Audience reviews
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fnamili
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution is a visually updated retelling of the original Pokémon movie. The new 3D animation looks polished and colorful, although it may take some time to get used to if you are more familiar with the traditional 2D style.
The strongest part of the movie is still Mewtwo’s story. Its questions about identity, purpose, and whether a clone has the same value as the original give the film more emotional depth than a typical Pokémon adventure. Mewtwo is powerful, but its anger and confusion also make it a sympathetic character.
Ash, Pikachu, and the other trainers bring energy and warmth to the story. Some scenes are especially effective because they focus on the bond between Pokémon and their trainers rather than battles alone. The message about compassion and…
Read at the sourceDanteDemonZ
Perhaps the most unnecessary remake I’ve seen in some time. This weird, shiny CGI remake of a classic recreates nearly every scene and line from the original but strips away much of its atmosphere, charm, and emotion.
The CGI is inconsistent and at times unnerving. The furry and feathered Pokémon mostly look decent, but many humans look like plastic dolls, and several Pokémon are glossy or artificial-looking, which makes characters like Mew lose their cuteness or charm. Most disappointingly, scenes like the clone battles and Pikachu refusing to fight his double feel strangely weightless, missing the heartbreak of the 1999 film.
There is simply no reason to watch this over the original. It isn't offensively bad, but when every emotional, visual, and thematic beat is executed more effectiv…
Read at the sourceMtcAlpha
Just... Why? Go to watch the old 2d version please, my eyes were crying.
Suggested to 0-4 years old children because of the graphic, that's all. Don't watch it.
Incredible that I'm forced to write a longer review, I never write but this... Thing... Really deserve a bad review, they could have done a remake with new Anime graphic, instead... No comment
It's visible that is high quality graphic, it's just a ridiculous style. The story is literally the old one, just a remake.
I just saw some pieces because it's literally the old story, at least I didn't waste Lot of my time, but I anyway did, could have watch something different or the old movie. Absolutely don't watch it.
Read at the sourceKuroiKizu
This review is split into two parts: above all and especially for the german dub.
Above all:
Story:
Well, I guess this film isn't new to anyone, so I wont talk about the story in particular. However, what disturbed me right from the start was the fact, that Mewtwos origin at the beginning was cutted down to nearly nothing - all the parts where he thinks about hisself and also the part with the girl and the direct motivation from the scientists... gone. Except from that there isn't really any change.
CGI/Graphic:
Well, the Pokémon look mostly good or at least okay, the humans however... to be honest, it reminded me on some 3D/CG-Hentai character models - and not the really good ones.
Music:
Well... it's there...
Over all:
Unfortunately a soulless remake, which can't reach the original…
Read at the sourceAh-hey-go
The biggest criticism people have for the Pokémon gaming franchise is how it constantly rehashes old material, with minimal changes to the formula, if any. This movie does nothing to change any of those opinions. It’s a shot for shot remake as the first film from the 90s except now it’s in CG for some reason.
The quality of this CG constantly ranges between genuinely great and janky as fuck, although I did notice that it was at its worst when animating humans. Also the fact that it’s bright and colourful instead of grey and boring like most other fully CG anime (*cough* Polygon pictures *cough*), means that I’m far more willing to overlook these awkward moments of animation for an overall pleasant to look at image.
There’s not much else to say about this film and, in all honesty, you’ve…
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Looking for a positive review? You now know someone here does LOVE the Remake.
I had no nostalgia for the first movie, but if you are calm, I'm sure you can see reasons why the remake is better than the original. They made very good changes mainly plot is CONCISE and PERFECT pacing !!! Nothing too long and straight to it, never got bored.
First thank that they dropped the Professor's backstory, it dragged, added nothing of value, and was unnecessary to the grand scheme of the movie. Mewtwo is DIFFERENT, we got that.
I love that instead they expanded the Giovanni gym battle using Mewtwo. AND it was VERSUS/DESTROYING AN ONIX along with the Gary Oak Nidoking part. The scene in the original was so short and never fully utilized. It was something I wanted to see more of.
