Pokemon Movie Collection (The First Movie/The Movie 2000/Pokemon 3)

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Summary: Pokemon fan at age 32!!! Sad but true.
Review: First off I don't own this set simply because they are not available in widescreen format. Sad thing is I don't know if they ever will be. Anyway I have seen all four of the pokemon movies and enjoyed them all. If I were to rank them from best to worst it would be as follows..Pokemon The First Movie, Pokemon 4ever, Pokemon 3 and finally Pokemon 2000. Since this set does not have part 4 (Due for release in March 2003) I will only review the 3 in this set.
Pokemon The First Movie is by far the best of the original 3 as well as the mini movie. The mini movie was nothing more than a great comedy caper to prepare you for the somewhat darker atmosphere of the first movie. If you have yet to see a pokemon tv episode it dosnt matter. You'll like this movie greatly. Mew's clone created by Giovanni of team rocket now self conscious wants nothing more to do with giovanni or the human race for that matter. After destroying the lab and fleeing to a nearby island Mewtwo clones his own army of pokemon intent on taking over the human race or eliminating them. One of the best lines in this movie is when Jessie, James and Meowth are witnessing the birth of the clones as the clone sillohuete passes by James utters "Who's that pokemon?!". Priceless. If you dont understand that joke you have never seen the tv show.
Pokemon 2000 is my least favorite of the bunch. I only seen it like two times so I dont remember much about it other than it deals with three legendary bird type pokemon. And Sloking utters a very funny line that had nothing to do with anything that had gone on in the movie since. "I could use some pants now" not an exact quote but funny none the less.
Part 3 alot better. Entei was just insane. Makeing that little girl wish for her mommy come true in the wrong way. He kidnaps Ash's mom and the little girl thinks she's her mom. Of course Brok falls for the little girl as a teenager. She wished she could be older and got her wish compliments of Entei. Anyway I only seen this one once so there is no funny quote as I am sure there is one. To review Part one the best, part two the worst and part 3 a very good one indeed. Now if whoever owns the rights to these movies please re-relaese them on dvd with commentaries on all 3, widescreen presentations on all 3 as well as the original Japanese language versions of all 3. Get with it you studios.

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Summary: The only thing wrong was the last 2 mini-movies!
Review: Here is an individual review of each movie:

Pokemon: The First Movie (5 Stars)
This was the first movie that was released theatrically in the U.S., that contained the first mini-movie called Pikachu's Vacation. The Pikachu's Vacation short was downright hilarious and cute! The movie itself entitled "Mewtwo Strikes Back" is a darker descent into the world of Pokemon! An awesome movie overall. The DVD is superior to the video for these reasons, an informative audio commentary with the director and producer, the M2M "Don't Say You Love Me" music video, sneak peek for Pokemon 2000, two deleted scenes "Origin of Mewtwo" (which can be seen on the video following the minimovie) and "Ash's Journey" (which if you own the soundtrack album and put it in your computer and watched the bonus footage, this is what was on there. This is sort of an overview for the parents who don't understand Pokemon to start understanding who the characters are.) The bad thing about this DVD is that the movie is presented in 1.33:1 Full-Frame aspect ratio! The plus is that whenever Mewtwo talks to the humans his voice is radiated in perfect 5.1 audio, and when he talks to himself it's in clear stereo!

Pokemon 2000 (4 Stars)
Slightly less good due to the lack of humor and excitement in the minimovie "Pikachu's Rescue Adventure"! Overall the movie (entitled) "The Power of One", is the A point of the movie! The movie is dark and adventurous with awesome characters and CGI! The DVD is terrible though, first of all because this movie is presented in full-frame also, and there are no cool features except for the sneak peek at Pokemon 3! Pretty good, best if bought on VHS though!

Pokemon 3: The Movie (3 Stars)
This by far is one of the least entertaining mostly due to the stupidity and awful humor that was poorly constructed in the minimovie called "Pikachu and Pichu"! The movie called "Entei: Spell of the Unown" is spectacular! This is the second best movie out of the entire series so far! This redeems the time wasted by "P&P" before the movie. If you are into sentemental action-adventure then this is for you! The DVD is great too, it doesn't have great features but there still entertaining, Audio Commentary with the director (the worst commentary...EVER!), making of the "Know The Unknown" Music video, Johto Pokerap music video, and the Japanese language sneak peek trailer of Pokemon 4 (that will be released by Miramax, not Warner Bros. who made the first three, hopefully in late 2002)! The only bad thing about the DVD is the lack of widescreen presentation (YET AGAIN!!).

If you have seen all 3 movies then there is no doubt on why you should not already have bought this set! BUY THEM NOW! I can't wait until Miramax releases the next 2 movies in which the first (Pokemon 4) will hopefully be released in 2002!

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Summary: Pokemon Movie Trilogy
Review: I have never seen the 3rd movie, but based on the reviews I've read here at Amazon.com, the movie seemed pretty good. The second one, which I saw, was a nice story for fans of the Pokemon series, which I used to enjoy. So, I guess you can say I enjoyed the film as well. The first movie, which I saw, too was the best one to my opinion. The story seemed much more constructed then the other ones. It is nice to have them ALL in one set. Fans of the movie will deffinatley buy that. Just like STAR WARS. I am a BIG fan of the movies, and bought the boxed set. It is nice to have good movies all in one set. I think that this will be a good seller!

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Summary: The 3 Movies
Review: Well now I am not much of a Pokemon fan as I used to be. Before when I saw these movies I thought they were great! Yea it can get boring in some parts but in all it's pretty good. Personally I liked the second movie the best. Then the first. The 3rd got a little boring for me. But that might be becuz I started loosing intrest to Pokemon or in other words, Pocket Monsters. In all I would buy this set.