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I agree with you 100%

yea i feel ya adam…i went opening day and saw it and even though ive been waiting for this ever since my friends and i discussed it in middle school, it wasnt that great…they couldve done soo much better…and hopefully if the plans are still up for the second movie…they will. we can only hope though.

I agree

wooot didn`t expected this, great review lol

Adam, you took the words right out of a lot of Dragonball fan’s mouths. Maybe one day it would get the movie it properly deserves. Thanks.

What does say masters?.

I can read in english .

Anybody still want them to continue this misery ?

i agree…..i think the movie would have turned out much better in the hands of another studio like paramount they wouldnt have mucked it up………im having mixed feelings towards the sequel though….part of me wants a second part but after seeing DBE i dont know how it will turn out they might just screw it up…….and on the other side i want them to reboot it get a better director and a better script the movies length should be atleast 2hrs or over and the budget should be higher so they could make the CGI better and also focus on the scenery make it more futuristic…….i think the cast 4rm DBE was fine so they should probably use them 4 the reboot but should add more characters like emperor pilaf, shou, krillin and maybe the red ribbon army if they have any room left 2 put them in…………they should focus on the original dragonball manga or anime i dont mind little changes because theres always some changes in live action adaptations but not major changes…………………. that would be great

oh also use the soundtracks that are used in dragonball or make somthing like that cause listening 2 the soundtrack and music in Dragonball Evolution didnt actually feel like dragonball didnt get the same feeling

ditto. it wasnt a bad movie. it just wasnt what anyone (fans and nonfans alike) wanted to see. And as the big blockbusters are starting to come out, like with star trek; It just makes this movie all the more upsetting. It is upsetting to see them create new stories and depictions yet maintain a sensable respect for the source material.

And to look at Dragonball in hind-sight in the light of these other movies is extremely sadening. It makes me as a fan feel completely disrespected. To think that they had all the ability and potential to make this great. yet; they just didn’t! Why? because they decided that what i love, isnt worth putting as much work into it as other movies.

All because they lack understanding the magnitude and potential of what they were holding on to. How can you mess up the worlds largest anime franchise ever??? How do you not understand how this should be treated? It wasnt horrible but by no means was it anywhere near what it should have been.

I agree entirely. They could have done so much of a better job with this movie if they had cared even a little, but I guess that’s too much to ask. BTW “Foxed up” should be the new F***** up.

couple of weeks later after watching the movie i completly 4got that they even made a live adaptation of dragonball…..i remembered when my friend mentioned it in a conversation…….. and i thought it was all a bad dream lol 2 bad it wasnt………

i found a french article about robert pattinson and emmy rossum. it basically says that along with the projects that robert is workin on, he is also in talks for another project with emmy rossum. they were seen comming out of the same studios at the same time. and from some sources the project could be the DB sequel. now i wont say for sure that its the DB sequel, but we most def. could have our Vegeta.

http://lebuzz.info/2009/05/22930/robert-pattinson-et-emmy-rossum-ensemble/
u can use the google translate page if u dont speak french. just copy/paste paragraphs and select the translation u want.
http://translate.google.com/

another note is i love the honesty from James Marsters. He knew the movie wasnt gonna go over the greatest with its fans, and he knows that ther were a many things he wasnt happy with. but he also explains that it wasnt ther crew, but fox that made some serious changes that he had to fight to oppose to stay true to the story.

good lil review adam, honesty is appreciated.

hey raz_g , you complain about da music and the music on the english american translation was changed is not the original music from the anime which i think js keeps showin how northamerican keep trying to be unique on every way js like they tried to do it with this music which was an insult to real dragon ball fans, am talkin real dragon ball fans not lil kids that watched only dragon ball z, but people that grew up with it. hopefully they realize how they messed a big chance to make one of da best movies, and hopefully they get a new director, hopefully japanese people make da movie not hollywood.

