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I watched Pokemon: The First Movie a couple of days ago, because of this review. And how incredibly accurate you were (like you always are). You pretty much nailed it, especially that hypocritical ending. I'm thankful I wasn't into Pokemon when I was younger and I actually was in the target demographic at the height of its popularity.
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... written by Ian , May 13, 2008
I was too, and sadly, I still like it.
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... written by Richard Rodriguez , May 13, 2008
I used to like Pokemon when I was a kid. (I was 10. I didn't know better.) But when I rewatched Pokemon: The First Movie the other day, I realized that all the things were said, every single thing, was right. The kids have no personality at all. It really got boring after a while. Not to mention how confusing it was. I don't remember the show at all. But all in all, I was disappointed that all my childhood memories were wrong. Now, I'm thinking that EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIE!!! Were all the shows I watched when I was a kid this bad? I hope not. Anyway, nice video, man. This was the first Nostalgia Critic video I ever saw, and it will always be my favorite. Keep on keepin' on, NC.
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... written by Pablo De Santos , May 13, 2008
Very, very funny.
And yes it is full of cliches and It's really dumb, but they had to make it just as dumb as the show, they had to respect the (horrible) original idea.
Good job, maistro.
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... written by James Caldwell , May 14, 2008
Thanks for making the sacrifice to review this, Critic. You remember it so we don't have to, and I'm pretty sure a lot of us would rather not remember this.
It's very cathartic to see you deconstruct and mock such a formerly-cherished part of my childhood. Thanks a lot.
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... written by Estefan Ellison , May 14, 2008
"Were all the shows I watched when I was a kid this bad?"
Well, Animaniacs stills holds up incredibly well as proven by the Naughtiest Moments video. So do Tiny Toons and Darkwing Duck, in my opinion.
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... written by dan herman , May 14, 2008
I never got into Pokemon. My brother still has a book of cards somewhere in my attick. hey when the year 2020 hits i' ll get rich with these things
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... written by Chris Roundhill , May 14, 2008
My friends found out that I hadn't seen this last year when we were hanging out. So they dragged out a VCR and put it in. I thought I was going to be blown away, but I was just bored throughout the whole thing. I was the only non nerd in the room and picked up on the Minnesota Vikings joke and I left the room. So retarded.
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... written by Richard Rodriguez , May 14, 2008
"Well, Animaniacs stills holds up incredibly well as proven by the Naughtiest Moments video. So do Tiny Toons and Darkwing Duck, in my opinion."
Hmmm. I agree. I even have every episode of Darkwing Duck on DVD, and I have Animaniacs Vol. 1, and I'm planning to get Tiny Toons once it comes out. So, yeah.
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... written by Timothy Bussard , May 14, 2008
Brilliant work on Pokemon, NC. That was some much needed justice to what was actually a horrible film that left my interest in Pokemon in tatters.
However, I have to respond to your comment about Mew. I think that his flippant and childishly playful behavior was actually intended to showcase him as the "Prankster" character, akin to many legends of the past. However, Mewtwo's assault prompted a character transformation, as if to say, "Well, he's cute and isn't as dark and demented as his clone, but can still kick plenty of ass!"
Also...I never realized just how cruel that "bringing your friends back from the dead" concept was. Jesus...
Oh, and one more thing, and I'll shut up: Why is it that Japanese children's shows have to have EVERY character in the shot say something, no matter how pointless it is to the overall dialog? Is it that hard to have just one character stare in complete shock?
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... written by Kevin Mozdziak , May 14, 2008
I can't believe I actually used to watch pokemon as a child ( and enjoyed watching it) this and other over rated shows like dragon ball z, naruto, etc. really give anime a bad name
"pokemon, sounds like something a Jamaican shouts out when he wants to play cards, eh would you like to play some poke'mon?" subtitle: apologies to jamaicans everywhere
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... written by Arsh Singh , May 15, 2008
Great review! I HATED Pokemon tv show and movies (though I must admit to getting sucked into the video games). PS Tinkerbell coming back to life by people clapping?
