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Based on Fearless' idea for a Forum activity, we'll review each of the Movies from DB Movie 1 (The Legend of Shenlong/Curse of the Blood Rubies) to DBZ Movie 14 (Resurrection F). Note that this is just the movies, not the TV Specials like the Bardock or Trunks ones, unless anyone wishes to go through them after we finish the movies. I'll just lay a few ground rules for the topic to start off:
- We'll review one movie per day as to give anyone who wants to post enough time.
- Reviews ought to be at least a typical paragraph's length. No 1-2 sentence ones.
- Scores on a 1-10 scale are optional, but not mandatory.
- No rewatch of a movie is required if you can remember enough to have a solid opinion on them (plus who actually wants to rewatch most of them?)
- Pray to Rumoosh you plebs.
So, we start of with The Legend of Shenlong/Curse of the Blood Rubies
This film loses quite a few points due to just being a reboot of the first arc, though I must admit it did so somewhat well. The main villain felt like far more of a threat than the Pilaf gang and it was good to see how some of the scenes were reworked into a more connected and less episodic plot, as well as interesting in retrospect due to it forming a separate "Movie trilogy continuity".
However, it wasn't as good as the Pilaf Arc it was based on due to most of the humour that made up the bulk of both the film being copy-pasted from the arc. The only new gag added was further use of Yamcha's shyness to women when he was fighting that female henchmen.
Overall, it was OK for what it was, and not as insulting as some of the rehashed plot lines you'd see in later films, though there's no need to watch it to see a retelling of early DB when The Path to Power does the same concept far better.
Score - 3.5/10. Maybe a 4/10 for simplicity.
- We'll review one movie per day as to give anyone who wants to post enough time.
- Reviews ought to be at least a typical paragraph's length. No 1-2 sentence ones.
- Scores on a 1-10 scale are optional, but not mandatory.
- No rewatch of a movie is required if you can remember enough to have a solid opinion on them (plus who actually wants to rewatch most of them?)
- Pray to Rumoosh you plebs.
So, we start of with The Legend of Shenlong/Curse of the Blood Rubies
This film loses quite a few points due to just being a reboot of the first arc, though I must admit it did so somewhat well. The main villain felt like far more of a threat than the Pilaf gang and it was good to see how some of the scenes were reworked into a more connected and less episodic plot, as well as interesting in retrospect due to it forming a separate "Movie trilogy continuity".
However, it wasn't as good as the Pilaf Arc it was based on due to most of the humour that made up the bulk of both the film being copy-pasted from the arc. The only new gag added was further use of Yamcha's shyness to women when he was fighting that female henchmen.
Overall, it was OK for what it was, and not as insulting as some of the rehashed plot lines you'd see in later films, though there's no need to watch it to see a retelling of early DB when The Path to Power does the same concept far better.
Score - 3.5/10. Maybe a 4/10 for simplicity.