Pokemon - The Movie 2000
by Michael Haigney, Kunihiko Yuyama
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Actor: Eric Stuart (III), Ikue Ootani, Madeleine Blaustein, Rachael Lillis, Veronica TaylorDirector: Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 102 minutes
Release Date: 2000-11-14
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Pokemon - The Movie 2000
Movie Review: The second theatrical film for the Pokemon franchise
Summary: 4 Stars
Pokemon The Movie 2000 is the second theatrical film for the Pokemon franchise. Before the film, there is a short titled, "Pikachu's Rescue Adventure." The actual film revolves around three Legendary Pokemon (Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres), and how a Pokemon collector is trying to capture all three of them in order to capture Lugia (the "Great Guardian"). Ash ends up being the "Chosen One" referenced in a legend, and it's up to him to save the day.
This DVD release of Pokemon The Movie 2000 has some special features. First, there is an extra labeled as, "Soundtrack Live." This includes live performances of Dream Street's "They Don't Understand," Alysha's "Dreams," and Youngstown and Nobody's Angel's version of "Pokemon World." There is also a two-minute documentary about the making of the soundtrack, which includes interviews with Donna Summer and "Weird Al" Yankovic. All of these extras were part of "The Power of One: The Pokemon 2000 Movie Special" that aired on The WB. There are also theatrical trailers for Pokemon The Movie 2000 and for Pokemon The Movie 3.
Overall, I have to say that I enjoyed this film. The film runs for about an hour and twenty minutes, and the story utilizest his runtime well. However, I'm a little disappointed that there isn't a way to be able to be able to choose to simply watch the "Pikachu's Rescue Adventure" short by itself on this DVD.
Any Pokemon fan should have this DVD release of Pokemon The Movie 2000 in their DVD collection.
Summary of Pokemon - The Movie 2000
Thanks to a greedy Pok?mon collector, Earth's weather patterns are askew and its population doomed unless Pok?mon trainer Ash can return three glass balls to their proper place in this second Pok?mon feature. Unlike the television show, the movie features little violence and no Pok?mon battles in the classic sense. Instead, the focus is an environmental one: what happens when humans interfere with the harmony of Earth's elements--in this case fire, ice, and lightning. Even Team Rocket have a (temporary, to be sure) change of heart, joining Ash and Misty in their effort to free the three imprisoned birdlike Pok?mon who regulate those elements. The good intentions of this 76-minute film, however, don't make it any less dull for grownups (even though this feature is better than the first). Even more mind-numbing than the feature is the lead-in short, "Pikachu's Rescue Adventure," in which Pikachu and Pok?mon friends follow Team Rocket's feline down a hole into a Munchkinland-type place. Without the humans for dialogue, viewers must endure a full 20 minutes of nothing but the squawks and squeaks of pocket monsters. As the movie's title song says, "We all live in a Pok?mon world." (Ages 3 and older.) --Kimberly HeinrichsKids & Family VHS Video
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