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... written by Deano , May 16, 2008
There's a Movie similar to this which is just as bad that i'd love NC rip the shit out of.
Beyblade the Movie
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... written by Ben Bostock , May 16, 2008
You'v just reminded me that the only thing good about the pokemon movie were the opening logos.
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... written by Matthew Jaques , May 16, 2008
The Jamaican part made my mother laugh.
Good review, though you probably should have cut out the Lion King analogy. Should have just ended that point at "Suck my balls."
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... written by pinkechidna , May 17, 2008
I loves me some Pokemon! Which actually made me enjoy this review even more! I'm funny like that... >w
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... written by Christopher Murphy , May 17, 2008
I remember seeing this with my father when it first came out (mainly to get those limited trading cards; you'll do almost anything for trading cards as a kid) and he fell asleep during the film. I coudln't see why at the time, but now I get it.
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... written by Jessica Entis , May 17, 2008
I LOVE this review, I would end up watching this damn show every morning at 6am when I was a teacher. Nothing like killing brain cells before teaching art to little kids!
I showed this to my friend and her two young sons, both Pokemon fans (of course) came running over and they thought it was hysterical, especially where you mock the big fight at the end. Though I don't think they found it funny for the same reasons we did...
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... written by kayla , May 17, 2008
oh god i remeber begging my dad to let me watch this movie..i'm ashamed to have ever been a fan...great review though!
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... written by Ashley , May 18, 2008
"I didn't know that Vikings still exsisted...They mostly live in Minnesota." Um...Yeah if Ash was talking about the football team. But what would he know all he does is catch Pokemon I don't think he has any idea about other sports. Oh well
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... written by Lan Moore , May 19, 2008
You should review the USA version of Digimon the movie, the movie that was originally 3 moves but they got turned to one by Fox.
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... written by Misfit Slacker , May 19, 2008
I was about 15 when Pokemon came out. I actually did try to make an effort to check it out, but it never maintained my interest. One thing that puzzles me, though... What was the point of resurrecting Ash if the timeline was going to be reset anyway? Wouldn't Ash's death actually been a sort of justification to resetting the timeline if it meant preventing his death? It still would have been lame, but just saying. I preferred Care Bears 2's variation on the Tinkerbell resurrection. Also, love the Lion King bit. "It's just creepy."
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... written by Patrik Andersson , May 19, 2008
That was probably the most alarming opening credits of any movie.
Warner Bros Kids Nintendo 4Kids
With my current knowledge about these I would have walked out of the theatre instatly... too bad I wasn't that wise when I saw the movie. Oh why! Why did they ever create this? And I who liked the Gameboy game and all.
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... written by Jonathan , May 19, 2008
I used to love Pokemon as a kid and saw that movie the first day it was on in theaters. (I was about 3 at the time and was easily amused) Now I noticed how stupid i was back then. I can't believe i got caught in the hype. Parents and teachers were annoyed by it too! In elementary there we "no pokemon allowed" rules.
This is one of many successful yet stupid anime shows out there. the only one that can be made an exception is dragon ball z. Every guy my age watched that show when they were younger.
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... written by Jonathan , May 19, 2008
correction. most guys who were 6-30 watched dragon ball z. it was one of the top 10 violent children shows at the time. (before happy tree friends and metalocaylpse)
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... written by Nikoletta L. , May 20, 2008
As a kid, I used to love this movie, but I have to admit that the plot has always been confusing and I wondered if it's just me - or it really makes no sense? The second movie was better anyway.
I agree with you; the moral makes no sense at all. And it was lame to kill off Ash only to bring him back a few moments later. It makes it entire pointless.
Thanks for the entertaining review.
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... written by Shawn Illingworth , May 22, 2008
Upon reflecting on what you said... yes, it's true that the makers of this movie blatantly catered only to the fans of the show. God help the parents that took them to see this movie; they must have been completely confused from watching this film.
