Gekijôban Poketto Monsutâ [03]: Kesshô-tô no Teiô

• Japan • 2000 • 93m •

• Directed by: Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney. • Starring: Rica Matsumoto, Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Ikue Ôtani, Eric Stuart, Madeleine Blaustein, Amy Birnbaum, Dan Green, Stuart Zagnit, Lisa Ortiz, Kathy Pilon, Peter R. Bird, Kayzie Rogers. • Music by: Shinji Miyazaki, Ralph Schuckett, Hirokazu Tanaka.

Professor Shuri is a scientist looking for rare Pocket Monsters. He reads a storybook to his daughter Mi about the powerful Pokemon Entei. Shuri is currently searching for the heiroglyph Pokemon ''Unknown''. While searching through some ancient artifacts, Shuri awakens Unknown and is sucked into it. Mi next awakens Unknown while looking for her father. Unknown bonds with her and turns her mansion into a Crystal Tower. The crystallization begins to spread. Unknown lives to serve Mi and creates an Entei with the personality of her father to make her happy. When Mi next desires a mother, Entei kidnaps Satoshi's mother Hanako to give to Mi. Satoshi, Kasumi, Takeshi, and of course Pikachu set out to get her back.

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Pokemon 3 is little more than three or four episodes of the TV series, strung together without the usual commercials. The story is typical of Pokemon (conflict, fighting, and a resolution where all are happy in the end), and there is nothing original or unusual in the animation. Some of the holes in the plot are filled in (over the closing credits!) without explanation, and everything is just a bit too sweet.

Why see it on the big screen? The only reason is to be a part of your child's world. Both of my sons enjoy Pokemon, and by my showing an interest in what they like, we are closer. Seeing a film in a theatre is still different than seeing it on the tube, and my sons enjoy the full movie-going experience. I gave the movie a 4, mostly from my children's point of view.

Review by pm-23 from the Internet Movie Database.

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