Dragonball Evolution Doesn’t Need Reviews
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 5, 2009 08:00 JST
- Tags: 20th Century Fox, Adaptations, Dragonball, Hollywood, Live Action, Marketing, USA
In a move sure to please American and European fans of the Dragonball franchise, Twentieth Century Fox has decided to release the film Dragonball Evolution straight to the public, bypassing the routine screening normally given to reviewers.
The exact same tactic already seems to have helped the film’s Japanese release…
Whilst it is customary for films to provide a screening for critics and the media shortly before its release to the general public, Twentieth Century Fox, possibly buoyed by the film’s tremendous success in Asia, must have felt such a cumbersome step unnecessary.
Via Io9.
The film enjoys tremendous hype: legions of fans worldwide have praised the film’s quality and it’s uncannily accurate depictions of its famous characters. Confidence in the film’s box office potential has already inspired the making of a sequel.
Given such factors, one must ponder the distributor’s curious decision of delaying the release of the much anticipated film in the two key markets a month after it has been released elsewhere.
The film opens April 10th in the United States and April 8th in Europe.
The live action adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s storied animation series looks poised to strike further box office gold…
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a SEQUEL ?
did i read a SEQUEL ?
No. Dear god, no.
Lord have mercy, save our souls.
I pray you are mistaken or someones going to get shot.
omfg, the background/area looks like old china kung-fu tv series such as Legend of the Condor Heroes which's shot mainly inside a studio.
never watched, I'm glad that I never donate S$ 10 for these gays.
maybe I'll donate S$ 10 for TMA's Dragon's balls : erolution if by any chance they make it.
this movie is a shit fest i didn't even have to watch it to know.
Doesnt need reviews?
Well its got about 10,000 of them, And I hate to say it, But about 99% of them are bad,
People quoting it as "I knew it was gona be bad, But its asctually badder then bad"
If Hollywood had even an ounce of decency they should't make a sequal until the movie has been released and hated by all it's viewers. Then, they can waste the US tax payers money on a sequal or learn to let it go.
Just think of it...or not (please don't): what if they made a live version of Sailormoon Evolution here in the States...? I'm betting that it wouldn't get any good reviews at all. But I do love Dragonball and all but a live American version just FAILS HARD. It looks nothing like the Anime at all. Dragonball Evolution=EPIC FAIL. Too bad my friends like it...
my sarcasm detector just exploded
hows your bullshit meater? that even repairable?
This is what was written in an Australian newspaper today about this piece of crap.
"Dragonball: Evolution is a live, action-packed version of the Japanese manga story. The saga has spawned comic books, video games and television series worldwide. This PG fantasy is a must-see for the legions of Dragonball fans."
Obviously the writer has not read reviews and expectations from the "legions" of fans. What do you guys think?
His ass was owned
Go to Dbthemovie.com and rofl at the comments made by people who thought this shit was gonna be awesome.
The Star newspaper in Malaysia already made a scathing review about it.
Yeah, you should hear the moans and sighs of fanbois in Tanjong Golden Village, and their WTF look when they saw that Piccolo is still alive in the ending.
Makes us in Malaysia wanna ChargeMyLaser
At least the reviewer was honest enough to put it down where it belongs. An applause to my fellow Malaysian.
http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/29/movies/3550232&sec=movies [http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/29/movies/3550232&sec=movies]
indeed honest
love holy cow lol
I am by no means a Dragonball fan, nor have I watched any of the previous installations at all. What I HAVE done is to watch the movie, and I went in expecting rubbish, but honestly, it is nowhere near as bad as people have made it out to be.
You have my utmost sincerity when I say I wish for certain people to kindly shut the fuck up about a) bashing a movie they haven't even seen b) jumping on the fucking bandwagon because 'hey, everyone's bashin' it, why not join in as well coz that's the cool thing to do!!!' c) demanding the movie to follow the look of its anime counterpart (I've taken a look at the original designs, and I... have no words. None.)
