RULE During "Dragonball" in Theaters (USA)

[yatenkouxoxo]

Originally Posted by walking.proud

Yeah! i've went today to see it... about the movie... really.. lot of LOL moments... but well.. I tried to put my mind in blank and imagine that never existed a manga called DB and that this is something new... to avoid comparations and so... But well.. What is improtant... As I said some post before rule instrumental is played just at the beggining when Goku is going to school with bike (then some guy squash the bike with his car XD) and music stops... and finnaly at the end, after Goku and Chinchin are in a LOL moment flying XD the title appears and then Rule starts.

It plays the first chorus, first verse and melody part, last chorus and uuuuuu yeaaaaaa yeaaaaaaa! part XD

buuut.. well.. better if you see it right?? then you don't have to pay to go to see it... (yah... I've done a little act of piracy to record the first time I listen to an ayu song in the cinema! XD) Sorry.. my friend and I couldn't avoid singing a little.. xD


TO SEE HOW SOUND RULE IN THE CINEMA (SPAIN):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H0U_AvYXYs


(sorry, someone knows how to put the youtube window here ^^U??)


enjooy!

In U.S. theatres, it wasn't rule at that point...it was just regular orchestra music.

[Catzi]

kevjumba can be right about somethings. Like this movie being horrible.

If you're going to watch it for Ayu, don't do it.

[kuri♥ayu]

i just saw it tonight... and yeah it was pretty bad. there wasn't even 10 ppl in there, and 2 of them left after about 5 min. and everyone but the 4 of us left before the credits... no ayu exposure for anyone

[henrydawg87]

i saw the movie yesterday.

i can't believe they cut up Rule so badly. like, i honestly swear they could've played at least another verse of the song because when they ended it, the credits were still rolling.

it was two minutes of heaven for like, ninety minutes of torture, but it should've been three minutes.

ugh.

[sailorseraphim]

wow, they jipped ayu....

[kuri♥ayu]

the best part was when we were buying our tickets and my boyfriend mumbled, "i can't believe i'm paying to see this". and the guy at the counter said "i can't believe it either".

OUCH.

[kendelle]

I would dearly like to say what I thought of DBE but I don't want to get banned.

[kuri♥ayu]

^ lol. do you have a PG rated version of your opinion?

[kendelle]

^ lol I'll try! xD

Well, as a generic Hollywood "action story" where the reluctant hero who can't master his abilities manages to do so at the last moment to save everyone goes, I guess it can't be faulted. But you can't just slap "DragonBall" onto a movie like that and expect it to be accepted by the community, or any random cinema-goer.

As a DB fan, I know the story is very generic, so what made it work was the interesting characters. Goku in the books is too innocent and gullible, whereas Goku in the movie is some bland angsty teen who doesn't want to be "different". He does have 2 good moments - the part where he slicks his hair back and when he finally stands up for himself made good scenes.

Chi-Chi and Bulma's actors should've been reversed. Bulma's actor looked way too old and her supposed intelligence didn't match her actions in the movie (She's smart enough to develop eht DBE but even though she saw a woman steal the DragonBall she almost shot Goku for being the thief? wat).
Chi-Chi was kind of boring as well, flashing cleavage wasn't necessary and she added nothing to the movie except being a lust-object for Goku and

Spoiler:

for girl-on-girl fights >_<;

Same thing goes for the actors of Roshi and Gohan. I think Jackie Chan should have played both roles! xDD Then you could have seen two identical old men with different personalities. That would've been funny IMHO. :eyeroll:

Don't get me started on Yamcha. His parents must've put really tight hats on him as a baby >_< Ewwwww. They kind of got his money-lust right but I think he's really dull in DB without the fear of women thing.

Putting aside the looks of the cast in comparison, the story had next to no logical flow. I don't mind if they

Spoiler:

changed the relation of Goku/Oozaru to Piccolo

but the way Piccolo did that weird evil-guy monologue thing where he reveals his and Goku's past was silly and overdramatic. I also don't like how they had to arrange the Balls in a special place and make the whole corny summoning speech for Shen Long to appear.

