Pokémon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)

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  TheMovieDiorama

  7 / 10

  Pokémon The First Movie is the catalyst that releases my inner nostalgia. I completely understand that this film is not particularly intelligent or compelling. However, the TV series never was either. And to this day, I still believe that this film is a decent continuation of that series. This really was made for children and fans of the franchise, if you are neither...well you just aren't going to enjoy it. As a hardcore Pokémon fan, I can say that young Luke was damn happy with this, and old Luke still is! After cloning the mythical Pokémon Mew, Mewtwo was created; a vastly more intelligent and powerful psychic creation. Believing that he is just a slave, he destroys the laboratory that he was formed in and holds a vendetta against humanity. Ash and the gang are invited to take on the world's most powerful Pokémon trainer, only for them to realise it's actually Mewtwo. Can we just take a moment and appreciate how strong and ferocious this franchise is. It is still ever present today, and this was released nearly 20 years ago. The animation has aged extremely well (although the bluray's conversion does have some resolution issues) and it's a nice short film. Children will love this, except maybe for the ending where we are forced to watch Pokémon fight to the death whilst a generic pop song plays over it. Yes, we have to endure one Pikachu unwillingly slapping another Pikachu on the face. Not once. Not twice. I'm talking twenty times. And with each slap, it cries. The climax is just ridiculously sad. I don't want to see Pokémon cry! *wipes tear away*. It's an absurd story but it does tackle the important message of not fighting each other. To cohabit and work together as a team instead of punching, biting and Pikachu slapping each other. A moral that I do believe kids will understand beneath the cutesy animation. Voice acting was good all round, Veronica Taylor will always be my Ash. Nearly all of the first generation Pokémon are featured in this, so there is plenty of variety to keep you occupied. It's short, it's sweet and I'm 22...

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