I enjoyed this film a lot! As a lifelong Dragon Ball fan and huge fan of Gohan growing up, it's great to see him back in action after he was more passive and not nearly as important in the narrative post cell games. Plus the characterization of him and Piccolo was on point and so much fun to see. Piccolo taking care of Pan as favors for Gohan and Videl was adorable to see, and the humor in this movie was great. The action as well was very well done, although at times admittedly the full 3D graphics of the movie got a little bit wonky to watch, but generally it was just fine.
The premise was pretty decent as well. I was worried when I heard the movie was going to bring back the Red Ribbon Army, but I thought that they pulled it off in a believable and interesting way. The new characters were good and Hedo's motivations were a great change of pace.
However, admittedly I'm not a huge fan of Gohan and Piccolo just getting "new forms" that don't have any substance to them in the long run, even though the Beast Form and Orange Form looked great. It felt a little bit forced, and the final villain just being an overgrown and mindless clone of Cell felt a little bland compared to the way they set up Hedo and the Gammas.
Overall, a good and enjoyable watch, especially if you're a big Dragon Ball fan, but it's not any kind of masterpiece work of art. What are you expecting from a DBZ movie though haha. Not all of them can be Battle of Gods.
The premise was pretty decent as well. I was worried when I heard the movie was going to bring back the Red Ribbon Army, but I thought that they pulled it off in a believable and interesting way. The new characters were good and Hedo's motivations were a great change of pace.
However, admittedly I'm not a huge fan of Gohan and Piccolo just getting "new forms" that don't have any substance to them in the long run, even though the Beast Form and Orange Form looked great. It felt a little bit forced, and the final villain just being an overgrown and mindless clone of Cell felt a little bland compared to the way they set up Hedo and the Gammas.
Overall, a good and enjoyable watch, especially if you're a big Dragon Ball fan, but it's not any kind of masterpiece work of art. What are you expecting from a DBZ movie though haha. Not all of them can be Battle of Gods.