Pokemon 3 - The Movie Reviews

• EXCELLENT MOVIE!

  
  By A3O0ZA0PSBXAUR on 2001-04-01
  You all will LOVE this Movie! I must say, WB did a good job with the "less advertising hype" this time around, as to avoid UNWANTED critic nagging. Anyway, the third Pokemon film is VERY cool! Let's have a look:

  The OVA, "Pikachu And Pichu" is in short, another OVA with Pikachu and the other Pokemon who are Trained by Ash-tachi being left alone for a little while again. Only this time, Two Pichu Brother's moon and anger Pikachu, so he gets angry and chases after them. After he catches up to them, this silly OVA goes for a non-stop comedy spree! See it for yourself in a manner of Days...

  The main Movie, "The Spell Of The Unown" is about a Professor named Professor Spencer Hale, whom has a 5 year old Daughter whom he raises by himself (his wife passed away)and cares about very much. As a Pokemon Researcher, hearing about ancient Pokemon Hieroglyphics is excting news for him! But when these Hieroglyphics turn out to be the Ancient and mysterious Pokemon, the Unown, they send him into another dimension. Alone and sad, with only the servants in her mansion and no family, his daughter Molly crys and Prays.(in the Japanese version, the DIRECT translation of Her Prayer is: "Please my sweet days, return to me!") She hopes Her Parents will return, but instead the Unown come, and THEY help Her! The Unown have the ability to turn Human thoughts and emotions into reality! Her whole mansion is turned into a Crystal Tower, and the Unown's Spell has the Legendary Fire Dog Pokemon Entei, be Her new Father, in place of Her missing one. In the meantime, the area, (in the Japanese version, it is called "Greenfield") Ash just finishes a tied up match with another Trainer, and is surprised to see His Mother and Prof. Oak there on vacation! Molly then decides Delia will be the PERFECT new Mom, and Entei kidnaps Her for Molly. Now Ash and His Friends must all confront Molly's imigination, Entei Himself, and the Unown, if Ash wishes to get His Mother back, otherwise HE WILL be an orphan missing His Parents!

  Oh, WB is cheap and is behind by a few Episodes, so here is some differences You will see in the Movie, (when it ACTUALLY takes place, 6 Eps from Today) compared to where WB is rught now:

  Ash's Squirtle has left. Ash has a Totodile. Ash has a Shiny Noctowl. Misty's Poliwag evolved into Poliwhirl.

  Oh, and one more thing, your NOT seeing things, Charizard returns!
  
  

• The Spell of the Unown (Lord of The Crystal Tower)

  
  By AQGCART9DSM8B on 2001-07-11
  I wasn't sure if this movie would be anywhere near as good as Revelaton Lugia, the second Japanese Pokémon movie. However, when I saw the original Japanese version in January, I knew that it was! Something previously unheard of in a Pokémon film was developed: a plot! In this movie, the characters all have clear, simple objectives and we know from the start what this film is going to be about. This doesn't mean that the movie doesn't have its moments of suspense. This structure simply allows the movie to progress more 'naturally', without some of the restrictive assumptions that were made in the first two films, such as having Pikachu in every other frame!

  The Spell of the Unown tells the story of the legendary Pokémon Entei and the Unown, and how one little girl's unhappiness almost brought about disaster. The movie starts with the Molly's (the little girl) father disappearing. We also learn later that her mother has disappeared also. Feeling alone and sad, Molly discovers the box of Unown letters that had been found where her father was last seen. These letters (which are symbols of the Unown) summon forth a hoard of Unown, that seem to sense her unhappiness and try to make her wishes come true. Thus, the legendary Pokémon Entei is summoned, whom Molly believes to be her father. The Unown form a crystal tower around the mansion where Molly lives, which slowly begins to extend into the surrounding countryside. Also, Molly asks Entei to find her a mother. Once kidnapped, Ash begins his efforts to rescue her from Molly's 'crystal tower'.

  I won't spoil the ending for you, but the message behind this movie is that of the bond between parents and their children. All of the Pokémon movies have themes (in Mewtwo Strikes Back we learned that senseless fighting was wrong - in the second movie the theme was that of believing in yourself), and this movie is the first to portray that message so clearly inside the film. One of the final scenes in the end credits is that of Molly being reunited with her real mother.

