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This is one hell of a movie from my childhood. I adore this movie to death, and I've watched it a million times over the years, and still to this day I watch it often. It's really entertaining, the theming for the most part was pretty good, the monsters where awesome, and the sound and music blew my balls off, but compared to the actual series, it was kinda lame.
Though I will say that the movie's artwork and animation where all really well done, for the most part, it got really boring when Anubis stepped in, and in my opinion, even Kaiba's duel ... with yugi wasn't as fun as it was to watch in the series. Kaiba destroyed half of Yugi's deck with his Deck Destruction Virus, (Which is the most OP card I've ever seen, might I add) so there was no real chance for Yugi to show off his cards and strategies. And according to the Deck list on Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki, I'd say that's pretty sad.
I like that they tried to bring it closer to the actual game, but somehow, it makes it less fun to watch. Yugi pulled off so many cool strategies in the show, but in this one, he was pretty much backed into a corner the entire time until the final battle with Anubis (Who wasn't as intimidating as he was made out to be earlier in the movie).
Overall, it's a really fun movie from my childhood, and worth the watch, but less fulfilling then the series, if you ask me.

Despite it being an anime about games, it has one of the most compelling stories, and some of the best character development I've ever seen in an anime. I mean seriously, watching the series again, and having a taste of what their lives where like before the series (Toei's version), I've found that each character has so much significance in the story, and every little detail, like the decks they use, reflect both their character's personality, and the overall arch of the story. And aside from saving the world from ancient magic and supernatural like that, The series invokes a quest for self-actualization, inspired by ... Yugi's wish for friends.
It's almost criminal that 4Kids dubbed this series, because they delivered such beautiful moments between characters so poorly that it ruins the emotion displayed in it. And Yugi's voice cracks where pretty hilarious. Dan Green, what happened in those Episodes?
The actual animation can range from being really great, to being... really, really poor. Some episodes actually gave
This is one of the few that actually made me cry a bit when it got closer to the end. And that's saying something, coming from me. And if you watched from beginning to end, I think you would, too.
The only thing I truly disliked was that the main villain of the series (SPOILERS) didn't have a lot of build up, despite him being there throughout the whole series. I knew Bakura's ring was evil, but somehow he felt so minor until right at the end. That being said, he has grown to be the most intimidating villain I have ever seen in an anime.
Overall, Yu-Gi-Oh! is a fantastically solid series, and even though the english OPs are fun to watch, I wish I could have watched the original Japanese. But either way, the fantastic story overpowers the cheesiness.