Dragon Ball Z Movie 15: Fukkatsu no "F"

As every Dragon Ball fan I was looking forward to see this movie. This whole "God" thing is indeed interesting....12 universes, each with its own God of Destruction....Goku's new form and Vegeta's pursuit to overpower Goku... this things made me feel like a kid again. With sadness I have to admit that this movie like its prequel released in 2013 and currently being aired TV series are total bullshit. SSJG (SSJ GAY) - created by combining soul energy of 5 pure-hearted saiyans - C'mon!! Maybe some of future next forms will be achived by fu....g a unicorn. Z warriors having toruble fighting with bunch of weaklings - The power level is completely messed up. Finally! Frieza new form is totally overpowered! I'm waiting for Krillin,Yamcha,Tien or Master Roshi to train 4 monts and become God-like powerfull Fighting scenes are far from perfect. They're too short and filled with unnecessary dialogues. The only thing that cannot complain about is the art and sound which were very good. If you're a huge Dragon Ball fan then I'm almost certain that you'll be dissapointed after watching this, but if you don't care about the details you may like it. Sorry for the grammar. I'm not a native speaker.

I am a long time Dragonball fan since 2008 and this is without a doubt the WORST Dragonball movie that I have ever seen. Yes it is worse than Battle of Gods and yes it is even worse than Dragonball Evolution because at least Evolution has character growth which this film seems to lack. No joke I actually had to pause the movie a couple of times due to utter frustration and or disappointment. The animation in this movie is painfully average, seeming more like a direct to television movie rather than a theatrical release film. Also it has way too much CGI where it is distracting. They couldn't even animate Goku and Frieza fighting half the time.

I think Toei or Toriyama have an obsession with Frieza just like with Broly. The dude can't stay death for a single arc. Even if he isn't the centre of the story, his cells are still involved. He is in almost every flashback or with anyone involved. It just doesn't stop. And every time he returns he is the butt of all jokes, even if he gets an illogical power boost like in this movie by training for 6 month off screen and surpass even the latest recolor power up by our Toriyama-Sensei :D Frieza poses no threat. Whis and Beavus are there eating desert while Frieza shits his pants seeing them. Like in the previous movie Billus is treated like a gary stu and turns everyone into his bitch. Honestly, I feel if instead of a movie we got a slice of life series, Frieza's power up would be more tolerable. But this movie tries to be serious and ruins Frieza in the process. Not that he needed any more humiliation. Trunks, GT, Fusion Reborn etc already did a fantastic job in making Frieza look like a jobber. And Dragon Ball Super would turn Frieza into full Team Rocket. Toriyama-Sensei was inspired by a Music which the people keep yell Frieza. Said music appears in the theatres and its making me honestly laugh. I like a good comedy but I don't feel that was the intended reaction by the directors. How about the fights? So the jobber teams exchange some blows. Piccolo struggles with some orc dude. Is he perfect Cell Level? I doubt. The movie nerved Gohan and Piccolo making them look weaker than they were on Namek. Gohan apparently can't even use his full power and gets humiliated like usual since the Buu Saga. Goku and Frieza would finally enter the fight. For some reason Goku and Vegeta care more about taking turns than just finishing off Frieza who like every DBZ villain would blow up the planet if cornered. Thank god he won't do that... Goku and Frieza would change colors looking like designs I am certain I saw on Deviantart at some point. Then Goku gets almost killed by some gunlaser making him look like a weakling. Isn't he in some kind of God Form? How did that happen when back then he could tank shit like that and not even flinch? Talk about inconsistency. So Vegeta enters the ring and gets killed by Frieza because Frieza did the unthinkable and blew up the planet. :/ Thank god we have the Dragon Balls to fix that, but since nobody wanted to animate Porunga for this movie, Whis turns into a plot device who can just rewind time so Frieza can be stopped. I think I spoiled the movie, but seriously I didn't. You can see the ending miles ahead. Vegeta being a jobber and getting humiliated even by a worn down Frieza is Toriyama's specialty. He hates Vegeta and I don't know if I love him for that. Music was meh. I liked the jokes with Jaco. Tien used the Tri Beam so he gets points for trying. The CGI was a turn off, but the colors were pretty. I like pretty colors :] Sadly I can't give this movie a good score. Every character in this movie was a disappointment. The premise is something we have seen billions of times. And it kinda negates the things that happened on Namek. If only Frieza trained before coming to earth... maybe even Super Saiyan Blue Trunks wouldn't be able to stop him. Why didn't Frieza train anyways in the first place? Being scared of Super Saiyans... that fear was unjustified. Also the entire exploration of all the universes was halted wasting the things established from Battle of Gods for a filler movie. And there were no cute waifus. If you can't give me a good story, good fights or ruin previous arcs... the least you can do add someone as hot as Kefla to keep my attention and excitement. If a Love Live movie were called a Dragon Ball Z movie, at least that would get at least a 5.