  The 'Pichu and Pikachu' short was great! Perhaps not quite so good as the original 'Pikachu's Summer Vacation' but still great. For the first time, the original Japanese music was carried over from Japan and left in the US editon. I am all for this as the US music tends to be somewhat inappropriate for the shorts, always being far too kiddy.

  As usual, the animation and CGI are up to their normal high standards, and the background music for the film was very good. Again, it was a shame that the movie score was made overly 'poppy', but this was balanced out by the retention of the original score for the short 'Pichu and Pikachu'. The music for the short was all carried over from the original Japanese production.

  Overall, this movie is evidence that the US producers have listened to fans' requests to keep to the original storyline as much as possible. It's also nice to see that this film was completely Tracy free! This film is recommended to all ages, even those who may find the television series a little stodgy. Most parents won't have much say in it anyway...

  ~Sakurai Charizard
  
  

• The BEST movie they made

  
  By A20B5M4BQYJ61T on 2001-04-12
  I saw the movie when it came and when I saw the info on it I thought that this had had to have been the best movie they had made and it was. If you have kids that are Pokemon fans I think you should take them to see this movie. It starts with Pikachu and Pichu. Pichu are brothers who meet Pikachu and Pikachu gets in trouble with this Pokemon that I dont know who it was. Then they get onto the movie and that was so cool to show all those new Pokemon that are not in the show. They really showed what this Pokemon are really like when they are in the wild. A MUST SEE MOVIE FOR KIDS ALL AGES!!!
  
  

• WAY BETTER THAN DIGIMON MOVIE!

  
  By on 2001-04-29
  Okay i suffered a lot with the first Pokemon film, but then, in the second film, i found it enjoyable, but this, this one it's truly very enjoyable,very mature story, great animation, quite very good music, but as many people say here the short stinks!, this film it's way funnier and way better than that digigarbage ot that Monster Rancher, but this is the kind of film that i will go to see to the cheap cinema or to the mall cinema, also let me tell you that the god of animation, Hayao Miyazaki, co directed and co writed the film, believe it or not, it's just that they didn't give him, credit, well, this along with Spy Kids it's one of the best children's films of the year.
  
  

• Way Better Than Barney

  
  By on 2001-08-10
  I'm a mom. I enjoy the warmth and humor shared between the Pokemon characters, and I admire the cartoon makers for their ingenuity. Most of all, I appreciate the values of friendship, kindness and responsibility that the Pokemon stories teach. There are no really bad guys in Pokemon movies-- just people or beings who aren't thinking clearly. And there are no hard feelings in the end. Everyone comes to an understanding. In this movie, little Molly has been motherless. Then she loses her father. So, feeling her world spinning out of control, she kidnaps a new mom and creates a powerful dad Pokemon and becomes extremely dominating. She is afraid of being hurt again, so she encapsulates her abode in spiky crystals. Excellent psychology! Yet in the end, she has to face reality and learn to cope as a lonely child, with the help of friends, of course. No fairy tale, happy-ever-after-with-the-prince endings. Pokemon movies give real lessons in living. I watched my child soaking in lessons about coping and also about having empathy for others.
  
  
• Is there even a point to this movie?!
  By A1LDIMQISH07WK on 2001-05-28
  HELLO! Pokemon is like, the most annoying thing that's come out since...since...oh, I don't know! All I know is that everything about Pokemon is completely annoying and if you are over 12 years old, then it should be avoided at all costs! This movie makes me barf. And that little "cute" Pikachu is so annoying. Agh! Pokemon makes me scream! I hate all Japaneese animation because while it may look all cute and everything, it is really bad animation. Also, when the characters speak, their mouths move way too fast and they talk way too fast, too. This movie isn't even worth taking your kids to see...you'll be too embarrassed being there to even sit straight up in your seat! All this movie's about is fighting, fighting, fighting. Fighting over what? There really is no point to this movie! Is there even a a real script? Who cares if the little fuzzy furrballs are cute? I think they're horrible-looking creatures from Planet Hell. It is totally unrealistic and is just a way to kill time and to get your kids to shut up for a few hours. So I guess it is good for that. But besides that, please, please, PLEASE don't waste your money on this annoying [stuff]! While the kids may like it, teens and adults will find it rather embarrassing and horrible. If you're over 12 years old and you like Pokemon, then there is something terribly wrong with you! Have you gone for a brain check-up recently? Maybe you should if you're over 12 years old and liked this movie!
  
