I sometimes wonder, giving credit to the skills of directors, whether if given the opportunity I could direct something better than Dragonball Evolution. I mean, sitting back and observing the failure that Evolution was, it's certainly easy to say how much better it would have been had this, this and that happened. However, I can't help but wonder what exactly makes it so hard to stick to the storyline. I mean there has to be some reason why they try to make these kinds of movies, which appeal to a younger audience, adhere to the cliche 3-act, high school/college format.
I can't help but think that if they had just stuck to the original story that we'd have a huge blockbuster on our hands and we'd all be hotly anticipating the subsequent sequels. But maybe, this was the best Dragonball could do and changing the story actually helped more than it hurt?
It's kind of hard to get at what I'm saying so if it isn't clear now I'll try to say it simply. Maybe even if they had stuck to the original storyline it wouldn't have been a blockbuster hit and it might have been worse somehow. Maybe they know something we don't and the cliche shit they did to it actually helped more than it hurt? Maybe I'm giving too much credit where it isn't due?