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let's talk about this very good pokemon movie!!
i'm glad he's dead
let's talk about this very good pokemon movie!!
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it was enjoyable!
I also got a lot of pleasure out of seeing parents with their kids, and them being as excited to see it, because they grew up when Pokemon was The Thing
we got a like, booster pack of Pokemon cards that I haven't checked out yet, but I heard the guy in line behind us exclaim like a little kid to his wife "we're gonna get Pokemon cards!"
also as soon as my mom peeped a Bulbasaur she grabbed my arm, hard, and whispered "I must have one"
I got Psyduck!
that's just a fact.
I wanna be the very best
Yeah there were Squirtles and Charmanders all around Ryme City, but the Bulbasaurs waited to be plot-related.
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We got Bill Nighy to say Mewto ya'll. Humanity is over good job pack it all in!
I talked about this movie a lot with @Speed Racer and we couldn't help but want a movie that's just about a lone Pokemon with no partner in Ryme city, working a job, living the Poke night life.
Also I said it in the movie thread but
As Ms. Norman was a nice joke and has great style I will steal.
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This movie got Bill Nighy to get super into Pokémon, so yeah!
The kids enjoyed it a lot, despite it being quite scary at times. They found Ratatouille and The Incredibles 2 too scary, for reference. Before we entered the movie theater another kid approached them and started talking about their favourite Pokémon; it was really cute to see.
How they went to the theater:
(It’s a bit hard to see but that’s a Detective Pikachu that Niko is holding).
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Also I was sat next to like five mega-bros who I was worried were going to be assholes but they seemed to be reacting to the whole movie with genuine delight
nah let's just keep it open
they made gengar creepy as fuck
Cubone's furious little head turn when Tim comments on it wearing its dead parent's skull was hilarious
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Same thing with Charizard's eyes, those were the eyes of a lizard that had tasted blood and wanted to kill
And the reveal of how tiny it actual was delightful.
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The VFX director did an interview and there were 2 really great tidbits about working with The Pokemon Company
1) The Lickitung scene was right at the edge of what they were okay with and even then, they were not fans at all
2) The VFX asked for more details about Mr. Mime, specifically what he is and what his body would be made out of and the like. The official response was "We don't know" and the Pokemon Company tried to get them to not use Mr. Mime because of how potentially off-putting he would be.
a city where pokemon battling is illegal is hell of a big idea to just slip in the backdrop/world building
I think what I liked about it is that it showed how destructive and scary giant animals/monsters would be which is not always something that is properly captured in movies about giant monsters
He also mimes well!
I was really looking forward to some apocalyptic shit, giant turtle mountains marching on cities or something.
I was okay with it cause we see the smaller ones do a similar thing when Tim taps on the glass. I liked the idea of Psyduck's huge psychic attack just being them tapping on the glass.
It's more that the action scene was a bit too long and a lot of the same action beats.
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That’s why I liked that scene
Imagine how much energy they need to even move a tiny bit, anyway
Like "oh Squirtle wouldn't do that"
and Dave Sims goes "wait what won't Squirtle do???"
and Dan Hernandez just says "oh they don't strategize" and then gives no further context on what version of the script would've involved Squirtles strategizing