Dragonball Evolution
Release Date : 10 April 2009 ( USA ) , 25 March 2009 (Indonesia)
Director : James Wong
Cast : Justin Chatwin (Goku), Chow Yun Fat (Master Roshi), Jamie Chung (Chi Chi), Emmy Rossum (Bulma)
My Comment :
I was a fan of the manga/anime series when i was still a kid. when i saw the first few clips and trailers on youtube i knew this movie would suck. But in the end i gave it a chance and i told myself, “Hey, let’s have some campy fun and not try to think too much.” As soon as the movie starts, and the first line uttered by Gohan, i wanted to leave the cinema hall. 90 minutes was just too long. I felt as though it was 3 hours.
i’m not trying to be a hater . It looked like an amateur movie made by a new director. The dialogues were stupid and the plot was terrible. There was no character development at all and they try to make the fight scenes look cool with the slow motion but it’s god damn lame. and the jokes fall flat.
Worse part was the way they try to work out a love story between Bulma and Yamcha within 15 minutes of knowing each other. The Kame Hame Ha scene turned into a cheesy high school love story. I was twitching the moment i heard the lines being uttered by Goku to Chi Chi while he was training his Kame Hame Ha. In fact, i twitched every time a line is being uttered by the actors and actresses. i was disappointing with the gigantic monkey too, you see in the comics look like a guy wearing a rubber gorilla suit. The special effects throughout the movie looked like as though it was from a cheap movie.
