But the movie is far better than Dragonball Evolution. Although it is an exact duplicate of the animation. I've seen a live action version of Dragonball shot by the Malaysian years ago. But when they say evolution, I don't expect the studio turns something respectable like Dragonball into rubbish. Wardrobes, props to makeup, nothing fits together! Not only nothing in this film resembles the original DB, it is a disgrace. Not to mention the screenplay, the production design of this film is not consistence at all. However, the martial arts choreography in this movie is another led down. Dragonball is a hot cult in Asia and it hits the western market because of the stylistic action and fight sequences. Even though I went to see the movie without any expectation, the movie still suck! Despite the led down of the Dragonball fans, it creates negative impulses to those who is new to Dragonball. Soon as I saw the first teaser, I knew I shouldn't put up in any hope into this movie. Everyone is looking forward to see a Hollywood version of Dragonball. This is why I think 20th Century Fox was putting money into this project initially. To me this whole thing isn't making any sense at all because there are established fans across the globe, and Dragonball comic and cartoon itself has last more than TWO decades. The studios should pay more respect and faith in Asian materials. The studio spends a lot of money on making Marvels and DC comics into movies, look how successful those films had become. From observing the promotion materials of Dragonball, it seems that Fox doesn't want to do this movie at all. It is understandable that the film isn't exactly the same as the original comic, but the characters and the plot just suck as a film on its own. The entire outcome is a disaster and disappointment. The director must have a vision of the given materials. Hiring an Asian to direct an Asian animation epic doesn't mean the movie will turn out great. Why James is hired to direct this movie in the first place? It is a big mistakes. I love his Final Destination series, but I think James is NOT the right person to direct this million plus dollars franchise. What is wrong with this picture man? Nothing personal to James as a director.
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