Dragon Ball Z Movie 3: The Ultimate Decisive Battle for Earth

Animation - 6.6

Sound - 6.4

Story - 4.9

Character - 5.7

Value - 5.1

Enjoyment - 5.3

Average - 5.7

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BallerGamer

2006-08-20 23:33:33

Average	6.3
Animation	8
Sound	8
Story	3
Character	6
Value	7
Enjoyment	6

While Gohan, Krillin, and Bulma, were going camping, a farmer erupted, causing the forest to burn down. They summoned the dragon, and wished for it to come back. A couple days later, the cause of the fire were extra terrestials led by a Saiyan named Turles, who planted a tree called the Tree of Might that sucks energy out of the planet in the form of fruits. Earth Special Forces battle against Turles and his gang, but they were overpowered. Goku however, didn't let up, and was on his way on defeating Turles, until he grabbed a fruit and ate it. Goku used his most powerful attack, the Spirit Bomb. However, the tree absorbed most of the earth's energy, and the bomb couldn't be formed. Then, Goku absorbed some of the tree's powers, which was enough to destroy Turles and the tree. Earth is saved once again.

What I like the most about this movie is the choreography of the fights. They were so unique and well planned out. In a lot of people's eyes, they're the same as the fights in the original anime, but they're much better directed than the normal ones in the series. It just sucks that some of the other side characters, like Yamcha and Tien, had short fights. If they were longer, that would be pretty sweet. Gohan's transformation into an ape again felt pretty pointless and unncessary, other than a mere excuse to kick him out of the battlefield. Nothing really good came out of it, and the time he wasted could have been used on more awesome Piccolo, Yamcha, or Tien, fight scenes. I don't really care about Chioutzu, since he doesn't do very much in terms of fighting. The ending surprised me a bit. It didn't feel like those out no where moments, even though it was close to being one, but it was unexpected. You'd expect Goku to finish of Turles with a dramatic spirit bomb, but instead, a plot device in the Tree of Might, was used to defeat him.

However, the story, unsurprisingly, is lackluster. The prestory of it held an interesting concept in that the fighters encountered here are as strong as they are because they sucked energy out of planets and ate its fruits. Though after the first ten or twenty minutes, the little story moments it has are pretty dull, and you'll be relying on the fights to keep you entertained. No thanks to Gohan's damn transformation, the movie was actually pretty hard to follow after. I actually forced myself to watch the rest of it, walking from my computer chair to my bed right behind it because it lost interest. The ending did end differently, but it would have needed to end spectacularly to save this movie. While the fights were excellent, it just lost interest mid way through.