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So I didn't see a review thread for this movie yet, and it's been out on DVD in Japan for a few weeks now, so I guess I'll go ahead and start one. I just received my DVD in the mail the other day and finally got around to seeing it, and so here are a few random thoughts about the movie:
-Wow, the video quality on this DVD is fantastic. I'll have to be sure to pick up all the other movies on DVD.
-So the movie starts out with a flashback And it's a lot more interesting than the flashback in the fourth movie.
-Wow, Myuu sure does like to use its Transform ability a lot in this movie.
-This is a long title screen. But I do like how they go through the various stages of human technology.
-So Satoshi and the gang are able to just waltz into a random costume shop and pick out costumes without paying for them?
-Hey, the return of an opening theme! That's great, but it's too bad we never got a movie version of "Challenger!"
-I'm definately getting a Dragon Quest vibe from the dance party. The costumes and the dance music all feel like they'd fit right in with one of Enix's games.
- lol at Musashi and Freddie. And does Kojirou seem *jealous* to see Musashi dancing with another man?
-Poor Satoshi, forced to sit in the that throne while everyone else parties.
-Notice all the legendary pokemon on the toys in the play room inside the castle. There's that Suicune-shaped rocking horse, the carousel with the three legendary birds on it, and the train with Celebi on the side. Is this movie like the fifth movie, in that it has all the previous movie pokemon hidden throughout the film?
- So Kid wants to capture Myuu, huh? Seems a lot like Zanna and Lyon to me. She even has all the cool gadgets.
-Speaking of Kid...why does she have TWO Manyula?
- So Satoshi's hadou is the same as Arlon's hadou. Interesting.
-Musashi and Kojirou pull a Spridle and Chim-Chim by stowing away in the car's trunk.
-Why the hell is the gang stopping off at the hot spring? What point does this whole scene serve?
-Good to see that Gomazou doesn't want to get in the water (since it's part Ground-type, just like Usohachi).
-So these Jikan no Hana are just randomly dispersed throughout the movie, conveniently popping up whenever the characters need to remember something. OK...
-Satoshi and Lucario have a fight because Lucario says something about Satoshi not caring about Pikachu? Or that it ran away from him?
-Hey, Masato and Haruka asked about the first time Satoshi met Pikachu. And they reanimate that famous part in the first episode! I wasn't expecting continuity like that in this movie at ALL.
-Wow, there sure are a lot of flashbacks in this movie.
-I like all the toys Myuu has at its little hideout, like the Tsubotsubo noisemaker.
-So why does the Hajimari no Ki have so many crystals all over the place?
-That Armaldo is eating the wrong kind of fruit; in "Where's Armaldo?" the fruit it eats is a sort of red and yellow color, but the one it eats in this movie is a solid red color, IIRC. I guess I only noticed that because I *just* watched that Armaldo episode the other day.
-I like how Banks (the guy who Kid communicates with) has a mini bar in his office.
-I also like how Kid and Takeshi are paired off while the gang explores the tree.
-I love the way the Regis are portrayed in this movie. Their voices fit them PERFECTLY (well, Regice's is a little off), and the music that plays whenever they're on-screen gives that perfect "souless robot" feeling.
-Hey, all that floating goo are shaped like ancient pokemon!
-Whoa, it's weird to see Kojirou actually call out his pokemon in this movie. I don't think a member of the Rocket-Dan has EVER done that before. Too bad we don't get to see Habunake or Dokukeiru.
-Hey, Kojirou pulled a Ralts episode on us by ducking from Sabonea's hug.
-Notice how when Takeshi disappears, all his pokemon except Forretress run over to where he was standing and start to cry out. What's the matter? Are you holding a grudge because Takeshi has let you rot in your Monster Ball for the past 3+ years?
-More sappy "Satoshi and Pikachu have a strong bond" stuff.
-It looks like Satoshi is pulling off some Dragon Ball Z-ish attack when he's transferring his hadou to Myuu.
-Look, Lucario shares the same fate as Arlon. I think this qualifies as the first pokemon "death" in Advanced Generation.
-Wow, this movie ends really really abruptly.
-Hey, the ending theme isn't as bad as the theme to the last movie (which actually did grow on me over time). Then again, it does sound like every other Puffy song, so I can't really say that it stands out that much.
-Woah, wtf are Butler and Dianne doing in the end credits with Kid!?
All in all, I thought it was a great movie, and it certainly impressed me more than the last one did. I still don't know where I'd rank it compared to the others, but I'd say it's pretty high up there.
The movie did have one major annoying part, though...once again, there's this overemphasis on Satoshi and Pikachu. Yes, I understand that they're great friends and all, but the movie places so much emphasis on their relationship that it ignores the other trainers and THEIR pokemon. When Satoshi vanishes at the end of the movie, all his pokemon cry and weep for him. But when Takeshi or Haruka or Kojirou vanish? Nothing. Their pokemon kind of look sad, but they don't go into this dramatic sob fest the way Satoshi's pokemon do. It makes it look like Haruka's or Takeshi's or Kojirou's pokemon couldn't give two shits about their trainers in comparison, and we all know that that just isn't true. Would it have killed them to show a scene with Zenigame, the crybaby of Haruka's team, shed a tear for its trainer? Or show Sabonea and Chiriin a little more upset that their trainer is gone?
