I actually thought that they chose to have Ash defeat Erika in order for him to receive the Rainbow badge because rainbows were important to the plot, but your idea makes a lot more sense!
ElectricLuxray wait, really? How so? My friend and i totally missed that? I actually was speculating it may be Leaf or something because she had long brown hair and a leaf was shown on the water immediately after.
6:30 the trainer was predicting the Venusaur to double switch into a fire types as he thought the other trainer would think he could bring a fire type in safely as he thought the Blastoise would use ice beam on Venu. Obviously.. Kappa
I felt like Marshadow's lore wasn't explained well, considering the ending. With Luxray being in my team if my first ever playthrough of a main series game, I was tearing up. I can't believe they even had a scene like that! Solid review though, I agree with all your points.
Pranav Karmarkar Click Read More A companion has a flashback to when he was a young boy and his family had a loyal Luxray to look after him. As a boy, he ventured into a snowy area and got caught in a blizzard. Luxray finds him and cuddles up to him, keeping him warm. The next morning, the boy is found and saved by rescuers. When he awakes though, he finds his Luxray frozen to death. The boy is pulled from the paws of the Luxray, screaming and crying for his Luxray to wake up. Yeah, it's bloody brutal.
MattManectric in my opinion, i believe Marshadowv was tainted by the already evil-saturated rainbow wing, thus why he flipped out and started his murderous rampage.
I've watched the movie and it was really amazing, when entei came into the cave there was a kid in the cinema yelling "he's mean!" and the whole public couldn't stop laughing, it was great.
This movie was nowhere near 10 much less 8, it was fun and something different but there were so many holes and confusion and logic breaking stuff that if youre a REAL pokemon fan you would scratch your head
Lets not forget that Ash almost wanted to get rid of Pikachu in favor for a better pokemon. This was a movie I actually did enjoy as a perfect remake in mix of both humor and laughs and some actual conflict and tragedy I feel the series lacks majority.
Kyledude252 My jaw dropped and I spent the rest of the movie in total brain lock. I love it, it was a huge twist and seriously adorable but what the actual hell we need some explanation. My theory is with that and Tapu Koko in SM, there's a new feature or plot element for either USUM or the game after it that involves Pokemon talking.
I thought it was an amazing movie with a lot of heartwarming moments. It pays good service to long time fans, and offers an entertaining story for younger fans.
For younger fans I’d say it’s extremely emotional. My son cried through the whole thing and took a bit to regulate his emotions again. He absolutely loves everything pokemon but he said he never wants to see this movie again.
Funny, but he actually followed that up with something along the lines of "..until I met lucario" so it still makes sense. Also I hate to be 'that guy' but its Sorrel :P
How come everyone ignores this is the strongest version of ash? Charizard actually listens to him, plus we actually earned his badges. Hell, he might not have beaten gym no.4 yet and already has Charizard.
ultra single mother of 3 He is really skilled in this movie. It's (heavily) implied that Pikachu did very well against Ho-Oh, after doing fairly well against Marshadow and zapping the corruption out of it and all the other Pokemon there. Ntm how great Charizard was, and even Butterfree showed some surprising awesome. Definitely caught me off guard.
I don't like how you tried to apply game logic to it with the whole Piplup and Onix thing when the anime follows its own logic, but other than that good review, some things you thought I thought too. Also, while we're throwing game logic at this, did you think maybe Pikachu didn't Thunderbolt Piplup because it ran out of PP
I'm responding to some of the video complaints, so SPOILERS below in my comment, please skip if you don't want to be spoiled. Actually, Piplup used bubblebeam on Onix, so it's not as powerful as hydro pump. Plus they showed that Onix was clearly in pain and pretty much was in a panic as much as it was angry, which is why Ash was able to calm it down (that and it froze in place when it saw whirlpool). On top of that, the anime has shown time and again that stuff that works in the games are "neutral" in the anime and vice versa (not saying that excuses the bad type matchups in moves, just pointing out that the movie is nowhere near the first to have such crappy decisions), so the anime move "physics" are different. Kind of like how Blastoise's hydropump could stand toe-to-toe with Venasaur's solar beam at the beginning. Also, regarding Marshadow, it's heavily implied that the corrupted rainbow wing made him go insane. Note how the old guy said that Marshadow was supposed to purify the wing. Instead, the wing's evil energy covers him and he goes completely insane. That's why he immediately calmed down when the evil wing evaporated from his hand. It seems that they made a lot of the foreshadowing in the movie (even something that's 5-second foreshadowing like the Marshadow thing) extremely subtle to the point where it's easily missed, like how the legendaries' origin foreshadowed Ash's revival by Ho-oh's feather. There were many people in the audience when I went who felt it was an ass-pull, including me until I realized about that foreshadowing. If there's a major fault to the movie, it's that the foreshadowing is TOO subtle especially for a children's movie. I also respectfully disagree with your opinion about Butterfree's subplot being nothing but filler. The entire movie is a shout-out to the first season and a big thank-you to the fans who grew up with the old seasons, and they showed this by referring to two of the most-liked and well-remembered elements from those first few seasons. The one element that was not executed well in my opinion was Team Rocket, because they had ZERO influence on the movie; they didn't even get a chance to go after Pikachu. All they were there for was to "blast off again", and that could've been finished after their first appearance rather than repeat it another two times.
Doomerang01 nah dawg even in the anime they always talk about moves being super effective and not effective in battles. Seems like they choose when move types matter. Sometimes it doesn’t sometimes it does.
Doomerang01 and the movie in no way was “a big thank you to fans who grew up with old seasons” on the contrary I feel like fans who actually like Pokémon would NOT appreciate this movie. If I wanna feel sad and nostalgic I’d watch the actual show not a movie that rewrote everything we grew up.
