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Presenting AICN's First Review Of DRAGONBALL...

Beaks here...

Ever since they announced the bargain-basement casting of James Marsters and Emmy Rossum, I've been getting a strong WING COMMANDER vibe from James Wong's DRAGONBALL. Turns out, it might be a little bit better than WING COMMANDER. Praise Jesus.

Hello to all of you,

I am a huge fan of your site and constantly visit here but this will be my first time emailing you about something. I love geek movies because there is nothing better than a well made geek movie. Well after watching the 95-100 minutes (excluding credits) of the movie i say this movie was solid. Ya you heard that right. I simply love the anime but I was very very nervous about it being made by fox. After all the studio has been making nothing but shit lately. Another reason why I was worried about this movie is that the director is James Wong who made final destination 1 & 3 and The one starring Jet Li. What I watched had unfinished sfx and with no scoring done yet. Also... they will be adding one or two scenes which will be shot sometime end of october.

Now let me list the positives of this movie

1) Action - I wasn't expecting the action scenes to be as awesome as they were. Simply put the best thing about this movie. The last action scene of Goku vs. Picollo are simply amazing and when picollo takes out his huge fucking ass sword with weird rectangle shape tablet attached it at the tip of sword and slamming it on goku was fucking awesome. Lot of blowing shit up, super cool flying scenes, awesome ki blasts. This fight scene was around 13-15 minutes long. There are other small action scenes that are fun and entertaining with slo mo but nowhere as good as the picollo vs. goku scene.

2) James Marsters as Picollo was awesome. He was perfect as picollo. Very mean and a villain that makes you say fuck ya kick all their asses. Oh and Picollo transforms into a light greenish color picollo towards the end of the movie.

3) Justin Chatwin as Goku. This guy surprised me a lot. I really didn't like him when they casted him as goku but he did a damn good job in the acting department and he nailed the KAMEHAMEHA line.

4) Oozaru - the giant monkey is in the movie. Goku turns into a 8-9 feet tall giant baboon when he looks at the moon. It was awesome looking though a bit CGI. Maybe they will fix it later.

5) Emmy Rossum as Bulma- She was really really good in this role. I liked how she never acted like a wimpy girl and eventhough she knows she can't win against the evil forces yet she kicks ass. A strong female role I will say.

6) Fullum Assasins - I thought adding these monsters were bad idea but they were pretty damn cool and there was an enitre scene where Goku and his friends fight these monsters and that fight scene was pretty damn good.

7) Joon Park as Yamcha was pretty cool. His acting was spot on like the character and they showed some cool fighting techniques of his. The fight scene between him and goku was good.

Negatives

1) Story - Dragonball fans will be dissapointed with some of the changes they have made with stories and characters etc. Krillin isn't in the movie, Tien isn't in the movie too. High school setting for the first 22-23 minutes was so not needed but ah well typical hollywood garbage of adding bullshit like that.

2) Jamie Chung as Chi Chi - Ya this was another casting i didn't like and my worst fears came true. Her acting is as bad as Jessica Alba's in F4 movies but thankfully her screentime isn't that big. I really wished they could have tried harded to find someone else. I hope for sequel she can improve if there is one of course.

3) Chow Yun Fat as Master Roshi - I was dissapointed with this. I wanted the fucking perverted roshi who fucking grabs breasts and asses like in the anime but alas all of that is fucking gone. Also he acted like Mr. Kesuke Miyagi. You know what I mean. The lines he spoke were fine but I felt he was uncomfortable in the movie. Very dissapointed.

4) Shenron the dragon - Ah another huge dissapointment. This is like sentinel in X3 all over again. FUCK FUCK FUCK you fox. So ya they get all the dragonballs and the dragon appears but the dragon is hiding behind fucking clouds and you only see his shadow. The voice of the dragon was provided by none other than Christopher Sabat who provided the voice for the dragon in the american version of the anime. When the dragon spoke it was chilling but damnit it was hiding behind clouds. One can hope they will fix this but chances of that are very slim.

5) Eriko Tamura as Mai was underused character and frankly speaking if that is what their intention was to underuse her then they might as well have not added this character and just added more picollo. Her moments were cool and she basically was there to show her nice boobies but ya she was kinda wasted.

Overall, I would give the movie a 6.5/10 simply because i was expecting disaster but it turned out better. The positives I mentioned coupled with some cool funny goku moments like eating a massive turkey etc. were hilarious. If only Master Roshi was perverted and Shenron was visible I would have given this 9 but ah well they messed up there. Hopefully they will fix shenron as they still have 5 months to movie's release but if not then well fuck you to fox and james wong. But in all seriousness I am glad it aint the disaster I thought it would be. Hopefully you guys will post this. Thank You.

Call me DON



Hard to believe that Chow Yun-Fat could be perceived as a "negative" in dreck like this. But, hey, light-greenish Picollo!