i messed on the 4th paragraph i mean movie not music was an insult to db fans

f***k fox they f***kd up the dragonball francise they they didnt giv a crap bout wot the fans think they just wanted 2 make sum money……..hardly anything woz original in there exept the names of the characters there were plot wholes evrywher nothin in there seemed like like dragonball…..it lukd like they stole ideas 4rm the anime n manga n made a movie it hardly felt like an adaptation………they didnt hardly put that much time n effort in 2 it……it woz all rushed….it woz like goku ur the chosen 1, dragonball quest lil fight scenes, then main battle which woz like 5min n the whole movie finished………….n at the end did any1 luk at the credits n see the cast there woz like less then 15 ppl in the list……………wot a dissapointment if they only spent more screen time, better cgi, n a better story but noooooooo they didnt want 2 spend that much money incase of it being a failer well they f***kin succeded in making it a failer in the intention of not making it a failer…….bulls**t

yep what adam posted is the samething ive been trying to tell everyone but when i do it they call me a hater.. i love dragon ball but i can also see when something that could be so awsome it was made into something so bad

Like Ive said all along, Fox just doesnt care about the movies they make anymore. All they care about is filling seats and making money. Fox should just stop making comic book movies all together.

Whatever. im done with a movie form of DBZ. Im am almost completely confident that a respectable DBZ movie will never exist.

It’s not just about FOX getting in everyone’s way. It’s about hiring the right people to do the job. Wong was the wrong person from the job. I think most of the actors were wrong for the job as well. I think it’s also obvious the people doing the CGI didn’t do any research whatsoever.

Why hire Stephen Chow if you’re not even going to listen to him? Fox always does this! It’s that Tom Rothman co-chairman, I’m telling ya! Tom Rothman is a poison! You’d think he’d get fired but instead he gets promoted to run/ruin FOX TV as well.

Marsters and Chow Yun-Fat came out with some truth, but I doubt you’ll hear anything from those liars Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum, and Jamie Chung. They’ll lie through their teeth if a paycheck is waved under their noses.

I still think you have a man crush on justin chatwin for as much as you bitch about him. The only thing your right about is the idiot tim rothman as far as justin emmy an jamie coming out an saying it was a bad movie why should they. It isn’t like they owe anybody anything we all know the actors didn’t write the script nor direct it it was james wong ben ramsey an fox at the helm.

I’m still not blaming the actors for what was wrong with the movie, hopefully they or someone else will rectify the failure of DBE an learn from it. I have lost alot of hope in ever seeing another Dragonball movie though, all I want is to see the z fighters an vegeta.

I still want a sequel i’m surching every day for it and i always check box office websites i know it could have been better but i liked it

@kame: Dude, if that’s the guy that they’re planning to use for Vegeta, then just shoot me now. My heart can’t bare another DBE fuck up, or fox up. Don’t have anything against the guy, he sort of has the look but, Vegeta has to be a lot more gangsta than that….we can’t have a “pretty boy” vegeta, come on!

@kaiocris: Dude, i feel ur pain. I saw the trailer for transformers: revenge of the fallen the other day and almost shed a tear for Dragonball. Even star trek is going to be better than dragonball, shit, even Hanna fuking Montana.

AT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WANT A SEQUEL: Don’t be decieved, a sequel cannot be better….it’s impossible. They can’t do a PG film and make the sequel a 15……can they? and if Justin is still Goku, there’s still no hope . And God forbid they make this Robert Pattison guy vegeta….oh Lord!! just forget a sequel please and give us a reboot or nothing.

@christian:
So, any true dragonball fan should like anooying 60’s star trek king of movies? Don’t think so. Bruce Faulconer’s tracks fit dragonballZ much better, some of them are really atmospheric.
I also enjoyed the movies’ soundtrack, indeed it probably is the best thing about this movie.

I hope the Pattinson rumors are wrong, he was awful in Twilight which is an awful cheaply made boring movie. At least DBE was a cheaply made fun movie. You need a real man to play Vegeta.

