Forum - View topicNEWS: Dragonball Evolution Opens at #8 with US$4.8 Million
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barashin
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That's how hardcore fans are. It's no different then any show that has a huge following |
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CCSYueh
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But it's not really a bad movie. Compared to other martial arts films with all the training, etc. We have 90 minutes (including credits) on this one, so it's maybe more an issue of stuffing the items they wanted out of some 15 or 20 manga into 90 minutes. At least 4 seasons of anime, maybe 7?(I forget how long Red Ribbon dragged out) The first adventure ending in the Oozaru didn't have Krillin--he showed up as Goku's rival in Season 2. I really don't remember too much of the training mumbo jumbo. Roshi had the boys running around with big old turtle shells on their backs, moving rocks, chasing rocks, swimming with sharks... Later on in DBZ with Gohan, yeah. There was actually a lot of the manga in the movie. It was just all jumbled up. |
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barashin
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Whether it's faithful to the source or not ain't the case. If it's a bad movie it's a bad movie regardless how faithful it is, and if you liked it, then hey that's cool. It's your own personal will to like or hate a movie. However, majority of the people, critics and fans alike, are calling this a bad movie. Majority rules dude... |
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Kid Ryan
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Ha, I knew this move would suck, that's what they get for putting Goku in high School, and making everyone not look at all like the anime characters.
I'll still be watching it (only because it has Dragon Ball in it's name), but I'll wait until it's released to DVD so I can rent it for free  .
Hopefully I'll get some chuckles and lulz out of this crapfest they call a movie. |
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vapwaazu
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Yeah, it was definately a terrible movie, but I and everyone else in the cinema was loving it because it was so terrible.
It had some really horrible lines, my favourite being "DRAGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!" Oh god, when he said that, at least everyone around me was laughing. The thing for me that was the most off putting was that the high school scenes and the party scene was a totally different feel to the rest of the movie. Those scenes just felt like some normal everyday place while everything else had this ancient feel crossed with modern technology, it was really an oxymoron. I came into it expecting to see a terrible movie that was just as comedic as The Spirit and it met my expectations quite well. Not to metion the totally predictable twist after the Ayumi Hamasaki song was finished. By the way the cinema I was in to watch it was full. I dunno what that says since it was in Australia and on premiere day. Also, pretty much 90% of the people there seemed to be in the 15-25 year old crowd. Although, I do have to say some scenes I actually did like, for example the righteous ass kicking at the party was fun. But it definately does not cancel out how terrible the movie was. Last edited by vapwaazu on Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:06 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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JackCox
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I understand that changes may have to be made but for the most part there is no way something like Dragonball should have that many changes. |
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HatakeMirukon
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Finally. Somebody has the balls to say this. Honestly there's more butthurt and baseless hatred for this movie I can't stand it. What happened to the anime fans that actually tried things before they judged them, and actually KNEW what was bad instead of using "oh it's not like the anime/manga" as a base for disliking something? Or the fact that if they call DB:E a bad movie, then I doubt they've really seen a TRULY bad movie. In their life. Period. http://hatakemirukon.deviantart.com/journal/24157330/#comments That is a link to my journal on deviantART which is my review of the DB:E movie when I saw it on its midnight premiere. I honestly think a lot of you, and I do very much mean a LOT of you, are taking the bashing way too far. |
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Jih2
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So if we made a Teletubbies movie and changed their appearances drastically it would completely destroy the "heart" and "soul" of Teletubbies. Fine. |
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Joe Mello
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Not when Hannah Montana is #1. It must be Spring Break because the Box Office numbers this and last week seem awfully high for non-summer. $4.6M is probably Top 5 any other week. I'm sure the lack of screenings for critics probably affected that either positively or negatively. I honestly can't tell, but to me, it's a major indicator of a bad movie. One can only hope that there will be someone with actual talent making the sequel. (Thought Speed Racer was ok, despite the massive amounts of camp) |
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fighterholic
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Most definitely not. Which would be another reason why it doesn't seem to be "doing so well." If anything, only people like us were aware of its existence, and since a lot of us aren't on the go for watching it, of course it's going to get the sales it gets if they didn't promote it right. |
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jsyxx
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No one in this thread said anything even remotely close to that. People being happy a crappy movie did badly is a completely understandable feeling for people to have. Hollywood only cares about what makes money. If something fails commercially, they'll try to learn something from it. They may apply this to "anime movies don't sell" but then again it could also be a certain brand of anime films that are very crappily made don't sell. May be bad for anime in the short term but hollywood has to learn this lesson unfortunatley. Thus why super hero movies make a lot more money now and are also a lot higher in quality than they were in the past. They had to learn that just some bullshit tagged to a super hero property wouldn't sell itself. |
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tygerchickchibi
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It may not be No#1 but it still managed to make it in the top 10.
I think the commercial that they've been running on TV was terrible, though. I probably wouldn't have noticed it as the original movie trailer. *shrugs.* I still haven't seen it yet. I think for some reason I may be OK with it.
I'll have to completely agree with this statement. Only because if anyone actually dares to say that they like it....I'm afraid that people will come in and start insulting them. Last edited by tygerchickchibi on Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:32 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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DrizzlingEnthalpy
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Kruszer
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That's true, look on the bright side it did make......OVER $9,000!! 
Anyhow, it wasn't great but it was good and entertaining. It also wasn't really Dragonball-ish but I'd count that as a good thing since they dropped several elements from DB which annoyed me anyway so I'm not complaining that they're gone. I was saying this film was going to be garbage too, but I actually sent to it and formed my own opinion., and you know what I was wrong and I'm man enough to admit it.. |
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keikun16
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I'll probably be lynched for this, but I didn't think it was too bad CONSIDERING IT WAS AN ADAPTATION,NOT A F***ING CARBON COPY. ANYONE WHO THINKS CRICICALLY OF THIS MOVIE IS JUST LIKE A STAR WARS FAN WHO DENIES THERE ARE SIX MOVIES AND SAYS THAT EPISODES 4, 5, AND 6 ARE THE ONLY ONES. IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE EXATLY LIKE THE ANIME, JUST LIKE THE ANIME WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE EXACTLY LIKE THE MANGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nevermind, watched it again. EPIC FAIL OF EPIC FAILS. Last edited by keikun16 on Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:34 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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