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Dragonball Evolution
2009 · Film · 85 min
Directed by James Wong
ActionAdventureFantasyScience FictionThriller
On his 18th birthday, Goku receives a mystical Dragonball as a gift from his grandfather. There are only six others like it in the whole world, and legend has it that whoever possesses all seven will be granted one perfect wish. When the arrival of a dark force triggers a tragedy, Goku and his companions are propelled into an epic quest to collect the seven Dragonballs and save the Earth from destruction.
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I would say the west has failed to make good video game movies, or proper adaptations of an anime.
e.g: street fighter? mario bros? dragonball evolution? death note? ghost in the shell?
You need to be extremely creative to ruin those.
The reverse has also been true: bad game adaptations from good movies. e.g: ET, back to the future, etc.
> I'd be very sad if I had sold the rights and seen a science fiction ecosystem obliterated in that way
Dragonball Evolution was such a massive turd that it got the original creator of the series to return to it after 20ish years and make "real" movies.