Resurrection Freeza is just a blatant attempt to take a popular character and make them relevant again. A few months of training is all it took for Freeza to be nearly at the level of a god of destruction, give me a break. If you took the old power levels and tried to get Freeza from 1 million to whatever Majin Buu was, that alone would take years. It disrespects the journey Goku and Vegeta had to take to get to this level. This of course continues in Dragon Ball Super. The Saiyan's go from not being able to become Super Saiyan to on par with Goku in 3 days. Disgusting.

Spoilers ahead, be aware! Critics, Please spare! To quote Goku from the movie "Go home. I ain't gonna think less of you if you choose to leave." This sums up my reaction as an audience after watching this movie. As a serial DBZ fan since childhood(note the word serial), I have thought of Frieza as the most fearsome villain of all the DBZ Universe, that is, untill I saw Cell Saga. Even though Frieza is a bit over rated in DBZ series(apart from the fact that he has a brother named Cooler, for God's sake), he is one of the most formidable characters in DBZ Universe( I'm leaving Super Buu behind, since I still have to catch up on that part later). Also, in DBZ Battle of Gods , when mentioned about his defeat by the hands of Goku by his angel Whis, even Lord Beerus acknowledges about him and his defeat. Such may be the power of "Lord Frieza." These expectations are not even a bit fulfilled after watching this movie. For starters, this movie shows his revival after his death by the hands of Future Trunks(Mecha Frieza, baby). He is revived by the only one reason of his declining reign, by the new commander of his battalion Sorbet and his second in-command, Tagoma. After revival, he trains for three months and, apparently, gains a new form, self proclaimed by him as "Golden Frieza". This comes as no surprise, as everybody knows about Frieza's might. But this is a tad bit too much of a might to show off, even for him. And by he way, how does he match the power of Super Saiyan God, after training for only three months? There must be a logic behind this.Also, he is shown a bit too cocky for his power, unbeknownst of the Super Saiyan God transformation achieved by Goku and Vegeta. To be honest, this movie could have only been made for nostalgia. Even if Frieza leaves the DBZ Universe, the vice-versa may not be possible, from the likes of this movie. Also, while mentioning about Gohan, he is shown utterly powerless here, compared to the bravery he showed while fighting the second form of Frieza in Namek. He easily gets injured by Frieza in his primary form,even though he is powered up to Super Saiyan 2(effect of Frieza's training, perhaps). The fight scenes look like they have been replaced from a video game sequence. Goku and Frieza looks like caricatures while fighting. Apart from that, Super Saiyan God is worth a watch. Nevertheless, Frieza is a character to lookout for, even if he is not revived for a third time. Also, there is a mention of Goku and Vegeta's vulnerabilities by Whis himself, while he trains with them. This information may prove useful for those who are going to watch Dragon Ball Super, after this movie, which are related closely. Sound tracks are great, especially the theme of Frieza is spine chilling and it really suits him. Hence, I can say that, I was partly satisfied with the movie, and for the fact that even Frieza acknowledged the results of a good training, which is shown in his new golden form. I hope that this movie may prove to be meaningful in the upcoming episodes of Dragon Ball Super, and Frieza is given a worthy role in it.

So me and my friend were bored, we wanted something to do and him being a huge dragon ball fan and me thinking dragon ball is fairly enjoyable but not the greatest, we ended up watching the 15th dragon ball z movie known as Ressurection of F. While I found this to be an enjoyable film it did have a few glaring issues. So basically what gives this movie some merit is the visuals and the quality of the English voice work. The animation is awesome with great use of color and CGI and it was aesthetically appealing as far as animation goes. It was also fluent and smooth. The english dub was surprisingly good but I have yet to hear the Japanese voice acting though. Um the story well.... It's good I guess. It covers Frieza getting ressurected after getting killed by Trunks and now he's been ressurected by his minions and he wants to exact his revenge on Goku. The problem with the story is that I felt they had opportunities to expand but it didn't. Then they had this weird plot twist that was absolutely ruined do the standard Dbz bullshit. The characters are the same thing, some had no development and were new, some had development from previous installments in the franchise but had no expansion. Even with these issues I still enjoyed this film but there was one more big issue that really bogged this movie down, for example this new "Super Saiyan God" mode..........why? This was pretty unnecessary in my opinion same with Frieza's golden form. It just comes across as pointless fan service. At the end of the day what is there left to say? It may sound like I hated this movie but far from it. It's an enjoyable film but has some weak points. It's still DBZ, still well choreographed fight scenes above average humor, and this in particular has really good animation and at. So if you like DBZ or are just looking for a movie to watch when your bored, go for it the visuals alone make it worth watching.

