Movie Reviews
While I've never seen much of the Pokémon anime and am not overly interested in it, I tend to enjoy watching the movies. Because I can, I have thus decided to write a series of reviews of all the Pokémon movies.
These will frequently overanalyze and criticize, so be warned. They are also rather long.
About the Reviews
A bit of a ramble about my goals and methods in writing these movie reviews.
Mewtwo Strikes Back
The first movie, in which Mewtwo's psychological complexes cause him to develop a very twisted idea of how to justify his own existence as a clone.
The Power of One
The second movie, in which Lawrence III's attempts to capture Lugia result in Legendaries Randomly Fighting™ and for no discernible reason, only the Chosen One can stop them.
Spell of the Unown
The third movie, in which a little girl with parent figure issues gains the ability to make her wishes come true, with creepy results.
Voice of the Forest
The fourth movie, in which an evilly cackling villain captures Celebi and makes it create a conspicuously CGI giant mecha that blows stuff up.
Pokémon Heroes
The fifth movie, in which cool villains try to capture Latios and Latias and steal the Soul Dew while every other human character, including Ash, has virtually no impact on the plot.
Jirachi: Wish Maker
The sixth movie, in which a former Team Magma member tries to use Jirachi to resurrect Groudon and instead creates a humongous demonic thing with tentacles that swallow people.
Destiny Deoxys
The seventh movie, in which Deoxys apparently intrudes on Rayquaza's territory and thus Legendaries Randomly Fight™.
Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
The eighth movie, in which Ash needs to retrieve Pikachu from a giant mineral mega-organism in a symbiotic relationship with Mew with the assistance of a very troubled Lucario from the past.
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
The ninth movie, in which a newly-hatched Manaphy imprints on May and a pirate tries to steal it so that he can become the King of the Sea.
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