I watched it, I had higher expectations. I expected Ash to have more than three Pokemon, and maybe have at least been to Johto. The legendary dog trio should have had a bigger role in the movie too because they are a bit more important than they're given credit for. Then what really killed the movie for me was the voice they gave Pikachu he's supposed to be a guy, maybe Pikachu was the real "rainbow hero" since they gave him the gayest voice ever. I actually cringed at that scene. Then Charmander evolved into Charizard way to quickly for my liking, in the series it takes a whole season for it to happen and the bye bye Butterfree scene way to unnecessary. I also noticed Verity's mom also looks and description is alot like Cynthia, I don't know if that's just me or not but it's an interesting theory. And I agree Team Rocket should have interacted with Ash more.
My favorite part was honestly *SPOILERS* . . . . . . . in the credits when they showed off every past friend of his. it was such a nice touch and filled me with so much nostalgia... EDIT: lol I just saw him say that the credit part was bad. I can agree but honestly I appreciated that they even did that. I wasn't expecting it so it was a nice surprise.
Artic Trout I know! People like Liam are saying it's the same as all the other movies, but one of the reasons I love it is because it isn't. It's a remastering of the 1st season rather than a glorified filler arch.
I'm sorry but I watched this today and loved it, like I am aware of the flaws but there was a lot of great things to. 1) Funny nostalgia. 2) Good travel companions that are different from the usual cliche formula they put into the travel companions usually (Nothing against them though). 3) The Butterfree scene was not the bes, but still sad and cute. 4 Verity possibly could be Cynthia's daughter! 5) Pikachu talks ( Theory: most likely a hallucination by Ash). 6) Ash dies (Again) though I new he would come back and it would be a happy ending, it was still sad and I cried. 7) Overall I loved it and it was sweet, nostalgic, cute and funny plus I would love to see Sorrel and Verity or even Cross again. ●That's just my opinion and thank you if you read this whole thing!●
Verity must be Cynthia's daughter, and I kept thinking this: Verity Lake Verity Lake Verity is in the Sinnoh Region Cynthia is/was the Champion of the Sinnoh Region AND the lady in the picture was definitely Cynthia
Spoiler alert: A kid at my cinema cried really loud when ash cried when u left butterfree and laughed when Ash just died and turned into crust (I really question that kids brain 😂)
Along with a QR code for an Ash's Pikachu for the Ultra games coming out, U get a Pikachu card that's wearing Ash's new hat and has a Ho oh feather, if u go to the theater. Tbh it isn't worth it; it's not even a holo. Add insult to injury, the guy passing them out had coffee spilled all over it and it was wet from him trying to wash it off and still smelled like coffee. Since it was in a plastic wrapping some of the were alright, so I grabbed 2 just in case. 1 of them was ruined by the water and coffee, but 1 was perfectly fine thank gawd.
In my opinion Sorrel and Verity are definitely two of the better pokemon companions. I love Brock and Misty, but I'm glad this re imagining threw some surprises at us... why Luxray why?
I'd give it a 7/10, best Pokemon movie ever. I have to say this is one of the best Pokemon stories ever told... UNTIL the 3rd act. The 3rd act is what absolutely ruined the movie for me. It reminded me of the plots surrounding legendary Pokemon of the Pokemon movies that I later realized were awful when I got older. Even those who absolutely loved this movie has to agree that this moment with Pikachu that's supposed to be dramatic, had people laughing. Also, I liked the two characters, Sorrel and Verity, in some ways more than Brock and Misty. To be honest, I think all those people hating the movie because of Brock and Misty are just genwunners who probably never even seen the film. Also the animation is just gorgeous and also (SPOILER ALERT) one of the best moments in the entire history of Pokemon is quite depressing, a LITERAL comparison to the fun and happy world of Pokemon filled with animals with magical powers to reality where people feel there stuck in life and wondering what's out there in the world. To the Pokemon fans of the video games. Do you guys think it's a coincidence that the two new characters, who has a Lucario and Piplup, and that the movie surprisingly revealed that a certain character may be related to a certain famous character in the games and that in a few years later, will get Diamond and Pearl remakes? I don't know about you but I have a strange feeling that at least a certain character introduced in the Pokemon movie, will make an appearance in the Diamond and Pearl remakes.
If you recall, the trainer battle at the beginning of the movie was in reference to the trainer battle at the very beginning of the first episode of the animé. The name of the movie was also a reference to the first episode, which was titled _Pokémon, I Choose You!_
so many hints from the 4th generation. amazing movie, i literally cried too many times for a man my age. It was worth seeing on the big screen, and was written fantastically well with very greatly animated scenes.
Saw it first day too, and totally agree with you on the logic. It's like whoever is making this Pokemon movie don't care about respecting the Pokemon logic *they* created.
You could actually skip Surge's gym until the very end if you wanted as it's not required to use any HMs and such. I have done it myself. So it is possible he just straight up skipped him until he's stronger or something.
Why is there a Piplup and Incineroar in the movie? And Marshadow...what on earth could he be doing? My favourite pokemon movie is the Rise of Darkrai, btw. That actually deserves an award! (Please don't judge this comment. I haven't watched the film nor do I plan to watch it...)
The owner of the Piplup had travelled from Sinnoh. Incineroar isn't explained, but trading is a thing. Marshadow was pretty well executed. I haven't seen Rise of Darkrai, but this was one of the better pokemon films I've seen
Yeah that's right, its a complete re imagining. The first 20 or so minutes are like the start of the anime except with no Misty. After that it turns into it's own thing from there pretty much, with the original charmander and caterpie stories being included in a way that makes sense for the movie
Even though it's an alternative timeline it still sounds wierd. Is Marshadow responsible for the alternative timeline in any way? It would make more sense if he created this timeline to toy with Ash, then there should be another movie about the faceoff in the real timeline. That would be a good plot...
It was very emotional for my 7 year old son (who LOVES everything pokemon). He said he never wants to watch it again because he cried through the whole thing. But the movie was great!
I was confused with the Marshadow thing too, but I think what was happening was that Marshadow was being protective of the wing, and got confused, possibly being mad at Ash for "letting" cross take the wing away from him. That's what I think was happening.
