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Dragon Ball Z Movie 8 - Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan
I'm really not sure what to make of this movie. It's got more plot thanks to the runtime bump (70min as opposed to 45), but it's a very thin plot. I mean, the big mystery of the movie is spoiled in the (western) title!
Broly is a neat addition to the lore. Most of the Cell Saga is dedicated to deconstructing the Super Saiyan mythology that the Freeza Saga build up, and Movie 8 jumps in the bandwagoon by showing us what the Legendary Super Saiyan is really supposed to be. I also like how Broly doesn't actually give a fuck to Paragus plan or Vegeta, and actually has beef with Goku instead. Or at least I would if the backstory behind his motives didn't make me suicidal. How does he even remember that?
Anyway, after Paragus' antics (which don't make any sense. Why not have Broly kill them instead of the comet?) are ruined by Broly we get what's perhaps the best stomp match in the series. Broly's fighting style is just brutal, and it also helps that unlike his M10 self, Broly is lucid and can talk, so he's not just a retarded mass of muscle. He mocks everyone, blows ups the planet of the slaves for laughs, actively threatens Goku's kid. This is one of the very few times Vegeta is actually reduced to trembling on his knees, and it's great. No wonder Koyama faps Broly so much.
That is, until the ending. Sure, the Genki-Dama was starting to get repetitive, but what the fuck happens here? Did Goku find Broly's weak spot? Or did Broly simply blow up with power? The movies makes a point to show us Broly having to throw Ki blasts because he had too much Ki accumulated, and in the Brazilian dub (Which rarely deviates from the Japanese script) Goku says Broly shouldn't rely so much on his "super powers". I have no idea what happened, but at least it's over.
4.5/10.
I'm really not sure what to make of this movie. It's got more plot thanks to the runtime bump (70min as opposed to 45), but it's a very thin plot. I mean, the big mystery of the movie is spoiled in the (western) title!
Broly is a neat addition to the lore. Most of the Cell Saga is dedicated to deconstructing the Super Saiyan mythology that the Freeza Saga build up, and Movie 8 jumps in the bandwagoon by showing us what the Legendary Super Saiyan is really supposed to be. I also like how Broly doesn't actually give a fuck to Paragus plan or Vegeta, and actually has beef with Goku instead. Or at least I would if the backstory behind his motives didn't make me suicidal. How does he even remember that?
Anyway, after Paragus' antics (which don't make any sense. Why not have Broly kill them instead of the comet?) are ruined by Broly we get what's perhaps the best stomp match in the series. Broly's fighting style is just brutal, and it also helps that unlike his M10 self, Broly is lucid and can talk, so he's not just a retarded mass of muscle. He mocks everyone, blows ups the planet of the slaves for laughs, actively threatens Goku's kid. This is one of the very few times Vegeta is actually reduced to trembling on his knees, and it's great. No wonder Koyama faps Broly so much.
That is, until the ending. Sure, the Genki-Dama was starting to get repetitive, but what the fuck happens here? Did Goku find Broly's weak spot? Or did Broly simply blow up with power? The movies makes a point to show us Broly having to throw Ki blasts because he had too much Ki accumulated, and in the Brazilian dub (Which rarely deviates from the Japanese script) Goku says Broly shouldn't rely so much on his "super powers". I have no idea what happened, but at least it's over.
4.5/10.