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... written by mike smalley , May 22, 2008
i'd like to see him review the second power ranger movie,hitman,batman&robin,and the new ninja turtle movie
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... written by AVPGuyver21 , May 23, 2008
This video was hilarious and the part when all the pokemon was crying was funny as hell
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... written by Martin , May 27, 2008
You know, this was the review that got me as a fan of yours and from this on I started watching everything on the site. And the exact moment that got me was "Hey, would you like to play some poke , MON! " THAT CRACKED ME !!!!
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... written by Rebecca , May 27, 2008
You have pretty eyes.. and oh yeah, this movie blow..ed. Blowed? It blew? ...yeap.
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... written by rain , May 28, 2008
i was a hugh fan of it when i was a kid but now what the hell was i thinking keep em comin NC ur a legend
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... written by Musictarian , May 28, 2008
I remember when I watched this movie when I was 10. My mom said it made no sense, and I stuck up for it. I am now ashamed to look at myself in the mirror. Mom was right.
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... written by Alexander Gyenizse , May 29, 2008
You should have added M. Bison saying "of course!" at 6:12. It works so well in your other vids that you really need to make it a permanent fixture.
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... written by Tim Sillery , May 30, 2008
I like pokemon and this cracked me up especially the retarded Mew thing.
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... written by christpher foster , May 30, 2008
I hope you review Digimon the movie. It's slightly better but it still sucks (three movies merged into one!) It was probably called" "the first movie because it was really started in japanese then translated here". It also sucks even worse because of the bastards that translasted it called 4crap 4kids.
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... written by silvananoir , June 02, 2008
Once I saw 4kids I knew it was going to suck. The original japanese is pretty good though.
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... written by Matt Briner , June 04, 2008
Sadly, I did a bit of research on Pokemon after watching this. The stories for the Japanese and American releases of this movie are different. In America, Mewtwo is pissed because he's a clone. In Japan, he's just pissed that he was made by humans and not God.
...Which I'll admit, is kinda understandable. I mean, I personally don't believe in God or anything, but if I found out that I was created in a lab, I'd want to throw a temper tantrum, too.
I find it amazing that Pokemon movies were being shown in Japanese theaters as recently as the sixth movie (there are eight, with about eleventy bajillion more in the works). I never was a fan and I don't own any of the games, but I still think it's fascinating how easily Japan can fuck with the minds of impressionable Americans.
Then again, they ARE three years ahead of us; they know every move we're going to make...
...*turns around*
...*nothing there*
*turns back aroundTURNS AROUND AGAIN!!!*
*still nothing there*
...*turns back around*
Sorry. Japan makes me paranoid.
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... written by Mikey Mann , June 05, 2008
I love Pokemon!
Digimon Suck!
But your jokes were funny!
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... written by Myra Banks , June 06, 2008
I spit my water out while watching this. That's just how funny it is.
I remember watching this movie with my nephew once and, of course, I felt a lot like you did. Extremely confused and very depressed.
I miss the good cartoons...
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... written by Ashley , June 06, 2008
The movie was on cartoonnetwork today and while I was watching it I kept thinking about this review. It just cracks me up.
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... written by Mr. Gamma , June 07, 2008
I personally think it would've been pretty bad ass to see Mufasa come back. I mean, he was voiced by James Earl F**king Jones!
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... written by asdfjkl; , June 10, 2008
try reviewing pokemon 2000 i wonder what youll think of great video 5/5
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... written by Shilorius , June 11, 2008
Quote from ThatGuy on the "Wizard" review:
Nintendogames Rock! Films about Nintendogames Blow!
The Pokemongames especially on the GameBoy are really good! But the Film.... I saw it in Cinema as it was new.... is really bad, like he said!
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... written by Oskpet , June 13, 2008
It's funny he think team rocket was disgueised as swedish viking beacouse in the swedish version of the movie they talk like they where from norway
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... written by GTAlord , June 13, 2008
haha as good as always, I loved the jamaican part, cheers!
