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What is your favourite Pokemon movie and why?
Gotta agree with this one, considering the nostalgia associated with it. I remember the intensive hype surrounding its US dub theatrical release. Additionally, I remember going to see Toy Story 2 shortly after it was released to theaters (which was two weeks after Mewtwo Strikes Back), and thought the long lines at the cinema were for the Pokémon movie.The first movie will always be my favorite.
But I loved the 10th movie. It came off the back of two absolutely awful movies and totally revived my interest in watching them again...the anime was really good when the 10th was released, and the 11th and 12th were fantastic follow-ups; I loved how they actually connected with one another to feel like a proper trilogy. After the second movie, the battles with the legendaries were generally lacking throughout...until Dialga and Palkia starting beating the crap out of one another.
...small shoutout to the sixth too because Butler
Yeah, if they'd actually gone somewhere with Arceus, rather than giving us a needlessly drawn out time-travel plot that had that predictably confusing ending that a lot of time-travel based plots have, the 12th movie would have absolutely been my favourite. The 11th movie built on the 10th really well, and initially the 12th looked set to give us a pretty fantastic conclusion...and then Arceus happened. It barely fought, it took damage from Pikachu with the thinly-veiled excuse of it lacking the plate necessary to null its attack (what even?) and...well, personally I found it a very disappointing portrayal of the God of all Pokemon. Where are the thees and thous?!I agree with this. The 10th, 11th, and 12th movies were the only time in the anime's history where they attempted to do something cool and interesting with the movies. Having that Sinnoh trilogy was a very good idea, the movies actually felt like they built up to something. Even though I was disappointed by the 12th movie. The Pokémon God itself, as well as the gods of time, space, and antimatter, and still there was only about 9 minutes of action and screen-time for them all?? Literally all I want from the movies is to see the legendary Pokemon having awesome, world threatening battles like the first two movies.
Yeah, if they'd actually gone somewhere with Arceus, rather than giving us a needlessly drawn out time-travel plot that had that predictably confusing ending that a lot of time-travel based plots have, the 12th movie would have absolutely been my favourite. The 11th movie built on the 10th really well, and initially the 12th looked set to give us a pretty fantastic conclusion...and then Arceus happened. It barely fought, it took damage from Pikachu with the thinly-veiled excuse of it lacking the plate necessary to null its attack (what even?) and...well, personally I found it a very disappointing portrayal of the God of all Pokemon. Where are the thees and thous?!
I stopped taking the 12th movie that seriously at that particular point. When Pikachu is shown to be more useful than Dialga, Palkia and Giratina... that's just taking things a bit too far, imo. :x
But my god did they drop the ball after that. To this day, I have no idea how anyone can say that they honestly enjoyed the 6th and 7th movies. But hey, to each their own.
(Kinda disappointing, since I actually adore the Best Wishes series, haha.)
If you'd started your post with this then I wouldn't of even had to read the rest to know we disagree a bit.
Anyways, I admit the 8th and 9th were good at what they were trying to achieve, the themes they conveyed, the plots were pretty good. But like, those plot gimmicks are used so frequently in the anime, that they're a bit underwhelming, e.g. misty with togepi evolving, James with almost all of his pokemon when they leave, Ash when his pokemon leave, Ash throwing himself in danger, etc.
The only thing that really stood out to me was when lucario sacrificed himself, I really enjoyed that scene.
I'll be honest, I'm starting to wonder if maybe the Pokémon anime just isn't my thing. I feel like it limits itself so much its unbearable.
I guess thinking of each movie as its own self-contained story helps me enjoy them better individually. With this approach, it's still noticeable that ideas/archetypes are being recycled, but at least it feels a lot less like the same thing is blatantly happening multiple times within the very same story, such as the filler episodes in the anime.
Though it's definitely understandable that you would feel underwhelmed, especially if we view everything in the entire anime franchise (movies included) as one whole gigantic story. And I won't blame anyone for approaching the anime from that angle, as it is indeed a fair (and logical) way of looking at things.