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Summary: Move over Digmon
Review: This is a great movie full of adventure and excitement. Pokemon 4 ever takes place during the period of the time when Ash is in the Juto League. In pokemon forever ash must protect the beautiful pokemon celbi from the evil Iron Masked Marador of team rocket.
In this movie you get to she something you never got to she before Professor Oak as a little boy. If you are 7 or older than this movie is fine for you. If you are under 7 this movie may be to intense and violent for you to handle.
My favorite part in this movie is when Celebi makes the twig monsters and start destroying the forrest. Attribute to toho who created Godzilla. If you enjoy this you the other pokemon movies. I also recomend Digmon the Movie.
This movie also features a short chute little min movie called Pikchu's Pekaboo which should be fine for kids age 7 an up.
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Summary: A film of this quality lasts 4Ever.
Review: (This is a review of the DVD edition of Pokémon 4Ever. It contains no spoilers other than those that could be found on the back of the DVD cover.)Pokémon 4Ever is a great and fun film of the quality we've come to expect from not only pokémon films, but anime in general. If you are a pokémon fan of any age, this is a must own film. Graphics (5/5):
Overall, the graphics are of the same high quality we can expect of any Pokémon episode, or movie. They even do a mild increase of the graphics quality of the standard pokémon, by giving it a mild 3D feel in certain areas. Music (4/5):
While the movie does not hold the awe inspiring music that the previous two held, the music is flawless, and does not detract from the movie in any way. While it could have been better, it is fine as it is. Story (5/5):
The movie's story holds together well. A boy named Sammy protects Celebi, the legendary pokémon, from a pokémon hunter. Celebi, to protect them from this threat, travels forward in time, to the time of our heroes Ash, Pikachu, and the rest. Together, they must protect Celebi, and the rest of the forest, from their new threat--a hunter more powerful than the one left behind! The story is mildly simplistic, but as it is a children's story foremost, it cannot be faulted for that. All plot threads that are started are finished by the end of the movie, and you get a full sense of fulfillment. They did extraordinary in this area. Fun (5/5):
The story is not only fun for children, but for more mature pokémon fans. There are several fun references for pokémon fans to catch, and they did an excellent job of making you feel for the characters--there are several truly touching moments, regardless of your age. Special Features (3/5):
The disk holds an audio commentary, animation walkthrough, trivia game, trailers for this movie, a sneak peek at the next, and DVD-Rom features (Trading Card Game, Desktop items, and 'Hidden Content' at Pokemon.com.) The audio commentary is unarguably the best feature of the special features. Sadly, they didn't go the full way. While most movies with audio commentaries go till the end, this one goes about 40-50 minutes, before falling off completetly to the normal movie audio. With a little work, they could have made the audio commentary longer, and given it a more satisfying feeling. The animation progression, trailers, and trivia game are nothing to be too excited about. While the trivia game is fun, it loses its novelty after about 2 goes-through it. The sneak peek at the next movie, almost should have been excluded. It was in Japanese, and no work to translate it was given. It overall gave a mild feel of the graphics, but gave no idea whatsoever of what the next movie will be about. The DVD-ROM feature of the trading card game was unimpressive at best. It gives a feel of what it is about, but the game boy game can give a much better feel. The 'hidden content' is through their website, and links to it were able to be found on the internet from about the moment the DVD was unloosed on the public. Overall (4.75/5):
The movie is a fine addition to the list of pokémon movies. It will not win over any new fans to the series, but will only strengthen the love of any old ones. I strongly suggest it as a buy to any pokémon fan, and at least a rent to any anime fan.
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Summary: The Ultimate in Bad Anime Raises It's Ugly Head Yet Again
Review: ...I did not even know that they were still churning out these long toy advertisements until I happened to get a glimpse of this at my local video store. It must be the bad voice dubbing or the overly-computerized special animation effects that the little tykes like because there is no story or interesting animation in the entire film. The fact that I was not forced to see commercials of this nonsense on TV and that shows like Rouruni Kenshin and Cowboy Beebop are gaining in popularity means that, finally, the Poke[mon] cures is lifting.
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Summary: Maybe not 4ever...
Review: After a short, limited release in theaters last year, Pokemon 4Ever is finally coming to video courtesy of Miramax. And while it's not the vast improvement to the previous Warner Bros DVD releases we were hoping for, it is still a decent offering.
The story, basically, is that Ash and company come across a boy named Sam and a Celebi, who have traveled 40 years from the past. But before Celebi can bring Sam back to his own time, it is captured by the Iron Mask Marauder, who captures Celebi using a Dark Ball, and transforms it into a destructive monster. While the Marauder and Celebi destroy the forest, Ash and Sam must try and save Celebi. There are some surprisingly emotional scenes in the movie, especially towards the end as we find out the fate of Celebi and Sam's relationship with Ash.
