First thing's first, I've been a huge Dragon Ball fan ever since I was a toddler. That thing was straight up my childhood, so any time I watch or read a single content of Dragon Ball, the only enjoyment I get from it is based on my reminiscence.
As I grew up, I, like a lot of other Dragon Ball fans realised the pacing and story writing that went into Dragon Ball in the first place. It was obviously not the best, but that won't stop me from watching another episode or movie, or reading another chapter of Dragon Ball.
I'll get done with my back story here and get straight to the point.
IT WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS. SO BE WEARY, PLEASE
Story/Characters: 6/10
In all honesty, the only relatively profound element that'd be the closest bet to a story within the entire movie would be the Planet Vegeta incident. Sure, they changed and manipulated the backstory a bit and added some new scenes that we've never caught a glimpse of, like finally introducing Goku and Raditz's mother, Gine and formulating a new version of Broly's exile, and a more conscious & emotional version of Goku's departure. I must say that the backstory was actually one of the only times I've felt much emotion for the characters in Dragon Ball, other than History Of Trunks.
The rest of the movie was basically another Frieza formula where f(x) is Frieza and Broly was being pushed to be the x in Frieza's formula. Frieza merely has much of any relevance left within the Dragon Ball franchise, his recycling is getting so cliche that it's not even exciting or funny anymore. To add in Frieza to this movie was a weak plot device, and thus somehow makes Broly's relevance in the canon storyline somewhat corny.
Animation/Art: 8/10
I must say that the animation in the movie looked fine, but as typical of Toei, there were those cringey, lazy animations as expected of them. However, that's not something I'd like to ramble on about. What I do think was amazing was the CGI they incorporated into movie using the same CGI as Dragon Ball FighterZ. The fights looked pretty astounding and that's where the movie did shine in glory with its animation. Overall, the animation wasn't bad at all, but props to that CGI.
Soundtrack/Music: 5/10
Other than the reminiscence of the traditional Dragon Ball themes, there didn't seem to be much of any connection with anything else. The soundtracks just seemed quite dull to me and barely intriguing. There was a drive to it, but not enough to keep it memorable.
Personal Enjoyment: 9/10
As a typical Dragon Ball fan, I enjoyed the heck out of this movie, there shall be almost no complaints from my end except for what happened in the end. I was just straight up "WTFing?" out loud at the end. I didn't expect them to milk the character of Broly down to that level, but I guess I'll give them a chance since it's a whole different Broly compared to the one from the previous movies.
VERDICT: 6/10
It was your typical Dragon Ball movie with all that corny Shonen stuff going and awesome fights, but if it's your first time watching, then I'm sure you might love it if you love Shonen fights. If you came expecting to see a good story, then I'd suggest you to not look further into this series. As stated before, I'm ready to watch another Dragon Ball movie or episode any day.
Kudos to the artists who put their efforts into movie !
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