  
• One of the best movies of 2001
  By A2PI09IT7KTWVI on 2001-07-06
  Let's face it, there is no middle ground when it comes to Pokemon, either one loves it, or loaths it. I love Pokemon, and for those of you that are wondering, yes, I am an adult.

  Pokemon holds a degree of magic for those who take the time to understand what it is all about. Is Pokemon the best anime, no. Is it the worst? No. Pokemon is marketed towards children, yes, however, there are some very valuable lessons like friendship, loyalty, and caring that we all can take examples from.
  
  

• Three strikes you're out!
  By AIX5U6987QITP on 2001-08-23
  This was my least favorite in the Pokemon movie franchise thus far. While it does introduce us to a lot of new Pokemon from gold and silver, the storyline was half-baked. Again, there was no menacing villain, but at least Ash didn't have to save the world in this one - a welcome change of pace. The main "bad" Pokemon this time are the Unown, who in the games, are a whole lot of nothing, but evidently, they've gained a lot power for the movie. The big deal about this movie was supposed to be Entei, but even he is nothing more than a dream Pokemon created from the imagination of a little girl by the Unown to be her "father figure" to give her anything she wants. Likewise, all the Pokemon battled by the main characters are merely dream Pokemon, but they are so powerful, that everyone's Pokemon gets defeated in battle. Sadly, this includes Vulpix, who FINALLY gets to battle in a movie, only to be easily defeated (and since Vulpix is leaving the cartoon shortly, I will no longer be watching it or any further "Pokemon" movies). However, at least this movie has a definite resolution, and teaches the lesson that you can't live in a fantasy world.

  Another problem I had with this movie was that the reunion between Molly and her father doesn't take place until during the ending credits - most people had already left the theater, and probably thought she'd never see her father again. That wasn't very well though out, in my opinion.

  The cartoon short before the movie, "Pikachu and Pichu", was basically just a commercial advertising a bunch of new gold and silver Pokemon. The plot wasn't that much different from "Pikachu's Vacation". (But at least, once again, there's a lot of appearances by my favorite, Vulpix!) Again, the cartoon is mostly in "Pokemon-ese", so get out those Pokemon/English dictionaries!

  The DVD is standard format, as usual. You'd think by now, with HDTV coming, they'd start making them widescreen. Oh Well...
  
  

• Da best Pokemon movie to date!
  By A378NTBTUQDFFY on 2001-08-24
  Simply put, this movie is beautiful! The short film, "Pikachu and Pichu", is much better than the previous shorts, basically 'cause Togepi DOESN'T get lost! The main feature, "Spell of the Unown" (or "Lord of the Unknown Tower", however you want to put it) kills both "Mewtwo Strikes Back" and "Pokemon 2000: The Power of One"! Beautifully animated and equipped with a moving plot, "Pokemon 3" is, hands down, the best Pokemon movie to date. Unlike "PK 2000", the characters in "PK 3" actually bend in with the computer-generated graphics. The plot is not as predictable as "PK 1", and it also gives a little background info on Molly and her family, so the audience actually knows what the hell is going on. Not to mention that one of the coolest Pokemon of all appears in this movie.... ENTEI! ^_^ There's only one problem with this movie. Team Rocket is in it for a grand total of five minutes! Team Twerp is way overrated! >_< Hopefully, TR will have a bigger part in "PK 4", but 4Kids may not even bother to put it in theaters, unfortunately. It just might be one of those straight-to-video films.... *sigh* All in all, "PK 3" gets two paws up, and more if I could. Even those who aren't Pokemon fans won't be dissapointed. Show your support to keep Pokemon's flame burning brightly! Ii Kanji!
  
  
• Great movie, needs more Team Rocket.
  By on 2001-07-08
  Wow, Pokemon can't stand to have a boring generic villain, can they? First Mewtwo, then Jirarudan (whatever his English name is, he's the most stereotypical, being the chess-playing supervillain type, but at least he wasn't trying to conquer the world), and now a little girl who just wants to be with her family! If this were a book, I could see reading it in English class for its themes on innocence and fantasy. Actually, I can see watching it in English class as an adaptation of such a book. So don't ever say Pokemon has no literary merit.

