You will all note how rarely I post to this thread, and so
have little reason to trust my judgment on films- but as a public
service to parents/aunts/uncles/granparents of the world I must
share with you something concerning Pokemon, The Movie. Nevermind
the warnings that the film is too violent etc. Kids love it, and
it is harmless enough regarding the violence in the movie.
The movie itself is the worst thing Japan has done to the US
since Pearl Harbor. The animation hardly deserves the term, it is
only slightly better than flip books you used to get with cracker
jacks. To get a flavor of the film, I suggest you imagine that
the makers of Godzilla created an animated remake of Billy Jack,
and they stopped the process at the storyboard stage and filmed
what they had.
I expected to see Crow, Tom Servo and Joel in the front row of
the theatre, or Dan Ackroyd to step in front of the screen as
Leonard Plinth Garnell and pronounce the film "exquistely
bad." If there were more motion in the film it might
actually be enjoyably bad.
If you have a relative that you harbor a grudge against, this is
the time to get your revenge and send the clueless clod to this
movie with every kid in the family.
