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Pokémon the Movie 2000
Film review
If you ask parents to come up with one word to describe torture, chances are "Pokémon" would be near the top of those lists. And the idea of a full-length movie devoted to these ultra-competitive "pocket monster" characters would likely rank even higher.
But, of course, the same can't be said of the much-younger devotees of the hit television series and the accompanying trading-card game, who embraced the too-violent cartoon film "Pokémon: The First Movie" and made it one of last year's biggest hits.
Thankfully, the follow-up, "Pokémon the Movie 2000," isn't nearly as brutally violent as its predecessor. On the other hand, it's even more cutesy if that's possible and, at more than 100 minutes, it's much longer.
In other words, while Pokémon addicts may appreciate this badly animated, confusing but brightly colored mess, their unfortunate parents will likely find it loud, frantic and something of an endurance test.
Like the first film, this one is actually two movies in one.
It seems an evil collector has been capturing the ancient airborne Pokémon Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno and is hoping to use them to draw out the ultimate "prize," the even-more-powerful Pokémon Lugia.
But as a result, the three Pokémonare unable to control their separate powers (fire, lightning and ice), and according to ancient prophecy, only Ash can help Lugia and the others recover and save the world.
"The Power of One" is preceded by an animated short, "Pikachu's Rescue Adventure," in which Ash's Pokémon pal and his friends find themselves lost in a foreign land and must make new friends to have any hope of going home.
Frankly, it's hard to say which of the two is more insufferable. While the short has nonsensical dialogue, bad slapstick and too-cute-for-words characters, the story in the feature seems ridiculously padded.
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Arvey McFarland | May 5, 2000 at 11:12 p.m.
Cast: Animated film based on the hit Saturday morning cartoon series; starring the voices of Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart and others
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