Yeah…..DBE was bad….Adam, thanks for the review, and you are right. FOX just doesn’t care about its audiences; all they care about is money. After watching DBE, I no longer wish for a Dragonball Z movie. R.I.P DBZ……

DEFINENTLY not Robert Patterson! If they hire him, I won’t even think about going to see the sequel. If there is a God, please do not allow a sequel with him in it. Pick someone else! Perhaps Chris Pine from Star Trek should play Vegeta?

What you siad is 100% correct this piece of trash movie needs to be burned and thrown into the pits of hades. Listen i was a kid when the first ever dragonball was brougth to america and i’ll let you in on a little secret DBE is nothing compared to the work of art that was first hear. I got a little something to say for those Fox idiots you just pissed off alot of people and one more thing STOP TRYING TO MAKE MOVIES YOU STUPID PEOPLE.

And i’m not dissing you James Marster but you didnt make a good Piccilo. It was just your costume that didnt work out.

Oh man… you all saw the movie and you all complain about it… LOL!!!! Instead of complaining, you ALL better start to think about it! As a fan we all had to help fox getting more people into the cinema. You want a REAL MOVIE and now you have it….. And one last thing; THE MOVIE IS GREAT!!! it could be better but it`s still one of my fav. movies now

I think there not will be DB sequel . First they dont care , second ( I could be wrong but ) they probably have to pay cinemas and other stuff so that 55mln are not exacly their money. I think we can only wait for the day when other studio take the rights to DB and make something better than DBE because i dont think FOX is ever gonna be able to do good film based on DB.
I see only one way Fox could do next Dragon Ball film. With new crew and director , more money ( 100mln min. , DB deserves that ),and DB:E must be forgotten like it never exist.

The video’s were made 6 days ago so they have to know how not well the movie is doing, and James Marsters is still talking like they are making another one so I could be wrong, or right. What do you guys think?

I haven’t posted a comment in months but i’m back and i can finally say that the movie sucked. I agree 100% with you Adam, i enjoyed watching it at theaters but the more days that passes that more i hate it. I download the DVD version of the movie just because it was free. And the movie is almost unwatchable the second time you watch it because it’s so cheaply made.

I give Dragonball Evolution a 0/10.

So true man!Agree with you totally

adam…well said.

and here’s a tidbit…Star Trek made 72 million opening DAY.
granted, star trek has an enormous fan base, but it also attracted many non star trek fans to the theatre.
DBZ, worldwide, probably has enough of a fanbase to rival that of star trek.
The thing I think Fox doesn’t realize, is that DB’s story, and all that goes along with it, is just as epic, just as beatiful, just as magnificent as any Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, etc.
But since it was a manga/anime first, they didn’t give it the attention, or the care that it deserved.
Like adam said, with a THIRTY mill budget, stephen chow could’ve definitely did a better job with full creative freedom.
But even if they didn’t have FULL creative freedom, if Fox had put in more time, effect, and money into this film, say, given it the budget that Star Trek had (probably in the hundred(s) mill zone) than it could’ve been an incredible, full 2 hour, special effects crazy, epic odessy that i know at least I was hoping for.

Let me give my thought, they couldve approaced DB two ways.
1. By changing it from a cartoon to real life, you must automatically make it more mature, more adult oriented, more serious overall (and yet keeping the same tone of DB). They could’ve had crazy fights, insane effects and ki blasts, flying, all that stuff, a super futuristic looking city, etc. It could have been not cheesy at all, the dialogue well written and intelligent, with clear plot and character development and all that stuff. It would’ve been a darker DB but still, DB.
2. They could’ve taken the approach of, why change the tone of it just because its on the silver screen? They could’ve made it LOOK like a cartoon, like kungfu hustle, that movie looked like it should’ve been a cartoon lol. And that is what is great about it. To me, when i saw that movie, i immediately thought of DB actually. If they made it with that kind of comedy, where its just so unrealistic and over the top that its funny while the characters are acting serious because its their everyday life, to me that would’ve been perfect for DB. That would’ve REALLY captured the feel of the original manga and cartoon.

I agree, Adam. But was the joke about balls REALLY nescesary? I think there is enough people making immature jokes out there.

