Wednesday 13 February 2019
Well hello there! It's really been a long time, hasn't it? I think the last time i wrote something here was around 2 years ago. That time i was still in middle-school, occupied by national exam and entrance exam to highschool. Well, all-in-all, it's great to be back here.
First off, whenever i have time to spare, i've always been using it to watch movies, tv series or simply playing games. I got jobs and school to do now. Yeah, i've been taking it quite a lot, there's even time where i just collapsed from all the work. And i've always thought about making a movie review. So yeah here it is, with the first one being Dragon Ball Super: Broly. This movie is also a direct sequel to the original series. Let's just get into it.
The Origin of Saiyans
The story focuses on The Saiyans and the Frieza Army. If you are a hardcore Dragon Ball fan, you might notice that currently until now there hasn't been that much of a story of the origin of Saiyans. So the first quarter of the movie tells alot what has been happening off-screen. We even get to see Goku's mother now.
I really love how they handle the origins. Like Frieza is just straight-up batshit crazy since the beginning. Oh i forgot to tell you that in this movie, Broly's story is altered with a fresh and logical one. Unlike the Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan movie, we get to see in-depth character of who Broly is and his father. In the previous movie, there was probably only 5 minutes of Broly's storytelling which i'd love to think that Akira Toriyama probably didn't give a single shit about it.
Although Broly has a personality now, in this movie he's still emotionally unstable due to his father's way of raising him. But the movie handles it in a lot more logical and fun way for the fighting scene to be spectacular and mesmerizing.
By far the best animated Dragon Ball movie
You have probably seen the gist of this movie via the trailer released a couple months ago and probably thinking that it will be amazing. But you are wrong. The animation in this movie is really, really superb to the point i have to pause every single scene because it was drawn and animated beautifully.
If you have seen it, you may also notice that most of the fight scene is 3D animated. Some of you might not be familiar and not really enjoying it, but i think it's a great way to introduce to audience that 3D animation can also be done on fast-paced animation movies and still looks solid and fluid.
The artstyle in this movie is much more simplier too. And simple things are sometimes the best, if done correctly, which it is. We get to feel that old-school Dragon Ball animation again for the first time in years. And because it is much more simplier, you can really see the fluid on the animation and how it switchover from 2D to 3D in a great way.
The best scene in this movie is that psychedelic-ish fighting scene with Gogeta and Broly. Holy fucking shit.
Gogeta Debut
I have not heard a single thing about this movie and only seen the trailer before watching it, and goddamn i was suprised when Goku and Vegeta did the fusion. Yes, this is the first time, canonically, Gogeta debuted in the Dragon Ball universe.
Don't you worry, unlike the previous movie where Gogeta was in, in this one he's a lot more in-depth and he now has minutes of screen time. This is the movie where we finally see Gogeta kicks some ass.
All-in-All: 8.5/10 A really fun, abstract psychedelic-ish, animation movie
Dragon Ball Super: Broly is by far the best Dragon Ball movies to date. It's animation is super fluid and much more improved unlike the recent series, which isn't really that bad. Broly and his father finally gets a decent backstory so it feels like they're not some strong enemies out of nowhere like they were before. We get to see more about the Saiyans and their problema with Frieza's Army and how it all went to shit.
This movie is super fun to watch even for casual audience. It is so fast-paced but it doesn't leave a single detail. So many strong character moments and like any other Dragon Ball, it has the original sense of humor. Go see it!
