Rating: 
Summary: Best of the lot!
Review: Although probably not met with as much praise by the critics as with the Pokefans, it was significantly better than the first film, Mewtwo Strikes Back. This may be a biased opinion, however, as Lugia is my favorite Pokemon, but Mewtwo is one of them as well.Anyway, in this film, a Pokemon collector wants to capture the legendary bird Pokemon, Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres to flush out the big prize, Lugia. Unfortunetly, this tips the balance of power, and disrupts the weather around the world. Meanwhile, Ash, Misty and Tracey journey to a small island near to the island homes of the legendary birds and keeps up its old traditions with a yearly festival. The young girl who leads the tradition this year is Melody, who chooses Ash as the festival's "Chosen One." He is to travel to the islands to collect three elemental spheres and bring them back to the first island. How this movie is better than the first (and the ones that follow, too, I might add) I will explain in numerous points: First of all, the movie is less dark, and has a bit of a lighter mood. This can be good or bad, depending on how you like your Pokemon movies, but people who watch the anime series tend to like the lighter mood more.
Secondly, this movie explores more the possibility of Pokeshipping, which is the more-than-platonic relationship between Ash and Misty. The movie has many cute moments, like Misty geeting jealous over Melody kissing Ash, and Melody telling Misty how she will marry Ash eventually. There's even a Rocketshippy moment! (Jessie and James)
Third, the score to the movie goes way beyond what is possible in the anime series. I personally love the score, especially "The Legend Comes to Life." Yes, the movie's soundtrack still carries the pop songs, but keep in mind that the English version of Pokemon is geared mostly towards younger children.
Fourth, the movie explores more about how Pokemon interact and influence the enviornment and the people around them. Not like the first movie, which was mostly about how Mewtwo's injust treatment by Team Rocket caused it to "go bad." This movie proved that Pokemon control and keep nature in balance, and carries the underlying message of how destructive human beings can be to the enviornment with selfish ideas.
Fifth, the movie is just more engaging and exciting. The fate of the world rests in Ash's hands (and his competence as a hero). Team Rocket have a bigger and better part in the film, becuase they become temporarly changed and help Ash save the world. The battles between Lugia and the three birds and the Pokemon collector are more exciting. And also, there is more of what I deem as the most important aspect: character development. All of the characters change a bit (with the exception of Tracey), even if it is for just within the time of the movie. All in all, Pokemon 2000 is my favorite of the 4 Pokemon movies, and continues to be a popular film among the Pokemon fans.
Rating: 
Summary: Second not as good as the first
Review: I didn't actually see this movie until the video release, and in retrospect, I wish I had seen it on the big screen. The animation was quite excellent, and the introduction of the 3 legendary birds from the original Pokemon games, along with the introduction of Lugia and several other Pokemon from the gold and silver games were a welcome sight on the big screen. The storyline, however, lacked the bite of the first movie. The underlying plot seemed basically the same (it's up to Ash to save the world again), but minus any kind of menacing villain. This movie's bad guy, a Pokemon "collector", intent on capturing all of the legenadary birds, is hardly intimidating, and there is no final resolution with him, as there was with Mewtwo - seemingly, no lessons learned. Another point I had against this movie was new character Tracey who replaced Brock in the cartoon for a while. I am NOT a Tracey fan, and even stopped watching the show while he was in it. But, it was still a pretty good movie, and I would recommend it to Pokemon fans. "Pikachu's Rescue Adventure", the short before the movie, was also pretty cute, like "Pikachu's Vacation", and it introduced us to several new Pokemon. (And Vulpix was in it, which gives it high points in my book!) But again, if you don't follow Pokemon, it might be hard to understand what's going on, since once again, the dialogue is in "Pokemon-ese"! Once again, the DVD was in the standard format, just like "Pokemon: The First Movie". I can't understand why they do this, since most DVDs feature both standard and widescreen version, but who's to say.
Rating:
Summary: Good movie but a bit of an embarrasment
Review: This movie is great and it has my favorite Pokemon: Lugia. But the creators of this movie made Lugia an embarrasment. Anything happens to it and it falls into the sea. And I wish Lugia could actully beat up all three birds at once. But introducing Lugia`s Aeroblast to destroy Lawrance`s ship was hot. This movie also shows another of my favorite Pokemon: Articuno. This was a great movie but the Pokemon were an embarrasment
Rating: 
Summary: Not exactly my favorite Pokemon movie
Review: First of all, the main problem with this Pokemon movie(in whatever version) was that it was too darned predictable. One of the main characters, Melody, practically sums up the whole movie from the start! Ash basically has to go find three ancient treasures in order to restore the peace which was disrupted by a greedy Pokemon collector, Lawrence III.
The english version(which sadly is the only language track, besides the french track, on this DVD) makes the movie even more unwatchable. 4Kids Entertainment really wanted to mess with the plot this time, making Ash's role 'bigger' by making him 'The Chosen One' just so they could put another message in the movie.
To make matters worse, they totalled the soundtrack again, replacing it with their MIDI junk. Luckily, there ARE some music scores in this movie that are good, namely the last scene's.
The DVD has a lack of extra features, because the only ones here are some videos of some 'bands' and 'singers', a trailer for the 3rd film, and the short film, which was toyed with just like it's predecessor. Strangely, the movie doesn't have a widescreen mode, which is very irritating. Sadly, Warner Bros.' track record of Pokemon DVDs isn't looking too good. This movie may not convert non-Pokemon fans, but it will be an entertaining little ride for the fans.
