Dragonball Evolution (2009)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

One of my all time favorites.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Dragonball Evolution a motion picture that tells the story of Goku, adopted and trained Gohan. In a race to save the world from annihilation frin the evil Piccolo, he teams up with motion picture equivalents of Bulma, Roshi and Yamcha. Chi Chi also makes a nice appearance. The script tries to narrow down volumes of Dragonball comic books into a cinematic movie. Considering this movie lasts less than 2 hours, its an honest try. If you watch the movie trying to cover all the gimicks, characters and details out of the comic books, you will be disappointed. If not angry. This is a motion picture, and no way will it ever be able to encompass all of the details and love from the comics books. Keep that in mind, when you sit down and press play.In retrospective, the script writer and special effects team could have done themselves a few easy favors. Details that could have been added to make a poor movie a bit more credible and a lot more loyal to the comic books and animated series:When Gokus Reverts to his Saiyan self, he turns into an angry looking werewolf rather than a monstrous ape. I recommend the team study the incredible Hulk, either in the 00's movies or in Avengers. -The Lookout (Kami-sama no Shinden) has been reduced to a semi sized hindenburg space wessel rather than the religious outpost I recall.The cosmetics team could've done a lot more to make Piccolo look properly. Instead of the dark body armor, a proper Namekian atire would've made it much easier to link the movie character to the books. Apart from his clothing, his demeanor and expressions are still very far from the Picolo I know. To me the movie character resembled darth maul more than my favorite green alien.Evil Piccolos defeat also marks the birth of Piccolo Jr. The Namek we all love so dearly. A small happy ending detail that could've added a nice touch.Wheres the tournament? We get a brief glimpse of the worlds martial arts tournament. Nothing builds up suspense and drama like martial arts tournaments. The tournament would've made such an easy and dramatic way to introduce the many chararcters in the Dragon Ball universe. The movie misses out on a perfect opportunity to turn a youthful pervy master Roshi into the old funny fart we all love. In the movie he completes the Mafu Ba, trying to capture evil King Piccolo. In the proces he is derived of his life force. Rather than dying from it, the movie could have let him age considerably. That would twist the movie script onto tha tof the comic books.Those are just a few details, that would've helped convince me a bit more.

Dragonball has been around for 30 years now,it has become a cultural icon and one of the popular things just like Pokemon,Power Rangers,Yu- Gi-Oh!,etc.People who love Dragonball can make a better movie than the terrible movie Dragonball Evolution.The guy who plays as Goku Justin Chatwin seems like a miscast because his acting as Goku seems nothing like him.Th movie seems like it was trying to make a movie franchise out of the movie and change a lot from Dragonball. Like how Goku does not have a tail,Krillin is not the best friend of Goku because the movie made him an outcast,Bulma has one small streak of hair to confirm she is Bulma,Goku is madly in love with Chi-Chi even though in the show he doesn't know what being in love is like,and most of the characters and history in the movie is nothing like Dragonball.This movie is definitely on the list for worst movies ever and worst adaptions ever.

Nothing in this film makes sense and I cant believe that the people involved had the audacity to release it and charge people for it. The fact that this film exists proves that not anyone can make a movie. I am biased with this film as I am a true DragonBall Z fan. But I feel that majority of the people who paid to watch this film are fans of the anime. Everything about this film is garbage. From the acting to the story to the dialogue. If you want to know what NOT to do when making a film, just watch this. The people who worked on this film clearly had no respect for the fans or the amazing story on which it's based. If you are going to watch it, then please prepare yourself for what I feel is the worst movie ever made. Doesn't deserve a grade of 1.

1st of all I give 6 and +1 for all those dummies who call themselves fans and who voted that low. There are so many overrated movies out there and all those so called fans also overrate tons idiotic stuff. Well at least most of them. And I bet the lack of their taste is despicable! C'mon! Maybe that movie did not come out as the best for fans, but it was more than okay and watchable for the rest of us who barely seen 1 or 2 series of the dragonball anime series. The reason that movies like that don't come in 2nd parts coz of those stupid dummies that call themselves "fans"! Hey, you - "fans" - RATE your socks and compare your wife to them next time you dicede to judge something that you never ever done before!