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Pokemon - The Movie 2000 Director: Kunihiko Yuyama Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Animated, Dolby Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Running Time: 102 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2005-06-07 Buy from Amazon |
 "Who Needs Ash? TR is the star of this anime!"Yea, yea I know what you're thinking 'Another movie staring that idiot kid, when is the horror going to end' well technically not for another 2-3 years (max.). But instead of sitting on the sidelines giving all the pokémon dirty looks, why not enjoy the ride? This is the absolute best pokémon movie/episode EVER! And for once the star of the show isn't entirly Ash, The glamorous members of team Rocket: Jessie, James and that adorable meowth have many cute scenes; They even have a 'good guy' motto that any self-respecting TR fan just CAN"T miss. Still not convinced? okay. TR helps save the world by letting go of lugia's leg, yea . . . Team Rocket SAVES the world. 'I thought the movie was about ash saving the world, you know 'the power of one' Yea right, this movie was poorly named, three people atually asist in saving the world Ash Team Rocket Melody and I guess misty if you want to get technical. OH! Another reason to buy this movie! Meowth alone is in this movie more then Misty and Tracy combined. It also has cameos by a curtain female professoe, ash's mom, Professor Oak and every's favorite girl obcessed guy!  "Pokemon 2000: Good movie, medicore DVD"I am part of a small minority, that is people who are at least fourteen, and still enjoy Pokémon. I have always found the message of Pokémon to be much more noble than that of other cartoon shows that currently penetrate into the youth's brains, and this movie is no exception. A young Pokémon trainer named Ash, and his traveling companions Tracee and Misty (not to mention all the Pokémon) are traveling throughout the Orange Islands, when a violent storm blows them off course. They land on an Island where they stumble upon an ancient ceremony, based on a legend of four great Pokémon. Ash arrives at just the right time to be selected the chosen one to perform in the ceremony, but soon discovers that the ancient legend is coming true due to a Pokémon collector who is capturing the four great Pokémon, shifting the balance of power on the planet. Both the DVD and the VHS version include the short "Pikachu's Vacation", a short tale involving only the Pokémon, who get lost in a large forest and must work together to get out. Both components of this package are definite improvements over the first movie, which played more like a collection of television episodes than a movie. The animation styling is improved, and the computer-rendered graphics only look mildly out of place as opposed to the first movie in which they were absolutely ridiculous. The third Pokémon movie, due out in US spring 2001, should be another grand step in moving towards really impressive animation (don't worry Pokémon moms and dads, there will only be four movies). I have not viewed the VHS version of the movie, but I did purchase the DVD version, and I was greatly disappointed. The DVD has no audio commentary by the directors, something I greatly enjoyed in the first movie, and has no Dolby Surround sound track. It does possess 5.1-channel audio in both French and English, but most DVD players' ability to convert 5.1-channel audio into two (or three) speaker audio is lacking. The DVD also has English and French captions. The French captions are in French, unlike the soundtrack, which is in Quebec-French, so they don't match up. The transfer of the film to DVD is good, the film source was very grainy with blues in theaters, and that shows up here as well, despite being shrunk from its original aspect of 1.77:1 to 1.33:1. This does create for a few odd moments when you can't see who's talking because the frame was so wide. The DVD also includes selections from "Pokémon Live". I was seriously hoping for this to be better than what it was. It's a collection of four songs being performed live from the movie, and it's absolutely lousy. The performances were mediocre. At least it was well transferred. I personally would like to see a wide-screen version of both the first and second movie, and I think any DVD should have more features than this one does, especially a director's commentary. Pokémon 2000 is an excellent movie, just don't expect too much from this mediocre DVD. "This is a great movie! Must-have for Pokemon fans"I love this movie. I saw it twice in the theater and even though I just got the video, I've watched it twice already! For example, Team Rocket fans might have been disappointed with the first one, where they were in it but they weren't actually very important. This one is VERY different! All the characters were involved (except Brock, although you do see him in one part), including Tracy from the Orange Islands cartoons. It includes several new Pokemon when you combine the mini-movie and the feature, including Bellossum, Hoothoot, and Lugia. You'll also see Marril and Togepi, though they're so well-known by now that they're not technically called "new." Overall I HIGHLY recommend this movie over the last one. I liked the other one, but this one is just right. "Do not disturb the gods of Fire, Ice and Lightning..."This movie was by far better than the first one. The dubbing was a little bit better, the music composed by the dubbers was good too, although I really wouldn't mind hearing the original score. I mean why not, they keep it in the show. This story had much more plot too. This movie was not just stopping the evil collector, Lawrence III from completely destroying the Earth, but a little quest was added. Ash was sent out to find special magical spheres, which would prevent the Earth from collapsing. Team Rocket's good side finally appears in this movie. It shows that they are really not evil, just misunderstood. When I saw this in theatres, I saw rather annoyed looks on some parents' faces, knowing that a lot of them are simply driven nuts by this craze, but they seemed to be pleased after the end of the film. This film isn't enjoyed by only Pokémon fans, but people who aren't fans of this show will really enjoy this movie, too! I can't wait for Pokémon 3: The Lord of the Unknown Tower! "It was worth the wait!"The first movie was really good, but this one was even better. Before I saw the movie, I thought Lugia was going to be an evil pokèmon, but I guess I was wrong, but it was still good. The main enemy in this story is the "collector", but the legendary birds (Moltres, Zapdos, Articuno) are against Ash's team also. I actually enjoyed the fact that it wasn't like the TV show at all, and it doesn't connect with it. (Example: When the movie was in theaters, they just started playing the Orange Island episodes, and Charizard obeyed Ash in the movie, but in the show he didn't.) Plus, Team Rocket wasn't acting their jerkish selves, and they helped Ash save the world. I recommend this video or DVD to any Pokèmon fan. |
