Pokemon - The First Movie [2000]

Amazon.co.uk Review

The world domination of Pokémon begets their first theatrical movie. This adventure is a little more complex and dark than the popular TV series, but kids who live for the show will gobble up this film and ask for seconds. Those baffled by the show's popularity, however, will see nothing better here. Mewtwo, a new type of Pokémon designed by scientists to be the ultimate fighter, decides he wants to rule the world and challenges all the great Pokémasters to battle. Of course, our intrepid heroes Ash, Misty and Brock are there to tangle with Mewtwo and spoil his devilish schemes. The film is a tad more emotional than the show (that is, there is some emotion), with Ash sacrificing himself to defend his beloved Pikachu.

Would you really expect the makers of this worldwide phenomenon to radically change its winning formula? The feature is only 55-minutes long, but there's also a 20-minute short, "Pikachu's Vacation." For the Pokémon novice, this escapade will truly baffle: the narrated tale has virtually no dialogue except Pokémon speaking their names (Bulbasaur, for instance, will only express emotion by using variations of his name: "Bulba, Bulba-SAUR!"). --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

Its Poke' Tastic.......2006-07-25

I havent seen this film for ages and yet it's still good.
The Pokemon short nearly brought me to tears when Charizard got its head stuck, as Charizard is my all time favourite Pokemon. I rented it out again and when Ash was hit by Mewtwo and Mew, the sight of Pikachu crying - I had to stop myself crying as well.
It features Pokemon you rarely see in the TV series - Gyarados for example. You also see Mew the rarest Pokemon ever.
The only bad thing Pokemon (its a small thing) is that I think Ash cares too much about Pikachu.
Even so, its still a great movie so I reckon you buy it - at any age!

the essential dvd for any pokemon fan to begin with........2005-07-23

this is a great dvd. there is a commentary and loads of good extras. plus, it introduces ash brock misty and team rocket quite well. this is the ultimate pokemon showdown between a crazed phsychic pokemon called mewtwo, clone of mew, hellbent on taking over the world. plus the mini movie pikachus vacation is great and just adds an extra sense of excitement to the dvd. if you love pokemon then you are going to love this. Buy now if you like pokemon. you get it new for 6.00 off this website OR off an amazon user selling it for around two pounds cheaper.

pkmn is the best and thats that.......2005-06-19

This is about the person who says this belongs in the bin. IT IS THE BEST PKMN MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And if you are into pkmn then this is the movie for you. dont buy it if you dont like it

If Ash had died, this film would be 5 starts..........2004-10-09

When this film was first released i watched it over and over. It was great. I never muched liked the pokemon tv series, too much Pikachu and his annoying and stupid trainer, Ash. The problem is that we don't see enough of the power house pokemon doing battle with one another. I long for there to be a pokemon movie following the sucess of an older trainer as he/she battles her way through the pokemon league...

this movie has a slow start, but once Ash and his friends encounter Mewtwo and the other trainers things start to heat up. The animation is beautiful in this film, perhaps the best japanese animation work i've ever seen! You also get to see some cool power house pokemon that you rarly see in the tv series; Gyarados (one of my personal faves), Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur and Mewtwo to name a few...

The re-vamped theme tune to the first battle at the start of the movie is great. It's a shame Ash's puny pokes' magically beat the crap out of their awesome foes.

My fave pokemon film, a bit mushy at times... The onyl thing that could make this film better is if Ash had actually died.

Belongs in the bin.......2004-09-25

i saw this film a while ago and me and my dad were shocked on how much this film had been hyped up and to sse how bad it really was!