August 6, 2015 : Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ (And The Transitive Property)
Last night, I saw Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ – and I wasn’t the only one since the movie is killing it during it’s limited release in the theaters. In fact, I tried to see the 7pm show, but it was sold out. Instead, I had to wait around for the 8pm show, which also had a good sized crowd. The takeaway lesson from this is to buy tickets online… particularly for the Iron Giant super-limited-theatical-release.
As for Resurrection, it was solid. I liked it more than its predecessor, Battle Of Gods; However, ultimately it was still a DBZ movie, and I find that the franchise shines in episodic format because it is given adequate time to create the world and properly define the characters’ hierarchy of power.
In order for the movies to move the plot along (and keep things entertaining), the story has to employ ‘DBZ-math’ – which entails forgetting the Transitive Property. For example, Fighter A is stronger than Fighter B; and Fighter B is stronger than Fighter C. According to ‘DBZ-math’, Fighter C can easily go toe to toe with Fighter A.
Still, Resurrection was fun; and I don’t want to give away anything, so below is my spoiler-free, bullet-point takeaways:
- As expected, the action scenes were great, which was the reason I went to see the movie; and they did not disappoint.
- In addition to many backgrounds being done in 3D (often during fight scenes), a lot of the background characters were CGI. I don’t remember the latter being the case with Battle Of Gods.Â
- There were some truly funny moments in the movie. By this, I mean clever writing versus awkward, anime comedy (like Vegeta performing a dance).Â
- Several characters were not in the movie. Some of this was for the better, and some of it for worse. Â
- The writers need to work on subtle foreshadowing.
At the end of the day, Resurrection ‘F’ was worth it. I’m still not sure how the new series will turn out, but the movie does hint at the general direction it will take.
posted by Pi Visuals at 4:59 pm
Tags: DBZ , Dragonball