About the Marshadow thing, apparently Cross' heart was SO dark, that Marshadow failed to expel the evil from the Rainbow Wing and was instead corrupted itself. This wasn't explained in the movie, which is kind of dumb, but I just thought you might like to know.
His incinaroar had to of been like level 45 because he had the incinaroar when ash had just barely evolved his charmeleon. Ash’s charizard would’ve been a lot lower leveled than cross’s pokeman
I saw it today at a special screening. Good movie, I noticed a lot of references to the Indigo League episodes and I actually didn't mind the new characters but the acting was a bit off for Sorrel and as you said, the match types were awkward and there was not enough Jesse And James. I don't understand why they always put them to the side, even in the first movie they interact with them A BIT. But overall I liked it fine.
brett Morris or maybe They became so upset of people saying that luxray deserve thr dark type That they made it look like a hero Hey its just a theory A POKE-theory
I saw the movie and I completely agree with everything you said . I actually told someone that it was a 6/10 movie in my opinion. Luckily the guys at the cinema gave me 3 pokemon cards. I was like " Can I have the pokemon card with the code?" and the guy said " Sure,how many you want?" And of course I was like " Well.... I need only one tbh" and he gave me 3. Although I think the qr code is not unique so everyone can use it as long as it is from the same region as the 3ds.
The only type match up that actually bothered me was one that you didn't mention. Cross the rival that says he's the best uses crush claw on Marshadow!
So they introduced new characters, but I don’t get how they told the whole story, without Ash meeting Brok and Misty. And Pokémon movies are pretty good in terms of the story, the movies seems to be better then the series. And I thought that Ash’s main rival in the beginning was Gary, in the early early episodes
It was good movie, it's not bad, it's not good, it's average overall it was a good Pokemon movie it's not the worst it's not the best it's both it's average it was a good movie it was worth going seeing so I hope you guys wanted you and see what you think person to me it was a good movie and I would see it probably once or twice more and make a AMV out of it.
The game is not the movie. The game has never been the anime. The game has never been the movie. If you went into the movie thinking it would be like the game, I've got to ask, what movies have you been watching that would make you think this movie would be different and care about types?
3:20 Most other pokemon movies more or less take place in one location that's a load of bullocks. 6:20 in pokemon anime logic repeating the same move over and over again is worse than sub optimal type choices. This is nothing new. Overall people are underestimating how big of a step up this is compared to other movies.
The movie was great because it felt like the producers were really trying to focus on the bond of Ash and Pikachu and not focus on the legendary Pokemon in the movie. Sure, it involved several legendary Pokemon, but they were set aside in the background to build the relationship of Ash and Pikachu. It just felt very grounded compare to the other Pokemon movies.
It was in theatres in my hometown today, but not anywhere close to where I live now. :( The way you feel about it is how I feel about the pkmn movies after Deoxys, that you can enjoy the pokemon aspect but it's just an ok movie, but I'm kinda bummed about the type matchup and the pacing if it's that bad though.
I'm not really sure how the prior films have done, but my cinema only has 2 showings for the entire first week of it's release? Do they have that little faith in it?!
If I recall, the movies haven't gotten full-blown, non-limited cinema releases for ages, so I guess they didn't expect it to do well as previous movies probably didn't do that well either.
I wanna say how strongly, STRONGLY, me and my friends thought the Butterfree plot DESTROYED the anime's version. In other words, the movie actually made it make WAY more sense than the anime did, period. I never creid at that episode and it just felt forced and not very emotional at all in fact. In the movie it ended at first with the two butterfree flying off and I was like oh wow that's it huh? ok... but then a little later in it brought it back in and added so much more depth and I was so amazed, and for the first time actually felt SAD and teary about Butterfree leaving, which the main anime show NEVER made me feel, ever. So it's suprising I sat here and heard you say somehow the movie did NOT do the Butterfree release justice because that was, to me and my friends, how it should have been done.
Actually I truly understand why they crossed off Brock and Misty. The writers knew what they were doing. The reasons for the anime has nothing to do anything with type match ups because they are avoiding the type match ups because there not relating to the games. The other reason is they cut off Misty and Brock,but truly the writers would of put Misty and Brock but I now understood why they didn't . It's was all because of Ash and Pikachu and understanding the bond with trainer and pokemon. Truthfully I have to disagree to the person who reviewed this because I know that each dialogue of a pokemon movie is the same but, I Choose You had a different approach that made the movie stand out a bit more. For one thing, this movie was much darker than other movies but explained to the audience to pokemon more and more. For me, I did notice some issues but we're truly minor and i'd just let it slide. Overall, the reviewer had left so much stuff that were truly an important part of the movie other than that the rates go between solid 8 or 9
No important spoilers below but spoilers none the less. I know that the movies aren’t canon but I feel like what they were doing is they had him battle Erica for his third gym. Should’ve battled her fourth, so we don’t even know if he battled misty or Brock. They could’ve left the gyms already and he battled Brock’s father and Misty’s sisters. The ending with him running solo goes into the credits that show all of the companions. This makes me think that we are supposed to get the sense that he will meet Brock and misty and the series will become pretty much the same at that point. It’s as if they went back in time and made a ripple in the water but the water then returns to being flat. Ash started his journey differently but he ends up joining up with his buddies. I hate that every Pokémon movie has a Pokémon talk in it and I especially hate the Pokémon they chose to talk and it’s voice. I don’t understand why Team Rocket was even in this. They never even interacted with ash and they weren’t even trying to capture pikachu. They could’ve done the same thing with Brock and Misty just to make people happy that they were in it somewhat. Ash came back from Beyond without even doing anything, they missed an opportunity to have ho oh restore his life the same way it turned the eeveelutions into the three cats. I liked his companions in this, they were way better than any of the companions ash has had since black and white. I’d say the movie was enjoyable to watch but the last third of the movie was weak. Best Pokémon movie is Heroes.
