Dragonball Evolution

I have never been a fan of comic, except for Archie. Hence, it is not surprising that I do not like the movie Dragonball Evolution. For those of you who actually like the movie, or is a hardcore fan of Dragonball, please leave. I don’t want to hurt your feelings.

I was at the Dragonball Evolution premiere with my colleagues and I thought, what the heck, since it is free, why not. Boy, was I wrong. Maybe due to the fact that I don’t read comics and have never dreamt of reading Dragonball in my life, I don’t find the movie entertaining… AT ALL. The only entertaining aspect was a personal game I played with myself called Spot-the-Cleavage. What’s with the cleavage flashing by that Asian chick, Chi Chi anyway? I seriously don’t think you can do all those kung fu moves with your boobs swinging around like that. Heard of gravity, lately?

Another redeeming point for the movie is the cute leading actor. However, if you ask my opinion, he looks way too old to be a senior in high school. Maybe a senior in college will be a more suitable role for him.

One thing has been bugging me. I find it weird that everyone in the movie has Japanese names and the places they refer to are Japanese places, but every setting is so fucking Hollywood. From the actors and actresses to the settings. I find it very disconcerting. Are we supposed to pretend that the characters and the places look Jap throughout the movie? In that case, why don’t they just add a warning of some sort before the movie starts, instructing the viewers to do just that. For example: This is a Hollywood made movie, but you are supposed to think it’s very Jap. I think that will work.

Overall, the movie is a sad excuse for a comic adaptation movie. I could so totally see what the director of the movie was thinking prior to making this movie.

Director:

I feel like making a movie based on comic. But which comic? Batman, taken. Superman, taken. Spiderman, taken. Hey! I know! How about a long forgotten Japanese comic that nobody remembers. That way, even if I fucked up, nobody will care.

That’s probably what he was thinking about prior to the movie.

However, to give the movie some credits, it was nice to be in a cinema again. I’m not a movie buff, so what I commented here probably doesn’t mean anything to anyone but just my honest opinion. For those of you who do not know head or tail of Dragonball, movie or otherwise, you will probably agree with me. Oh, wait! I just gave the cinema the credit, not the movie. Oh, well…

Next movie I’ll be watching is Marley & Me. Let’s hope it’s not gonna be as disappointing and it has more of a storyline and plot instead of save the world, the chosen one, blah blah blah. *yawn*