In a more adult film, the imagery would be so Tremendously lame, really, and seems so blatant as to be insulting, but IĪlways feel that even if a message such as that positively influences only I can't even criticize the "we're all brothers"/anti-racist finale. Monsters retain an element of cuteness, most likely to keep them Omnipresent Pikachu (he's that little lightning-bolt critter you've seen so The Pokemon themselves are all pretty cute. So firmly in the realm of fantasy that it seems harmless. Reasonably tame - although the Pokemon fight, they never die - and remains Reasonable pace, and main human character Ash makes a good "everykid"Ĭharacter with whom the target audience can identify. That remembers what it's like to be a kid tells Junior Ebert to stuff it. That's what my 32-year-old, amateur critic's eyes tell me. The film's conclusion turns on such hoaryĬlichés that I believe Rodney King must have written it. "evil genius who tries to take over the world" plotline that may "open mouth, shut mouth" actions that make it so much easier to dub the Lack life and move as little as possible.
TheĪnimation is so poor that it barely qualifies as such characters completely Qualitatively, Pokemon: TFM clearly offers an inferior product. Jumped on the Speed Racer bandwagon like nobody's business. We watched if the merchants at the time had been more savvy, they'd have One second that factor makes Pokemon more tainted than the cheap junk The push for merchandising clearlyĭrives the beast much more than it did 30 years ago, but don't believe for Is there any qualitative difference between these showsĪnd Pokemon? No, not really. Kimba and Speed Racer, and every generation has similar Remember well all the hours I spent watching imported trash like It's not like those of us in older generations have clean records. Like, and they clearly adore Pokemon, and more power to them. Kids don't know art - they just know what they The kid's diet, which is why they so happily pursued Power RangersĪnd The Lion King. Huge success of so many Disney movies shows it's possible.īut there's always going to be that mix of junk food and nutritious fare in In the big bucks? Sure - it'd be great if kids managed to appreciate goodįilms more than they went for artificially-packaged goods like this, and the Technically-primitive, merchandise-oriented offerings like P:TFM rake Like The Iron Giant die a quick box office death while Is it a disappointment that higher-quality films
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While I certainly won't endorse Pokemon in its TV or movie forms, I also Rangers, hit these shores a few years back. From my point of view, Pokemon seems to be theīiggest kids TV sensation since that other crude Japanese import, Power
Whether we adults like it or not, they're eating this stuff up That's not to deny the appeal the film holds for the wee ones for whom it Still in the best position to judge if it's a well-made film, which Wasn't made for crotchety critics, but that's irrelevant those folks are Hogwash! That's insane to think that critics shouldn't review a filmīecause they don't fall in the target audience. Wasn't aimed at adults, these critics had no right to attack it for These upset parents, the reviewers missed the point since Pokemon Parents called in andĬomplained about the negative tenor of these articles because the criticsĪctually had the gall to state that it was a poorly-made film. It's the ultimate showdown…with the very future of the world at stake!īack when Pokemon: The First Movie hit screens last November, I heardĪ local radio talk show discuss the reviews of it. Determined to prove its superiority, Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu and the others into a Pokemon match like none before. The adventure explodes into action with the debut of Mewtwo, a bio-engineered Pokemon created from the DNA of Mew, the rarest of all Pokemon. Voices by Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Ikue Ootani, Philip Bartlett, Addie Blaustein, Ted Lewis.
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