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Detective Pikachu is pretty good
6 years ago
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Solid 7/10
With the number out of the way, and nostalgia goggles off, it's a fairly good movie. Not mind blowing story wise by any means. It's fairly generic though it has new elements that push it above. It leads you one way with evidence then it's "oh what a twist" moment followed by "yo but this tho" and finally "it was this all along~". Definitely feels like it has a Villain Identity crisis. Or throws too many leads that you figure it out before the reveal.
The mons look good! Bulbasaur wins the movie. Believable for sure. There's just a few parts where you can clearly tell the CG is superimposed on the film. Also there's a big action scene that starts great. Sadly the CG slacks around the last third of it and kinda takes you out of the moment.
Jokes were....semi childish? Clearly staying in that PG range. It's just, a lot of jokes have been used to death. If I'm being blunt, it was a generic checklist used by old marketing execs. "Include a pee joke. Hungry joke. Gotta have that romantic comedy." It's very clear when they want you to laugh at something. But the theater, kids and adults, were silent. Then there's a few scenes that didn't have that "pause for laughter" moment which made the older crowd laugh. Didn't hear kids really laugh. Only 1. ONE. Kid laughed...during the preview for Angry Birds 2 trailer.
Acting was good. Ryan nailed it as Pikachu. The boy (forgot the actor's name) was fairly good too. The female supporting role (forgot this actor too) was decent.
Final bits, the ending song Carry On, very catchy. Fitted nicely with the overall theme of the movie and ending credits.
Also Angry Joe gave it a 6/10 and hits some of the same things I mentioned. :\
With the number out of the way, and nostalgia goggles off, it's a fairly good movie. Not mind blowing story wise by any means. It's fairly generic though it has new elements that push it above. It leads you one way with evidence then it's "oh what a twist" moment followed by "yo but this tho" and finally "it was this all along~". Definitely feels like it has a Villain Identity crisis. Or throws too many leads that you figure it out before the reveal.
The mons look good! Bulbasaur wins the movie. Believable for sure. There's just a few parts where you can clearly tell the CG is superimposed on the film. Also there's a big action scene that starts great. Sadly the CG slacks around the last third of it and kinda takes you out of the moment.
Jokes were....semi childish? Clearly staying in that PG range. It's just, a lot of jokes have been used to death. If I'm being blunt, it was a generic checklist used by old marketing execs. "Include a pee joke. Hungry joke. Gotta have that romantic comedy." It's very clear when they want you to laugh at something. But the theater, kids and adults, were silent. Then there's a few scenes that didn't have that "pause for laughter" moment which made the older crowd laugh. Didn't hear kids really laugh. Only 1. ONE. Kid laughed...during the preview for Angry Birds 2 trailer.
Acting was good. Ryan nailed it as Pikachu. The boy (forgot the actor's name) was fairly good too. The female supporting role (forgot this actor too) was decent.
Final bits, the ending song Carry On, very catchy. Fitted nicely with the overall theme of the movie and ending credits.
Also Angry Joe gave it a 6/10 and hits some of the same things I mentioned. :\
