Anime News Network reviews "Dragonball: Evolution"

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The team over at Anime News Network have reviewed the live-action Dragonball film after it's opening in Japan today. Their final thoughts in short... "the fans were right."

In the end, it all boils down to one thing: this movie appeals to nobody. It was made for no one. People who aren't familiar with the Dragon Ball story at all will be so flabbergasted by what's happening that they will likely tell everyone they know that it's one of the worst movies they've ever seen. Fans who do know what the general story is will be furious at just how unbelievably badly they screwed this entire thing up. Kids are used to better writing than this in their weekday afternoon cartoons (although you may run into a kid who has never actually seen a movie before, and they might dig it until you show them another movie). It's a clunky, tiresome, badly executed, horribly written pile of shame that deserves no quarter.

In short, it's as bad as the fans said it would be.

Overall: F
Story: F
Music: C

The Good: Might be fun when you're hammered and surrounded by friends. Or suicidal, and need something to push you over the edge.
The Bad: Basically everything.

You can view the full review here. So much for those sequels.

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[Bodine]

No surprise. Everyone knew it'd be horrible. I just hope they release the original Dragonball series on DVD soon to counteract the horrible image this movie puts on the series.

[Shadow*91]

there goes the Epic image Dragonball has

[DBloke]

No surprise. Everyone knew it'd be horrible. I just hope they release the original Dragonball series on DVD soon to counteract the horrible image this movie puts on the series.

Even better than that
there remaking Dragonball Z and taking out the fillers its down to about 100 episodes