Ghost_MH Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Still looks better than it has any right to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 So early buzz is...positive? I never really take too much stock in these early Twitter impressions, but at the very least you can get a good idea if the movie is actually a train wreck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 I heard it’s the best video game movie ever from a tweet that was on my timeline the other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I’m trying to get my niece into Pokémon so I can take her to see this. She remains skeptical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TwinIon Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I'm conflicted about how big I expect this movie to be. I think it looks pretty decent, and obviously pokemon is a pretty big deal. Still, there just aren't many live action PG movies to compare this to. Most of the highest grossing PG films are animated, and there isn't a clear touchstone from those that are left. Looking at the all time list, we have: Beauty and the Beast Star Wars ET Jungle Book (2016) Alice in Wonderland Harry Potter Home Alone The Grinch On the one hand it seems like it should be able to out-gross The Grinch (which I did not realize made so much), but it also doesn't seem like it's going to be bigger than the Harry Potter movies. So I don't know. Somewhere between $200M and $400M? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Detective Pikachu has a 73% on RT and a 6.22 average rating. I guess this beats Rampage then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 From the impressions I've read, it seems the films biggest strength is in its portrayal of a world full of real life pokemon, and that scans with my expectations. Not sure when I'll get around to this one, but I'll probably catch it in theaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 3 hours ago, SaysWho? said: Detective Pikachu has a 73% on RT and a 6.22 average rating. I guess this beats Rampage then. Rampage was awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Ryan Reynolds, you’ve had enough internet as of 2017. Let it go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Just watched it... the story and execution is mostly meh... a lot less fun than expected... its worth a watch once for fans but not much beyond that.. Mr Mime was my favorite part.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 https://screenrant.com/detective-pikachu-jigglypuff-star-born-spinoff/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 5 hours ago, Remarkableriots said: https://screenrant.com/detective-pikachu-jigglypuff-star-born-spinoff/ I would watch that. I don't think any movie about Pokemon training would really work all that well, but they can certainly run off in random directions within the Pokemon universe and that direction sounds as good as any other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Just got back from seeing it. I enjoyed it but your mileage may vary depending on if you like Pokémon or not. Definitely has some issues but as a Pokémon fan there was a ton for me to enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I saw this with my kids. It was okay. The plot was a hot mess. The world they built was pretty cool though. I kinda wish they had made a more traditional Pokemon movie in this style rather than this goofy detective thing. It takes a weird turn in the last half hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Took the whole family to see it today. My son loved it. I didn't grow up a Pokémon fan but I still enjoyed it for what it was. Theater we saw it in had like 15 other people so it was nice and comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Yeah, this was a fun movie. It certainly seems like a movie built for fans of the first Pokemon movie. Mewtwo's entire existence would have been hard to follow had you only this movie to go off. I had seen one review that started that it was cool that this movie isn't at all embarrassed that it's a Pokemon movie and I'll echo that sentiment. Not great, but certainly pretty good. I'd watch a sequel and it looks like the movie may have done well enough to warrant one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 36 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: Yeah, this was a fun movie. It certainly seems like a movie built for fans of the first Pokemon movie. Mewtwo's entire existence would have been hard to follow had you only this movie to go off. I had seen one review that started that it was cool that this movie isn't at all embarrassed that it's a Pokemon movie and I'll echo that sentiment. Not great, but certainly pretty good. I'd watch a sequel and it looks like the movie may have done well enough to warrant one. A good comment I saw on reddit was that the reason videogame and superhero movies are finally starting to work is that the people in charge actually grew up with the source material, and so understand things like "everyone knows Snorlax is a narcoleptic, there's no need to explain how he wound up sleeping in the middle of the street." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Jason said: A good comment I saw on reddit was that the reason videogame and superhero movies are finally starting to work is that the people in charge actually grew up with the source material, and so understand things like "everyone knows Snorlax is a narcoleptic, there's no need to explain how he wound up sleeping in the middle of the street." That reminds me of this review which is the complete opposite of everything you just said. It's very clear that the folks behind this movie were familiar with the source material and knew the people watching would be as well. That's the opposite of what the Sonic movie looks to be doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 47 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: That reminds me of this review which is the complete opposite of everything you just said. It's very clear that the folks behind this movie were familiar with the source material and knew the people watching would be as well. That's the opposite of what the Sonic movie looks to be doing. Much about Sonic, including many of his games, has always sucked. So they're probably going to stay true to the material, at least. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 also slaking was asleep in a few different shots in the background lmao. i really wanna watch this again to catch all the pokemon in the background Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Detective Pikachu is a bizarre place to begin what could very well become a cinematic universe of live action Pokemon films. It feels more like the kind of spin off that a studio makes long after having made the more traditional entries in the series. X-Men started with the standard heroes, then moved on to solo films with Wolverine and Deadpool. Marvel began with the well known characters before splitting off to do smaller films like Ant-Man or largely disconnected films like Guardians. Sony rebooted Spider-man three times before spinning off Venom. This isn't to say that Pikachu is a minor character, but the choice to do a noir-ish detective film rather than something more identifiable as a "traditional" pokemon story, still feels like the spin-off from a long lasting film series. It functions that was as well. The world is given very much in media res, with virtually no explanations or setup. There are pokemon everywhere, and for someone a decade or two removed from their last pokemon game, the simple joy of seeing them in the world was less compelling than it might otherwise be. To the film's credit, the effects for the pokemon are outstanding. As we've seen with the Sonic trailer, translating simple video game characters to live action can be troublesome, but even the most bizarre and non-sensical pokemon are rendered with consistency and care. Unfortunately, the same can not be said for the plot. The film traverses some typical noir tropes, and plays out like a rather standard mystery, but the mystery itself lacks motivation or logic. Side characters and villains feel like they're straight out of the cartoon, rather than the meticulously rendered PG Blade Runner world of the film. The one character who does seem to match the gravity of the story they're trying to tell is Justice Smith's Tim. Smith is perhaps the only actor who seems like he knows what film he's in, rather than the film that the mere mention of Pikachu would conjure. Ultimately, for whatever dressing of something more, this is a children's film. For any kid that would get a rush out of seeing a sleeping snorelax, I'm sure Detective Pikachu would be a treat. The rest of us will have to ponder why so much care was put into using this world to tell this particular story. *Spoilers* One last bizarre decision is to end the film in a place where Pikachu can no longer communicate with Tim. It seems like it would horribly complicate any potential sequels, and it completely reverses the entire dynamic of the film and the arcs of the main characters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 'Pokémon Detective Pikachu' becomes highest-grossing video game movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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