Mewtwo and Gyarado…
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Look, I grew up on Pokemon and still love it. I even have nostalgia for the original MewTwo Strikes Back. I do not, however, consider it in anyway to be a good film. Many people adore and I am sure they have their nostalgiac reasons (like I do for Pokemon 2000), but I cannot pretend that it is a good film, and my problems with this film are exactly the same as that one except worse because the animation and art style for this one just do not look or feel right to me at all. The problem boils down to one specific aspect of the plot. Now the plot has several issues. It leaves me with a few questions like "How did Mewtwo makes his huge facility?" "How did he not realize Mew was just chilling around his island the whole time, could he not sense him somehow as a psychic a pokemon?" "Why did Ash…
Read at the sourceRenjiRatesThings
A remake of a movie made 23 years ago, which didn't need to happen, but honestly isn't that bad, albeit, missing a few key components that Pokémon fans may have loved in the first movie.
[STORY] - 6/10
(INTRO)
From beginning to end, the entire story is at least "mostly" based off of the original 1998 movie, and removes some elements that added a sense of emotional depth and structure that this new movie does keep mostly in tact, but seems to follow a more streamlined storytelling path that just makes it a real slog fest to watch, compared to every other Pokémon movie.
(CONTINUITY/CHANGES)
There are actually some welcome changes to the story with certain Pokémon being replaced, like golem being swapped out for a drowzee, since electric types aren't that effective against ground types.
Team…
Read at the sourceChaotic_beauty
This movie fails as a shot-for-shot remake. The bigger of its two problems is the removal of all the interesting scenes which thematically underpinned the first movie. There was a big (but somewhat silent) backlash when fans learned that the American localization (and all the subsequent localizations from it) gutted the first movie by removing ten minutes of footage due to it being "too challenging" for kids. This movie does exactly the same, but at the Japanese source. The soul of the first Pokemon movie is not here. This adaptation does not work thematically and shows contempt for its source material. No one sane should recommend this version over the original.
Regarding its CGI art style, it works for stylized nature scenes, but is completely inadequate when it comes to human character…
Read at the sourceJoosi1895
If you don‘t dwell on the mantra that old stuff is always better and want to take a dip in nostalgia (yeah, I can see the irony) I can only recommend you to watch this movie.
It‘s the same great story as ten years ago (which feels more important today than twenty years ago) including the Mewtwo origin story, the CGI (especially the light effects) is enjoyable except for the human models and the music sounds like my childhood. And I promise you one thing: You will tear up about the same scene as twenty years ago.
There’s only one thing left to say: Gotta watch ‘em all!
Read at the sourceDemon0fAnime
I'll just summarise my thoughts on this remake instead of writing a full-on review.
Story:- 10/10
Well, it's basically the same as the original. There weren't any changes except for some scenes being extended or changed. I was bothered by some dialogues being changed in the dub or even cut off though. However, since the story is basically the same it still retains a perfect 10.
Art:- 7/10
Okay, I have to say that the CGI for this film was amazing, but ... only for the Pokemon and scenic shots. Whenever it captured a human character it was just off-putting and looked more like I was watching a videogame cutscene that I really wanted to play.
Sound:- 3/10
Here's where I was annoyed the most. In the original, we had 'Brother my Brother' play during original vs clone Pokemon fight, but in…
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Why internet is shitting on this movie?
Because it's exactly the same movie everyone watched 20 years ago.
But in CG.
And now, story-wise, people are realizing this movie doesn't make any sense.
Especially now, with a more accurate plot — since the legend of the storm added in the original dub actually justified why the pokémon tears would have the power to turn Ash back. Without this, it's just a power that came from nowhere.
Yea, this movie sucks. But no one wants to admit.
And then, blame the CGI.
Yea, I like CGI, but this one is atrocious.
This movie is good for one thing: it's breaking the nostalgia googles of everyone. It's a shame we went back to this monstrosity after the delightful story we got in The Power of Us.
Read at the sourcebabynandos666
this is my first review so sorry in advance MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Story;4/10
Essentially this is the exact same story as the original , but with added scenes and some changes but it did not have the same impact, charm & the emotion as the original.
They could have definitely strengthened the films plot a bit more.
