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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 |
 "Pika PI! *does peace sign*"I really loved this video. I have it on DVD and I've watched it so many times I've practically learned some bits of by heart, like the legend! This video earns an A+ from a girl who's gotta catch 'em all. The merchandise, not just the Pokémon.  "Much better than the First Movie"Many people criticized "Mewtwo Strikes Back" when the first Pokemon movie was released in the US, because in comparison with the excellent Japanese version it was a mess, missing out important things that explained about the characters (such as The Birth Of Mewtwo), and it had sloppy characterization. However, I'm pleased to say that this film is generally much better than the first Pokemon movie. The plot involves a Pokemon collector called Laurence III who wants to capture the three Legendary birds Articuno. Zapdos and Moltres - or the Gods of Ice, Lightning and Fire as they're called here. Unfortunately, this creates a huge problem with Earth's weather patterns, causing violent storms and snow, and it is left up to Ash to get them back, and return things to normal. There are some little hints to the possibility of an Ash/Misty romance in this film - when Ash arrives on the island at the beginning of the movie, a girl called Melody kisses Ash on the cheek which makes Misty really jealous, as well as some other cute moments. Sadly, in spite of an improved plot I believe that, as before, the choice of music stands out as the film`s downfall and the producers haven`t learnt from the mistakes they made in the first film. Apart from a few exceptions ("The Legend Comes To Life" is a wonderful track), this movie replicates the same pop-styled rubbish used in the First Movie. The remix of the TV theme song ("Pokemon World" performed by Youngstown & Nobody's Angel) is absolutely horrible, with a scratchy beat and synthesized vocals. The campaign to ban vocoders starts here... Next time round, I would like to see a better choice of music which is less pop-orientated, but I`m not holding my breath... Overall though, in spite of the terrible soundtrack, this is a major improvement on the First Movie which I think any Pokemon fan should add to their collection. "More action-packed than the original"This movie and pre-movie skit had more acion and was livelier than the 1st. The dancing Bellossom were so cute!! "The second best pokemon movie I ever saw."This movie was great! I love Lugia. Lugia was cool when he used his airblast which is a neat attack. The airblast is kind of like a hyperbeam attack. Slowking was cool, as well. I liked Artacuno,and Zaptos, and Moltress. Moltress is a fire-type. Zaptos is lightning type, and Artacuno is an ice-type. They are the three legendary birds. In Pokemon 3 Entei is one of the legendary dogs. I do not know where the other legendary dogs were. Unlike the third movie, the second has the three legendary birds, but the third has just one legendary dog. Great Movie. I would recommend it to all kids and adults. "Good, not great..."This is a good movie for Pokemon fans...beyond that, it may seem a little week. It has a nice story with many good life lessons. Only down fall...it ends abruptly. If it was developed a littel further and not firced to and end, it would have the 5th star! |