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... written by Neobender , June 14, 2008
When I was younger I thought this video was cool, and I understood it. I kinda still do and it doesnt make sense now. Arent they supposed to be in a different place? How do they know what the hell minnesota is? Thats in USA! USA doesnt freaking exist where they are!
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... written by HOTsuma91 , June 14, 2008
You make some good points...but at the same time, it kinda seems like you're trying too hard to find fault in the movie. Example: I don't believe for a second you had a hard time finding this movie, because as you said yourself, it's LITERALLY called the first movie. Anyone with access to imdb.com can find out the first movie is, in fact, the FIRST movie. Conversely, you have a good point about there being so many versions of the film, that seems excessive on their part.
Secondly, when this movie came out, it was common sense that no one besides fans of the show were going to go see it. Of course, parents had to take kids, but to every one parent, there was two or three kids going. It's a known fact: Kids movies sell big, whether they're good or not. Kids scream and cry to go see the movie, and the adults eventually cave and take them. Backstory was the least of Nintendo's problems, they didn't give a damn about newcomers. They didn't need any: They already had 3/4 of the kid population playing the games, and that's who they were aiming for. Seems smart to me.
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... written by HOTsuma91 , June 14, 2008
On the other hand, pretty much every thing else you said was spot-on. I was a stupid little kid back then, who wanted to belive that Pokemon were real,and even I was pissed about Mewtwo erasing their memory. Nintendo did the impossible: They took money out of our (parent's) wallets while literally doing NOTHING to effect the overall storyline of the show.
Seriously, this is probably my favorite review, everything else besides what I said in my last post was perfect. The narrator is unknown, Mewtwo killing everyone in a kids movie, the main character's personalities, the crappy dialogue, Mew having the IQ of Tardy the Turtle, Ash's resurrection, the Vikings, you nailed it. Well done sir.
But really? In all seriousness? The Digimon movie makes the Pokemon movie look Oscar-worthy.
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... written by God , June 14, 2008
I can't believe I watched when I was younger.. I was only like 10 but still, my parents saw how gay it was and they should of stopped me! WHY DIDNT THEY STOP ME??
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... written by Jackalsblood , June 15, 2008
Oh man I laughed soooooo hard especially the part for the opening where you ask the questions. lmao
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... written by Quang , June 17, 2008
I watched this review twice, and still I still find it funny xD
My only comment is that the name "Pokemon" sounds better than Pocket Monster. It's probably for the ease of small children to remember, but there's also "Digimon" which stands for Digital Monsters o_o So yeah.. I think the producers made these names because it sounds better
I used to love Pokemon until the age of 13, after then, I found the plot boring and cliché as hell. Now they just add new Pokemons to keep the company going. I remember Pokemon was a huge hit when it was released in Europe
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... written by Iconbuster , June 17, 2008
I was enjoyed the games thats why I watched the shows, and I actually enjoyed the first 4 movies, but after that they started to suck. I agree though if you were new to the product, the movie probally made no sense.
My fav part of this review was, Picachu stop hitting your self, stop hitting your self.
Ps. I also like the digimon movie, so sue me.
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... written by DoctorShroom , June 18, 2008
I don't think they could translate them to Pocket Monster because it would have infringed on a toy line called "Monster in my Pocket".
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... written by OuijaSlayer , June 18, 2008
I love the games, I kinda like the anime based on the game (used to love it but it got downsized by puns and one-liners), but movies based on the anime based on the games... NO!! NO.
Although I have to admit that NC was little be harsh on commenting on this review (Pokemon is meant for children not for 15+) His review owned and made me laugh most of the time. Anonymous, I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself and don't ruin this for others.
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... written by MrKoolDragon12 , June 20, 2008
I like how he makes a racist joke but apologizes for it. I respect that
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... written by CryptOrchid720 , June 20, 2008
I enjoy the video games, but the show itself is HORRIBLE. I have an 8 year old that loves Pokemon.
