Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle

Should you watch it? I mean it's a Pokemon Movie. Why wouldn't you? Lol aside from that I'd say yes. It's a really great movie. In the review below I'll try to refrain from as much spoilers as I can if you haven't watch it yet. Story: While it might give you Tarzan vibes to some extent. It's more of a heartwarming story between a Child and their parent, and the relationship they've build with each other. And how like any Pokemon movie, gotta save the world or area they're in. As far as Ash and Pikachu goes, they seemed more like side characters inthis one, which I did not mind at all. It made Team Rocket seem less than side characters, and you can honestly forget they were even in the movie. They could've made the movie without them in it. I honestly say though they could've added a more tougher situation in the story to make it seem more threatening, but I mean what they did was alright in my book. Art: That animation though. Like it's great. Especially the scene with Pikachu swinging around. You could also feel the emotion behind the pokemon and characters in certain scene of course. Sound: Music was interesting. It definitely fit the jungle vibe. Characters: It was mainly about Coco and Zarude. And the display of their bond was done really well. Of course Ash & Pikachu were there usual selves which is always done well lol Overall: I enjoyed it. Not the best Pokemon movie, but I'd rank it in the top 10 maybe. I'd definitely recommend watching it

Pros: Art and Animation were beautifully crafted as usual in the modern Pokémon movies. Music was touching, and the subject matters touching fatherhood or even just parenthood in general is enough to touch my heart and, I while I was not on the verge of tears, I definitely felt like I was headed there. Cons: My only cons of this movie in particular are the predictable character tropes and plot points, like if you've lived long enough you've seen this story before. in conclusion, one of the better Pokémon movies, i definitely recommend if you like Pokémon and if your in the mood for an Animefilm. 9/10

So, I saw that this had no review and I have been following the Pokemon Franchise since a long-time so the review and rating might seem biased. Also this is my first review! So as the pokemon franchise has been doing for all these years the movie was satisfying and filled with vibrant colours and elemnts of fantasy. well, as the trailer suggests it focuses on father-son relation. Moreover the storyline is quite similar to previous movies depicting atrocities of some evil humans on Pokemon and our protagonists comes to save the day. But this movie actually made me cry a lot. It is a perfectamalgam of hear-warming and heart-wrenching scenes! It takes you on an emotional roller-coaster with touching reunions and revelations! Now some people might not find it that amzing but instead critic on repeated tropes but being a Pokemon fan since a long time I appreciate the portrayal of newer aspects and how they would turn out in the Pokemon Universe! I like this movie a lot!

Not surprised that this is another terrible Pokemon movie. Where to begin? - Unoriginal story, literally a rip off of Tarzan but worse - Typical cartoon villain being a bad guy because he's a bad guy (also extremely dumb, recording a proof of his evil plot for no good reason as if he wanted to be caught) - Team Rocket role felt forced and unnecessary - The humor is just etremely old jokes - Tons of cliche ideas - Overused "pokemon and humans must co-exist!" as if this subplot hasn't been used millions of times - Just like in the previous movie, Ash doesn't do anything for most of themovie. It feels like even the writers are sick of him and don't know what to do with him - The movie tries to be sad and emotional, but nothing that I haven't already seen done in other works - There isn't even an interesting pokemon fights, you get a pokemon vs big robot that have been used too many times in pokemon before, and in a couple of pokemon movies too Just like the video games, there isn't any competing writing or direction. It's extremely average product that exists just to sell merchs. Make your children watch Disney's Tarzan instead, seriously.