  Team Rocket never gets to fill the role of villains in the movies, so I guess they are delegated to comic relief. But they hinted that they might possibly have a larger role in the next movie. (They have no respect for the "fourth wall," do they?)

  Also, Charizard is back. I know he has lots of fans, so they definitely need to see this.
  
  

• Pokemon 3 the Movie
  By on 2001-08-15
  I took my son to see Pokemon 3 And he loved it. I also found myself identifying with the characters. It was a cartoon that I didnt mind watching. I thought it was really inventive and creative and the characters were really well animated.
  
  
• Actually probably 4.5 Stars
  By ABGSD61VL2VAY on 2001-08-22
  This movie is GREAT!! Lots of people say the minimovies are not that great, but this one was probably the best Mini Movie of all the Pokemon movies. YES!!! Finally, a movie with Furret (a long, ferret-like Pokemon evolved from Sentret) and the Baby Pokemon like Pichu and Magby. It is much better than Pikachu's Vacation and on the same level as the mini movie Pikachu's Rescue Adventure in Pokemon 2000.

  The main film is about a young girl and the Unown Pokemon. Her father is an archaeologist trying to discover ancient Pokemon. He finds the Unown, only to mysteriously disappear. His co-workers bring the news back to his little girl, along with a bunch of tiles with the Unown on them. When Molly (the girl) begins to play with them, she somehow summons the Unown, who grant her wishes by bringing her Entei as a father and Ash's mom as a mother. For some reason they create a crystalline palace for Entei, Molly, and Ash's mom to live in, perhaps making sure that Entei and Ash's mom do not disappear like Molly's real parents did (at Molly's wishing). Ash sets out to find his mom.

  Overall, a great movie to go with the Johto series. And to those who have seen the episode about Ash's fiery friend, Charizard, and the valley of the Charizards - Charizard returns!

  Still, though, I don't understand why Entei is included and not Raikou and especially Suicune. When I found out that Entei would be in the film, and after I watched the first Johto episode, I began to mistakenly put the mysterious glowing blue Pokemon in the first Johto episode - Suicune - with Entei, as a kind of "introduction" to the movie. After all, it is natural to group legendary Pokemon - Mew and Celebi, Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno, Lugia and Ho-oh -- and the three quick Neo Pokemon, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune. I was especially disappointed that water type Suicune was not in it, as Suicune is my favorite of the three (I like Water-types). It would have been interesting if Entei was her father and Suicune was her mother (Suicune has always had a rather feminine impression to me). But then, Ash's mother would have been fine and Ash probably would not have gotten involved at all. Oh well.

  It's not as good as Pokemon 2000, and better than the first Pokemon movie, but somewhere in between. I don't know, but somehow I like the great Guardian of the Sea, Lugia, along with Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno, better than Entei and the Unown. Lugia - the star Pokemon in Pokemon 2000 - gives me a rather peace-making, strong, good impression, where in most of Pokemon 3, the star Pokemon (Entei) is almost half good, half bad. Unown, on the other hand, are more carelessly playful in my opinion, instead of villainous, and their playfulness accidentally makes big trouble for other Pokemon and people.

  However, it all comes right in the end, and it turns out that Entei is not bad, it's just that he was summoned by the Unown to be Molly's father, and he wants to protect her more than anything else. That means Entei seems bad to Ash, who wants Molly to realize that he is not her father, and is good in Molly's thinking, who loves him like a father - indeed, she actually thinks he is her father.

  How does it turn out? I'll leave that for you to find out! It's a great movie (though it is lacking in some ways, in ways that Pokemon 2000 did great in) and if I were you, I'd watch it!
  
  

• From Annoying Nonsense to a Crime Against Anime..
  By A2J57EQ9KPGXR9 on 2001-08-29
  So now its up to number 3? What is truly horrible about this bad, brainless, loud, irritating nonsense is that it overshadows truly decent, well written and animated Japanese Animation. I could talk about "Pokemon 3"'s nonexistent plot, its horrendous artwork and the frightening voice characterizations but that is obvious. Everybody can look at 5 seconds of this "film" and figure that out. My main point is that Pokepuke literally rots your brain due to its intense stupidity. Its producers' lack of respect for their audience is amazing.
  People, expect more and you will get more.
  
