ActuallyGlimmer
The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
Scotty Burke
It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
Kimball
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
OneEightNine Media
I am not a huge pokemon fan or anything like that but this was on TV and I figured, why not? As stupid as it is, pokemon is iconic and the first film is sort of a must watch for anyone looking to be a pseudo intellectual pop culture historian. Whatever, I just wanted to see if it was a worthwhile anime and meh, it is okay. The story was simple but promising until it became about something else and blah, blah, blah. Long story short - it is okay.
Jip Van Linschooten
Even though I am older I can still enjoy watching this movie. When I was a kid this movie made me cry. The part where Ash turned into stone was really sad. And then Pikachu would touch Ash to see if he is still alright, but he didn't respond. Then Pikachu and after him all the other Pokemon who were there would start to cry. The first time I saw this as a kid I started to cry as well. Even now when I rewatch it I still cry. It's just a really sad moment and I was so happy when Ash woke up again thanks to the tears of all the Pokemon. So I will always remember this sad moment. And whenever I look back at my childhood this moment will show up.This movie did not only have sad moments but also very cool moments. For instance the battle between the Pokemon of the trainers and the cloned Pokemon of Mewtwo.This movie is made for kids but I can still enjoy it when I'm older. This movie just means so much to me.That's why I give this movie a 10 out of 10.
timebeetlebrannigan679
two characters are a clone of the other... one electric mouse sidekick who is selling tools like R2D2/ewoks in the star wars franchise. Japanese have learned a lot since world war II and are using military style propaganda training to sell toys and some of the work is esoteric occult like Hitler learned in the war, and some is black magik they are selling children using their sexual powers Plot structure is DNA spiral... one strain is incorporate spliced into two and the result is that while one prays on the soul the other is using the body as a host mechanism to the give the soul false hunger for illusion, pokemon games and game boy advance/super Nintendo.good for movie, not best for hicldren but in my ed class this was one of the xamples of a movie that does its best job selling to childrenanother character is metwo aka "the dark one", the "false twin" who is the black antichrist of the main character mew ash ketchum. he falls for illuminati doctrine/false flag and ufos, some of the imagery is directly linked to Satan worship and I am reminding my grilfriends bible right now and I've taken several notes how Lord Metwo is throne to Thiraka the Ethiopian King and Brock/Misty represent the Head of JupiterOuija/candles/satanic lamps are all directly referenced in this movie, as well as "balls"
Sagar Bhatt
There are two facts I'll never understand: 1. This movie grossed more than 163 million dollars. 2. This movie has a 5.7 rating.DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE. It'll be the most wasteful 1h 15m you ever spend, even if you procrastinate on a regular basis. Even if you love Pokemon, you're probably better off watching a few episodes than watching this. If you're older than 2 years of age, don't waste your time.Let me reveal the AWFUL plot of this movie. So there's Mew, the greatest Pokemon ever. Then somebody makes a clone of Mew, Mewtwo. Mewtwo tries taking over the world with the help of clones of other Pokemons. He invites "Pokemon Masters" like 10-year old Ash (owner of Pikachu) to take over the pokemons and make clones of them. He has the clones fight with the originals but Pikachu refuses to fight and inspires Ash to stop the fight between Mew and Mewtwo. Ash stops the fight and turns to stone, then all the Pokemons and their clones start crying and the tears somehow come over to Ash and revive him (goodness knows how). A TWO YEAR OLD COULD'VE THOUGHT SOMETHING BETTER.I still can't believe this movie grossed 163 million dollars. As for the exaggerated 5.7 rating, that's because of (1) die-hard fans who can't rate it below 10 because it's Pokemon and (2) those who give it a 7 or 8 rating thinking "it was horrible, but it must be great for kids".This movie is for kids, so if you're beyond the age of about 9 I advice you stay away from it. That's not to say that I recommend it for those below 9 -- there are much better kids movies than this.
