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Jan 10, 2014
After seeing the previous film, 4Ever, my expectations weren't really all that high for this movie. I'd also like to state that my review is over the American release of the film, more specifically the version that comes in the Miramax Pokemon Collector's Set. So if there's any scenes that were cut out that would have affected the score, they won't be counted here.
Story: This one actually surprised me in a lot of ways. For starters, the movie doesn't start or introduce Ash with another Pokemon battle, like the previous 4 films did. Instead, it's a Pokemon race, which could still be considered a battle,
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but it's at least trying to be different, and I applaud that. It also deals with legit death. I'm not kidding. A character does die by the time the movie is finished. There's none of that tears of life stuff from the first movie or the time travelling screw up from the fourth. This character stays dead. However, there is one thing that I just don't understand. They keep this gigantic machine that's only purpose is to bring back two terrible Pokemon and then destroy the city. It can only be powered by the mystical Soul Dew and the power of Latios. Why do they keep this machine around? It's not like the Soul Dew is in some top secret place that absolutely no one knows exists...Ok it kinda is, but a few people do know where this is, so it's not hidden that well. As for requiring the power of Latios, if the previous 4 movies have taught us anything, it's that legendary Pokemon aren't exactly the hardest to corrupt (see the first movie or 4Ever) or capture (see 2000 or 4Ever). So yeah. They basically have the one machine that can completely wipe their town off the face of the planet in plain sight and no one seems to care.
Art: The artwork is extremely good for the movie, almost too good. By that, I mean that there's times where the characters don't really mix well with the surroundings and seem more like someone taped cartoon characters onto a painting at a museum. However, those moments are far and few between since there's a lot of first-person shots where you can admire just how much work was put into designing this city.
Sound: This is most likely the lowest score for the movie. There's not a whole lot of memorable tracks, besides the opening Master Quest theme. The rest, while works wonderfully for the movie, aren't memorable after you've finished watching them. As for the dubb's voice acting, it's good, but not great. It's far better than the voice acting from previous films in the series, but still isn't anything note-worthy.
Character: Aside from Ash, Misty, and Brock, the other characters are enjoyable. I really liked how the legendaries for this film came in a pair and weren't always seen fighting (First Movie and 2000) or were only seen together when the plot required they be together (4Ever). They actually spend just about every moment together either playing or Latios being extremely protective over Latias, which I love. Just another thing that separates this film from the previous 4. Because of this, the two become really likable and I ended up caring more for both of them than I did for any previous legendary (I'm not counting Entei because, at the time I'm writing this, I have yet to see the third movie). However, Latios and Latias are really the only interesting characters here. The villains are just more Team Rocket members, so, as seen with 4Ever, they don't require any reason to be doing what they're doing. Then you have Bianca and her grandfather, Lorenzo, who really only spout out exposition most of the time.
Enjoyment: After watching the First Movie and 4Ever, this was extremely entertaining. While there were a few things that bugged me, they didn't get too much in the way of my overall enjoyment of the film.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jan 9, 2014
Keep in mind that I view these movies completely unbiased and that I only watched the dub, not the sub. While I am a fan of the show and did watch it and loved it as a kid, that in no way affects how I view the movie now.
Story: This movie's story does seem to try a bit too hard to keep itself canon to the series, which causes a lot of BS moments towards the end, including the extremely confusing moment where something terrible happens to Ash (no spoilers for anyone that wants to watch the movie). I do believe that the movie would
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have been better had it not try to connect to the main series. They can use the main characters and their Pokemon, but just don't try to make it canon. This would have made not only for greater suspense at the beginning of the movie, but would have made the ending scenes not feel as cheesy or the actual ending a big cop out. There's also a lot of repetition in the story, such as telling us what we already saw at the beginning of the movie at about the half-way point. They could have used this to tell us about Mewtwo's creation and had his character become a mystery until his big reveal at the island. Sadly, this is not the case.
Art: The artwork is about as good as the regular shows for the most part, with exceptions going to some special CG scenes at the island and some of the fights. While it's not anything special, it's not terrible either.
Sound: This is where me only watching the dub and not the sub really comes into play. The dub has a lot of translation errors, mostly just saying the wrong names for different Pokemon. Some of the voice actors for the minor characters turn in rather mediocre performances. The soundtrack is what saves the movie in this department, though. There's some really great tracks like a remix of the main theme of the show and an incredibly emotional song known as Brother My Brother by Blessid Union of Souls. However, when the great songs aren't playing, we're dealing with the decent at best performances and the terrible script.
Character: Let's just start with the best character of the movie, Mewtwo. Mewtwo does work as a villain because we get to see why he doesn't like humans or any Pokemon that would defend them. By giving us more insight to his character, it makes us understand why he's doing what he's doing other than just being a gigantic dick. As for the other characters, they're pretty much how they are in the show. Ash being the goofy hero, Misty being the obnoxious female, and Brock being the more fatherly advise giver. While they actually do develop through the course of the movie (which is more than what I can say for later Pokemon movies), their development is completely cut out at the end due to the movie wanting to be canon with the series.
Enjoyment: While I did enjoy every aspect of the movie as a kid, when I watch it now, it's just a big joke. Seeing how much the series and other movies have grown since then, I can't look at this film anymore as really all that great. However, the fighting scenes do make it seem worth while and it's a big joke to any Pokemon fan, which I don't believe is intentional.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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