Memorable, crazy movie

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

As Good As It Gets

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

I don't like DBZ at all so when I was on a 9 hour plane ride to Greece I thought I could enjoy this as a dumb action movie, I was wrong! I couldn't get through 10 minutes of this garbage fire, I even tried watching it with the volume off so I can ignore the horrible dialogue but I still couldn't get throught it. No joke I just decided to stare at a black screen for about a half hour until I fell asleep on the plane.

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.

I'm not a Dragon Ball hardcore fan, but the main reason that I'm writing this is because there's a lot of positive comments saying "Absolutely Good Movie", "Creative and Clever Story", "Honestly not bad film" or even "Why isn't part 2 coming out?" (left by a guy who blames those who tell the truth of that movie), etc.; and I'm worried about IMDb being sued for false advertising if it is left there. This movie is only fun for yourselves if you've been smoking some particularly strange and illegal substances.Dear God, this movie stole from Star Wars, The Matrix and The Last Airbender! DBE makes TLA look like Hamlet in comparison. Yet it still ignores the source material. The CGI is crap, the special effects looks taken out from the Power Rangers, the dialogue makes Batman and Robin look thoughtful, and the characters... Goku is about as emotionless as a bag of rocks, and Yamcha looks like "a tiger with Down syndrome." This movie works as an insult directed towards Akira Toriyama and his fans...and directed by James Wong. For this example, I will be using a well known story, "The story of Jesus Christ", but I will do to Jesus' story what the writers did to Dragon Ball:Jesus Christ was born in California and went to Henry Austin High School. He used to get bullied growing up. His mom, Mary was a full time nurse who never had any time off. Jesus had some powers, but kept them hidden from everyone. One day Jesus went to a party. Everyone was complaining about there being no alcohol. Then Jesus used his power to turn every beverage in the fridge into beer. Then everyone thought he was super cool and got drunk. Suddenly Jesus was now the cool kid in school. You get the idea. But this is how bad they butcher the DBZ story. Just, kill this movie please. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. Avoid this movie at all cost.P.S.: For all the positive reviewers, ladies and gentlemen, Billy from SAW is waiting for you in the next door theater, and he is pleased to present a sissy and rather bad anime named "Super Doll Licca-Chan" (WARNING: This anime show *for little girls* will make a permanent brain damage). As you watch this anime, and in the locked theater, you will try to survive to find the key, while Billy will release poisonous gas and after will set ablaze the theater. So, live or die...make your choice.

Justin Chatwin stars as teenager Goku, who must use his special fighting skills to prevent the evil Lord Piccolo (James Marsters) from collecting all seven Dragonballs and using them for evil purposes. Goku is aided in his quest by master Roshi (Hong Kong action legend Chow Yun-Fat), school-friend and object of Goku's affection Chi Chi (Jamie Chung), gun-toting babe Bulma (Emmy Rossum), and thieving rascal Yamcha (Joon Park). As the group locate the dragonballs using Bulma's tracking device, they are attacked by Piccolo's sexy henchwoman Mai (Eriko Tamura).The plot for this live-action manga movie is all over the place, the acting is wooden and the special effects not so special, but I still managed to have some fun with the whole sorry mess, possibly because I had my expectations set extremely low after recently watching the lousy Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, partly down to the fact that I had no prior knowledge of the Dragonball graphic novels (and so wouldn't be disappointed by inaccuracies), but mostly because I was clearly in the mood for some mindless martial arts fantasy nonsense with several babes in cleavage enhancing costumes.And that's precisely what I got… lots of silly kung fu action aided by wire-work and CGI and three hotties with their bosoms making up for their poor performances. Can't say that it has forever changed the way I look at film, or that it will even stay with me until the week is out, but I wasn't bored by its banality, miffed by its mediocrity, or angry at its inanity, which must count for something.4.5 out of 10, rounded up to 5 for Chow Yun-Fat chewing up the scenery.