  
• My kids love it.
  By A396VFQ0EQ2NFL on 2001-10-03
  My kids love this DVD, especially since they can watch/listen to it in English/French, they can listen to the commentaries, they can watch the Japanese Prequels, etc. If your kids like Pokèmon, I highly recommend this video. Granted, this movie was as great as the first one, but hey, it's a kids movie. Enjoy. :o)
  
  
• One of the best Pokemon movies!!
  By A1HV8DXCD6V1HZ on 2001-06-16
  Each Pokemon movie has something special about that the other ones don't have. I'd have to say that the first 1 is still the best, while Pokemon 2000 has it's really good parts. This movie's special parts are that that compared to the other movies and shows, the plot of this movie is intense, and way more exiting then the others. Also the moviez graphics is so great compared to the other movies itz ridiculous. I think this movie definetly haz its good partz for young audiences, but also older audiences will enjoy this too, and i don't care what other people have to say about the show, because in my opinion, u can be 95 years old, and still like pokemon. It's what we like, and nobody can tell us otherwiz!! Well, back to the subject, u should buy this video the 1st day it comes out if ur a big pokemon fan or not.
  
  
• Jeff
  By on 2001-08-08
  I'm excited to see that this will have a commentary on this one. As a parent, I loved the commentary on the 1st movie. This gave it something for the parents to enjoy. It was missed on the 2nd one.
  
  
• Wow They FINALLY Got The DVD Right Again!!!
  By A1W661TC1P6VQI on 2001-09-06
  The first Pokemon movie DVD that came out was a great deal! Many intresting special features were included that made the price well worth it! However the Pokemon 2000 DVD was a joke. It lacked everything. The only thing you could really say for it was that it had the theatrical trailer (Sad huh?)! However I am pleased to say Warner has gotten this one right! We have the free trading card, a COMMENTARY, DVD-Rom features, and the best part (Or one of the best things to come out of edited anime DVD's that is) THE JAPANESE TRAILER FOR POKEMON 4!!!!!!! This makes me so happy to see that WB is making the Japanese stuff known (That, or mabye they were trying to save some money on making a trailer for the forth movie themselves. Sneaky.)!

  However there are still some flaws even though they did MUCH better then last year! For one thing, there's no option for widescreen (Which dissapoints me GREATLY!). No Japanese audio track. They have the making of "To Know The Unknown" music video, but they don't have the ACTUAL music video on the disk! And the Johto Pokerap is TERRIBLE (Even though I already knew it was after listening to the CD)! I never dreamed I would miss the old Pokerap ao much. And the last problem is they still have the mini-movie there (WB, if I wanted to buy the mini-movies, I'LL BUY THE MINI-MOVIES!!!! You DON'T need to put them on the movie disks!).

  But even so this is a great buy. A great movie. And a great addition for any Pokemon fan! Highly recomended!
  
  

• Pokemon's First True Anime
  By A2LS6A1XNO8Y7 on 2001-09-10
  I have never really considered any of the earlier Pokemon material to be what I think is true anime. Neither the characters nor the story were strong enough to elevate it above the level of Saturday morning cartoons. The second Pokemon movie showed a great improvement in the story with the underlying theme of man vs. nature, but no improvement was made on the development of the characters except for Delia, Ash's mom. This latest endevour has done a much better job of developing the characters of Ash, Delia, and the little girl Molly. The movie opens, Molly's mother had mysteriously vanished some years earlier and soon her father also disappears while researching the lengendary Pokemon called Unown. Now alone in the world Molly investigates a box of strange tablets sent to her by her father. These tablets turn out to be the Unown in some dormant state. The power of Molly's grief and sadness awaken them and begin to transform the world into an alternate reality composed of her dreams and wishes. I have been a rabid sci-fi nut for many years so this concept was quite easy to grasp - it was done very well in the original Star Trek pilot "The Cage". However I think this would be quite difficult for young children to comprehend, even though it is explained fairly well in the movie. Molly's lonliness, her fear of the outside world trying to harm her is brought out very well - she is very human, very easy to identify with. In many ways she is like the villain Yugi of the third Tenchi Muyo series, but without Yugi's malicious streak. One last thing I really enjoyed was Ash's quest to rescue his mom from Molly, here he shows a very strong bond to his mom. It was so good to see him so passionate about something besides Pokemon! This is what I think sets this film apart from all of the previous Pokemon material, the characters are human, you know their feelings, and they leave something behind in you when it's all over. Finally a Pokemon movie that seems more like true anime.
  
