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xsBusiness - Pokemon - Mewtwo Returns
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List Price: $14.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ootani, Masachika Ichimura, Kôichi Yamadera, Mayumi Iizuka
Directed By: Kunihiko Yuyama
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0085392214235
Format: Animated
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 2001-12-04
Running Time: 70
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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Summary: An Interesting Path For Pokemon
Comment: This is review 4/10. This is an interesting path for Pokemon movies. Although most don't consider it one of the movies. This movie, from what I believe, takes place between Pokemon 3 and Pokemon 4ever. I liked Mewtwo Returns. I thought it was repetitive at times and I miss the CGI from the 'official' movies. However, I thought it was nice to see the return of Mewtwo. I especially like the DVD feature for the uncut story of Mewtwo's origin. I thought that was exciting. By the way, the Pikachu balloon was cute. I also like the fact that Mew wasn't in this movie as a main character.
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Summary: Pokemon Rules
Comment: All Pokemon movies will get 5 stars from me. My daughter loves Pokemon and we've watched this movie several times together and she about a hundred times by herself and its very entertaining.
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Summary: Should have never been made
Comment: Boy oh boy, this is quite a deceiving title. Mewtwo Returns would imply to most fans a revenge type story pitting Mewtwo once again as the antagonistic aggressor. Such a plot probably would've made for quite an enthralling sequel to the original. Conversely, this one runs off in the opposite direction, one which places the once invincible Mewtwo in a helpless position, as it attempts to resume a (since the end of Mewtwo Strikes Back) peaceful lifestyle with its clone buddies. The evil doer in Mewtwo Returns happens to be Giovanni, the malicious, and cruel leader of Team Rocket.
Where to begin with the faults of this movie? For starters, the Pokemon creation team seemed to have forgotten what an omnipotent wrecking machine they portrayed Mewtwo as in the first movie. It's not the newfound pacifist-molded ideology which Mewtwo holds that bothers me with this movie, it's more the weakness in which it seems to have suddenly been infected with. The most powerful of all Pokemon is now a playtoy at the mercy of Giovanni's high tech mechanical contraptions. If you're expecting to see the same Mewtwo as the one in Mewtwo Strikes Back, the one who could stir typhoons with the simple flick of its wrist, you're going to be gravely disappointed (as I was). A plot of technological inventions overwhelming powerful Pokemon can be executed successfully in some circumstances (as was witnessed in the fantastic Pokemon 2000, with the incarceration of Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno through mechanical means), yet it bothers me when it's done to an intelligent, Godlike specimen such as Mewtwo. It undermines Mewtwo's entire character to the point where he loses much credibility in the power department.
The idea of Jessie and James helping Ash and the gang in yet another movie is not only moldy by this point, but absurd when considering that it's in defiance of their own boss, Giovanni. The overexposure of Giovanni is another issue I have a problem with. The face of Team Rocket's founder is probably shown more in this movie than it is in all the Pokemon TV episodes combined, taking away from the mystery of his character.
This is the worst Pokemon movie yet, one which the world of Pokemon would've done better off without.
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Summary: It's Pretty Cool
Comment: It's Pretty Cool. It's Way Better Then The First One. I Seen It Before In The Movie Theater With Some Of My Friends. And I Was Just Blown Away By It. (and between you and me i think that Giovanni Reminds me so much of Alistar Crane from the daytime soap oprea "Passions" (the soap oprea not the moive that Mel Gibson Derectied) let's just say it's our little secret ok). So I Would Like Everyone To Buy This Movie. It's Truly A Must Have For Any Die Hard Pokemon Fan.
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Summary: My favorite of the Pokemon movies.
Comment: Even though Suicune is a favorite pokemon of mine, 'Pokemon 4ever' just wasn't quite good enough overall to be my favorite movie. The third film contained a memorable song by Innosense, but again, one song wasn't enough. And Pokemon 2000 included some good Team Rocket content. But the best pokemon movie, in my opinion, is 'Mewtwo Returns.' The story is still rather basic, with Giovanni being the main villain and Ash & company being the heroes, along with Mewtwo and all the other pokemon, genetically enhanced clones or not. Yet there are some very poignant messages brought forth by the movie, and the animation is quite nice, not appearing to have been tossed together quickly without care. This movie might have been a direct-to-video job, but it was a great one.
Ash finds himself worried that a source of miraculous water with healing powers will be discovered and ruined. Mewtwo struggles to resist capture and having his spirit broken by the ruthless Team Rocket leader Giovanni. And the rifts between cloned pokemon and 'normal' ones are explored and eventually smoothed over. What makes this movie most enjoyable for me is the introduction (and sadly, the first and only meeting) of a new Team Rocket agent, young Domino, aka the Black Tulip, agent 009. Multi-faceted and brilliant as Cassidy, whom she slightly resembles (blonde with violet eyes), Domino is a character who adds interest and fun to the film. She seems like a perfect little Swiss girl (with that swirly blonde hair, clothes that match the colors of the Swiss flag, & a convincing portrayal of a hiker, the way she looks like she could be in a lodge wearing a green L.L.Bean sweater...not to mention that we don't know her real name. Domino suggests Dominique, which is French & thus potentially associated with Switzerland). But she turns out to be one slick Rocket agent with mad fighting skills.
I would go with 'Mewtwo Returns' if I had to pick one pokemon movie to see. You still need to be a pokefan to enjoy it, but it's the most well-done.
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In this direct-to-video sequel to Pokémon: The First Movie, Ash, Misty, and Brock continue exploring the Johto region, then have to rescue Pikachu after Jessie and James of Team Rocket kidnap him. The search leads them to the hidden plateau where the redoubtable Mewtwo has established a haven for the cloned Pokémon from the previous film. The evil Giovanni is plotting to recapture Mewtwo and renew his efforts to create an army of bio-engineered Pokémon. Aided by the reluctant Meowth, Ash and his friends defeat Giovanni and his henchman in a battle that is less over the top than the original feature but more intense than the program's usual adventures and lessons in sportsmanship. The result is a mildly amusing, not particularly involving film. Mewtwo's angry brooding and some of the action may be too scary for very small children. Unrated; suitable for ages 6 and up. --Charles Solomon
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