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Pokemon the First Movie - Mewtwo vs. Mew Actors: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart (III) Directors: Michael Haigney, Kunihiko Yuyama Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Format: Color, Animated, Dolby Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Running Time: 96 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2005-02-08 Buy from Amazon |
 "The original Japanese version was much better..."All in all, I was quite pleased with this film. Pokémon's first showing on the big screen seems to have passed the quality checks of most US and UK fans, and its success in other countries has undoubtedly been similar. However, I was quite disappointed by the English dub (by now a very common point of criticism). The dialog, compared with the original Japanese, has been butchered, which I find very annoying. A prime example of this is actually from the second Pokémon movie, Pokémon The Movie 2000, where, in the Japanese version, a character says "this is serious..." and in the English dub says "I wish I had some pants..."! The "Americanisation" of anime is something that has irritated true fans of Pokémon, and although the producers and writers at Kids WB and 4Kids seem to think it necessary, I can assure you, it isn't! What the fans would like to see is the original anime, without the retouching done by US corporations. Thankfully, we still get to see the original anime, due to the efforts of The Pikachu Project and Fans 4 Fans, and because of the fact that neither Kids WB, 4 Kids or Nintendo of America hold the Japanese copyrights on Pokémon... One thing in the movie's favour is that the animation has been greatly enhanced, so that the 3D rendering of objects such as the double doors leading into Mewtwo's castle and The Flight of Dragonite at the beginning of the movie. So, overall: this film has whetted my appetite with regards to Pokémon-based movies, but in the future, more adherance to the original script would be apprecited. "The Japanese version was better..."All in all, I was quite pleased with this film. Pokémon's first showing on the big screen seems to have passed the quality checks of most US and UK fans, and its success in other countries has undoubtedly been similar. However, I was quite disappointed by the English dub (by now a very common point of criticism). The dialog, compared with the original Japanese, has been butchered, which I find very annoying. A prime example of this is actually from the second Pokémon movie, Pokémon The Movie 2000, where, in the Japanese version, a character says "this is serious..." and in the English dub says "I wish I had some pants..."! The "Americanisation" of anime is something that has irritated true fans of Pokémon, and although the producers and writers at Kids WB and 4Kids seem to think it necessary, I can assure you, it isn't! What the fans would like to see is the original anime, without the retouching done by US corporations. Thankfully, we still get to see the original anime, due to the efforts of The Pikachu Projectand Fans 4 Fans, and because of the fact that neither Kids WB, 4 Kids or Nintendo of America hold the Japanese copyrights on Pokémon... One thing in the movie's favour is that the animation has been greatly enhanced, so that the 3D rendering of objects such as the double doors leading into Mewtwo's castle and The Flight of Dragonite at the beginning of the movie. So, overall: this film has whetted my appetite with regards to Pokémon-based movies, but in the future, more adherance to the original script would be appreciated. "It was good but not great"I like the movie but it needed something else. There was not enough action. I also agree with the viewer that said this movie told pokemon not to fight. However what else do they do? The music was nice but not hype. I think that all of Ash's pokemon are cute. Pokemon is over hyped. It's not what people make it. However you can't help but watch the pokemon because their cute ! "A fun movie!"I saw this movie with my younger brother, who is almost 7 now. There are a lot of poor ratings for this movie, but I enjoyed it! It had some scary scenes where my brother wanted to leave but otherwise it was very good. I think the series is a little funnier, and I watch that sometimes. Many people are saying now that Pokémon has been around too long, but please people don't say that! It's not fare for younsters who love it! I think it's a good series, and there hasn't been anything this popular for a long time! Great idea! My brother is Pokémon crazy still:) and what does it effect people who don't like it? don't like it? don't watch it!  "Not as great as the series!"Having 2 children at the ages of 2 and 4 1/2, I've grown to love Pokemon. Being a fan of Pokemon, I tought that Pokemon the First Movie was pretty boring. I've seen it dozens of times, and each time I see it, I always think how boring it is. It seems dark and isn't as humorous as the TV series. It also lacks excitement, fun and the story line wasn't that great. It will keep a childs attention throughout the whole movie though! Mewtwo is a genetically designed Pokemon that is suppose to be the most powerful of all. Mewtwo decides that he wants to conquer the world. So he manipulates Pokemon Masters onto going to the island, where he can clone their Pokemons. Then he battles them. Then your fearless heroes come to save the day, Ash, Brock and Misty. The movie had it's usual supporting cast; such as the villains Jesse, James and Meowth. The one thing that the movie didn't have was a variety of Pokemon! It had the usual, like Pikachu, Charizard, Bulbasaur, but where were some of my favorites like Hitmon Chan, Diglet and others? I don't even remember seeing Wheezing of Arbok in it! I even expected to see Ash's rival, Gary Oak, in the movie, but he only had a very small cameo in it. The movie also included the short film, "Pikachu's Vacation". This 20 minute cartoon was far better then the actual movie itself. It is the main reason why I rated this movie 3 stars instead of 1. I thought it was great! It was funny, exciting and the music accompanied the different scenes. It introduced new Pokemon, and had a variety of the old ones. The features on the DVD wasn't that bad also. It had little shorts like "Ash's Journey". It also has the Director's commentary and a teaser of Pokemon 2000. |