The only reason for me to go watch this movie was because of the exclusive Pikachu cards but other than that I wouldn't watch it a second time in theaters.
Ok... HOW is nobody talking about how when nurse joy asked Ash who he was battling and he answered ho oh, she just straight up said "That's nice." As if someone battles ho oh every day.
I wouldn’t mind watching this again in the sub version because the soundtrack besides the remix of the English theme was so off putting for me but other than that it’s an a better pokemon movie for the English dubbed
I thought the idea was that Marshadow was trying to eliminate Cross because it perceived him as a threat. After that though, it went to shit where stuff was happening like Marshadow went crazy or something.
The movie brought back so many memories...sadly, Bulbasaur and Squirtle didn't make the team...A couple negatives - First is the redundancy with Ash's typical heroism act, quotes, and scenes. This next one is not really a negative from the movie, but something that irked me was Ash's logic...let's put a little Butterfree against a Fearow...lolol, I can't with him...let's put Charmeleon with a full grown Incineroar, lolol... The second negative is the lack of screen time for team Rocket. Like come on, the first movie was so great because of how much they got involved with the plot. They were evil and had a plan, but they had a change of heart...do we want to repeat that, maybe maybe not...but team Rocket literally had a combined 5 minutes for this whole movie...they were made as bad thieves in the beginning, yet they were blasted off at every chance possible...bad move.
What really pissed me off is they wrote out Bulbasaur and Squirtle but not Trashzard. Just another example of Game Freak shoving Charizard down our throats.
I actually thought that they chose to have Ash defeat Erika in order for him to receive the Rainbow badge because rainbows were important to the plot, but your idea makes a lot more sense!
I mean i can see why you thought that and it can be both meaning it does not have to be one or the other its more how you interpret it
cheque150 Very true :)
No one mentions how Verity is 99.9% Cynthia's daughter.
ElectricLuxray wait, really? How so? My friend and i totally missed that? I actually was speculating it may be Leaf or something because she had long brown hair and a leaf was shown on the water immediately after.
ElectricLuxray her mom looked nothing like Cynthia
Or that the old guy is Red
CLEARLY Cynthia. Sorry, weirdos, your waifu is taken.
HEHEHEHE I AM SUPAHSTAR DRAGON MAID You might wanna get your eyes checked, that was absolutely Cynthia in the photo.
6:30 the trainer was predicting the Venusaur to double switch into a fire types as he thought the other trainer would think he could bring a fire type in safely as he thought the Blastoise would use ice beam on Venu. Obviously.. Kappa
I felt like Marshadow's lore wasn't explained well, considering the ending.
With Luxray being in my team if my first ever playthrough of a main series game, I was tearing up. I can't believe they even had a scene like that!
Solid review though, I agree with all your points.
MattManectric Pleeeeease tell us whats in the scene!
MattManectric what happened in the scene.? You can leave to space if possible to keep it spoiler free, but I won’t be able to see it
Pranav Karmarkar
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A companion has a flashback to when he was a young boy and his family had a loyal Luxray to look after him. As a boy, he ventured into a snowy area and got caught in a blizzard. Luxray finds him and cuddles up to him, keeping him warm. The next morning, the boy is found and saved by rescuers. When he awakes though, he finds his Luxray frozen to death. The boy is pulled from the paws of the Luxray, screaming and crying for his Luxray to wake up.
Yeah, it's bloody brutal.
Brums1224 I've replied to the other guy with the details
MattManectric in my opinion, i believe Marshadowv was tainted by the already evil-saturated rainbow wing, thus why he flipped out and started his murderous rampage.
I've watched the movie and it was really amazing, when entei came into the cave there was a kid in the cinema yelling "he's mean!" and the whole public couldn't stop laughing, it was great.
MudsyKipsy
I had a cool crowd as well, the appearance of Entei caught me off guard lol.
Wait a second...
Rainbow wing...
Rainbow Rocket...
Rainbow wing...
Rainbow Rocket...
Team Rocket are torturing Ho-oh confirmed
Not true because hooh is only in ultra sun.They named it that because of sun and moon project name was rainbow
Regentaltax 07 just saying
Mystery Bear59 It was a JOKE. Just saying
Regentaltax 07 :D
Verity said she's from Twinleaf Town...
Sorrel said he's from Veilstone City...
Sinnoh remakes finally confirmed?
Diamond and Pearl remakes in HD for the Switch, yes please
Saw it today and I have to say i really enjoyed it a lot I give it a 10/10 also the Luxray and Butterfree bit got me completely
I would give it a 8/10 it was almost perfect
HOLD THE PHONE. WHEN WILL IT BE RELEASED NEAR ME ?
This movie was nowhere near 10 much less 8, it was fun and something different but there were so many holes and confusion and logic breaking stuff that if youre a REAL pokemon fan you would scratch your head
Butterfree WHY BUTTERFREE WHHYYYYYYY
a 10/10... wew lad... It was pretty much terrible in every way possible. In fact I'm convinced they tried to mess it up on purpose.
The Luxray scene hit me right in the feels
Austin Denham I know right
I was more shocked that they had that scene in to begin with. I mean, they didn't try to hide anything about what happened to that Luxray.
Austin Denham sane
Lets not forget that Ash almost wanted to get rid of Pikachu in favor for a better pokemon. This was a movie I actually did enjoy as a perfect remake in mix of both humor and laughs and some actual conflict and tragedy I feel the series lacks majority.
When ash (so called died) thats when it hit me
SPOILERS
How is no one talking about the fact that Pikachu STRAIGHT UP JUST TALKED AT THE END.
Kyledude252 exactly
Kyledude252
My jaw dropped and I spent the rest of the movie in total brain lock. I love it, it was a huge twist and seriously adorable but what the actual hell we need some explanation.
My theory is with that and Tapu Koko in SM, there's a new feature or plot element for either USUM or the game after it that involves Pokemon talking.
