urhash007 Reviews

Collateral Damage (2002)

Despite being PC to knock this film, its actually a good flick

[10/10 · 29 July 2002]

I'm glad to see that most of the fellow IMDB'ers have given this movie a fair review and not knocked simply for being released after September 11th.

Can we actually judge things on their own merit, instead of listening to what the media or politicians throw at us? Sorry, I don't see a movie as being 'weak' or 'trivial' just because it came out after an actual event that is parallel with the plot of film.

While it doesn't make things any more meaningful, lets not forget the fact that the movie doesn't try to be anything more than it is. A good action movie.

The story was well done, and the big twist near the end of the film was great. I totally didn't see it coming. The cinemtography was also very stellar and kept up with the pace appropriate for an action film.

Dragon Ball GT (1996–1997)

A beautiful flourish to close the chapter of Dragonball

[20 April 2002]

Dragonball GT began life in 1996 as the immediate 'sequel' to Dragonball Z. However, its creator Akira Toriyama was only used as a character consultant and its clear from watching the show that it has taken on a new creative and artistic spin.

For the first 25 episodes the show returns to its roots with the original Dragonball, filled with oddball humor, various locales (and its denizens), and of course the hunt for the black star dragonballs. The premise of the whole series is that Son Gokuh has been turned into a little boy again by the evil Pilaf, and now must beat the clock to recover the black star dragonballs which have now spread out across the galaxy (as opposed to merely the Earth).

As they wrap up their dragonball hunting, they unleash a mutant machine named Baby whose goal is to get revenge on Gokuh and take control of everyone on Earth. I won't spoil the plot from here on.

What I truly enjoyed about this series was that all the characters seemed to have evolved and changed, although not in a way that alienates their original personality. Vegeta is still a hardass who wants to be the strongest fighter ever, but (as he had conceded at the end of DBZ) knows Gokuh is #1 and has made a life for himself with Bulma and his two kids. Trunks has turned from an arrogant brat into the mature Future Trunks we saw back in the Cell saga. It is this great attention to detail and plot that made this a joy to watch.

The final two episodes are filled with raw emotion- deservedly so, for it represents the end of three generations of great anime. So long, Gokuh!