I realize this may be slightly difficult to swallow, but there are people who DO enjoy the movie, so I'll leave it at that.
Atleast there is one positive review.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939940.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939940.html?categoryid=31&cs=1]
Man MUST have been high.
Still will NOT watch this insult to a whole culture...
Dragonball ist the best...of the world.....
ps:i´m from Germany
Goku is an Asian Icon, Asian Legend & Asian Superhero. Dragon Ball is one of the most FAMOUS Japanese Manga out there.
Dragon Ball and the character named Goku is heavily influenced on Asian Culture. Goku is named after the Monkey King Sun Wukong(a Chinese Mythical Hero) and his character is also influenced by the Chinese Actor named Jackie Chan. Their GI(Uniform) is based off on the Shaolin Monks of China.
Yeah I know that Goku is an alien a Saiya-Jin. But so is Superman a Kryptonian. So if they really respect Akira Toriyama and his Dragon Ball creation, then they should have casted an Asian actor for the role.
Because casting a white boy like Chatwin is an INSULT and very INSENSITIVE to all the Asian Fans of Dragon Ball.
It ain't that bad if you fast-forward all the sitcom shit near the beginning. Stupid, completely impossible to take seriously, and yet I found it somewhat entertaining. Coupla good lines, too. Then again, I got it for free at a library; pity the fools who paid money for it...
DBE = Epic Fail....
MY GOD DAMN EYES POPPED OUTTTTTTTTTTTT
If all the news of this being a big success everywhere else (not U.S.), the only good explanation is that it because it a foreign film to them.
Here in the U.S. it will probly seem like a poorly filmed American movie.
Dude the first Kai episode is out with newly animated Opening and Endings and new songs. They are Awesome!
I rather watch Fast and Furious instead of this. >_<
Future Dragonball sequels needs fast cars and Vin Diesel.
The movie is gonna be bollocks anyway, I really don't see why anyone cares anymore.
"In a move sure to please American and European fans of the Dragonball franchise"
..... rofl theyre bullshittin theirselves, this would have been good if they actually stuck with more traditional stuff
As a dragonball fan myself I was never eager to watch this movie until now. Reading all your negative comments put a little hype on me, I wonder why? I hope its not one of those `it so bad that its good' thing.
actually, this movie is a parody of the manga version.
WHAT!? This was all real?! I though it was a joke, or my life became one of those generic anime plots were it all happens to be a dream in the end...
Haven't seen it yet, and wont. ever.
We all know it's going to be terrible, but that's not going to stop us from watching it.
Instead of actually paying for this crap I'm gonna wait for a torrent or something XD;
This doesn't even NEED a commercial or anything. Puts Gouko's legacy to shame....
Give piccolo some claws in that picture and he's Baraka's brother
I still say that the internet needs tags.. just like you got quote tags.
*I still say that the internet needs [sarcasm] tags.
Filter owned me there.. filtering out the tag, bbcode style should work though.
Internet needs smellovision to let you know definitively if something is crap.
That would be epic. However everything would smell like sex. After all the internet is for porn.
We get you every time...
I don't know what to make of this.
I remember every live-action movie to be terribly amusing because of ridiculousness...
Lol. It's so they don't get bad reviews. Try to reel in as many viewers as possible within the first week before word spreads that the movie sucks.
But it is too late.
The internet won.
"Lol. It’s so they don’t get bad reviews."
Is it really?!? I never thought of that! I'm so glad we have someone as wise and informative as you on the internet to hold our hands!
You heap scorn on this particular person however you fail to realise that there's always someone that needs things like this pointing out to them ¬_¬
Still talking about this shit? (-.-)
it's interesting because it's stupid...
it cant be worst....everybody forgot that the dragonball anime was kyoani made....in b4 shit storm...20th century fox + kyo ani best trolls in the industry
Don't be stupid; kyoani was 3 years old back when dragonball first started and didn't even make a series on their own until 2001 or something. It was made by Toei Studios, and the anime was fuck awesome in comparison with this shit that Fox is putting up. Do your freaking research before you post something incredibly stupid next time.