IKR
That was the best part of the movie!!! Lol
Kyledude252 I love you
I thought it was an amazing movie with a lot of heartwarming moments. It pays good service to long time fans, and offers an entertaining story for younger fans.
Sea Blue everyone has their own opinion and this film was a love letter to old fans it was a fantastic film
For younger fans I’d say it’s extremely emotional. My son cried through the whole thing and took a bit to regulate his emotions again. He absolutely loves everything pokemon but he said he never wants to see this movie again.
Yeah the luxray scene was pretty Savage. My jaw actually dropped a bit because.... God damn, was it necessary to show that?
Sora: that's why I don't bond with Pokemon
(Has a lucario)
Seems legit
BILLYJO CHALLENHASSET loooool that didn't even occur to me
Funny, but he actually followed that up with something along the lines of "..until I met lucario" so it still makes sense. Also I hate to be 'that guy' but its Sorrel :P
cheesewheel Why? What happened? I didn’t watch the movie, and I don’t intend to anytime soon.
BILLYJO CHALLENHASSET For a moment, I thought you were gonna make a Kingdom Hearts reference. Then I was disappointed.
Am i the only one who’s surprised that he didn’t talk about Ash’s dream?
Anudeep no
THE F*CK WAS THAT?! I'M STILL SO CONFUSED!
KittyEars1030
He was basically in the real world, wishing that he had a buddy (Pikachu). At least... I think.
Raptor Charly He was in a world void of Pokemon. A NIGHTMARE
A nightmare where all of us are still in.
missed Brok and Misty
What really interested me was the idea of the world without Pokémon, and Ash went to school like everyone else, and cars were on the poster instead
I thought at first the theory that he’s actually in our world and is in coma was being confirmed
Daniel Samolewicz same here
Got my ticket for tomorrow night can't wait to see it
EDIT: just saw it and it was spectacular best since the first movie
Shawn McMillan yo
Shawn McMillan hope you enjoy it
I do
It's on UA-cam.
Same here
ShadowUmbreon 1607 WHERE'S THE LINK
Did no one notice that the trainers with the Blastoise and Venusaur were the same trainers from the first movie.
TCG: tons of mistakes
Manga:Badass Black and White stories
Games: Maths BUT cool maths
Anime:Noobs, noobs everywhere.
How come everyone ignores this is the strongest version of ash? Charizard actually listens to him, plus we actually earned his badges. Hell, he might not have beaten gym no.4 yet and already has Charizard.
ultra single mother of 3
He is really skilled in this movie. It's (heavily) implied that Pikachu did very well against Ho-Oh, after doing fairly well against Marshadow and zapping the corruption out of it and all the other Pokemon there. Ntm how great Charizard was, and even Butterfree showed some surprising awesome. Definitely caught me off guard.
I don't like how you tried to apply game logic to it with the whole Piplup and Onix thing when the anime follows its own logic, but other than that good review, some things you thought I thought too. Also, while we're throwing game logic at this, did you think maybe Pikachu didn't Thunderbolt Piplup because it ran out of PP
Something I noticed when watching the movie was that verity is probably cynthia’s daughter. That could be a good theory.
6:30 maybe ice beam ran out of PP, you never know
If you don't rember them trainers who use blastoise & venusaur was from the first movie so they want geve there ace pokemon screen time
I'm responding to some of the video complaints, so SPOILERS below in my comment, please skip if you don't want to be spoiled.
Actually, Piplup used bubblebeam on Onix, so it's not as powerful as hydro pump. Plus they showed that Onix was clearly in pain and pretty much was in a panic as much as it was angry, which is why Ash was able to calm it down (that and it froze in place when it saw whirlpool). On top of that, the anime has shown time and again that stuff that works in the games are "neutral" in the anime and vice versa (not saying that excuses the bad type matchups in moves, just pointing out that the movie is nowhere near the first to have such crappy decisions), so the anime move "physics" are different. Kind of like how Blastoise's hydropump could stand toe-to-toe with Venasaur's solar beam at the beginning.
Also, regarding Marshadow, it's heavily implied that the corrupted rainbow wing made him go insane. Note how the old guy said that Marshadow was supposed to purify the wing. Instead, the wing's evil energy covers him and he goes completely insane. That's why he immediately calmed down when the evil wing evaporated from his hand. It seems that they made a lot of the foreshadowing in the movie (even something that's 5-second foreshadowing like the Marshadow thing) extremely subtle to the point where it's easily missed, like how the legendaries' origin foreshadowed Ash's revival by Ho-oh's feather. There were many people in the audience when I went who felt it was an ass-pull, including me until I realized about that foreshadowing. If there's a major fault to the movie, it's that the foreshadowing is TOO subtle especially for a children's movie.
I also respectfully disagree with your opinion about Butterfree's subplot being nothing but filler. The entire movie is a shout-out to the first season and a big thank-you to the fans who grew up with the old seasons, and they showed this by referring to two of the most-liked and well-remembered elements from those first few seasons. The one element that was not executed well in my opinion was Team Rocket, because they had ZERO influence on the movie; they didn't even get a chance to go after Pikachu. All they were there for was to "blast off again", and that could've been finished after their first appearance rather than repeat it another two times.
Doomerang01 nah dawg even in the anime they always talk about moves being super effective and not effective in battles. Seems like they choose when move types matter. Sometimes it doesn’t sometimes it does.
Doomerang01 and the movie in no way was “a big thank you to fans who grew up with old seasons” on the contrary I feel like fans who actually like Pokémon would NOT appreciate this movie. If I wanna feel sad and nostalgic I’d watch the actual show not a movie that rewrote everything we grew up.