The DVD offers trailers for this movie and the Japanese trailer for the fifth movie, as well as previews for other Miramax titles. Fans will be pleased to know that the Pikachu short has been restored for the DVD, and as usually, it's pretty funny and features plenty of cute Pokemon. It also a multi-angle animation progression feature, but the footage shown is very brief; each of the four segments clock in at barely under a few seconds, if that. One major complaint about this DVD is that despite the fact that this is the fourth Pokemon feature, it is still only presented on DVD in FULLSCREEN. There are many instances in the movie where a character is speaking, but you can't see him or her, since they are cropped off the screen. I'd hoped this unfortunate tradition was left behind with Warner Bros, but the curse follows the series to Miramax. Listen up, Miramax, we don't mind the black bars on the screen, we really don't. This problem is even worse when compared with the Warner releases, because the picture seems to be zoomed in a bit more and after repeated viewings, you actually begin to notice that the screen is constantly wobbling. A very poor transfer.
Another complaint, though not as major, is the commentary featuring the producers and the cast. While it's fun to finally hear what the actors really sound like, they don't really react to anything on-screen; it's more like a Q&A session. While it does answer some interesting questions, it would have been better off to leave it as a separate feature and keep a regular commentary with just the producers. The commentary track also only runs under an hour, so it cuts off with about 20 minutes of the movie left to go. Hopefully they won't do this with movie 5, since the commentaries are my favorites part of the Pokemon movies.
Otherwise, it's a solid film, and fans will be pleased that the movie sticks very close to the original Japanese script. It won't convert any Pokemon haters, but then again, nothing probably would.
Just please, Miramax, when you release movie 5 on DVD, please do so in widescreen.
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Summary: I saw this one on PPV.
Review: Ash: 1300
Misty: 450
Brock: 600
kid prof. and old prof. Oak: 600
green haired girl:100
granny: 400
other green hared girl: 300
team rocket: 200
masked maruaders: 450
celibi: 300
pikachuuuu: 1300
blimp friend: 600
suicuine: 600
tylor: 200
it was a preety good movie
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Summary: WOW!
Review: Far from liking this movie, I've seen it three times, which I think makes it obvious that no, I didn't like it, I LOVED IT! The animation is wonderful, just as good, if not better than the 3rd installment, The Spell of the Unown. There are new characters, new Pokemon and new twists and turns. You even learn a little bit about Professor Samuel Oak! The only let down to the movie is the immense use of computer animation, maybe even too much of it and it's not blended with the animation as well as it could have been, but's that's perfectly easy to ignore when you look at the movie in it's entirety. The animation, like I said, was wonderful. All the original characters return, Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu who are joined by a little boy named Sam. Team Rocket returns though we meet a new member whose downright evil compared to the last bad guys we've been introduced to in the past films and TV series, he's even worse than Mewtwo was in the 1st movie. So if you liked movies 1-3 along with Mewtwo Returns you'll rave about this one! Take note that the mini movie isn't played in theaters, it's only on the DVD, but it's pretty cute all the same and VERY funny. So there you have it, one of the best Pokemon creations yet, and with a 5th and even 6th movie on the way, who knows what could happen!
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Summary: Another Great Pokemon Movie!
Review: First, let me say that if you are a Pokemon fan, you will love this! If not, you won't like it.
That said, I must say that I was very impressed with this movie. The animation itself was a lot crisper than the previous films. The story was written very well. It even gives a twist at the end about the relationship between Ash and Prof. Oak!
The only minor complaint was that the 22 minute short film that accompanied the previous three films was absent from Pokemon 4ever. I looked forward to those as much as the main feature. I hope they add it to the DVD/VHS releases!
Great film!
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Summary: A Very well done production....
Review: Having the chance to view this film in theatres, I was very impressed with how Miramax did a straight translation. Unlike the WB predessors, Miramax also left the original Japanese soundtrack in place, which made the viewing experience at least for me, MUCH more enjoyable. Very highly recommended.
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Summary: Pokemon is the best!!!
Review: I am pokemon crazy!!! It feels so good to know that pokemon is still popular. In Pokemon 4ever, I loved the part where James and Meowth were hanging on to a piece of string from the bottom of Whites blimp. I also really loved the part where Meowth told James, "We,re no match for that big twig monster." "I know, poor Jessie." In his heart, I bet James was worried about Jessie. To him, that was a nightmare. In the anime series of pokemon, i get the feeling that Jessie and James hearts beat as one. In Pokemon Shipwreck in the part where they thought they were going to die, it looked James was about to admit he loved Jessie. But then Misty ruined their moment. Jessie,s beautiful blue eyes seemed to look right into James soul. In that episode, I bet poor James could feel his heart pounding.
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Summary: Surprisingly good...
Review: I didn't originally see this in theaters, mostly because I didn't really have the desire to. However, I recently picked it up on DVD and decided to give it a watch. I actually really liked this movie. I've noticed how much better the scripts have improved since the monstrous re-writing of "Revelation Lugia", and much to my delight, they've kept the original musical score in tact. I have to say that it was a very good move; it was excellent. The ending in my opinion could have been written better. It seemed just a bit too obvious about what was going to happen (I'd rather not say here, because people are stingy about spoilers), however the interesting twist in the end was a rather pleasant surprise. Animation was very good, storyline was good, music was excellent. I'd say that you should give this a watch.
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