Art 7/10
The CGI was good, the Pokemon and the background looked awesome, but the human models looked a bit wonky. Ash looked like a barbie Doll they looked so out of place and had stiff movement Enjoyment 6/10
I did enjoy this film it bought back a lot of childhood memories, but it did not live up to the Original film, Literally no one asked for this remake.
Sound 3/10
IThey didn’t use the original soundtrack which felt weird in scenes that either had new music replacin…
Read at the sourceShinyTarountula
I went into this movie wanting to dislike it and came away very pleasantly surprised. When watching the initial trailer, I thought I hated the animation style, but within a few minutes of starting the movie I'd already gotten past it, and by the end I'd learned to love it.
As far as 3DCG films go, the quality of this one is high. The animation has a lot of respect for its characters, and there are subtle enhancements over the original that I feel a lot of people are missing. Pikachu's character is particularly enhanced by the animation style, as their movements feel a lot more realistic, especially in the way they interact with Ash.
It's hard to complain about this movie if you liked the original, and there are very few changes made to the script, with most of them being done (in the Eng…
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As a person who grew up with the original came out, I really don’t see the reason for them to make a 3D version of the same movie. It has been a long time since I have seen the original myself but I do remember quite a bit of it.
From what I could tell, the personalities were basically on point to the original characters. Ash is always the headstrong and determined one always wanting to be the best, Misty is the token girl, Brock is the womanizer and caretaker.
In the original I don’t remember us diving deep into the mind of Mewtwo as much as this version does, and I guess in that case it does make this movie a little more intact then the version I had grown up with. We see all of the ways Geovani used him more and can understand a little more in why Mewtwo doesn’t like humans much.…
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For anyone that has watched the original this remake is horrible. I don't think anyone was asking for this. It just seems like a total cash grab.
The 3d animation looks good in environment and some pokemon but not all. The human characters look so bad.
In my opinion remaking this is disrespectful to the original artists and animation studio. If you want to watch Mewtwo Strikes Back just watch the original. I do not believe this is the Mewtwo Strikes Back for the current generation. It is just an abomination that never should have been made.
The animation of the human characters reminds me of the miss that the sonic from the newest live action sonic movie was. If you take a cartoon character and go too far realistic it will look bad. In this case they took Ash and the gang and turned the…
Read at the sourceLil-Bird
Does Pokémon really need an introduction at this point? It's been around for over 20 years, it's a monolith in the world of marketing. But it was a huge hit in Japan when it first came out, and in 1999, it took the rest of the world by storm. So much so, that on November 10, 1999, the first film, “Mewtwo Strikes Back”, came out a year in America after its debut in Japan, with a second film having already been in Japanese theaters for months. But children outside of Japan didn't know about that, the Internet was still young at the time. All we knew was that Pokémon made it to the big screen, and it was going to be epic. And it was.
So naturally, to celebrate 20 years, OLM had been making plans to make this important milestone a big deal. The 20th anniversary already had a movie by the titl…
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This movie is a CGI remake of the very first Pokemon movie. And that's where the problem lies. If this were an original movie, then I would say it's good (seeing as it's a remake of the original, and I liked the original, it wouldn't make sense to say anything else). However, this is being rated as a remake to that original. It is for that reason that I would say that this doesn't quite hit the heights that it could have.
If a remake is going to be made, we need a reason to watch it. For instance, an HD remake gives a good incentive to rewatch an older classic, with the only difference being improved graphics (and maybe an added scene or two). In that scenario, there isn't really too much to complain about. However, this remake completely changed the animation into CGI, and I would say th…
Read at the sourceMaOtwE
wasn't able to capture the emotions from the original
(which was just amazing)
so in one sentence my review for this would be that
"it misses the mark set by its predecessor"
with all it's faults Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back was one of the few movies i was able to enjoy even as a adult because it was a great nostalgia trip the summation of my childhood
in the case of this movie it's Absolutely soulless no emphasis was placed on improving the narrative they just added few useless extended scenes which only let the movie drag on and on with the 2nd half being slow and boring as hell
the CGI was ok or even in some scenes great with the pokemons and worked really abreast with pokemon moves and other stuff
but when it came to the human models it's just horrendous! ter…
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