I watched it, I had higher expectations. I expected Ash to have more than three Pokemon, and maybe have at least been to Johto. The legendary dog trio should have had a bigger role in the movie too because they are a bit more important than they're given credit for. Then what really killed the movie for me was the voice they gave Pikachu he's supposed to be a guy, maybe Pikachu was the real "rainbow hero" since they gave him the gayest voice ever. I actually cringed at that scene. Then Charmander evolved into Charizard way to quickly for my liking, in the series it takes a whole season for it to happen and the bye bye Butterfree scene way to unnecessary. I also noticed Verity's mom also looks and description is alot like Cynthia, I don't know if that's just me or not but it's an interesting theory. And I agree Team Rocket should have interacted with Ash more.
My favorite part was honestly *SPOILERS*
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in the credits when they showed off every past friend of his. it was such a nice touch and filled me with so much nostalgia...
EDIT: lol I just saw him say that the credit part was bad. I can agree but honestly I appreciated that they even did that. I wasn't expecting it so it was a nice surprise.
The part where Pikachu does damage to the ground type pokemon is totally in fitting with the original series, where it does damage to Brock's Onix.
I LOVED this movie. So many people hate it lol.
Same
JayForrestShow how?! That movie was amazing
ikr its my favorite movie now, and I watched it with my also-pokemon-fan mom and we kept talking about it while driving back home
Artic Trout I know! People like Liam are saying it's the same as all the other movies, but one of the reasons I love it is because it isn't. It's a remastering of the 1st season rather than a glorified filler arch.
I really want to watch the movie. I loved the trailers.
I'm sorry but I watched this today and loved it, like I am aware of the flaws but there was a lot of great things to.
1) Funny nostalgia.
2) Good travel companions that are different from the usual cliche formula they put into the travel companions usually (Nothing against them though).
3) The Butterfree scene was not the bes, but still sad and cute.
4 Verity possibly could be Cynthia's daughter!
5) Pikachu talks ( Theory: most likely a hallucination by Ash).
6) Ash dies (Again) though I new he would come back and it would be a happy ending, it was still sad and I cried.
7) Overall I loved it and it was sweet, nostalgic, cute and funny plus I would love to see Sorrel and Verity or even Cross again.
●That's just my opinion and thank you if you read this whole thing!●
Verity must be Cynthia's daughter, and I kept thinking this:
Verity
Lake Verity
Lake Verity is in the Sinnoh Region
Cynthia is/was the Champion of the Sinnoh Region
AND the lady in the picture was definitely Cynthia
Sunshine The Shiny Leafeon Yeah it totally makes sense. And has to be true!
Maddy kins and don’t forget that Picachu went inside a poke ball !
Press F to pay respects to Luxray
Spoiler alert:
A kid at my cinema cried really loud when ash cried when u left butterfree and laughed when Ash just died and turned into crust (I really question that kids brain 😂)
I give the more 4 or 5 out of 10 and some scenes made me cry like when butterfree left and the Luxray died it made me cry a little
I cried during the luxray scene because it really reminded me of my pets and my dad dying
Stay to the end for Voltorb.
I went in with an open mind and i enjoyed the film. It we worth the experience.
It's Ash.....if he's not stupid he's not our Ash
Along with a QR code for an Ash's Pikachu for the Ultra games coming out, U get a Pikachu card that's wearing Ash's new hat and has a Ho oh feather, if u go to the theater. Tbh it isn't worth it; it's not even a holo. Add insult to injury, the guy passing them out had coffee spilled all over it and it was wet from him trying to wash it off and still smelled like coffee. Since it was in a plastic wrapping some of the were alright, so I grabbed 2 just in case. 1 of them was ruined by the water and coffee, but 1 was perfectly fine thank gawd.
In my opinion Sorrel and Verity are definitely two of the better pokemon companions. I love Brock and Misty, but I'm glad this re imagining threw some surprises at us... why Luxray why?
Zebliin he died happy knowimg that his death saved someon
Rest in peace luxray
You never deserved the dark type and now you proved that
I'd give it a 7/10, best Pokemon movie ever.
I have to say this is one of the best Pokemon stories ever told... UNTIL the 3rd act. The 3rd act is what absolutely ruined the movie for me. It reminded me of the plots surrounding legendary Pokemon of the Pokemon movies that I later realized were awful when I got older. Even those who absolutely loved this movie has to agree that this moment with Pikachu that's supposed to be dramatic, had people laughing. Also, I liked the two characters, Sorrel and Verity, in some ways more than Brock and Misty. To be honest, I think all those people hating the movie because of Brock and Misty are just genwunners who probably never even seen the film. Also the animation is just gorgeous and also (SPOILER ALERT) one of the best moments in the entire history of Pokemon is quite depressing, a LITERAL comparison to the fun and happy world of Pokemon filled with animals with magical powers to reality where people feel there stuck in life and wondering what's out there in the world.
To the Pokemon fans of the video games. Do you guys think it's a coincidence that the two new characters, who has a Lucario and Piplup, and that the movie surprisingly revealed that a certain character may be related to a certain famous character in the games and that in a few years later, will get Diamond and Pearl remakes? I don't know about you but I have a strange feeling that at least a certain character introduced in the Pokemon movie, will make an appearance in the Diamond and Pearl remakes.
I saw the movie.I liked sorrel and verity,but I don't like them as much as I like Brock and Misty.
I'm a bit biased to gen 1 ,but I can accept new characters and generations
That's cool.
7.8/10. Too much caves.
I cried during the Luxray scene #RIPLuxray
If you recall, the trainer battle at the beginning of the movie was in reference to the trainer battle at the very beginning of the first episode of the animé. The name of the movie was also a reference to the first episode, which was titled _Pokémon, I Choose You!_
so many hints from the 4th generation. amazing movie, i literally cried too many times for a man my age. It was worth seeing on the big screen, and was written fantastically well with very greatly animated scenes.
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Doesn't onix have sturdy?
9:01 he was aiming at Cross to get rid of the Evil Heart.
Ho oh is Ashes papi confimed?
Saw it first day too, and totally agree with you on the logic. It's like whoever is making this Pokemon movie don't care about respecting the Pokemon logic *they* created.