So the new DBZ film has arrived and I was fortunate enough to have a theater that was showing it. For any DBZ fan this should hit right in the childhood as one of the first villains we ever knew has come back from the dead. The set up is this, Frieza has a couple thousand goons left years after his demise, and they finally set out to use the Dragonballs to bring him back to life, luckily for them Pilaf and crew already had 6 of the 7 found by the time they arrive. If you are wondering why the Z fighters didn't take notice, it was mostly due to only 2 of Frieza's goons coming to Earth instead of the entire army. With their very impressive technology Frieza is back from the dead and decides before he gets his revenge with Goku that he will have to train first. Roughly 6 months go by and Frieza is ready to fight and brings the whole "Frieza Force" along for the ride. Of course Goku and Vegeta are both away training with Whis while Beerus is still taking his very long nap(s). As one would expect the fight begins without them and to me it appeared to be a means to allow characters like Tien, Krillin, and Piccolo a little time on the screen before Goku and Frieza take up the rest. To be frank that's about all there is for story, it's pretty light on this one but on the plus side it is far less silly than Battle of Gods was. (Depending on your taste that may or may not be a good thing.) Thing is there is still humor to be found but this concept is a bit easier to accept than BoG was. If you were looking for character development you may want to look elsewhere, aside from a couple lines pointing out Goku's and Vegeta's flaws our characters largely don't change. Despite Frieza's new form he is really just the same as you remember him from the end of his fight with Goku. If you were like me I had a soft spot for Gohan when I was growing up and to see him become the most powerful fighter at the end of the Cell Saga, by the Buu Saga his character was probably the 3rd most powerful amongst the heroes. If you are wonderings where I am going with this I wanted to say I still think that Gohan may have been the most powerful fighter on Earth despite his lack of any training while Goku and Vegeta were away. It's hard to say exactly since the power levels of these characters has gotten so disproportionate as time has gone along. In the end I hope Gohan gets back into fighting in DBS, would make things more interesting assuming that DBS goes into unknown territory. Now for the "transformations," largely they are cosmetic and serve only to tell us that certain characters are more powerful than others. Also when Frieza invades Earth the Z fighters didn't even bother we just got a couple lines explaining that Frieza is more powerful than before and there it is. His final form is something akin to when Goku went Super Saiyan for the first time but if you are expecting some new attack or anything like that you will be disappointed. Also the form of Super Saiyan God that we saw in Battle of Gods may have been an incomplete form so we do see a slight variation but as I said it's merely cosmetic. This is where the padding in DBZ comes in. While we make fun of the fact that it took characters forever to change into a new form there was some gravitas to that. Because now the transformations happen so quick you feel underwhelmed by the experience unlike when we first saw Frieza take a new form or when Goku went Super Saiyan. Kind of in line with what I was just saying because of the lack of time we don't feel that our heroes are in any kind of danger. A good example is how frequently Bulma goaded Frieza and yet he did nothing. I think in DBZ chances are Bulma would be dead, even with the 5 episodes of filler. Perhaps it was that I couldn't imagine Frieza magically getting so strong that he would be more powerful than Majin Buu. In any case there are just one too many deus ex moments that undercut any possible danger we may feel for the characters. The fights were well done as one would expect for anything Dragonball related, however...there was an increased use of 3D animation which for the most part did not blend well with the traditional animation. There are a few cases where you couldn't tell the difference, but the filmmakers made a point to make it obvious to us when they were using it. I hope for future features or Dragonball Super that they either stop trying with the 3D or develop and blend the technology for better use. I may sound fairly critical of this movie but it's way easier to point out faults initially than the pluses. Look at the score(s) that I gave this movie, I do feel this is a step up from Battle of Gods and this definitely had my attention more there was a point where I could tell I was truly drawn in versus being aware that I was watching a movie. If you are a fan of the series or just want a trip down nostalgia lane this a good way to spend your time for an evening.

