Dragon Ball Z - Bojack Unbound

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Summary: Another lame cookie-cutter DBZ film
Review: Don't get me wrong, I'm a HUGE DBZ fan, which is exactly why I was so disappointed with this film. You get the typical "here's the Z Team" (minus Goku, though) and here are the unstoppable bad guys, the Z Team gets beat, Vegita comes in and gets beat, hero prevails (although the typical Goku is replaced by Gohan in this one in an ending that is exactly like the ending of the Cell Saga). C'mon! This is one of the greatest fighting series ever, get a little original! Make a two-hour feature with a big back-drop story combined with something at least a little unpredictable! There are still a few DBZ movies out there that have yet to come to the US (with at least one really good one that I've seen in Japanese - the one where trunks gets his sword), so I haven't lost all hope, but I fear that this franchise may have "jumped the shark..."

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Summary: This Movie doesnt has much of action
Review: Hello all DBZ Fans I would like to share my thoughts on this dvd for ur benefit, this movie is not exactly that good what was expected from it and i'm sure most of you would have seen it in japanese but I saw it in german and the action was not that good but the story was really good i wanted to see more better kind of action.

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Summary: Japanese or English, this movie never glowed.
Review: I am a huge Dragon Ball Z fan and own all the movies and episodes in Japanese and all the released ones in english. I have read the reviews for this movie from all the reviewers and the best I saw was "the japanese movie does it justice." I am here to tell ALL of you that DBZ - Movie 9 is not worth purchasing. The story line is lame, the fight scenes are unoriginal, the bad guy is under developed, Gohan isn't emotional, and this movie was basically made to seperate the "Brolly Saga." In the japanese version you are going to get better theme songs, and some more violence but you are going to be missing the modernized sound effects. In the Funimation version you are going to get the usual techno theme songs that don't overlap the series at all, poorly translated lines, and cooler sound effects/Vegeta's speech. I know what you are thinking, "but, but, but I own all the rest of english version movies..." Let me tell you that this one just isn't worth it, rent it.

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Summary: A Good DBZ Movie!!
Review: I saw this movie in subtitle, and I would highley suggest to anyone who hasn't seen and is a fan of DBZ, Watch it. It takes place right at the end of the Cell Games Saga, and is about Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, Tien and Yamcha fighting in a tournament created by Mr. Satan, but some unexpected challengers
disrupt the tournament and challenge the Z fighters and are lead by a powerful warrior named Bojack.Future Trunks also enters the tournament with the Z-fighters and help them fight. This movie has great fighting scenes and also Gohan transforms to Super Saiyan 2 in this movie.

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Summary: Dragon Ball Z Movie 9 is great
Review: I've noticed that a number of fans were disapointed by this entry in the movies and I ask why? Is it because there is a slight possability that this happened within the DBZ Universe timeline (Considering that from a time standpoint between Cell and Majin Buu there was 5+ years). Or is it because the villian (or villians) Are at least somewhat origional?

The story with Bojack is that it has been at least a year since Cell was vanquished and this rich old guy decides to hold an intergalactic Tournament with special guest fighter Mr. Satan (or Hercule). During this tournament all the Z fighters with the exception of Goku and Vegeta participate. However in the final rounds a new villian emerges to destroy the earth. With Goku out of the picture and Vegeta lacking the will to fight it is up to Gohan to stand and fight.

The reason I like this more than say Super Android 13 or the second Cooler film is that it could potentially take place within the Universe, the villian is actually cool (instead of a redneck Android or robotic hasbeen) and for once it leaves the fate of the world outside of Goku's hands. Granted he interfers ever so briefly but it is up to the rest of the Z fighters (which include Krillian, Trunks, Piccolo, Yamcha, and Tien) to fight for the sake of the world. In this matter I am very pleased with the movie and highly recomend it. This kind of reminds me of the Garlic Jr. Saga in that it didn't need Goku to defend it, and in the end the earth did fine without him (no I am not a Goku hater).

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Summary: A movie that surpasses dbz movies # 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11)!!
Review: In this dbz movie, the fighters are competing in the Tenkaichi Budokai and then it's interrupted by Borjack and his man. Trunks (future), Gohan, and rest of the fighters fight agaisnt Borjack's men, but it is Gohan who has to stand up, and show courage in the battle against Borjack. Goku is dead, and the action is excellent and a very entertaining and must see for any db/z/gt fan. rated with 5 stars or 7/7.