MY HOMEBOY LUXRAY THO ; ( ...
One problem
Pikachu speaks, female voice male pikachu
Only part that annoyed me was the fact ash told erica this is his 3rd badge .. even tho Erica is the 4th gym leader lol
Not in gold and silver she’s the 3rd kanto gym you normie
The Eriking the 3rd kanto gym is Lt. Surge...
You could actually skip Surge's gym until the very end if you wanted as it's not required to use any HMs and such. I have done it myself. So it is possible he just straight up skipped him until he's stronger or something.
You can go in any order in the anime world. Its just recommended to go a certain order.
Maybe onix had sturdy
Why is there a Piplup and Incineroar in the movie? And Marshadow...what on earth could he be doing? My favourite pokemon movie is the Rise of Darkrai, btw. That actually deserves an award!
(Please don't judge this comment. I haven't watched the film nor do I plan to watch it...)
Lucario did nothing too
The owner of the Piplup had travelled from Sinnoh. Incineroar isn't explained, but trading is a thing. Marshadow was pretty well executed. I haven't seen Rise of Darkrai, but this was one of the better pokemon films I've seen
So is this an alternate timeline where Ash does not meet Misty and Brock at the time he does in the anime?
Yeah that's right, its a complete re imagining. The first 20 or so minutes are like the start of the anime except with no Misty. After that it turns into it's own thing from there pretty much, with the original charmander and caterpie stories being included in a way that makes sense for the movie
Even though it's an alternative timeline it still sounds wierd. Is Marshadow responsible for the alternative timeline in any way? It would make more sense if he created this timeline to toy with Ash, then there should be another movie about the faceoff in the real timeline. That would be a good plot...
It was very emotional for my 7 year old son (who LOVES everything pokemon). He said he never wants to watch it again because he cried through the whole thing. But the movie was great!
I was confused with the Marshadow thing too, but I think what was happening was that Marshadow was being protective of the wing, and got confused, possibly being mad at Ash for "letting" cross take the wing away from him. That's what I think was happening.
About the Marshadow thing, apparently Cross' heart was SO dark, that Marshadow failed to expel the evil from the Rainbow Wing and was instead corrupted itself. This wasn't explained in the movie, which is kind of dumb, but I just thought you might like to know.
My question was how did cross get two Pokémon from alola in kanto
Christian Belen he travelled from Alola to Kanto
he’s obviously from Alola
Christian Belen fr
His incinaroar had to of been like level 45 because he had the incinaroar when ash had just barely evolved his charmeleon. Ash’s charizard would’ve been a lot lower leveled than cross’s pokeman
They should make pokemon Red and Blue 3D
Jordan Stiltner obviously he means another updated version/remake for new gens smart ass
No. Leave Kanto alone.
Wait nobody talking about *SPOILERS*
Pikachu talking to ash, or is that just a thing now? (Haven’t watched a Pokemon movie in a long time since this)
Nenka
No, it has never happened as far as I know. I was just in brain lock and I think everyone is.
I saw it today at a special screening. Good movie, I noticed a lot of references to the Indigo League episodes and I actually didn't mind the new characters but the acting was a bit off for Sorrel and as you said, the match types were awkward and there was not enough Jesse And James. I don't understand why they always put them to the side, even in the first movie they interact with them A BIT. But overall I liked it fine.
luxray is one of my favorite pokemon but well i guess gamefreak doesn't like luxray...LUXRAY IS DEAD :,(
brett Morris or maybe
They became so upset of people saying that luxray deserve thr dark type
That they made it look like a hero
Hey its just a theory
A POKE-theory
The end of this movie reminds me of pokemon the 1st movie when ash jumps between mew and mewtwo and pikahacu says “wake up ash”
I saw the movie and I completely agree with everything you said . I actually told someone that it was a 6/10 movie in my opinion. Luckily the guys at the cinema gave me 3 pokemon cards. I was like " Can I have the pokemon card with the code?" and the guy said " Sure,how many you want?" And of course I was like " Well.... I need only one tbh" and he gave me 3. Although I think the qr code is not unique so everyone can use it as long as it is from the same region as the 3ds.
"You're too soft."
-Cross
MY NAME IS CROSS FROM WHATEVER CITY AND I AM A CERTIFIED G
The only type match up that actually bothered me was one that you didn't mention. Cross the rival that says he's the best uses crush claw on Marshadow!
Where can I watch this movie can't find it online
So they introduced new characters, but I don’t get how they told the whole story, without Ash meeting Brok and Misty. And Pokémon movies are pretty good in terms of the story, the movies seems to be better then the series. And I thought that Ash’s main rival in the beginning was Gary, in the early early episodes
Are theater did not get the new pokemon movie so i could not get the movie hat cap Pikachu for my games 😞
Robert Phillippi did you Know ? Aparently, those qr code are the same
It was good movie, it's not bad, it's not good, it's average overall it was a good Pokemon movie it's not the worst it's not the best it's both it's average it was a good movie it was worth going seeing so I hope you guys wanted you and see what you think person to me it was a good movie and I would see it probably once or twice more and make a AMV out of it.
The game is not the movie. The game has never been the anime. The game has never been the movie. If you went into the movie thinking it would be like the game, I've got to ask, what movies have you been watching that would make you think this movie would be different and care about types?
3:20 Most other pokemon movies more or less take place in one location that's a load of bullocks.
6:20 in pokemon anime logic repeating the same move over and over again is worse than sub optimal type choices. This is nothing new.
Overall people are underestimating how big of a step up this is compared to other movies.
The movie was great because it felt like the producers were really trying to focus on the bond of Ash and Pikachu and not focus on the legendary Pokemon in the movie. Sure, it involved several legendary Pokemon, but they were set aside in the background to build the relationship of Ash and Pikachu. It just felt very grounded compare to the other Pokemon movies.