Ash loves his Pikachu so much that I think they're romantically involved off camera. Nice touch on mentioning that somehow all Pokemon understand each other even though they only repeat their own names. That always did drive me nuts. Why is it that the Japanese always have to make their hero some gay ass 15 year old kid with no f'n clue?
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... written by Quang , June 21, 2008
God, I watched this review like 5 times and I still laugh
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... written by captainwrestlerpants , June 21, 2008
this is probably one of your best reviews ever, in my opinion
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... written by futuramafan , June 22, 2008
I saw this movie back when I thought Pokemon was cool, and I was disappointed as hell. I hated it, and it's hypocrisy. However, it's sequel was much better, only because it didn't have a heavy handed message and concentrated more on being a fun movie than a lesson for kids. After that, the rest of the sequels were sucksville.
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... written by mimefan , June 22, 2008
Now can you take the shit out of Digimon. Plus there's something which you should know if it's by 4kids then you know it's utter bullshit because we all know 4kids are run by monkeys without any brains.
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... written by Dran0n , June 22, 2008
Pokemon has always been confusing to me but,this takes confusing to a whole new level.
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... written by Phalyn , June 23, 2008
Halarious
Loved the Jamacian joke.
I got into Pokemon (the game) because my brother pestered me to no end, he had red, and wanted me to get blue. I was on a family trip, at the time, read all the Star Wars books I brought along, and was bored.
But hey, I'll admit, the whole concept interested me, was like a more advanced Tamagotchi (review THAT trend Nostalgic Critic!!!) And then I watched the show, and you know what? It was entertaining, I'll gladdly admit that.
Of course I now know that 4Kids is the root of all evil and wonder what the original anime or manga was like, but not currious enough to research it.
The one thing that never made sense to me was why Ash never banged Misty.
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... written by redrum , June 25, 2008
I gotta say, all these comments that say that this review ruined the movie for them are kinda funny. This review looks at the movie from a completely alien standpoint. Glasses Guy wasn't in on the whole Pokemon thing, so no wonder he thinks it sucks. If I wasn't in on it, I would most definately think it sucks. However, since I grew up with all this, I can't honestly think it sucks. From all filmic and cinematic standpoints, it's a horrible movie, but still, I grew up with this. I can't say it sucks.
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... written by Alexjr1543 , June 25, 2008
Somehow, I get the impression that the Pokémon shows are far too violent for a kids' show. And yes, sadly, I still watch it, and worst of all, like it. But seriously, when I saw those fight scenes, I thought, "They actually show this stuff to kids?"
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... written by Dove , June 25, 2008
I grew up on pokemon, but now i know better as to what entertainment is
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... written by AndyP , June 25, 2008
I used to really enjoy Pokemon and I still like the early seasons and the early movies. After movie #4 they really started going down the shitter but lately they are gettin alot better. Oh and how about reviewing Anastasia next that is a generally beloved movie but I thought that it was shit.
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... written by HOTsuma91 , June 25, 2008
Alexjr1543: The Pokemon fight scenes are seriously incredibly cartoony. Naruto and Dragonball Z have INSANELY dark fight scenes. Case in point: One character in Naruto uses sand pressure to pop his opponent like a zit, and his blood literally rains down on everyone else. You want some dark fight scenes, watch some REAL anime.
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... written by HarleyQuinn , June 26, 2008
Adagio For Strings!! Yay! I actually like the movie cause I get it. Nice pointing out that there ARE like a billion movies.
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... written by rattlehead91 , June 29, 2008
Hot, did you just call Naruto and DBZ real anime? Anime, in general, is awful but those two are especially bad. So called "dark" animes are a hell of a lot deeper and darker than those two.
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... written by Dexter Morgan , June 29, 2008
Haha this one is great!