Revival of F or Fukkatsu no F or Ressurection F or whatever you want to call it, is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Revival of F is about Frieza coming back to life for the billions of time. That is the premise, Frieza returning... With a power up. That's all. This alone raises a bunch of red flags. Battle of Gods, as awful as it was, set up a new Universe with countless possibilities for new encounter. Instead we get a movie just about fighting a resurrected bad guy that even someone like Goten himself could beat easily. But it's ok because Frieza gains a power up that makes him stronger than Goku in his strongest form. But we are getting ahead of ourselves. Let's step back a few steps. Frieza is one of the characters that has been brought back the most often. Even after this movie premiered, Frieza is keep coming back. He is no longer a threat and Toei just can't stop milking him. I have seen countless people defending this because the other times were "not canon", despite people forgetting Mecha Frieza was in the actual manga. But how is it this time that Frieza is back? Back then it was because of the gates to hell opening, ghost warriors, surviving the destruction of a planet and so on. This time Frieza was brought back with the Dragon Balls by some new officer in Frieza's army who's name is not worth remembering. The reason they brought Frieza back was because they needed his leadership, which translates to power in this case. So they use the Pilaf Gang somehow knowing they know about the Dragon Balls and wasting the other wishes of Shenron bringing back Frieza in pieces. There have been arguments about why Frieza was brought back as chunks instead as a whole or ash, as well as why he was being brought back at all despite the time restriction of how much time had to pass to grant a wish like that. But Dragon Ball's revival policy regardless of Dende's buff makes no sense. Also Shenron didn't really seem to want to bring Frieza back and scammed the underlings if anything. The real reason they did bring Frieza back like that is to lure him away from earth so that he doesn't get one shotted by Piccolo. The problem is that despite all characters being fast enough to arrive where Frieza was resurrected and noticed Shenron was summoned, nobody bothered to go and finish the job. In other words: Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin etc. were dumb for the sake of the plot. There is no way in hell these people forgot how dangerous it is to have someone like Frieza alive, even if they are vastly stronger at this point. Frieza got put together with new technology in the Frieza army. The interesting thing is that Frieza reverts back to his 1st form for some reason and has his armor back... After hearing Boo was defeated by Goku, Frieza decided to train claiming he had never trained once in his life. This is where shit goes out the window. Frieza has apparently no training experience, we don't see what he does, but someone manages to get strong enough to fight the likes of Goku. In 4 month to be exact. There are so many problems with this: 1. Frieza will surpass many vastly stronger characters at this point. We are talking Piccolo, Cell, Dabura, Gotenks, Ultimate Gohan. Those are exponentially stronger than Frieza Saga characters. To just surpass them with off screen training is beyond retarded. 2. If all Frieza had to do is train to get this strong, then the entire point of destroying planet Vegeta and the fear of the Super Saiyan has been meaningless. If Frieza just trained 4 month after losing to Goku, he would have one shotted Future Trunks with a yawn. This devalues all of the Frieza Saga and the Super Saiyan transformation. Meanwhile we get a glimpse of Goku and Vegeta training under Whis. One of the worst things RoF does is turning Goku's strength into a weakness devaluating his training under Mr. Popo which didn't just consist Ki sensing. Goku can sense movements and while in a calm state he can dodge attacks without thinking (kinda like what UI tries to do). We will get to this later as well as one of the worst plot devices which gets hinted at. Frieza appears with his entire army on earth. This is the next problem of this movie, the supporting cast is completely worthless. Frieza is purposely just watching his fodder soldiers getting slaughtered. Many people think this is great, but honestly it's just pointless filler to pad out the runtime. None of the things need to exist. Piccolo can just release a destruction wave and kill everybody in and instant. After the soldiers are defeated, a guy confirmed to be Dodoria Level enters the battle and beats the crap out of Piccolo. That was one of the dumbest scenes considering Piccolo is fused with Kami and doesn't have any weighted clothing. Struggling with someone at Dodoria Level. It gets worse when Gohan appeared and HAD TO USE SUPER SAIYAN to beat the Dodoria Wannabe. A complete embarrassment. Once that is done, they just summon Goku (and Vegeta) by powering up. Then they ended up being cheerleaders for Goku and Vegeta again. After Frieza transforms into his true form, we get a bit of a fight until the next terrible thing happens. Goku doesn't go Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Super Saiyan 3 or Super Saiyan God, but to his new most powerful form: SUPER SAIYAN GOD SUPER SAIYAN. One of the dumbest names for a transformation ever. Basically we are just getting Goku vs Frieza from the Namek arc again, only that they are colored differently. These are some of the laziest power ups of all time. Just pallet swaps. Frieza refers to himself as GOLDEN FRIEZA, I kid you not. This just feels like the Frieza Saga rehashed in a fanfiction. Frieza even has the same weakness he had in his 100% form which is the reason he fails to beat Goku despite being stronger. Goku trained under 3 Gods and now with Whis who is the master of Bills, yet, he almost loses to Frieza who trained off screen for 4 month. Pathetic. Goku, who hated Frieza and threatened him to never appear before his eyes in the Frieza Saga, decides to let Frieza live and suggest him to train so they can fight again. It renders pointless everything Goku went through in the Frieza Saga and devalues Frieza as a threat. Frieza in this movie isn't a threat. Yes, he is stronger than our heroes, but there is no tension because: - we know Goku will train Oob at the end of Z so the entire confrontation is meaningless - Bills and Whis, who we know are stronger, are on earth and can always interrupt the fight - Vegeta is watching from the sidelines. If Frieza were really that dangerous, they can always fuse. This is why the next dumb scene is entirely pointless: Goku getting one shotted by that Frieza Officer who is probably not even stronger than Ginyu. Goku from Z would have never been one shotted by a nobody like that, even if he were in base form. Unlike in Super, in the the movie this scene is countless times worse, because the beam comes from the front meaning it was in Goku's eye sight and he should be able to dodge or tank with by increasing his ki. He was in Super Saiyan Blue so how did he get one shotted by a freaking laser? It only existed for letting Vegeta show us that he can use this new, totally original, Super Saiyan form (DONOTSTEAL) against Frieza. I remember fans being amazed by this including Vegeta fans. To me this is just a pathetic scene that existed to humiliate Vegeta if anything. Vegeta was at full strength beating up a weakened Frieza and still loses. You see, Frieza blows up the planet killing Vegeta while he apparently has survived. I am not a Vegeta fan, but even I feel cheated considering Toriyama wanted to give Vegeta fans something to look forward to. But it's ok, Whis used his time reversal power to allow Goku to finish off Frieza after being fully healed. This one was one of the worst ways to end a story arc and devalued Frieza's existence even more. It felt more like he was just comic relief. He became countless ti…