Kyoani..? I thought it was Toei...
People in my country are so stupid to make an excuse sayin "I am going to watch it so I can see how bad it will be", I tell them it's not even worth downloading a torrent, let alone buying a pirate copy.
BUYING a pirate copy? WHAT?!
Please punch anyone stupid to purchase a pirate copy in the face. Tell them to download pirate copies for free if they absolutely must see it, but that they really shouldn't bother watching it.
aye, people actually fall for these crap
*sign* Today we saw with a friend of mine a part of the movie I downloaded (in order to make a parody fandub) and although he found it awful he instist to watch it at the theater when they release it here.
The only way I would go seeing it at the theaters would be if they gave me free ticket in order to annoy everyone at the hall with my sarcastic comments (yeah, I'm a bad boy sometimes :P ).
There maybe some subliminal messages that influenced your friend to want to see the movie when its released.
Think about it. Its awful, he has seen its awfulness and yet wants to pay for a ticket to watch it at theaters.
I'll see it, but not before I get stoned off my ass. It's only fair.
Drugs are so bad. I don't need drugs! I could either spend hundreds of dollars worth of my parents' money on a tiny pounds bag of pot (did you know marihuana costs over $2000 per pound? That's gay! [Not that I hate gay people (I have a gay friend [not in THAT way though)]) or I could spend it on DVDs, plastic figures and body pillows of my delicious waifu and video games! Don't you know that stuff eats holes in your brain? Dope, that is. I hate all drugs. If I had my way I'd put cigarette smokers in FEMA camps. Then I'd force-feed them Pocky and onigiry and taiyakies. Sake is okay though, since it's Nihon.
amen brother.
that's probably the only way to get through it without dying.
Pff, you make fun of this crap movie yet you actually do drugs? You're just as lame.
How about just not seeing it?
“As the creator, seeing what they’d done with the characters and script I was like ‘what?’”, and “Perhaps it is best appreciated as ‘New Dragonball’, Dragonball in an another dimension.”
That still cracks me up.
This movie should have been kille- sent to the next dimension.
its still going to suck balls...
it may be an amusing action movie... but its going to have nothing to do with what its based off of, just like resident evil...
everyone will be saying "wtf is this shit?"
Dude, I'm already saying, "WTF is this shit!?"...
Count me in.
This dog won't hunt. This shit won't fly. And these balls are inert. Good day.
They might be banking on the Streisand Efect to kick in to help boost ticket sales.
Step 1)Let critics talk all they want about the shitiness that is this movie.
Step 2)Pray that people will grow curious enough about the level of suckiness that is the movie and go see it to judge it themselves.
Well, I have seen it and I only have this to say, "If you go watch this movie, you will bring upon a hail of frogs, plague of flies and diseases, amd death of first borns, so let my..." Wait a minute... sorry, wrong scriptures... Either way, no watchy the movie. Ever.
I have yet to find a legit download/torrent of teh movie. Anyone direct me to one?
There aren't any "legit" downloads of the movie, and this isn't the place to ask for an illegitimate one.
"Whatcha lookin' at, Geeko?"
Probably just became a hit cause people wanted to see how stupid this'll be...
Dragonball Evolution is crap.
I've seen it, I know it.
The only nice part of watching it was the mashed potatoes and hotdogs that I bought as snacks while watching the whole movie.
"ACCURATE DEPICTION" ??? THE FUCK WITH THAT BULLSHIT!!!!
The Sarcasm Radar is weak with this one...
This didn't get a bad review?
Wow.
Can't believe they are getting away with this nonsense. Slap a famous name on a ball of crap and call it gold. Seems to be working these days.
commonly when a film does this it gets bad reviews aferwards. same is true for games.
I bet they will shit their pants of if they receive a single review...
because they know that it's a bunch of bullshit!!!
hahahaha!
I saw the pirate dvd and I can only say that is not worth even download that piece of shit from the Internet.