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Summary: A review for the true fan
Review: Movie 9 finally comes on DVD. I was happy to see this because movie 9 has always been a personal favourite of mine. I just really like all the different scenarios that they fight in.

Audio 2.5/5 - There was nothing particularely wrong with the audio, but once again, Funimation fails to put it in stereo. We only get regular mono for this one yet again, which is really poor for a DVD release.

Video - 5/5 - Once again, the video quality was perfect, just like in the previous movies. Funimation this time, has not messed with the picture like they do in some of the episodes. Next, I have to addresss the widescreen issue. All 13 Dragonball Z movies were in fact, created in FULLSCREEN. However, they were first released in Japanese theatres. So Toei Animation cut out some of the picture to make them widescreen. Then, once released on VHS, they took the chopped up widescreen version instead of the original fullscreen. Funimation, however, recieved the originals from Toei, and now, for the first time ever, we can see the original un-chopped movies, which is great. I admit the widescreen versions seem alot better because it makes it feel more like a movie, but the movies were originally fullscreen. If you search around the web you can find screens comapring the DVD with the original vhs widescreen version to see the chopped off difference. So, that's that.

Subtitles - 2/5 - The subtitles were really bad in this one. First, I have to address the error at the beginning when Kaio-sama and Goku are watching Mr. Satan on TV. The subtitles read "So Cell is the one who defeated Cell? That's okay I guess" when they should read "So Mr. Satan defeated Cell? What a joke!". That was a real let down to see that error, because I loved that line. Next, once again, Goku uses the word "ain't" again, it's horrible (really ruins his character). But it wasn't as over used in this movie as in Movie 8, so it's not that bad. Still though, the rule should be, if you can't speak proper english in the first place, do not do the subtitles. They also continue to spell "Saiya-jin" as "saiyan", which is also in-correct. Funimation uses the rest of the japanese nomenclature, so this is another half done job again. The reason I'm giving such a low rating as well, is because I know Funimation can do better. The last episodes of Dragonball where Son Goku fights Ma Junior in the Tenkaichi Budokai, the subtitles are absolutely flawless. Overall though, they subtitles are easy to read (they're white instead of the standard yellow though).

Story/Action - 4/5 - I really enjoy this story. The original fans know this is a classic, and it's a great interlude in between the 3 Brolly movies, but alot of new American fans are getting sick of the whole repetitive fighting against big bad guy type thing. That's fine for them, but I loved this movie. The tournament setting is really, really awesome. Takes me back to old days in Dragon Ball when the Tenkaichi Budokai used to be really important. The tournament set up is also really cool, as is the conversing between characters during it. Mr.Satan also gives us some good humor. Bojack is a really cool character, and the fight scenes look beautiful in the battle zone settings. Very classic ending with a classic song as well. Great movie, and a better story than say.. Movie 7 (thought the story was already laid for that with the androids).

Overall, 3.5/5 stars this one gets. Though the DVD may seem over priced, it's still cheaper than the Japanese VHS because those are not only quite rare, but the shipping is a fortune. But I leave it to the true fan to decide wheather to buy this or not based on my review.

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Summary: Gohan Shines
Review: This DBZ movie is good but it isn't as long as the standard being over 45 minutes just, its great although its mainly about Gohan so if u dont like him its not worth it. It is one of the greatest and beats 10 and the android movie without difficulty so if u like those this is an almost dead cert as the ending comes just as u really get into it

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Summary: A great film
Review: Whaddya know , once again , for absolutely no good reason , Funimation has blown up the majestic widescreen to the craptactular 4:3 pan 'n scan jobby. Why? That's the whole point of the DBZ movies , to seperate them from the show, to make them look big budget. We get another 5.1 English dub , replete with bad dialogue and terrible synth-metal composed by some 12-year pounding on a keyboard. The Japanese track saves with the day along with excellent subtitles. And the usual Funimation product line (promos,commercials,etc...) The movie "was" great. If you can pick up the original VHS Japanese widescreen version , skip this DVD. But if you're hard up for some more Funimation DBZ action , you've come to the right place