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How can a live action version of a really shitty anime be good?
by SG7
Oct 26th, 2008
11:36:03 PM
Sounds like Shenron...
by Admonisher
Oct 26th, 2008
11:37:10 PM
SAY IT AIN'T SO JOE, DOGGONEIT!
by StrokerX
Oct 26th, 2008
11:44:05 PM
I like James Marsters
by liljuniorbrown
Oct 26th, 2008
11:45:06 PM
Thumbs DOWN! >:(
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Oct 26th, 2008
11:45:16 PM
And it's DBZ, not DBX!!! >:O
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Oct 26th, 2008
11:46:46 PM
If they make a live-action NARUTO and ruin it...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Oct 26th, 2008
11:48:00 PM
Alright
by Zeegloo
Oct 26th, 2008
11:48:02 PM
Oh, yeah... I forgot...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Oct 26th, 2008
11:49:40 PM
6.5 = Hardly a plant
by Zeegloo
Oct 26th, 2008
11:51:02 PM
EMMY ROSSUM IS CUTE!
by Earthquake WestCoast
Oct 26th, 2008
11:53:42 PM
And since this guy was obviously 12...
by Thrillho77
Oct 26th, 2008
11:56:50 PM
Yeah, I'm in love with Emma Rossum
by sonnyfern
Oct 26th, 2008
11:58:12 PM
The 6.5 is simply to hide the Plantiness...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Oct 26th, 2008
11:58:41 PM
It's better if you read it monotone
by Thrillho77
Oct 27th, 2008
12:02:54 AM
I had forgot WING COMMANDER, I want to forget again.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Oct 27th, 2008
12:15:52 AM
You lost me at "his huge fucking ass sword"
by Viewer 3
Oct 27th, 2008
12:17:53 AM
Too detailed; must be a plant.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Oct 27th, 2008
12:20:34 AM
Mentioned "sequel" total studio plant.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Oct 27th, 2008
12:21:10 AM
My bad, it's a PRODUCTION COMPANY PLANT.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Oct 27th, 2008
12:23:10 AM
But the word DRAGON is in the title
by Adelai Niska
Oct 27th, 2008
12:24:37 AM
Kamehameha wave, shenron, giant monkey, green piccolo, im there.
by Mike_D
Oct 27th, 2008
12:25:35 AM
If this Anime Adaptation sucks will it set the tone for others?
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Oct 27th, 2008
12:25:42 AM
sounds like a first-time plant
by the milf lover
Oct 27th, 2008
12:26:34 AM
SO....
by Shia LaBeoufs Uncle
Oct 27th, 2008
12:40:57 AM
I remember way-back when this was first announced....
by The Dum Guy
Oct 27th, 2008
12:42:36 AM
Using a comparison to Wing Commander in a review.
by Amy Chasing
Oct 27th, 2008
01:06:52 AM
It read like a plant...but wasn't that positive
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Oct 27th, 2008
01:38:34 AM
ugh... no thank you
by LargoJr
Oct 27th, 2008
01:59:10 AM
the show is crap
by Duke of Hurl
Oct 27th, 2008
02:27:52 AM
PLAAAAAAAAAAANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
by Motoko Kusanagi
Oct 27th, 2008
02:35:41 AM
"But, hey, light-greenish Picollo!"
by IAmMrMonkey!
Oct 27th, 2008
02:58:43 AM
You know this movie is going to bad since
by blindambition238
Oct 27th, 2008
03:05:08 AM
That was a really bad review
by CZ
Oct 27th, 2008
03:05:14 AM
Don't you hate it
by liljuniorbrown
Oct 27th, 2008
03:07:16 AM
I didn't follow a word of that review
by BadMrWonka
Oct 27th, 2008
03:19:52 AM
Wow is this gonna FLOP!
by ShiftyEyedDog2
Oct 27th, 2008
03:25:24 AM
AWESOME AWESOME IT WAS AWE
by Rufferto
Oct 27th, 2008
03:44:51 AM
Pllllllaaaaant!
by ELGordo
Oct 27th, 2008
03:54:55 AM
Chow Yun Fat's in this crap????
by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_loo king_for
Oct 27th, 2008
04:49:26 AM
I hate "texting kids"
by OBSD
Oct 27th, 2008
06:05:40 AM
6.5/10 ISN'T A "SOLID MOVIE"
by Err
Oct 27th, 2008
06:19:37 AM
CLOUDACTUS = CLOUDRAGON???
by Err
Oct 27th, 2008
06:31:21 AM
I'll rent it
by Spandau Belly
Oct 27th, 2008
07:12:19 AM
I Saw a Bit of '92s Double Dragon Last Evening
by Aquatarkusman
Oct 27th, 2008
08:17:41 AM
bwahaha
by freydis
