What a difference a year makes! An actual plot (kind of), fluid animation (barely), a classic soundtrack borrowing elements from the older films and games (mixed in with the usual cheese-pop with an even cheesier translation) and more time for our individual characters to shine (only Misty isn't here anymore). So things are not quite as they seem when a random-ass circus parks itself literally at the feet of Ash, Brock, May and Max, who are travelling through a random-ass desert to catch a glimpse of a random-ass comet which only makes an appearance for seven days, every thousand years (the clue is in the... See full review
Okay, so I thought it was time to revisit Pokemon. The 3rd Generation of Pokemon passed me by a little bit, as it was around that time that my age-group started to think they were too old for the franchise; started to think it was uncool. As much as I am ashamed not to own a copy of Sapphire, Ruby or Emerald, I never really liked the Pokemon introduced within that generation anyway, so perhaps I saved myself from disappointment. I did get the Gen 4 and Gen 5 games though; I'm back in the loop these days. The films are different. They rarely follow the strict rules and regulations of the RPG Pokemon... See full review