Dragon Ball Z Movie 15: Fukkatsu no "F" This is proof that no matter how much budget you put into a movie, you won't be able to raise the quality with it unless the storyline is there. I like Frieza, he's definitely one of my favorites among the bad guys and I love his sneaky manner. But this whole movie is just the definition of empty. Frieza is enlivened. Training for a short period of time and just reaching the level of (Namek Arc to God of Destruction Arc) in a short period of time? It runs down my spine almost freezing when I think of it. DB has always had bad power scaling and this is one of the prime examples. But what else happens in the film, except that Frieza goes on a rampage and the Namek Arc repeats itself? The answer is - nothing. Visually the film was attractive and I had absolutely no problems watching it. It's a typical Brain-OFF title, you can enjoy it despite everything. But when it comes to quality, this film is an insult. Story 1 Art 9 Sound 6 Character 1 Enjoyment 4 Overall 2

It's a brilliant movie, it shows how far Dragon ball has evolved since Dragon ball z where it really took off. The story is very good it shows some new characters to the series and new forms as well. The art has improved on a large scale and it's very enjoyable to watch. Sound effects seem to be the same, even tho there have been added new things to the story of Dragon Ball. Overall it's a very good movie, something you could watch on a lazy Sunday :D You don't have to watch all the other episode that leads up to this movie if you just have some background story about Dragon Ball, then I'm sure you will understand what happens.

Let me just open this by saying I've been a huge fan of DBZ for the better part of a decade. I realize the show has flaws and is only so loved because of the nostalgia boner it'll give to people and the fact that it's the first anime people have watched, it still holds a place in my heart. Anyways, rant over. Here are my thoughts on the movie. The story isn't the worst thing to come out of Toriyama but it still feels like something off of fanfiction.net. Frieza becoming stronger than Goku's new form in like 6 months (I think the whole reason they made this movie was to start up a new line of Goku figures but now he has blue hair so epic), Piccolo being on equal ground with someone who shouldn't that much stronger than Captain Ginyu at max. Muten Roshi being on par with Frieza Soldiers even though it should be next to impossible for him to get all that much stronger even if he did train his ass off in the past little while due to his age. It was such a mess. The characters are your quintessential Dragon Ball cast (Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, ect.) mixed in with some new characters and overall it isn't too bad in this department, no complaints here, really. The animation was fairly polished here, I'd daresay it's the best looking film to date... if the cringeworthy CGI wasn't there. The CGI was barely there but good lord was it bad. The original series didn't have the msot consistent animation but at the same time it didn't have a $5,000,000 budget per episode. The soundtrack was pretty generic there was nothing special about it so I have no real need to go in-depth here. Overall you can just skip this one.

What else can I say about this movie that hasn't already been said? Animation and soundtrack are fantastic, and the voice actors gave it their all, which are definitely the great aspects of the movie. Story isn't very complex, however, it is Dragon Ball Super, people watch for the action. Regardless, story could have been so much more. However, the movie overall had few memorable moments, and just could have been so much more. The dynamic between Goku and Vegeta is really great, and Frieza himself is definitely no pushover. However, this movie is really only for the people who REALLY like Dragon Ball.

Story: 5/10. The only thing interesting about the plot is an old adversary coming back and new forms for Goku, Vegeta and Frieza. Even though the plot in DB and DBZ wasn't really deep or complex, in RoF it's even more simplified and linear: bad guy comes, Z fighters hold off the little bad guys, Goku and Vegeta take on the big baddy. Art: 10/10. The fights are well-choreographed and the art/animation is well done. Sound: 8/10. There's alot of good music in this arc, although I found there were alot of quiet moments where music could've been played, or the music didn't really match the moment at times. Character: 3/10. We're basically getting the watered-down versions of each characters' Z counterparts here. Everyone other than Goku and Vegeta is useless, and even Goku and Vegeta themselves really only showcase one emotion each: Goku shows eagerness and Vegeta shows caution (and occasional contempt at times). Frieza doesn't really have a personality at all, he's just frustrated; he doesn't come off as the cold, sadistic tyrant he was in Z. Enjoyment: 8/10. Being a DBZ fan, it was nice seeing some good fights in better animation as well as some good comedy before the actual fighting. Even though it's not the best the franchise has to offer, if you turn off your brain and just watch for the fights and seeing your favorite characters on the big screen, you'll enjoy it. Overall: 7/10. A 7 to me is a mediocre film that will appeal to a select audience. If you're a DBZ fan, you'll probably enjoy this movie. There's not much to the movie though beyond the surface level, and really the only stars of the movie are Goku and Vegeta. If you're not a DBZ fan, you probably won't enjoy this film.