Oct 27th, 2008
08:26:25 AM
YOU HAD ME AT KAMEHAMEHA...
by dr sauch
Oct 27th, 2008
08:26:30 AM
I'll definitely check this out
by Mr Slippy Fist
Oct 27th, 2008
08:32:57 AM
negativity...glib remark...i hate movies
by dr sauch
Oct 27th, 2008
08:33:18 AM
did someone forget to water their
by icen9ne
Oct 27th, 2008
09:00:49 AM
Reshoots to start this week
by Anna Valerious
Oct 27th, 2008
09:26:09 AM
We need a review by Neil Cummings!!!
by Judge Briggs
Oct 27th, 2008
09:43:23 AM
Neil
by jamestewart007
Oct 27th, 2008
09:58:30 AM
this movie would've seemed lame to me...
by vaudeville villain
Oct 27th, 2008
10:03:13 AM
Lame? Why make a movie at all?
by Snake Foreskin
Oct 27th, 2008
10:18:47 AM
so, isnt the target market 8-12yr olds?
by j2talk
Oct 27th, 2008
10:27:35 AM
Sounds like a direct-to-DVDer
by kafka07
Oct 27th, 2008
10:41:53 AM
HUGE SPOILER HERE!!!!
by TheWaqman
Oct 27th, 2008
11:08:51 AM
NO TIEN OR KRILLIN??? NOOOOOOO
by polyh3dron
Oct 27th, 2008
11:10:12 AM
Judge Briggs, don't you mean Neil Cumpston?
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Oct 27th, 2008
11:44:36 AM
oh great...the DBZ movie
by fartedinthefaceofhollywood
Oct 27th, 2008
11:53:12 AM
Cloud?
by WickedMonster
Oct 27th, 2008
11:54:53 AM
Kids movie
by Toonol
Oct 27th, 2008
12:27:09 PM
Emmy Rossum
by RobFromBackEast
Oct 27th, 2008
01:06:53 PM
true, toonol, however...
by vaudeville villain
Oct 27th, 2008
01:15:30 PM
Lukewarm Planting
by GilbertRSmith
Oct 27th, 2008
01:33:54 PM
SG7
by brandon11
Oct 27th, 2008
01:38:22 PM
this movie sounds terrible
by brandon11
Oct 27th, 2008
01:40:03 PM
Kids don't deserve bullshit movies
by GilbertRSmith
Oct 27th, 2008
02:03:27 PM
good point, gilbert
by vaudeville villain
Oct 27th, 2008
02:34:30 PM
Wait, is Dragonball still popular with American tweens?
by The Dum Guy
Oct 27th, 2008
02:45:53 PM
The real Dragonball (before the Z) is actually funny and full of
by textual
Oct 27th, 2008
02:52:58 PM
but Miyazaki isnt working in Hollywood
by the milf lover
Oct 27th, 2008
02:54:28 PM
Spandau
by the milf lover
Oct 27th, 2008
02:59:15 PM
SRSLY
by GilbertRSmith
Oct 27th, 2008
03:06:53 PM
I love this film...
by Varakor
Oct 27th, 2008
03:41:26 PM
Yuk
by Magic01273
Oct 27th, 2008
04:10:23 PM
Plant reviews have to be modest when addressing a shit movie
by GilbertRSmith
Oct 27th, 2008
05:05:13 PM
This Movie Probably Deserves a 2.5
by mistergreen
Oct 27th, 2008
05:11:06 PM
Definitely a plant
by drewlicious
Oct 27th, 2008
05:23:21 PM
total plant
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Oct 27th, 2008
06:16:25 PM
"Say the kids will like it"
by GilbertRSmith
Oct 27th, 2008
06:27:33 PM
Sex jokes
by GilbertRSmith
Oct 27th, 2008
06:29:31 PM
is this true?
by David Lazarus Long
Oct 27th, 2008
06:55:26 PM
25 minutes spent dicking around at a school?
by TOGSolid
Oct 27th, 2008
06:55:42 PM
Not a plant. Just a fanboy
by JonRD463
Oct 27th, 2008
07:05:42 PM
25 minutes of singing can fix that school scene
by Mace Tofu
Oct 27th, 2008
09:34:35 PM
What's up with Fox Films?
by pezduro
Oct 27th, 2008
10:44:40 PM
I just got off the phone with Tom Rothman....
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Oct 27th, 2008
10:58:55 PM
James Wong SAW director = Australian kick ass mofo
by fisheater
Oct 28th, 2008
02:08:01 AM
the milf lover
by Spandau Belly
Oct 28th, 2008
07:34:11 AM
I think it is a bad sign
by Sparhawk38
Oct 28th, 2008
08:02:03 AM
message to the studio- KNOW your audience
by j2talk
Oct 28th, 2008
08:27:53 AM
"When the dragon spoke it was chilling"
by choptop
Oct 28th, 2008
09:00:08 AM
@ Choptop
by Magic01273
Oct 28th, 2008
02:13:49 PM

by Magic01273
Oct 28th, 2008
02:15:06 PM
SG7 go fuck yourself DBZ OWNS ASS
by Proman1984
Oct 28th, 2008
04:56:49 PM
Never seen DBZ - what's a fucking ass sword?
by catlettuce4
Oct 29th, 2008
03:27:06 AM
Vegeta! What does the scouter say...
by Rei-Ginsei
Oct 29th, 2008
05:57:14 AM

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