Other than that, it was a great movie that I recommend all you guys to purchase / download it.
-Wow, the video quality on this DVD is fantastic. I'll have to be sure to pick up all the other movies on DVD.
-So the movie starts out with a flashback And it's a lot more interesting than the flashback in the fourth movie.
-Wow, Myuu sure does like to use its Transform ability a lot in this movie.
-This is a long title screen. But I do like how they go through the various stages of human technology.
-So Satoshi and the gang are able to just waltz into a random costume shop and pick out costumes without paying for them?
-Hey, the return of an opening theme! That's great, but it's too bad we never got a movie version of "Challenger!"
-I'm definately getting a Dragon Quest vibe from the dance party. The costumes and the dance music all feel like they'd fit right in with one of Enix's games.
- lol at Musashi and Freddie. And does Kojirou seem *jealous* to see Musashi dancing with another man?
-Poor Satoshi, forced to sit in the that throne while everyone else parties.
-Notice all the legendary pokemon on the toys in the play room inside the castle. There's that Suicune-shaped rocking horse, the carousel with the three legendary birds on it, and the train with Celebi on the side. Is this movie like the fifth movie, in that it has all the previous movie pokemon hidden throughout the film?
- So Kid wants to capture Myuu, huh? Seems a lot like Zanna and Lyon to me. She even has all the cool gadgets.
-Speaking of Kid...why does she have TWO Manyula?
- So Satoshi's hadou is the same as Arlon's hadou. Interesting.
-Musashi and Kojirou pull a Spridle and Chim-Chim by stowing away in the car's trunk.
-Why the hell is the gang stopping off at the hot spring? What point does this whole scene serve?
-Good to see that Gomazou doesn't want to get in the water (since it's part Ground-type, just like Usohachi).
-So these Jikan no Hana are just randomly dispersed throughout the movie, conveniently popping up whenever the characters need to remember something. OK...
-Satoshi and Lucario have a fight because Lucario says something about Satoshi not caring about Pikachu? Or that it ran away from him?
-Hey, Masato and Haruka asked about the first time Satoshi met Pikachu. And they reanimate that famous part in the first episode! I wasn't expecting continuity like that in this movie at ALL.
-Wow, there sure are a lot of flashbacks in this movie.
-I like all the toys Myuu has at its little hideout, like the Tsubotsubo noisemaker.
-So why does the Hajimari no Ki have so many crystals all over the place?
-That Armaldo is eating the wrong kind of fruit; in "Where's Armaldo?" the fruit it eats is a sort of red and yellow color, but the one it eats in this movie is a solid red color, IIRC. I guess I only noticed that because I *just* watched that Armaldo episode the other day.
-I like how Banks (the guy who Kid communicates with) has a mini bar in his office.
-I also like how Kid and Takeshi are paired off while the gang explores the tree.
-I love the way the Regis are portrayed in this movie. Their voices fit them PERFECTLY (well, Regice's is a little off), and the music that plays whenever they're on-screen gives that perfect "souless robot" feeling.
-Hey, all that floating goo are shaped like ancient pokemon!
-Whoa, it's weird to see Kojirou actually call out his pokemon in this movie. I don't think a member of the Rocket-Dan has EVER done that before. Too bad we don't get to see Habunake or Dokukeiru.
-Hey, Kojirou pulled a Ralts episode on us by ducking from Sabonea's hug.
-Notice how when Takeshi disappears, all his pokemon except Forretress run over to where he was standing and start to cry out. What's the matter? Are you holding a grudge because Takeshi has let you rot in your Monster Ball for the past 3+ years?
-More sappy "Satoshi and Pikachu have a strong bond" stuff.
-It looks like Satoshi is pulling off some Dragon Ball Z-ish attack when he's transferring his hadou to Myuu.
-Look, Lucario shares the same fate as Arlon. I think this qualifies as the first pokemon "death" in Advanced Generation.
-Wow, this movie ends really really abruptly.
-Hey, the ending theme isn't as bad as the theme to the last movie (which actually did grow on me over time). Then again, it does sound like every other Puffy song, so I can't really say that it stands out that much.
-Woah, wtf are Butler and Dianne doing in the end credits with Kid!?
All in all, I thought it was a great movie, and it certainly impressed me more than the last one did. I still don't know where I'd rank it compared to the others, but I'd say it's pretty high up there.
The movie did have one major annoying part, though...once again, there's this overemphasis on Satoshi and Pikachu. Yes, I understand that they're great friends and all, but the movie places so much emphasis on their relationship that it ignores the other trainers and THEIR pokemon. When Satoshi vanishes at the end of the movie, all his pokemon cry and weep for him. But when Takeshi or Haruka or Kojirou vanish? Nothing. Their pokemon kind of look sad, but they don't go into this dramatic sob fest the way Satoshi's pokemon do. It makes it look like Haruka's or Takeshi's or Kojirou's pokemon couldn't give two shits about their trainers in comparison, and we all know that that just isn't true. Would it have killed them to show a scene with Zenigame, the crybaby of Haruka's team, shed a tear for its trainer? Or show Sabonea and Chiriin a little more upset that their trainer is gone?
Other than that, it was a great movie that I recommend all you guys to purchase / download it.