I always had problems with Fukkatsu no F, I think it just doesn't fit the main story because even if it's just a movie about nostalgia the plot is probably the most ridiculous one amongst all of the arcs Dragon Ball created so far. 1) "Fat Buu is sleeping and can't help us"...No just no... 2) Gohan's attire and hair...No just no...At least take Future Gohan's hair IDK but not a green attire and his old hair style because it doesn't fit anymore. 3) Gohan can only reach SSJ1 because his power dropped so damn much...No just no...It's only 2 years after BOG why would he lose his so-called ultimate state? It's not a transformation per say, it's his base form with his potential unlocked you don't lose your base form's power somehow! Even from the Cell saga to the Buu saga he didn't lose much (let's say 1/6 of his power) in 7 years why would he lose 3/4 of his power in the same timeframe (from the end of the Buu saga to Fukkatsu) it doesn't add up. The scriptwriter even admitted that the staff messed up when the promotional videos from BOG featured SSJ Gohan instead of Ultimate Gohan and even criticized GT's staff for doing the same mistake...and they do the same here? Come on. 4) "Trunks and Goten are not here because it's too dangerous"...No just no...They can sense Frieza's power and the fact is THEY'RE THE STRONGEST (BECAUSE OF GOTENKS) SINCE BUU WAS SLEEPING AND GOHAN DOESN'T HAVE HIS ULTIMATE FORM ANYMORE FOR WHATEVER REASON!!! 5) Piccolo losing against a weak member of Frieza's army...No just no... 6) Gohan beating the guy who beat Piccolo...NO!!! JUST NO!!! In fourteen years Piccolo is always weaker than SSJ1 Gohan somehow?!? Hell no! We're not in GT!!! 7) Goku underestimating his opponent at this stage...No just no...It's just ridiculous. 8) The Frieza cocoon thing in hell...No just no...I think it's contradicting Piccolo's line about hell in the actual manga anyway. 9) "Freezer's training 4 months !"...No just no...It has to be way longer and why would he make a return when he knows he doesn't control his form well enough? Doesn't make any sense. 10) "Frieza never trained! Because he's so smart and powerful without training!"...No just no! He knows that Goku became stronger when he came on earth with his father Cold but the movie is implying that Frieza knew that and did not train and lost against Trunks. It's clearly contradicting the fact that he's smart and it just doesn't make much sense. In my opinion the canonical and original manga version of Frieza was not that powerful and was meant to be stronger as mecha Frieza (through training or science) in order to come on earth and beat Goku...but Goku was simply just too strong for him to catch up because saiyajins make quick progress. That's always how I understood it. Even from a scenaritic point of view knowing that Frieza was afraid of the Super Saiyajin but was able to overcome Vegeto's level if he did trained during four months only doesn't add up and make him look like a stupid lazy bum. Also...Cell has Freezer's DNA, he's more intelligent and he's naturally stronger than Frieza without training...So why wouldn't he know about his limits just like Frieza did ? They could have find something else. 11) Change the period of the movie because Bulma says (in the official manga) 10 years after the Buu saga that she didn't saw Goku during the past 5 years. Aside from the poorly written script the fights are quite entertaining and the humour is there, it makes the whole thing more enjoyable but when it comes to continuity and logic I think this movie was its tombstone.

After seeing Battle of gods, I wasn't very eager to watch Fukkatsu no F. I was expecting something similar (meaning something hardly good), but I have to say I've been even more disappointed. The major problem for me is that Toriyama and his team went further in the contradiction with the original Dragon Ball universe and lore. I won't spoil uselessly, but some characters like Gohan or Frieza, in this movie, are completely irrelevant/illegitimate in terms of everything. In fact they took the DBZ universe and adapted it to whatever they wanted, whether or not it was logical considering the original series. Moreover, (spoiller alert), we have here another transformation, the SSJG Blue: that makes two new transformations in just 2 movies (is this really necessary?), and it makes one transformation appearing without any explanation. That's simple, we do not know how and why this one is learned by Goku and Vegeta. Even DBS doesn't take the time to properly explain it. Aside from this, the art is quite good, music is decent, and fights are well made. Nothing really impressive compared to some other major anime movies, but just fair enough to be acceptable. Unfortunately that's not enough to make a good DBZ movie, especially when it lacks the catchy and salacious humour of the firt chapters, and the epicness/violence of the fights from the Frieza/Cell/Buu arcs.

