First off, yes, I did watch DBZ and Dragonball when I was a little kid. It was the first anime that I ever saw and I enjoyed it like all the other kids that grew up with it. In retrospect, not my favorite anime in the world, but whatever. I rented the live action movie after thoroughly enjoying the new Street Fighter movie that came out. I went into this movie with no expectations at all. Well, okay, so I hoped that it wouldn't be painfully cheesy.

And it was cheesy, but not in a painful way. I got to say, the casting was excellent (except for surfer Yamacha) and the effects were very dragonball-esque. You know, in the typical dragonball over the top ridiculous way. I loved the interpretation of the dragonball world, which was my favorite part. Overall I think I laughed through most of it, like the way I laugh through the really old batman movies. The movie left the storyline wide open for more movies, which I think is great. I really like how they super summarized the Piccolo storyline. I think going into any more detail would have made this movie very painful. It's pretty to the point (unlike the anime, where most episodes are of lots of grunting and people throwing punches). Overall I liked the movie, it was enjoyable, but its no Lord of the Rings.

Just had to share.