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... written by forgottenmemoriesfm , June 29, 2008
I loved this movie when it came out but I guess that was because I was a kid who understood it. Great review
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... written by DO A BARREL ROLL! , July 01, 2008
i actually saw this piece of crap when i was like 6, back during the 20 minutes when i actually liked this kind of crap. your review was great, and very accurate, but you should have included the scene when ash gets his ass kicked by mewtwo, when he actually tries to punch it, despite mewtwo being a phsycic death monster of death that can cause death.
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Reviewing the Review. written by doctorjackal777 , July 03, 2008
Forgive me for reviewing your review, but there's something I just gotta say. Pokemon isn't meant to make sense, and as you pointed out in the closing moments neither are the other cartoons we love so dearly. I loled at your review and realised that some stuff in that movie was pretty cheesy, and yes there isn't a deep and detailed plot or an explanation about what Pokemon are or where the show is set etc. But I think that's the point. For all the people who played the first set of games knew that Mewtwo was the final capture and Mew, to my knowledge was the extra Pokemon we'd never seen or heard of before. 150 Pokemon was the max at the time and having 151, was a big deal. At least for the innocent minds of children anyway. Children get bored easily anyone knows that so to spend the first half of the movie explaining the plot would turn kids off real quick. Also about the violence and fighting, Pokemon aren't meant to beat eachother to the point of death, that fact is in the games, tv show and of course the movie. Pokemon 'faint' when they lose, not 'die', which removes the killing other people factor which would make the show violent. The vikings are stupid I'll give you that but then Team Rocket is the comic relief eliment of the show and are regularly doing stupid things, although at the beginning of the series they were actually serious and dangerous, what happened to that? I find that one of the big things you did about this movie and all of the kids movies is that the plot is usually poor and the emphasis is on the special effects. Well yeah, most kida would rather watch something explode and see Pikachu shocking someone that have a deep and meningful plot to follow. That goes for the majority of kids movies. It's gotta be simple to understand but doesn't need all that much logic behind it. But I'll admit Pokemon the first movie, is confusing if you hadn't either played the game or seen the cartoon series, but I figure their demographic was kids who already knew about it. Overall it did make me, laugh which is I'm sure your intention but seriously it just made me wanna go watch it again. I like Pokemon, have for the longest time and I have seasons 1 through 5 in box sets. Sad I know but it's one of those shows you can watch without having to think much about it. And that my friend is why those shows are so popular. When your parents come in an ask you why Meowth can talk, or why The TMNT were raised by a rat, the answer always is 'it just is'.
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... written by Marcster1994 , July 03, 2008
Man, there was a lot of stuff I missed. What was 4Kids thinking?! Minnesota is the homeplace for vikings?! 4Kids is 4Krap! Glad now that the Pokemon Company took charge for later episodes.
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... written by forgottenmemoriesfm , July 03, 2008
Also I think pokemon could be a tradition for every generation of kids. The number of pokemon can only increase.
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... written by shingouken , July 03, 2008
To doc jackal a couple of posts above. If you ask a kid what they think of this movie, you will get something like "Pkmn is teh best, i luv pknmz!!11". But the idea, is to look back at these things we loved as children and see just how stupid, crap or just plain fucked up they really are. So it really is irrelevent if it's not supposed to make sense. And in this case, it really is a perfect example of a totally stupid and fucked up film. I loved this film as a kid, but watching it now and understanding that this film just contradicted the entire point of what pokemon is all about, it leaves you with no arguement to fight in its corner.
On the topic of pokemon fainting rather than dying. Obviously, the show is for kids so it makes sense. Plus the games would be kinda shit if your pokes died after losing a battle. It'd be like, "oh crap, gotta train another pikachu to level 50 now, what a bitch". But you can't use the fact that pokemon don't die as a result of battling as grounds for saying the show isn't violent. Of course, it's a cartoon and no-one takes it seriously (the thought is just lol) but your point did make me laugh when i thought of how many times ive seen team rocket burned to a crisp or had several thousand volts of electricity shot through them
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... written by doctorjackal777 , July 03, 2008
To shingouken,
Glad I could make you lol. My mission in life is now complete.
