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Sep 18, 2013
The first DBZ movie in a long time and this is what we get. A film about the awakening of the God of Destruction, Lord Beerus, and his desire to fight a "Super Saiyan God" that he saw in a dream.

Story:
The film starts out interestingly enough with King Kai talking with the Supreme Kai about Beerus's awakening, and within a couple of minutes Goku has a fight with him where he is easily defeated as a Super Saiyan 3. Wanting to find out if anyone knows what the Super Saiyan God is, Beerus and his mentor, Whis, travel to Earth to find the other Saiyans and ask them.

First off, being the God of Destruction Lord Beerus is inherently evil, and yet while he is the film's antagonist the only reason he wants to destroy Earth is because he gets annoyed while on it, mainly from Majin Boo not sharing pudding with him. So the reasoning is stupid. Secondly there is no character development for Lord Beerus besides this. Even Freeza, Cell, and Boo from the main series had more explanation for their thoughts and actions. But here it's all over pudding and that Lord Beerus is supposed to destroy.

Art:
Second the fighting isn't amazing. There are no new moves seen here, unlike when Goku first became a Super Saiyan when he fought Freeza, pulled off the Warp Kamehameha with Cell, or when he became a Super Saiyan 3 and then merged with Vegeta to become Vegetto during the fight with Boo. All Goku does is turn into a Super Saiyan God, which makes him slimmer and have red hair. That's it.

Sound:
The music was pretty nice, but not was more complimentary than additive which is to say it wasn't anything like Bruce Faulconer's music. But it was much better than Kai's or the original soundtrack for the show when it aired in Japan.

Character Development:
As for the characters, you have to have seen the main series to understand who everyone is. They didn't take the time to introduce all the characters for newbies to the series; this show is for those of us who watched the show when we were kids. However, Lord Beerus and Whis could've been drawn out a LOT more.

Enjoyment:
Unlike the previous films, a good half of this film doesn't even have fighting. Ninety percent of the film takes place on Earth at Bulma's birthday party (her age I won't reveal here) and most of it is Vegeta trying to stop Beerus from getting mad and destroying the planet after hearing he defeated SSJ 3 Goku easily. While there are some funny moments, it's really just a bunch of filler for what could be an awesome, long fight with Goku and Beerus like in other films.

The ending to the film is weak, but I won't spoil it but it could've ended a LOT better. I'll say that the outcome of the battle is disappointing, but not terrible. But it's nothing we've seen in DBZ before. However, being a DBZ film it's still fun to watch and reminds me of my childhood days from when I used to watch it after getting home from school, so I'll give the final score a 7/10. It's still DBZ.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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