Rating: 
Summary: Much better than the First Movie
Review: Many people criticized "Mewtwo Strikes Back" when the first Pokemon movie was released in the US, because in comparison with the excellent Japanese version it was a mess, missing out important things that explained about the characters (such as The Birth Of Mewtwo), and it had sloppy characterization. However, I'm pleased to say that this film is generally much better than the first Pokemon movie. The plot involves a Pokemon collector called Laurence III who wants to capture the three Legendary birds Articuno. Zapdos and Moltres - or the Gods of Ice, Lightning and Fire as they're called here. Unfortunately, this creates a huge problem with Earth's weather patterns, causing violent storms and snow, and it is left up to Ash to get them back, and return things to normal. There are some little hints to the possibility of an Ash/Misty romance in this film - when Ash arrives on the island at the beginning of the movie, a girl called Melody kisses Ash on the cheek which makes Misty really jealous, as well as some other cute moments. Sadly, in spite of an improved plot I believe that, as before, the choice of music stands out as the film`s downfall and the producers haven`t learnt from the mistakes they made in the first film. Apart from a few exceptions ("The Legend Comes To Life" is a wonderful track), this movie replicates the same pop-styled rubbish used in the First Movie. The remix of the TV theme song ("Pokemon World" performed by Youngstown & Nobody's Angel) is absolutely horrible, with a scratchy beat and synthesized vocals. The campaign to ban vocoders starts here... Next time round, I would like to see a better choice of music which is less pop-orientated, but I`m not holding my breath... Overall though, in spite of the terrible soundtrack, this is a major improvement on the First Movie which I think any Pokemon fan should add to their collection.
Rating:
Summary: Much better than the First Movie
Review: Many people criticized "Mewtwo Strikes Back" when the first Pokemon movie was released in the US, because in comparison with the excellent Japanese version it was a mess, missing out important things that explained about the characters (such as The Birth Of Mewtwo), and it had sloppy characterization. However, I'm pleased to say that this film is generally much better than the first Pokemon movie. The plot involves a Pokemon collector called Laurence III who wants to capture the three Legendary birds Articuno. Zapdos and Moltres - or the Gods of Ice, Lightning and Fire as they're called here. Unfortunately, this creates a huge problem with Earth's weather patterns, causing violent storms and snow, and it is left up to Ash to get them back, and return things to normal. There are some little hints to the possibility of an Ash/Misty romance in this film - when Ash arrives on the island at the beginning of the movie, a girl called Melody kisses Ash on the cheek which makes Misty really jealous, as well as some other cute moments. Sadly, in spite of an improved plot I believe that, as before, the choice of music stands out as the film`s downfall and the producers haven`t learnt from the mistakes they made in the first film. Apart from a few exceptions ("The Legend Comes To Life" is a wonderful track), this movie replicates the same pop-styled rubbish used in the First Movie. The remix of the TV theme song ("Pokemon World" performed by Youngstown & Nobody's Angel) is absolutely horrible, with a scratchy beat and synthesized vocals. The campaign to ban vocoders starts here... Next time round, I would like to see a better choice of music which is less pop-orientated, but I`m not holding my breath... Overall though, in spite of the terrible soundtrack, this is a major improvement on the First Movie which I think any Pokemon fan should add to their collection.
Rating: 
Summary: My little sis liked it, but in my opinon ITS STUPID!
Review: Yeah whatever, Ash has to be the stupid main character and acts like a childish kid who never goes to school, who always hangs out with his stupid pokemon and trys to earn badges and stuff like that. People who like pokemon, yeah I dont mind but for the trained eye, HE ALWAYS HAS TO SAVE THE WORLD! Ash has to get three treasures and placing them into a stupid stone and this one girl plays a ocarina. Pros: NONE Cons:
POKEMON ALWAYS SAY THEIR NAMES
THEIR VOICE ACTING IS HORRIBLE
BROCK IS SO FRICKEN ANOYING AROUND GIRLS
TEAM ROCKET HELPS ASH AND THEM OUT (STUPID! THEIR THE EVIL PEOPLE, NOT THE NICE ONES)
MUSIC IS DULL
ETC!
Rating:
Summary: This Movies Wicked!
Review: I love this Movie!
It wasn't quite as good as the first but I still thought it was wicked. The storyline is great. It says if you try hard and believe in youself there is nothing you can't do. I think pokemon has encouraged people of all ages from around the world that they are special and have the power to make change in the world. Get this movie you won't regret it!
Rating:
Summary: The 2000 Countdown, down, down
Review: This movie is one of the most idiotic, stupid, fictional, unrealistic, badly-graphiced pokemon movies ever. All the great luck Ash wasn't shocked and he just happened to have Misty as a friend. This move should be popped into the sea!@#$%^&*
Rating:
Summary: An outstanding entry in the Pokemon Series
Review: While the first Pokemon movie was weak and sadly overly cutsey at times, Pokemon 2000 holds an excellent plot, awsome action, beautiful animation, and overall quality entertainment. The plot behind Pokemon 2000 is that an insane trainer has created a way to capture the Legendary Birds, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. By doing so he plans to lure Lugia out of hiding so he cna capture it as well. Ash and the gang stumble upon this madman and they try to stop him. Unfortunatly when they free the legendary Birds they go ballistic and so it is up to Ash and Lugia to stop them. This works because it keeps both parents and kids entertained. While it does lack the moral dilema that the First movie held, it does hold the attention much beter than the first. IT's strong point is definetly action but it does hold a strong enough plot that it keeps everyone entertained.
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