Review of Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!

For a movie that was neither necessary nor wanted, it was quite an easy watch. Most of it was a slow burn through the basic stories Pokemon watchers know well. It's mostly executed well enough not to be annoying. The plot and characters are middling in every way. They're not interesting, but are a watchable shake up from the dreaded, completely faithful rehash people expected. The only question remaining is, out of all dropped characters, why the hell have they brought Team Rocket back? Technically, it's a competent movie. Most surprisingly, music isn't terrible this time around. Also notable, movie features a remix of the originalJapanese opening paired up with a battle montage. In hindsight, I should've expected this, but I gotta say: it's pretty neat.

As the movie drew near a close, I was ready to shrug it off and never think about it again. But then they just had to kill Ash and resurrect him, like in the Mewtwo Strikes Back. Fuck this movie.

I'm not going bother making a big review, as there's nothing to talk about. It exists and it exists on the border between an uninspired remake and an unintentional, borderline offensive self-parody. Definitely not recommended.