Synopsis
The legend comes to life.
The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.
2009 Directed by James Wong
The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.
World Film Magic Dune Entertainment Star Overseas Big Screen Productions Ingenious Media 20th Century Fox
Dragonball, Dragon Ball Evolution, Dragonball: Evolúció, DragonBall Evolucion
Shit is the perfect description for this film. Easily one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I didn't even watch Dragon Ball Z as a kid and I'm still offended by this abomination.
The way I gasped desperately and cursed this movie amount of time...
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Imagine how tired we are
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So growing up I was relatively a fan of the Dragonball series. I didn’t have toonami or anything but I was aware of it and by later years of elementary I got to watch it more. I mostly had access to wb kids so I was busy drooling over Yugioh and Pokémon. My brother is um like a humongous fan of the whole series lol. Like I’m not even kidding. I took him a couple years back to meet Christopher Sabot who gave him an autograph & voices a majority of the characters mainly Vegeta and Piccolo. That was the happiest I’ve even seen him and I cherish that memory to this day. You got to understand we…
Wow... Just wow...
I just Ka-me-ha-me-ha'ed in my pants after watching this masterful adaptation. The source material was something I lost interest in after a few seasons when I realized I could waste my time in more entertaining ways than watching protracted fights and characters powering up.
In this tour de force, James Wong and Ben Killa Ramsey translate Akira Toriyama's larger than life Dragon Ball universe into a more grounded cinematic vision. This is akin to what Christopher Nolan did with Batman and The Dark Knight Trilogy or what Rod Amateau did with Garbage Pail Kids and The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. This Goku, is a white high school kid with an asian grandfather which ignites all those weeb…
The vast majority of animated movies and television shows do not need to be 'remade' as live action films. It does nothing for them. It does nothing for the live action film. It does nothing for the concept. Stylistically it's often terrible. Transformers did not need it. Mulan did not need it. Beauty and the Beast did not need it. Ghost in the Shell did not need it. Akira sure as hell does not need it. And Dragonball Z did not need it.
Dragonball Z is a really interesting curiosity. People think it would be a fun show to adapt to film because it has a straight forward formula.
It's just fight scenes.
Simple.
And everybody knows simplicity is the…
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TASK #3: A film adaptation that’s a complete betrayal of the source material!
0/10 film.
I love Dragon Ball. I know Dragon Ball. I grew up with Dragon Ball. This film is anything but Dragon Ball. Dragonball: Evolution was originally supposed to have Stephen Chow attached to direct, but he decided to be a producer instead. Ben Ramsey, director of the Michael Jai White DTV action film Blood & Bone, was hired to write a script, despite Ramsey admitting that he’s not a Dragonball fan. Sure, FOX, get a guy who doesn’t know the source material that much to write your adaptation. Ramsey’s script was deemed too expensive to shoot, so FOX ordered studio-mandated rewrites,…
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Oh, Dragonball Evolution. My dear, Dragonball evolution. The film that was, the film that wanted and the film that never could.
Oh, Dragonball Evolution. A product of its time, that did everything it could to capture the slapstick sensibilities of its animated counterpart, but feel miserably, because you see honey, you are a nihilistic stuff of Hollywood who hoped to capture some bucks by exploiting a popular (trademark if you are from Latin America) 90s TV show. And differently to, say, Death Note or Ghost In The Shell, at least you try to bring some representation in many of the roles, except the most important ones like... you know... the lead?
Oh, Dragonball…
Here is a link for me and my friend Brandon’s collab review if you never read it. Even if you have not seen the show this movie is based on, we made sure you can understand why this movie was BULLSHIT. Relived this movie with my mom last night and she apologized for ever taking me to see this abomination that insulted one of my all time favorite series.
I despise this movie with every fiber of my being. I hate this movie so much that I remember every frame from this movie. I wish I have never seen this. During certain scenes, I looked at my mom since she had the face “yeaahhh I fucked up”.
This movie is to Dragonball what live action Bulma's blue streak is to anime Bulma's blue hair.
1 Star for Justin Chatwin’s performance.
+1 Star for the CGI
+1 Star for the line “Make me pay Geeko.”
+1 Star for Chow Yun-Fat
+1 Star for the final fight being a complete ripoff to Kung Pow
+1 last Star for the revelation that it’s actually a sequel to Pulp Fiction
= Evolution > Love Exposure
Provavelmente a pior adaptação de um mangá e, um dos piores filmes de todos os tempos.
Acredito que um dos motivos que o tornar essa aberração completa, que todos odeiam é o fato de estar ligado a uma das maiores e mais famosas obras japonesas de todos os tempos. Talvez, se tivesse outro título, o pessoal veria de uma forma mais descontraída, mas isso é algo que nunca vamos saber.
Nota: 0,7/10
KAME-HAME-HUH? He doesn't even go super saiyan and justin chatwin was shite
Even as a kid, I had myself troubled on comparing this to the anime that I followed diligently. Right now, it is a grueling embarrassment.
OK now yes this film is terrible and yes it's a disgrace to the Dragon Ball universe BUT I feel they tried their best and it wasn't a complete heap of trash.... Come on it's worth the watch ONE time
Si vous êtes un ou une fan de Dragon Ball je vous en suplis passer votre chemin...
Am I being ironic with this rating?
No, no I'm not.
Did I just give this a higher score than Blade Runner, Midsommar, Synecdoche New York, The Dark Knight, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Full Metal Jacket, and the same score as The Godfather: Part 2?
Yes, yes I did.
Am I ashamed of this?
I probably should be,
but no, not at all
For the longest time I thought “The Last Airbender” was the most insulting live action adaptation.
They weirdly have a lot in common. But somehow the level of competency has plummeted even deeper! This is one of the worst looking films I’ve seen from a visual perspective. And the acting is an even further departure from the iconic anime characters they’re portraying.
This movie makes “The Last Airbender” and “Death Note” (2017) watchable, that pretty much says it all!
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