It was in theatres in my hometown today, but not anywhere close to where I live now. :(
The way you feel about it is how I feel about the pkmn movies after Deoxys, that you can enjoy the pokemon aspect but it's just an ok movie, but I'm kinda bummed about the type matchup and the pacing if it's that bad though.
Hey Liam, is that a Pokémon Chicago shirt? It’s got the same stars as the ones on the Chicago flag. Where’d you get it? Cause I want it now.
Juan Rodriguez It's a nod to CM Punk's shirt design
How can i see it ?
when you realise the old guy is the original red
I'm not really sure how the prior films have done, but my cinema only has 2 showings for the entire first week of it's release? Do they have that little faith in it?!
If I recall, the movies haven't gotten full-blown, non-limited cinema releases for ages, so I guess they didn't expect it to do well as previous movies probably didn't do that well either.
I can understand with the main series ones. But this retelling seems like a difference to that norm. I suppose we'll have to see.
Where'd you get your shirt
That card you get for seeing the movie, I swear it’s gonna be worth a fortune you just wait. That’s why I’m keeping mine wrapped up in the package.
I wanna say how strongly, STRONGLY, me and my friends thought the Butterfree plot DESTROYED the anime's version. In other words, the movie actually made it make WAY more sense than the anime did, period. I never creid at that episode and it just felt forced and not very emotional at all in fact. In the movie it ended at first with the two butterfree flying off and I was like oh wow that's it huh? ok... but then a little later in it brought it back in and added so much more depth and I was so amazed, and for the first time actually felt SAD and teary about Butterfree leaving, which the main anime show NEVER made me feel, ever. So it's suprising I sat here and heard you say somehow the movie did NOT do the Butterfree release justice because that was, to me and my friends, how it should have been done.
Actually I truly understand why they crossed off Brock and Misty. The writers knew what they were doing. The reasons for the anime has nothing to do anything with type match ups because they are avoiding the type match ups because there not relating to the games. The other reason is they cut off Misty and Brock,but truly the writers would of put Misty and Brock but I now understood why they didn't . It's was all because of Ash and Pikachu and understanding the bond with trainer and pokemon. Truthfully I have to disagree to the person who reviewed this because I know that each dialogue of a pokemon movie is the same but, I Choose You had a different approach that made the movie stand out a bit more. For one thing, this movie was much darker than other movies but explained to the audience to pokemon more and more. For me, I did notice some issues but we're truly minor and i'd just let it slide. Overall, the reviewer had left so much stuff that were truly an important part of the movie other than that the rates go between solid 8 or 9
No important spoilers below but spoilers none the less.
I know that the movies aren’t canon but I feel like what they were doing is they had him battle Erica for his third gym. Should’ve battled her fourth, so we don’t even know if he battled misty or Brock. They could’ve left the gyms already and he battled Brock’s father and Misty’s sisters. The ending with him running solo goes into the credits that show all of the companions. This makes me think that we are supposed to get the sense that he will meet Brock and misty and the series will become pretty much the same at that point. It’s as if they went back in time and made a ripple in the water but the water then returns to being flat. Ash started his journey differently but he ends up joining up with his buddies. I hate that every Pokémon movie has a Pokémon talk in it and I especially hate the Pokémon they chose to talk and it’s voice. I don’t understand why Team Rocket was even in this. They never even interacted with ash and they weren’t even trying to capture pikachu. They could’ve done the same thing with Brock and Misty just to make people happy that they were in it somewhat. Ash came back from Beyond without even doing anything, they missed an opportunity to have ho oh restore his life the same way it turned the eeveelutions into the three cats. I liked his companions in this, they were way better than any of the companions ash has had since black and white. I’d say the movie was enjoyable to watch but the last third of the movie was weak. Best Pokémon movie is Heroes.
I GOT 10 "ASH'S PIKACHU" XD card at the movies
I got 4
Does the movie itself take place in a alternate timeline?
The only reason for me to go watch this movie was because of the exclusive Pikachu cards but other than that I wouldn't watch it a second time in theaters.
I want to see marshadow
What is bailey
I realized in the movie that the OT for the event Marshadow is MT Tensei just like in the movie
Ok... HOW is nobody talking about how when nurse joy asked Ash who he was battling and he answered ho oh, she just straight up said "That's nice." As if someone battles ho oh every day.
I wouldn’t mind watching this again in the sub version because the soundtrack besides the remix of the English theme was so off putting for me but other than that it’s an a better pokemon movie for the English dubbed
I thought the idea was that Marshadow was trying to eliminate Cross because it perceived him as a threat. After that though, it went to shit where stuff was happening like Marshadow went crazy or something.
What happens in the luxray scene
I watched it at the Alamo Draft House and I loved it.
I want to make a fan game of this movie going by the manga version.
'Even if you aim for the horn'
I died
Spoiler alert!!!
How dare u not mention about the original red game and catching pikachu
Also, verity is new bae : P
I was upset there was no "Sandshrew, BACK IN THE WATER"
The movie brought back so many memories...sadly, Bulbasaur and Squirtle didn't make the team...A couple negatives - First is the redundancy with Ash's typical heroism act, quotes, and scenes. This next one is not really a negative from the movie, but something that irked me was Ash's logic...let's put a little Butterfree against a Fearow...lolol, I can't with him...let's put Charmeleon with a full grown Incineroar, lolol...
The second negative is the lack of screen time for team Rocket. Like come on, the first movie was so great because of how much they got involved with the plot. They were evil and had a plan, but they had a change of heart...do we want to repeat that, maybe maybe not...but team Rocket literally had a combined 5 minutes for this whole movie...they were made as bad thieves in the beginning, yet they were blasted off at every chance possible...bad move.
What really pissed me off is they wrote out Bulbasaur and Squirtle but not Trashzard. Just another example of Game Freak shoving Charizard down our throats.
Tmw you realize the 2 trainers at the beginning where 2 of the trainers from the mew two movie .
the legendary story I agree was by far the best part. Over all I enjoyed the movie and guess I wish they put more effort in the main plot.