Paramount/Universal + Stephen Chow + $50 million budget = GOOD MOVE!

Fox + James Wong + stupid, unnesscesary changes in the script = MEH MOVIE!

I still like the movie and don’t care what other people have to say. Im not saying its perfect but it seems 90 percent of the movie fans have turned. I hope they keep the cast cuz I liked J-Chat and J-Mars but I don’t want Chris Pine. People say Robert Pattinson was bad in Twilight but its not like Chris PINE has done the best movies or has acted great in other movies, it was a good script and directing of JJ Abrams. If you want a good movie get a good script and director, you don’t need “stars”. Another good movie by Abrams was Cloverfield which had no stars, just good script and director. So I hope they keep the cast and change directors. I can’t blame Ramsey because Wong rewrote most of the script and the low budget which probably meant things had to be cut like the FINAL BATTLE

Adam, I know we have had our fights in the past and all, and its been like a month since I visited any DBE related site, but today I was bored and decided to check this site and to my surprise I find that you have made a quick review and Im glad you are being honest Adam and also I agree with you, for that I applaud you.

I used to support this movie before March, but after it was leaked and I saw it, I was so angry and dissapointed. I agree with you that the script for this movie was probably made by a 10 year old pokemon fan. This movie was a disgrace and no sequel should be made.

well im gonna say it i enjoyed the movie i just look at it as if it was an alternative dragonball but still doesnt mean they completely fucked up dragonball
now we just need warner brothers to get the rights to dragonball n paramount to produce like they did with watchemen and hire Gullmore Del Torro the director from hellboy i mean look he had passion for that movie imagine for dragonball so i say reboot n just keep james marsters for piccolo or even ray park(darth maul) or maybe he can be vegeta
hell even let me write the movie i would just do sum changes but dats it only a lil n keep bryan tyler he did a great job on the music espically when goku was doing the kamehameha

Adam you’re rigt this movie is BAD

@josemp
I agree with adam, but I disagree with you about a sequel, I think there should be one but not by james wong, or fox. but if fox still has it then at least get rid of wong and fox needs to there job and finance.

Adam, you speak the truth.

That’s exactly what I thought.

I love how James Marsters is totally honest and nerdy lol!!! So rare to find, so rare to find
Also, I agree with Adam 100%, aand as far as a possible sequel is concerned (just cuz some of you are talkin about it), I feel like I’m owed a better movie! But since I really enjoyed the cast a total reboot just doesn’t make sense (to me anyway), so yea if a great sequel followed, I could forgive this Foxedup excuse for a movie!

You guys wanna see a good movie go watch the new star trek it’s awsome it’s the best movie of 09 so far 5/5

well all the comments i have read so far are all very valid and like some people have said, took the words right out of my mouth, however i feel with this film that they gave it to someone without any expression or feeling for the original idea behind it, its like putting a snooker player on a football pitch, maybe there were restrictions to what fox allowed, but if those restrictions are going to take away or jepadise the quality and authenticity of dragonball then its worth asking the question, is it worth being bought out as a film? well is it worth being bought out untill the best person for the job comes along, well thats my oppinion i dont know if anyone would agree with me.

i still liked the movie. it was ok

i still love the movie. hoping for the sequel.

Really though It’s rare that first movie is done right. I actually expected a mediocre first movie similar to x1, spidey 1, arguably batman 1, and so on… This movie’s not my movie really. It’s for that 8 year old who’s discovering cinema and through his little eyes this is the best movie he’s ever seen ever similar to how he-man was to me when I first saw it. Later the kid will know better, but for now, I think it’s a fine foundation on which better things can be developed if we ever get a sequel. And I hope we do. It’s such a shame that we get sequels to garfield and all sorts of other garbage, but speed racer and now dragonball just bomb out. Meanwhile michael bay’s mindless explosion fests will be the new kind of successful cinema? Granted star trek’s doing well I think because of its balance of brains and boobs… so not all hope is lost for movies… come on DBZ! I want to see chatwin go blonde!