  
• Top notch translation with fine acting makes this film great
  By A2AW11HP8CHCNF on 2001-10-01
  I was actually very pleased with this film. Many fans were upset with the way the first movie was translated, including Pokémon errors, and also the fact that the second movie's script was rewritten with a short scene removed at the end of it. But even with those two put together, they are completely outranked by this film...

  Again, the script translation of this film was pretty much dead on. I even read the producer's success of the third movie, which included going over the small plot holes that may have been in the Japanese version of this film.

  The voice acting of this film is also a class of its own. The movie really shines with the performances of Veronica Taylor (Ash/Ash's mother), Rachel Lillis (Misty/Jessie) and Eric Stuart (Brock/James).

  The battle scenes may be a bit too intense for younger viewers, and even though it's Rated G, I really don't recommend some of the movie's contents for children under 8. This is also a bonus for those who are fans of the Japanese series, to see that no actual footage from the original film was removed for the English dub release.

  Overall, this Pokémon film, even though the trend is dying a slow and painful death, is the best out of the three released so far. Why? Complete and total translation. Japanese to English, with slight grammar changes. That's all 4Kids needs to do, and that's exactly what they did with this film. Hopefully the fourth film will follow the exact same steps as this one.
  
  

• Are you ready for the Final Round?!
  By A30GPTKHN5SXKI on 2001-10-10
  Even though I'm no longer going to subscribe to Nintendo Power anymore (since my subscription is gone for eternity), I totally love this movie just like all of you Pokemon fans out there. However, this movie can be shocking at first, but once you try it enough times, it shouldn't be that shocking. Anyway, this movie contains the following:

  "Pikachu and Pichu", a mini movie that takes place in the big city where the Pichu bros. try their best to guide Pikachu back home before Ash Ketchum notices his Pokemon are missing. It's very funny to see those Pokemon fight against 1 obstacle after another. Ha! Ha! Ha!

  "Spell of the Unown", a major movie that takes place in the hilariously bizzare wasteland of Greenfield where everything turns to crystal. Sounds creepy does it? But not only that, you get to meet Entei, a legendary Fire-type Pokemon with the best Pokemon voice, unlike Mewtwo and Lugia which are just plain wimps. That's because those other 2 Pokemon that first existed in Pokemon 1 and 2 tend to have bad voices, but this one has a good voice.

  What I do like about this movie:

  "Pikachu and Pichu" has really huge laughs, unlike "Pikachu's Vacation" and "Pikachu's Rescue Adventure", plus it has more G/S Pokemon, which is superior.

  "Spell of the Unown" has really good animation, good laughs, and good voices, unlike "Mewtwo Strikes Back" and "The Power of One", plus it has 3 soundtracks that has you moving and grooving to the beat, along with 2 excellent looking Pokemon (Unown and Entei) and 3 forms of the final boss, Molly.

  What I don't like about this movie:

  "Pikachu and Pichu" may tend to get annoying and loud at times during the film.

  "Spell of the Unown" is a movie that could be too creepy for little kids, plus it's way too loud! Ahhh!

  I'm sure this review will help all of you, but I'll see ya in the Special movie, Mewtwo Returns on December 4, 2001. Good luck! You'll need it!
  
  

• It could have been better!
  By A13IJSSLR27SU on 2001-12-06
  This 3rd Pokémon movie, that looks like 'Alice In Wonderland' in the Pokémon world, was a big dissapointment for me, the story is thin and confusing, the movie is overloaded with effects, the soundtrack is boring, but it was good to see Ash's mum in a bigger role, and watch all the new Pokémon's like Pichu, Houndour, Cyndaquil and Totodile.
  
  
• please Not Again!!
  By A3SY75DL8QX57H on 2002-06-18
  THE THIRD MOVIE WAS THE WORST MOVIE OF THE THREE.IT WAS ABOUT A GIRL WHO LOSES HER FATHER IN THE UNKNOWN AND SOLVES A PUZZLE IN WHICH A DOG-LIKE POKEMON GRANTS HER EVERY WISH.SHE STEALS ASH'S MOM AND THEY TRY AND GET HER BACK.THE ENTIRE MOVIE IS BASICALY A FANTASY WORLD WITH BORING BATTLE SEQUENCES.I WOULD GIVE IT 1 STAR.

