You want to know how many times I, Tomodachi, have seen the first Broly movie? 14 times in my life. For some reason, I admit I'm fond of Broly and this movie visuals, they are pretty, pretty good. However, Broly himself is a mixed bag, but you know what sucks?
Well,if the title didn't spoil you, is Takao Koyama's script. Koyama is trying too many things, and archieves very little success in anything: He is trying humor, and it falls flat; it tries tragedy, and it falls flat; it tries drama with Vegeta, and is just a big Out-of-Character Moment. Due to this script three different tones, all you get is a big mess of a movie that doesn't know what it wants to be. At least the visuals and directorial debut of Tadayoshi Yamamuro saves the film problems to be noticed by the casual eyes.
Let's start the issues:
1. The Comedy sucks: I blame Koyama's lack of experience with comedy to blame for this movie awful comedy. If you have seen his other scripts, you can tell the man has a thing for serious drama: Bardock and Future Trunks specials being tragedies. Even the Cooler movie has a bit of this, with Cooler dying knowing he is to blame for Goku being alive.
However, the comedy in the film is just so out of place in what is trying to tell. We have things like Krillin being more worried about a karaoke song or Master Roshi being drunk for the entire stay in New Planet Vegeta.
2. Vagueness: You will notice that Broly is motivated by... something. While everybody "thinks" is because Goku cried for like three hours as a baby, the actual reason is unknown, as nothing in this movie is made clear, as Broly never references this during his constant attacks. In fact, a lot of Broly's actions aren't clear by the viewer. At one point he starts to release energy because "his power is overflowing". No one ever comments on this and is never followed upon. At some point we see him acting like normal before he is put the slave crown, implying he does act like a normal guy when not being a psycho, but this only happens for a single scene.
You would think the writer would expand on this, instead of relying on the "Movie villain formula" of just being bad for the sake of being bad.
3. The attempt at drama results in Out of Character moments: Vegeta constant fear at Broly for the entire film is the only "arc" we ever got, but is something so out of character for Vegeta to be so afraid and to never fight. While him being too proud to share his energy is in character, is such forced drama to make the film longer.
The only good thing out of the movie is Paragus and Broly's relationship, and Broly's lines. They are good, and they could have been expanded in a sequel... but we never got that, instead having a horrible sequel.
This has been a review by your friendly troper, Tomodachi. I will write a longer version of this review in a Tumblr account. See ya all a next time.
Anime Pretty visuals, the script freaking stinks (Laconic)
You want to know how many times I, Tomodachi, have seen the first Broly movie? 14 times in my life. For some reason, I admit I'm fond of Broly and this movie visuals, they are pretty, pretty good. However, Broly himself is a mixed bag, but you know what sucks?
Well,if the title didn't spoil you, is Takao Koyama's script. Koyama is trying too many things, and archieves very little success in anything: He is trying humor, and it falls flat; it tries tragedy, and it falls flat; it tries drama with Vegeta, and is just a big Out-of-Character Moment. Due to this script three different tones, all you get is a big mess of a movie that doesn't know what it wants to be. At least the visuals and directorial debut of Tadayoshi Yamamuro saves the film problems to be noticed by the casual eyes.
Let's start the issues:
1. The Comedy sucks: I blame Koyama's lack of experience with comedy to blame for this movie awful comedy. If you have seen his other scripts, you can tell the man has a thing for serious drama: Bardock and Future Trunks specials being tragedies. Even the Cooler movie has a bit of this, with Cooler dying knowing he is to blame for Goku being alive.
However, the comedy in the film is just so out of place in what is trying to tell. We have things like Krillin being more worried about a karaoke song or Master Roshi being drunk for the entire stay in New Planet Vegeta.
2. Vagueness: You will notice that Broly is motivated by... something. While everybody "thinks" is because Goku cried for like three hours as a baby, the actual reason is unknown, as nothing in this movie is made clear, as Broly never references this during his constant attacks. In fact, a lot of Broly's actions aren't clear by the viewer. At one point he starts to release energy because "his power is overflowing". No one ever comments on this and is never followed upon. At some point we see him acting like normal before he is put the slave crown, implying he does act like a normal guy when not being a psycho, but this only happens for a single scene.
You would think the writer would expand on this, instead of relying on the "Movie villain formula" of just being bad for the sake of being bad.
3. The attempt at drama results in Out of Character moments: Vegeta constant fear at Broly for the entire film is the only "arc" we ever got, but is something so out of character for Vegeta to be so afraid and to never fight. While him being too proud to share his energy is in character, is such forced drama to make the film longer.
The only good thing out of the movie is Paragus and Broly's relationship, and Broly's lines. They are good, and they could have been expanded in a sequel... but we never got that, instead having a horrible sequel.
This has been a review by your friendly troper, Tomodachi. I will write a longer version of this review in a Tumblr account. See ya all a next time.