Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution

Wasn't expecting much going in, but was honestly impressed by how good it looked, 90% of the time. The only exceptions were Ash and Misty, who seemed a little uncanny and out of place compared to the rest of the characters, but I got used to it by the halfway point of the movie.

The characters are still just as expressive as they were in the original, and some shots looked even better (imo). The starter fights were updated a little bit, to use some more recent moves, and more dynamic camera angles, and nearly all of the Pokemon look incredible (minus Rapidash). I think only one of the scenes was less iconic compared to the original, the scene with Ash walking alongside the originals, after breaking them out of the clone balls.

In terms of animation and presentation, this movie still hits just as hard as the original (though it is unfortunate that they did not include the prologue Mewtwo story, which I think provides some important context for his motivations, even if indirectly).

9.5/10, rounded up to 10 for Trakt.tv (and because I think it deserves more love)

Character Design of Ash Ketchum was awful. But the CGI animation was very good, appeared to be smooth and authentic.

I quite enjoyed this film. I've seen the original a couple times and thought I'd show this version to my boyfriend. CGI was great, I love it! [spoiler] We both ended up crying and then he was shooketh by how Ash was brought back thinking Mew or Mewtwo would do something themselves. Lmao I don't blame him for that.
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We'll be watching more Pokémon movies.

I would be interested in more remakes in this style. 💖

Can I request a remake of the whole serie with this animation?

Altough it is a shot by shot remake of the original, it conveys 10% of the emotions and has 0% of the impact. Mewtwo strikes back was one of my favorite movies as a child, and i think it is a conplete mistake for anyone to watch this instead of the original 1999 movie...

I’ll have to watch the original again (https://trakt.tv/movies/pokemon-the-first-movie-1998) but from memory the only thing this one brings to the table is a somewhat decent 3D animation. For everything else, the original wins. The biggest thing missing is the soundtrack for the emotion, especially for the scenes near the end of the movie 😔

Obviously wasn’t going to match the 1998 original but did give it a good try. It felt shorter and rushed and just didn’t have the same feel. I loved it’s animation style.

Mew too - “I see now that the circumstances of one’s birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are”

A futile, soulless shot-by-shot remake of the original masterpiece. Hitchcock probably wouldn't tell this story if he was making films today, and he certainly wouldn't tell it this way, with internal 'voices', back projection, minimal nudity and violence.

I watched the original movie when I was in elementary school and loved it. I am not going to rewatch and keep my childhood memories as they are, but from what I recall there is almost no difference in this remake. Just poor and cold CGI that makes everything feel like plastic. No work has been done on the writing and plot to make this feel less outdated either. It could have been a 3D fan remake on YouTube. But again what was I expecting?