Resurrection “F” is about what I was expecting from a Dragon Ball movie, and that isn’t very much. In fact, I was kind of surprised at how well a few things were done. The one thing I LOVED about this movie is that it let other, lesser known characters have an active combat role, hugely progressive in the world of Dragon Ball. Even Master Roshi got to throw down for a little while and to me that was the highlight of the movie. Almost every other complaint I had with the core Dragon Ball Z universe persists here, including a simply awful power scaling structure, but this is a movie for the fans so this may be a good thing for those who enjoyed the original series, I'm not sure. The animation is done really well and most of the original English dub voice acting cast returns to do a great job.

Pretty much everything I had to say about Battle of Gods still applies here. I was nostalgic for some good old DBZ, I had heard there was this new movie out, I decided to check it out. I was even more wary of the story this time going into it. I can understand giving Goku a new transformation, that's par for the course at this point, but bringing back Furiza? Well they had better use the Maximum the Hormone song in it... Oh good they did. 8/10 we're done here. But really, they somehow found a way to retcon Freeza back into the story in a way that didn't feel like a total cop-out and it actually kind of works. They fumbled some of the character moments, for sure, and they couldn't give Vegeta even a single W. I don't care if you lampshade it, what Goku did was messed up and the writers should feel bad. Give the prince a break. I still enjoyed watching it for what it was and I'm sad that the AMV simply called Fukkatsu no "F" was taken down by the youtube auto-jannie. It had the whole aforementioned "F" song sync'd to action scenes from the movie and got me pretty hyped up every time. Bring it back youtube. And bring back that video of Hitler singing "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts," while you're at it. Gosh I miss the old internet. Oh yeah, the review. 8/10 Space Hitlers

Okay, so pinanood ko ng buo yung Tagalog dubbed ng Resurrection F. I know, it's been released for like; 2 or 3 years now pero ngayon ko lang napanood yung fight scenes na tagalized. Dati kase pag labanan na, biglang magshi-shift yung audio from Tagalog into English. Ngayon, tagalized na ang full movie. MABUHAY ANG MGA PIRATA!! So yun, maraming beses ko nang napanood/nabasa ang kwentong ito. English, Japanese kahit Latino pa par napanood ko na. At ang performance sa bawat languages ay exhilarating. Though ito ang worst canon part ng story ng buong Dragon Ball Franchise, you can still enjoy it for nostalgia. Dati kase nae-enjoy ko lang yung movie dahil sa it's Dragon Ball. And that's it. So Yun, napanood ko yung Tagalog dubbed. Boss Jefferson Utanes as Goku at ang iba pang magaling na cast. No offense sa batang 90s pero hindi naman talaga Z ang napanood kong Dragon Ball eh. Pero yung Kai. Ang tanging part lang ng Z na napanood ko in Tagalog ay ang Cell Games Saga, kalahati ng Babidi Saga hanggang End of Z. So, yeah. Iba yung nostalgia na meron ako kesa sa most of the Dragon Ball Community (yes we have a community), kase ang pinanood ko noon ay Kai. Na-exposed ako sa Kai mga grade 3 ako. Yung naramdaman kong "sensation" (korni ng expression, sorry) nung pinanood ko yung movie ng full Tagalog dubbed ay hindi nostalgia, para bang reunion sa isang kaibigan mula sa pagkabata na matagal kong hinanap pero di ko na muling nakita. Sa ibang dub kase; di naman kase ako sa dub na yon lumaki kaya walang gantong revelation. Wala lang. Ang saya lang. It's weird. Siguro ganto yung naramdaman nung fans ng F4 nang i-remake ang Meteor Garden. Ang naramdaman ng isang die hard fan community ng muling mag-perform ang isang banda o idol group na ilang taon nang disbanded. It's just SO GOOD. It's weird na na-realize ko lang nung panoorin ko ang dub pero, tulad ng Sailor Moon sa mga babaeng Otaku; Dragon Ball is not just an anime from my childhood. It's kinda like an old friend.

