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Pokemon The Movie 2000
Adults might find the whole thing an endurance test for its shrill voicings, with Americanised kids and Japanese baby-talking Pokémon, not to mention the meld of incredibly simplistic storyline with amazingly intricate backstory. A trace of self-awareness comes in a brief snippet from a Weird Al Yankovic's song ("Polka mon") under the crowded end credits. --Kim Newman Video description The nice-looking DVD (letterboxed to 1.85:1) comes with a "special edition" Pikachu card; trailers for this film and Pokémon 3; video clips of Pokémon--themed songs performed by Dream Street, Alysha Antonio and Youngstown; a snippet-like "making of the soundtrack" featurette, DVD-ROM features that won't play on a Mac (mostly Web-site links and ads for new poképroducts--"for the first time you will be able to discover if your Pokémon are male or female"!); soundtracks in English, French, Dutch, German and Italian with subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Dutch and Arabic.
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Pokémon 2000, the second film to spin off the powerhouse child-friendly franchise of the turn-of-the-millennium, consists of the colourful if babyish human-presence free, short Pikachu's Rescue Adventure and the more elaborate feature The Power of One. The main attraction is up to snuff animation-wise, with imaginative settings (an island lair, a huge dirigible) that crossbreed cyberpunk futurism and Jules Verne style retro-fantasy. It even has the germ of an interesting, almost subversive idea, in that the story's wealthy villain is a green-haired fanatic who is as obsessive about collecting Pokémon as the film's target audience--he's after three fabled birds, Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno, but is really interested in the cute Loch Ness Monster-type being Lugia--but his philosophy is so skewed that he is more interested in owning and numbering the fabulous creatures than training or befriending them. A clever pun in a prophecy decrees that in a predestined crisis, "the world will turn to ash"--this turns out not to be a gloomy foretelling of holocaust but the revelation that human hero Ash is a messianic "Chosen One" who can restore the balance of nature when the collector's antics have unleashed worldwide climatic change.
DVD special features:
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Special Features
1.85 Wide Screen
DVD 10
Dutch\French\German\Italian
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 Dutch English French German Italian
Dolby Digital 5.1
Preview Of Pokemon 3
Theatrical Trailer
Music Gallery
Arabic\Dutch\French\German\Italian
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Synopsis
In this action-packed adventure story based on the popular TV series, a villainous Pokemon "collector" is attempting to ensnare the mysterious guardian Pokemon Lugia. In order to summon this mystical creature, he must first capture three powerful elemental Pokemon representing fire, lightning, and ice: Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno--an act that threatens to upset the balance of nature itself. As horrible natural disasters begin to occur all over the world, young Ash discovers that according to an ancient prophecy, he is the chosen one who must save the earth from total destruction--a daunting challenge for any Pokemon trainer. Fortunately, Ash is surrounded by friends he can always count on for support: his faithful electric Pokemon Pikachu, traveling companions Misty and Tracy, and his new friend Melody. Even some old enemies, the nefarious Team Rocket, end up lending a helping hand for a change. This film has a more polished feel than its predecessor, POKEMON: THE FIRST MOVIE, and some impressive computer-animated background graphics.
The main feature is preceded by a new animated short, "Pikachu's Rescue Adventure," in which audiences get to see a variety of wild Pokemon in their natural settings while learning a valuable lesson about cooperation.
I could use pants
Review date: 2008-05-02 Rating: 10 out of 10
I definately think, that out of all the Pokemon movies (and there are dissapointingly a lot of them which cheapens the whole franchise) Pokemon The Movie 2000 is one of, if not the best. It's only competator is obviously the first movie which cannot be surpassed by any of the others. The plot is very typical and uninspired but when I first watched this so many years ago, it inspired me. Pokemon has always managed to inspire me and it still does now. I JUST bought the movie again after not seeing it for many many years and I enjoyed it just the same if not more. I think this movie gets the balance right between the new Pokemon that are starting to creep into the Pokemon world and the old ones we love so much. There's great humor delivered by our favorite Team Rocket and the movie creators have the guts to follow up a scene where Ash's mom is talking about how much she cares for her son. With a scene of Slowking stood in the snow and simply saying "I could use pants". If I do say so myself, this is one great movie. I'd recommend it to children and adults alike.
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Reviews
Harmless cartoon action at it's best
Review date: 2006-12-20 Rating: 8 out of 10
i saw the first pokemon movie when i was eight, and i thought it sucked, it was boring, stupid and pointless(by that i mean they don't even remember it). But then 2000 came out, and as a general pokemon fan i wanted to see it, i thought it was friggin' awesome, and now 6 years or so later i still love it even though i'm not interested in pokemon anymore.
Seriously, if you ever liked pokemon, then you will enjoy this, but don't touch the other movies because they are absoloutely awful.
Do not even bother!
Review date: 2005-10-26 Rating: 2 out of 10
What an awful film.
A little boy randomly finds a random island and with his random set of randomly selected friends, he randomly tries to stop a random 'evil' man from capturig some random birds in his random flying... ummm... made-up space station type of thing so he can do what? I don't know! Some random birds aren't going to make you famous, old chum! Think again! And so all the Pokemons from all over the world come to save their freinds... SNOOOORE!!!!
With terrible voice acting, awful special effects and... well... Dire animations, quite frankly; how bad can you get?
When you buy this film from amazon, remember to go to Klenex.com and buy a box of tissues so when you watch it, you can mop up your tears when you realise how much money that you have wasted!
Don't even bother!
pokemon the second movie hot or not?
Review date: 2005-09-09 Rating: 8 out of 10
pokemon 2000 is a great movie but has a few faults
pokemon 2000 has beautiful graphics especially for the legendarys (Zapdos,Articuno,Moltres and Lugia)
Yes dont worry i said that too (wooooooooooo!)
it is action straight from the start and doesnt really stop the whole movie however it does stop and have about a 5 minute boring ending so watch out for that.
but all in all it is a brilliant movie!
my verdict: BUY IT!!!!!
super cool japanese anime.
Review date: 2005-07-21 Rating: 10 out of 10
this film is awesome and i would reccomend it to all pokemon fans. It has some great digital effects and the pikachu's rescue adventure is great. 5 starts out of five.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Eric Stuart (III)
Veronica Taylor
Madeleine Blaustein
Rachael Lillis
Ikue Ootani
Creators:
Veronica Taylor (Primary Contributor)
Rachael Lillis (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
EAN: 7321900186209
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Animated, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2001-05-14
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 97 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2000-07-21
Language: Arabic (Subtitled)
Language: Dutch (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: German (Subtitled)
Language: Italian (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Dutch (Dubbed)
Language: French (Dubbed)
Language: German (Dubbed)
Language: Italian (Dubbed)