I was pretty excited about this project. The thought of experiencing the golden era of Pokemon again but in a visually upgraded format and experiencing some of it's "greatest hits" was very appealing. But then I watched the movie. I don't mind the changes they made..well actually I do. I WOULDN'T mind the changes if it meant getting an upgrade story-wise, but the writing was piss-poor and actually seemed really rushed towards the end and sloppy as hell. I wouldn't even mind the fact that they replaced Misty and Brock with some randoms and gave Team Rocket like 2 minutes of screen time if it would contribute to their vision of this installment of Pokemon, but it was just so disappointing. The only thing that I actually liked about this movie was the visual appeal to it. They did a decent job with that, but pretty much everything else felt off. There were a few nostalgia trips that I kinda liked, but everything was so random and out of place that I just couldn't get into it. It's unrealistic to expect from anyone to be able to stuff dozens of hours into a 90 minute movie, but then again it couldn've been done SO MUCH BETTER. This was such a cool idea and had a lot of potential, but they blew it. I was really disappointed with the end result.
Review of Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!