The same formula again? Seriously? Despite being a canonical film, this production genuinely saddened me. Seeing Dragon Ball's creativity wasted in this way is disappointing. The narrative itself is well-constructed, and the events follow a coherent internal logic (except for one point I'll comment on later). The big problem lies in the creative choice: bringing back an old villain is an extremely lazy solution. If it were at least a non-canonical villain, it would make sense to use him to officially integrate him into the Dragon Ball Super saga. However, what we have here is just the reuse of a good idea, already explored so many times that it has become tiresome. Now, about what I consider a glaring plot hole: Shenlong had stated that it wasn't possible to revive Frieza because he no longer possessed a body. So far, so good. However, even with this limitation, Frieza ends up being "resurrected" in the completely mutilated state Trunks left him in. It's worth remembering that Trunks not only cut him in half, but sliced ​​him into several pieces and finally pulverized his remains with a Ki blast. In other words, there was no body at all. So how did Shenlong manage to resurrect him? And even if he did, why bring him back in that chopped-up state? If the dragon was able to restore Frieza's body to a previous state, why not restore him whole? And there's another point: even if the remains had stayed on the ground, wouldn't they have been devoured by animals or decomposed over time, making resurrection impossible? It may seem like a silly question, but this plot hole bothered me so much that it seriously harmed my experience with the film. The animation is another aspect that needs to be criticized. WHAT A HORRIBLE THING THAT 3D IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIGHTS! The abrupt mix of 2D and 3D, especially during the action scenes, looks extremely ugly. It's not like in Beastars, where the viewer gets used to the style from the start. Here, the 3D simply appears out of nowhere, giving the clear impression of laziness in animating the 2D fights. It's depressing to watch. In conclusion, the idea of ​​bringing Frieza's army back makes sense and had potential, but everything else is a weak execution based on a formula already worn out within the work itself. The result is a boring, uninspired film with logical flaws that cause more discomfort than excitement. It's a film that simply didn't need to exist. I don't recommend it. Final score: 4/10, and it's only not lower because I liked the spotlight given to Vegeta at a certain point in the film. =================================================================================================================Versão em Português===================================== A mesma fórmula de novo? Sério isso? Apesar de ser um filme canônico, essa produção me deixou genuinamente triste. Ver a criatividade de Dragon Ball sendo desperdiçada dessa forma é decepcionante. A narrativa, em si, é bem construída e os acontecimentos seguem uma lógica interna coerente com o que é apresentado (com exceção de um ponto que comentarei mais adiante). O grande problema está na escolha criativa: trazer um vilão antigo de volta é uma solução extremamente preguiçosa. Se ao menos fosse um vilão não canônico, faria sentido usá-lo para integrá-lo oficialmente à saga de Dragon Ball Super. No entanto, o que temos aqui é apenas o reaproveitamento de uma boa ideia, já explorada tantas vezes que se tornou cansativa. Agora, sobre o que considero um furo de roteiro gritante: Shenlong havia afirmado que não era possível reviver Freeza porque ele não possuía mais um corpo. Até aí, tudo bem. Porém, mesmo com essa limitação, Freeza acaba sendo “ressuscitado” no estado completamente retalhado em que Trunks o deixou. Vale lembrar que Trunks não apenas o cortou ao meio, mas o fatiou em vários pedaços e, por fim, pulverizou seus restos com uma rajada de Ki. Ou seja, não existia corpo algum. Então como Shenlong conseguiu ressuscitá-lo? E, mesmo conseguindo, por que trazê-lo de volta naquele estado picotado? Se o dragão foi capaz de restaurar um estado anterior do corpo de Freeza, por que não restaurá-lo inteiro? E ainda há outro ponto: mesmo que os restos tivessem permanecido no chão, não seriam devorados por animais ou decompostos com o tempo, tornando a ressurreição impossível? Pode até parecer um questionamento bobo, mas esse furo me incomodou tanto que prejudicou seriamente minha experiência com o filme. A animação é outro aspecto que precisa ser criticado. QUE COISA HORROROSA ESSE 3D NO MEIO DAS LUTAS! A mescla abrupta de 2D com 3D, especialmente durante as cenas de ação, fica extremamente feia. Não é como em Beastars, onde o espectador se acostuma com o estilo desde o início. Aqui, o 3D simplesmente surge do nada, dando a clara impressão de preguiça em animar as lutas em 2D. É deprimente de assistir. Em conclusão, a ideia de trazer a tropa de Freeza de volta até faz sentido e tinha potencial, mas todo o resto é uma execução fraca baseada em uma fórmula já desgastada dentro da própria obra. O resultado é um filme chato, sem inspiração e com falhas lógicas que causam mais desconforto do que empolgação. É um filme que simplesmente não precisava existir. Não recomendo. Nota final: 4/10, e só não é menor porque gostei do destaque dado ao Vegeta em determinado momento do filme.

So apparently this movie is canon and occurs between events in the Dragon Ball Super manga so I decided to give it a watch. I pretty much got what I expected from a Dragon Ball movie: great fights, another strong villain to face, Goku and Vegeta training, all of what makes Dragon Ball what it is. Although nothing in the movie was spectacular, but I still enjoyed myself. The concept of a villain that is gifted with power decided to train for once is interesting at the very least. It's worth watching as a Dragon Ball fan and worth the watch from trying to get into Dragon Ball Super so I don't regret watching it.