suppose to be Goku", he is actually a bearable character. The only unbearable ones were Yamcha (die in a fire) and Master Roshi.
*spoilers*
What did they do right?
-While they pulled this out of their ass at the last minute, having Goku's Ozoruu form be connected to Piccolo some how *could* have been interesting. And the transformation scene was pretty good actually.
-Goku's final attack gave him red eyes a little bit and had him become "one" with his Ozoruu mind, kind of like Kyuubi Naruto without a visual change. That actually could have been really cool to see in the anime/manga *gasp!*
-Capsules, actual energy attacks that explode and not just invisible wind
-The final fight with Piccolo and Goku (giving the flight all of the sudden was meh though)
-A powerstruggle!! BUUUUUT...
What they did wrong
-...Goku is flying toward Piccolo while shooting a kamehameha, which made it look very hokey and kind of anti-climatic. It was ball vs beam and I was like "oh snap they actually are gonna pull a PS off!". But the effects looked more like smoke than energy at many points so I was rather disappointed.
-Horrible, horrible acting by most of the actors
-Awkward camera takes
-overly cheezy and uninspired dialog
-incoherent plot that actually gets hard to follow for someone who knew the anime
-The kamehameha looked more true to itself in the special feature's "work out" footage.
I know the director and the rest of the crew planned this out for awhile, but their execution was rather bad. The "work out" special shows that the creators were familiar with the show. They used the word "Super Saiyan", they had rock-wastelands like the show, and used anime-like speed backgrounds for humor
It was almost a crime against humanity. Almost.
I know this is late, but perhaps there are other people out there that waited for the DVD instead of torrenting to quell their curiosity.
Goku's a walking facepalm. If you had changed the name to "Mystic Spheres", you could not tell me that was supposed to be Goku, even in his orange outfit.
Some things I can understand changing, like giving subtle blue streaks in Bulma's hair, changing the size of Ozoruu, how the characters meet up, etc. But at least pull it off decently. We do not need a stereotypical "high school nerd" scenario to connect with Goku. But the interesting thing is, if I keep myself from thinking "this is suppose to be Goku", he is actually a bearable character. The only unbearable ones were Yamcha (die in a fire) and Master Roshi.
*spoilers*
What did they do right?
-While they pulled this out of their ass at the last minute, having Goku's Ozoruu form be connected to Piccolo some how *could* have been interesting. And the transformation scene was pretty good actually.
-Goku's final attack gave him red eyes a little bit and had him become "one" with his Ozoruu mind, kind of like Kyuubi Naruto without a visual change. That actually could have been really cool to see in the anime/manga *gasp!*
-Capsules, actual energy attacks that explode and not just invisible wind
-The final fight with Piccolo and Goku (giving the flight all of the sudden was meh though)
-A powerstruggle!! BUUUUUT...
What they did wrong
-...Goku is flying toward Piccolo while shooting a kamehameha, which made it look very hokey and kind of anti-climatic. It was ball vs beam and I was like "oh snap they actually are gonna pull a PS off!". But the effects looked more like smoke than energy at many points so I was rather disappointed.
-Horrible, horrible acting by most of the actors
-Awkward camera takes
-overly cheezy and uninspired dialog
-incoherent plot that actually gets hard to follow for someone who knew the anime
-The kamehameha looked more true to itself in the special feature's "work out" footage.
I know the director and the rest of the crew planned this out for awhile, but their execution was rather bad. The "work out" special shows that the creators were familiar with the show. They used the word "Super Saiyan", they had rock-wastelands like the show, and used anime-like speed backgrounds for humor