Originally posted at the DL December 2015
So the release of The Force Awakens has of course generated a lot of talk about Star Wars, and on comment I've run into, phrased differently in various places, is the prequels being basically the unchained id of George Lucas. One dude made every creative decision and had full rights to do whatever the fuck he wanted, and it's fascinating to pick apart even the very very flawed products of that effort and see how he ticks.
I feel like Battle of Gods is basically the unchained id of Akira Toriyama. The end result: weird, puts jokes and off-tempo heartwarming in completely inappropriate spots and makes it work, flashy, generally makes you question how these people function, and just generally utterly joyous about everything it does.
It's pretty great, is what I'm saying here.
Honestly I wish there was just a whole movie of Beerus and Whis lounging around their timeroom or something. They could order take-out sushi. It'd be awesome. But hey, then after a brief interlude of Establishing the Threat, we then proceed to spend most of the movie actually just kinda fucking around at Bulma's birthday party which involves Vegeta singing to distract Beerus. And fights about pudding. With special appearance by THE GREAT SAIYAMAN. Yeah this movie is really funny and likeable and it's almost a shame when the fighting starts because while the fighting is done well it means we don't get amazing Pilaf shenanigans.
Really I said it best in chat. This was like watching Dragon Ball Z Abridged at times. It's nuts. although funny enough, I think I like the DBZA crew better overall as a voice cast. Goku and Piccolo are basically the same, but everyone else is actually better in DBZA for my money. Well, of the established cast. Beerus and Whis are awesome in this dub.
Rating- 8/10. Not a lasting, life-altering favorite by any stretch, but damn entertaining on every level.
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