  EVERYONE WHO THINKS THAT THIS IS THE GREATEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD,GET A HINT.HELLLLLOOOOO!!!THIS IS NOT THE GREATEST ANIME,IN FACT IT IS THE WORST ANIME.THERE ARE ANIME SHOWS I RECCOMEND TO YOU LIKE COWBOY BEBOP AND YU YU HAKUSHO WHICH PREMIER EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT AT 11 ON CARTOON NETWORK.RATHER THEN WACHING SHOWS LIKE BLUE SEED AND GUNDUM WING YOU ARE SITTING THERE WATCHING THIS...
  
  

• Awesome Movie, a must have!!
  By A2SAA88HCSS7RB on 2002-12-30
  If you are an anime fan, you should buy this movie. I'm sure that many of you may think Pokemon is a childish, naive type of anime that's only for kids under age 10... however, Pokemon has more themes than just friendships even though it is not as sophisticated as Spirited Away...

  Let me begin with graphics. I love the graphics in this anime, they are extremely detailed and varied in colours. There are scenes where 3D technologies are combined with 2D animations, they are rendered well, despite the fact that 2D is flat and 3D is more dimensional. Facial expressions are well reflected through characters' moods.

  Next the sound. For North American anime fans, they know very well that almost every single anime is edited in some way so that the lip movements of characters fit the English voice acting. Well, you'd expect the same in Pokemon... As some of the earlier reviews point out, the Japanese version is longer in length and has more stuff to it; however, there is not a significant difference between the Eng and the Jap one. Personally I think the American voice actors and actresses for Pokemon have done a good job! They actually put their feelings and emotions into the anime to make it fit the overall atmosphere. (if you have seen Totoro's English version, that's what I call "bad voice acting"....) Some people hate the BGMs, because they are completely rewritten and recomposed. I love them, even they are miles away from the originals. The songs are cheerful and beautiful, "to know the unknown" for example.

  Finally the story. Out of all 3 movies, this one is my favorite. The reason is because it teaches children and even adults lessons about love, loyalty, dreams, friendship, determination are intermixed in this film to make the story more complicated than most people expect. Every anime is childish in some way (except those blood lust ones), but every anime has its meanings and lessons about life incooperated inside... it's up to you to discover them.

  Overall, Pokemon 3 is one of the best animes out there, it is not as childish as most people think, so get your hands on this great film before it becomes extinct in stores!!!
  
  

• Awesome CGI computer aided effects!!!
  By A1ZU8J9Y4VU1IS on 2001-04-09
  I just got back from watching this awesome movie (on the date this is being submitted) I think the movie was great, but i really didn't care for the Pikachu and Pichu short movie. I was suprised to see the new Pokemon that Ash was using in this movie, but unfortunatly you didn't get to see them long enough and what there talents and ablilties are. And in ending this, I was glad to see Charizard towards the end and to see how he listend to Ash when he needed him the most and how powerful a Pokemon he really is.
  
  
• Must see
  By A1ZTVY49TIO929 on 2001-06-20
  After you see this movie your'll find your self starting it over again. With the fun extra's on the menu it makes it a lot more fun and interesting this movie also has a free mini movie in front of it to get you into the right and fun frame of mind. If you liked the first too movies you'll not be disopponted with this, I conclude that if you like the Pokemon series and Movie series this is a must have for any fan.
  
  
• I liked it a lot!
  By on 2001-06-23
  I enjoyed Pokemon 3 a lot. It was good animation, it had pretty good comedy, and basically I just liked it. (I'm a big Pokemon fan. I usually like everything.) I also recommend Pokemon the Movie 2000.
  