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YAY! sandwich written by nfistfu , July 04, 2008
i remember watching this movie when i was like 6 or 7 and i thought it was the most awesomest thing ever. watching it now you realise how dumb and stupid it was.
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... written by JiroZam , July 04, 2008
Wow,I thought this movie was the coolest thing ever made! Now,looking back at it, with your review, I realize it's pretty dumb! Never knew Jesse and James were named after an outlaw...or were you making that up...IDK!
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... written by TBrady , July 05, 2008
"Minnesota is the homeplace for vikings?"
Yes, and they are very good at football
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... written by NintendoAddict , July 05, 2008
I still think this movie rocks
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Mon!!! written by Keroshino , July 06, 2008
I loved this movie as a kid.....and strangely.....i still do
yes i agree it was silly....but alot if kids shows/movies where - just look at samurai pizza cats
i also loved Digimon(Digital Monsters)....it was great nostalgia too....the first two seasons and movie where the best
loved the review tho...keep it up...lol
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... written by Shinigami , July 06, 2008
Ah yes, Pokemon. I'm glad that I didn't see movie but I watched lot of series that is actually anime that was changed for kids in US before sendig else were. In fact its orginal audience in Japan was teens, not kids but after first season even they started to make it more towards kids.
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... written by Ghostmayhem , July 06, 2008
I just want to clarify, as a child fan of this show, that the movies were Always weird as hell, and didn't ever fit into the show at all. Also- the games were, and still are, awesome. And no, the show wouldn't do anything that stupid. It was on a straight storyline, and didn't bring anyone back from the dead. Case and point- Transformers and TMNT did bring people back from the dead.
*smirk*
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... written by simplynobody123 , July 07, 2008
I heard that the Japanese version had a diffrent plot without the "Fighting is wrong" bull.
Pokemon 2000 was alot worse.
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... written by DarkAsianftw , July 08, 2008
MAN THIS IS FUNNY I LOV YOUR Nostalgia critic videos its nvr not funny
Swedish Vikings? Holy crap, how did I forget this? written by Shining Aquas , July 08, 2008
I remember being into Pokemon, and liking it to a great deal. I was pretty much done with the series around Ruby/Sapphire. At this point, looking back at the series, the movies, and all the shorts, I realize that this series is not that great anymore. But, I can also see and still remember why it became so popular, and it's that feeling that keeps me coming back to the games. Ah the games, the classic Catch-Em-All gameplay was actually very very good. Even today, I think that Pokemon is still got solid gameplay, but the series is going way to far now with the number of Pokemon out, and the sheer stupidity that is today's kid's show.
Great games (Minus anything that didn't actually have to do with catching and training Pokemon), mediocre show, not so good movies.
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... written by Ghostmayhem , July 09, 2008
mauistrife...what the HELL happened to you when you were a baby?? I can't understand a god damn word you said, or what your point was At All... And no, I'm no a
hipocrip
...Doesn't that sound like it should be a brand of UTZ that was made out of Hippopotamuses? Or is that Hippopotami? Huh.
Best review so far, laughed my ass off. Thanks dude.
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... written by mimefan , July 10, 2008
mauistrife, no offense or anything but are you mentally retarded. Because all I see is you writing down crap and I'm pretty sure that me, the guy with the glasses (sorry I don't know your name mate) and every other person here would actually be able to read other people's comments and actually appreciate it and not everyone are cynics hell I still love the anime and I'm 13 going on 14.
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... written by KayVin , July 10, 2008
Since you did pokemon the first movie, you should do another 4kids screw up, Yu-gi-oh the movie!
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More Mon!!!! written by Keroshino , July 11, 2008
Nostalgia Critic should review Digimon(Digital Monsters) the movie
It was actually Three movies spliced into one....lol
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Pokemon 2000 written by Mrcool210 , July 13, 2008
Poke Mon 2000 Came After Pokemon The First Movie. Its The second One. So That Means The 2000 is The Date It Came Out
ThatGuyWithTheGlasses 
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