I didn't go into DBE wanting to see a live-action version of episodes 1-13. I just wanted a story with continuity, interesting takes on established characters and good acting. I don't think we get any of those things with the movie....I'm a bit ashamed for Ayu's and Toriyama's names to be associated with it =|

Actually, make that three good scenes for Goku. The part where he

Spoiler:

made a bridge out of dead enemy bodies was in character for manga!Goku,

it made me laugh xDD



On a side note. I was very creeped out by this one scene: When Bulma and Yamcha are walking down the spiral staircase in the latter half of the movie (right before the "almost kiss"......barf) on the upper level there's this one asian-looking dude standing there doing nothing and looking STRAIGHT INTO THE CAMERA. It was like he was looking into my soul or something. His face was like this: ¬_¬ but looking in the opposite direction....it was so creepy!

[noidea]

Originally Posted by koshka

I saw it today. It was horrible, lol.
A really bad d-movie >_>'

I heard Rule on the end credits, I was really disappointed ;_; I expected the full song (I jumped when I heard it on the beginning of the movie ) but was short.. and omg some kids joked about her vibrato lol

Am I the one who heard Rule.. a bit different from the original? Her voice sounds.. :/ meh.

could be because songs in cinema are one half note higher? in cinema, movies are played in 24 frames per second though they are recorded slightly slower(or the other way round xD)

@ walking.proud

Who is the person singing in your link xD And it really sounds different someway

[rakeru]

so sad that Rule wasn't featured that much >.<

[hikaricore]

But at least an AYU SONG WAS IN A US FLICK!
I think that really means something, don't you!?

[NintendoHTF1242]

^ It was featured at the end of the credits. Which not many people will stay after for

and not many people would have gone to see DBE, so the chances of Ayu getting any promotion whatsoever in the US are slim

[zoomzoom]

Originally Posted by kuri♥ayu

the best part was when we were buying our tickets and my boyfriend mumbled, "i can't believe i'm paying to see this". and the guy at the counter said "i can't believe it either".

OUCH.

LOL that's hilarious.

[Estella]

Originally Posted by kuri♥ayu

the best part was when we were buying our tickets and my boyfriend mumbled, "i can't believe i'm paying to see this". and the guy at the counter said "i can't believe it either".

OUCH.

That is GOLD!

I had a similar experience, felt so shamed going to see the film! But was so happy to hear Ayu at the end, and for me, everyone in the theatre stayed to see the extra scene and heard Rule! Yay!

[SolarAngel]

Originally Posted by kendelle

Chi-Chi and Bulma's actors should've been reversed. Bulma's actor looked way too old and her supposed intelligence didn't match her actions in the movie (She's smart enough to develop eht DBE but even though she saw a woman steal the DragonBall she almost shot Goku for being the thief? wat).
Chi-Chi was kind of boring as well, flashing cleavage wasn't necessary and she added nothing to the movie except being a lust-object for Goku and

Spoiler:

for girl-on-girl fights >_<;

I was so disappointed with the way chi chi was developed. I thought she was going to be a fighting partner with goku or something! And then like you said, she turned out to be the obligatory love interest. I also found the Power Rangers-esque dialogue very unnecessary. The only saving grace was probably the decent graphics and Rule of course

Sorry to hear that Rule got so little time on the USA screenings. They play about half the song for the credits in Singapore, but i'm not really surprised for some reason. I didn't really expect the film editors would give much attention to a non-english song.

[aura~]

Originally Posted by noidea

could be because songs in cinema are one half note higher? in cinema, movies are played in 24 frames per second though they are recorded slightly slower(or the other way round xD)

@ walking.proud

Who is the person singing in your link xD And it really sounds different someway

Jajaja, me and my friend, she did the YEAAAH! part XD

and I also notices that Rule was a bit different... but not about time, it was likeshe was singing with an upper note.

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

^ It was featured at the end of the credits. Which not many people will stay after for

Not everyowhere. as I said, in Spain the lights were on in the first credits, so people had to wait more than one minut (while sounding Rule) to see the extra scene and then the lights opened. (except 2 men who maybe were too upset about having paid for it and theyd idn't wanted to see more... XD)

[AyUta]

Wow, that sucks. I might change my mind about seeing it this Friday with my boyfriend then. I've been hearing nothing but bad reviews. Anyways, my boyfriend likes to leave right when the actual movie ends, he doesn't like to stay for credits. He might get mad at me if I want to stay >_<

[taskinillusion]

I concur with this 100% and have the very same complaints as you. I saw it on opening night too. Me, and the two people I went with, were the only ones in the theater to hear Ayu at the very end. UGH.

[Possessionless]

Ugh, I might literally go to see the film JUST for Rule :/