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You know, as more time passes, the more and more the popularity of the DP movies begin to frustrate me. I haven't watched the fourth one, but the first three being popular picks among fans just doesn't resonate well with me. They're just so generic and contain such terrible writing that I honestly can't enjoy them as much as other people do. The Rise of Darkrai dragged on for too long, Giratina and the Sky Warrior was confusing, and Arceus and the Jewel of Life legitimately baffled me as to how they could take such an interesting and unique premise, with interesting characters and relationships set up, and execute it so badly. Not to mention, it often felt forced as to how they would often make it unclear as to who the movie's focus was. Everything was so muddled, I couldn't understand what was happening, or how each movie connected with one another. Nor was anything well paced, in my opinion. Not to mention...Ash. His role in these movies often don't make very much sense to me. It's not like the early OS movies, where you could understand Ash as a character and how he's important, but, here? I just don't understand what role he plays and it feels like Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea all over again(seriously, why was Ash playing the big rescue role at the end there? May was more important than he was and had more personal stakes, this felt so unnatural...).
I know this probably sounds like incessant complaining, but I really can't understand the appeal of these movies. Why didn't The Rise of Darkrai focus on the Darkrai more and make it the protagonist? They spent ten minutes introducing Ash, Dawn, and Brock anyway, so why couldn't they have just started the movie focusing on Darkrai's story and establishing the garden and the characters surrounding it? DP's movie trilogy has interesting premises and potential character exploration, but it feels like it's all thrown to waste in terms of execution.
I know this probably sounds like incessant complaining, but I really can't understand the appeal of these movies. Why didn't The Rise of Darkrai focus on the Darkrai more and make it the protagonist? They spent ten minutes introducing Ash, Dawn, and Brock anyway, so why couldn't they have just started the movie focusing on Darkrai's story and establishing the garden and the characters surrounding it? DP's movie trilogy has interesting premises and potential character exploration, but it feels like it's all thrown to waste in terms of execution.