  
• Unkown.........
  By ASDASVM03EMSI on 2001-09-03
  This is by far the BEST pokemon movie but pikachu and pichu gets a little boring after watching it a few times. But i never get bored of the movie! After the mini movie the big movie starts by showing youa feild and a mansion when you enter the mansion you see a little girl(8 year old Molly Hale) and Her Papa(Spencer Hale)Spencer is reading a book to Molly "These are legendary pokemon" in the book theres pictures of Unkown(the pokemon Professer Hale is looking for) and Entei Molly's favorate pokemon she think Entei is big and strong but still nice like her papa so spencer pretends to be entei to make molly happy, but then spencer is called away to the site where he is reserching Unkown(the ruins of alph)when he finds a box that contains unkown tiles he picks up the "P" tile and an unknown apears behind him(he doesn't see it though then he pick up sevaral tiles and suddenly sevaral unknown start spinning around him and take them into there world as professer hale is falling deeper into the unkown world he shouts out "Its the...UNKOWN!"
  when molly hears that her father is gone molly decides to find out what he was doing when he dissapeared and Molly finds the box of unkown tiles(they were brought to her house) when molly spells out mama and papa with the tiles the unkown apear! They sence molly is sad(she has now lost her papa And she allready lost her mama) and so they(the unknown) turn molly's mansion into a crystal palace that no one can get into (because molly does not want to lose anything else)but molly is still sad she picks up the book that her papa would always read to her before she went to bed, and hears her papa's voice "these are legendary pokemon" she starts to cry and remembers her papa say "I'm like Entei am I? well then I am Entei...raaaaarh" just then the unknown start spinning around each other and sing then they create a glowing orb that represents molly's imagination and then Entei is created molly gasps "are you..." and entei replys "i am entei" And molly stares for a moment and then says "papa its you! you look just like the entei from the storybook but its you!" she then runs over and hugs entei,Who replys "papa?....If that is what you wish." thats all i can tell you for now but what will the unknown do? is entei good or bad? will molly ever see her real papa ever again? buy this movie and find out!
  
  
• You are..... MAMA!!!!!!!!
  By AD1JV9Y36NKPQ on 2001-09-14
  Entei's line "You are MAMA!" was probably the corniest line in the entire movie, but still, it doesn't detract from the fact that this was probably the best Pokemon movie yet. I admit, the first movie was kinda lame, but I enjoyed the second one (I'm a sucker for Luiga and Slowking) and I'm pleased to say that unlike most movie series, the Pokemon movies seem to get better with age. Now, I could go on, talking about how smooth the animation has gotten, how great the story is, that Pikachu and Pichu was the best of all the mini-movies or how Team Rocket had so little screen time, but everyone else has already raved about this movie. I want to go into detail about how well done this DVD is. Perhaps the best part is the Commentary by the writer and director of the movies. They talk about the troubles of translating and editing in the movie to appeal (and make sense) to a western audience, about how most people don't really give Pokemon movies any credit, and at some parts even MST the movie! Other bright spots include the original Japanese trailer for Pokemon 4 (which sadly confirms that WB will NOT be releasing the fourth movie in theaters), and the Pokerap GS, which I actually like for some sick reason. But there are still a couple of problems. For one, there's no widescreen version, which really stinks. In full screen, there are a couple of instances of characters speaking, but they've been cut off the screen. Another is the making of To Know the Unknown video. It just feels like filler material, and they could have at least included the actual music video.
  Otherwise, it was a groovy movie. It would have been nice to include the original Japanese voices, or even have some early work from the movie development, but there's always the Pokemon 4 DVD...
  
  
• The Fun & Excitement Continues..
  By A2RY15RH2YIA69 on 2001-11-05
  If you loved the first two Pokemon movies... then you'll love this movie too. The creators haven't let anyone down with this release!!. It seems that the Pokemon Eps on TV are enough to get children of all ages and even the occasional adult hooked on it!... but most of the talent of the creators is saved for these movies. I love the Pokemon Eps but LOVE the movies.

  An excellent choice... kids love it, adults love it, you'll love it!... 9 stars out of 5...!!

  Always Mirren
  
  

• GET JAPANESE VERSION
  By AWZ0TVJM90ZNO on 2002-06-19
  This movie rocked but it's so edited that it's not even worth to get
  i own both verisons,the japanese and the US dvd, and what i can say is the japanese version is 10 min longer than the US version and you get it in 16.9 1.85.1 widescreen format.
  In the US version they have changed the songs,bgm,names,dialog just simply everithing, without mentioning that in the US version they have removed all soundefect from the rear speakers,and in the japanese version you get also the US dub UNCUT on it,the japanese vesion may cost the double than the US version but it's worth it,that is because i gave just 1 star for this release
  besides that all the movies and the series have been edited this way
  
  

• Pokemon - The Movie 2000
• Pokemon 4Ever: Movie
• Pokemon the First Movie - Mewtwo vs. Mew
• Pokemon Heroes: The Movie
• Pokemon Movie - Lucario and The Mystery of Mew