we start start out with what appears to be a beautiful scene with the rarest of all pokemon, mew, right in front of our face. everything seems peaceful enough until it turns much darker and serious which is where we meet mewtwo who would become the antagonist of the movie. we are exposed the rage felt by mewtwo at the humans who had created him. this also sends a message to us in how corrupt and terrible intentions can become. this is the vibe throughout the whole movie and drives mewtwo in his quest to "cleanse" the world of corrupt humans and their pokemon "slaves." of course, there is also the traditional pokemon battle in the beginning as well to bring in a sense of nostalgia as a fan. fighting through the odds, our hero group of ash, misty, brock, and pikachu reach the point where they meet mewtwo and find out his dark plans. they and three other trainers all defy him, believing that pokemon and they are one as friends. when all else fails, ash is the one who ends up going after the pokemon in order to save them. all this goes on while one of the largest scale pokemon vs pokemon battles are being fought. love and determination always overcomes the odds and this was no exception. it all has the message that fighting is wrong and in the grand plan that it isn't where you come from that dictates who you are, but what you do with your life. overall, it has a very dark serious message at first but then all is brought into light with an ending satisfying for pokemon. the art, well not much can be said about that other than it is traditional pokemon styled. nothing fancy or different, it's just pokemon and it's great for this movie. as far as voice acting and music, i watched the english dubbed version just like i did when i watched the show so i was satisfied when all the voices of my favorite characters were there. the music too was traditional pokemon that i enjoyed with a few of its own songs put in that seemed to fit the scenes and mood of what was happening at that time. characters of course were all the original heros with a few new ones such as mewtwo and mew. the trainers there along side ash also were traditional pokemon and fit well with the story. not much can be said on that since they all are so old school pokemon which makes it amazing. overall, i really enjoyed it in multiple ways. i loved the ending and epic points of this movie. it was such old school pokemon that i enjoyed from my days in watching the show. i would suggest this movie to any pokemon fan out there to check it out :D
