ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

SteinMo What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Anssi Vartiainen Even as a former fan of Pokémon, I can tell you that there's very little value in this film. Its full of flat jokes, wooden characters, painfully simplistic dialogues and as a whole it just doesn't deliver. I was dead bored while watching this.Though yes, it's a movie aimed for children, I get that, but even as a children's film this movie has very little to offer. The action scenes and the various battles that come with the Pokémon franchise are not horrible, I suppose, but neither do they manage to provide us with anything new or exciting. They're just on par with the battles from the TV series, which is really neither a plus or a minus. Furthermore, from a fan's point of view, I guess that it's nice to see more of Ash's mom and Charizard, one of the most popular Pokémon of the franchise. But both of these characters have very limited screen time, barely even having any dialogue in Mama Ketchum's case or having any cool battle scenes in the case of the latter.The biggest flaw of this movie is its villain though. Entei, the big furry monster in the cover, has some cool scenes, I admit, but the entity behind him/it is very... nonthreatening and uncool. Like a big pile of floating Scrabble pieces. And it never talks, which just manages to underline just how boring it is as the main antagonist/conflict.And of course the Team Rocket is in this movie to provide cheap jokes and unwanted slapstick. They were awful.So yeah, bad movie that has very little to offer to anyone over the age of eight. But there's really nothing malicious or harmful in this film. It doesn't teach your kids any bad morals or anything. As a film it's harmless, though not very good. That being said, don't show this to your kids. There are plenty of children's films out there that are vastly superior in quality.

SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain Returns some of the darkness of the first film. Here we find a bunch of legendary Pokemon making one young girl's dreams come true. Not as nice as it sounds when her imaginary world is a nightmare for the rest of the earth. Pokemon 3 does a lot of things right, such as limiting the number of Pokemon, allowing for more story. It also brings Ash back his Charizard for a while, which only makes sense, since he doesn't have any powerful Pokemon at this point in the continuity. Team Rocket are reduced to such a joke that even they question their appearance by breaking the 4th wall. More CGI, which doesn't quite mix with the simple anime style, adds something new but not essential.

Genevieve Wow. I don't even really remember that much about this movie, except that it stunk.The plot's basically; a girl's parents neglect her, so this sicko PokeMon pretends to be her dad. Am I the only one disturbed by that? Then, this weirdo PokeMon kidnaps Ash's mom to pretend to be the girl's. I don't care if he was trying to make the girl happy, that's just gross.There was no real plot. The girl was just a whiny brat who wanted things her own way. She played with Unowns, was the "daughter" of Entei and apparently could grow and shrink in age on a whim with the help of her "dad".That's pretty much all I can remember, but I think you can take it as a hint, and not see it. (Or if you do see it, don't expect much.) 1 out of 10.Seriously. If you want a PokeMon movie, rent "PokeMon; the First Movie".

Jack Treese The other day, I was looking through some old boxes filled with old stuff of mine. In this box was my original NES, some games, and all of my Pokemon stuff. Including each of the films on VHS (well, the first three and Mewtwo Returns).I remember watching the movies when I was still a Pokemon passionate, and wanted to see if I could get that same rush still, four years later.Well, with the first two, no chance. The third one, Pokemon 3: The Movie, however, was different.Again, this review is coming from an 18 year old high school graduate. And even four years later, Pokemon 3 still delivered the thrills.Loaded with excellent animation, some tense battle scenes (Charizard vs. Entei, anyone?), and a heartwarming theme that children can embrace, I recommend Pokemon 3 to anyone who wishes to rediscover their childhood or for anyone who is just up for some great animation.9/10