The film that killed the cinematic franchise in the west and cost Miramax a lot of money (fair play to it on that front) is a strange flat affair. It feels like an extended TV episode albeit with beautifully painted Venetian backgrounds and some nicely integrated graphics. The central mythical pokemans are some of the most sonically annoying things in cinema history - alongside the original Dark Crystal's squawking skeksis. Ash's sidekicks feel strangely limp in the narrative here and spend most of the time flapping around the edges like Team Rocket. After watching it occurs that the English-language version also does that classical Pokemon movie thing of cutting out loads of scenes which actually explain the plot. Baffling.
Review of Pokémon Heroes
