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Pokemon movies tend to be rather hit and miss. This one is one of the better ones. It's not truly compelling, like the 2nd movie, but it's an improvement on "Pokemon Heroes" and a vast step up from last year's "Jirachi, the Wish Maker".

Production design in the film is pretty impressive, and the city scenes are reminiscent of those old futuristic movies we were always seeing in 50s science fiction movies. Watching the backdrops is still more fun than watching the plot in this movie, but it's not awful.

There's one really neat scene of the 'block robots' using their own bodies to build a bridge to evacuate the city's civilians which is visually impressive.

Despite the Pokémon franchise continuing on and on with its show and some viewers feeling the formula had gotten repetitive, movies were still being released. Of course like any other entry before it, the means of it was to make money whether it had something new to display or not. While the first trilogy of films was unbalanced, the second trilogy seemed to be a stronger effort. Starting in the seventh entry, this film attempts to make a concept fresh out of a somewhat familiar idea. That is a Pokémon from outer space. Okay...that's not too different from another dimension or time. Unfortunately, it's because this idea has already been explored more than once that the viewing experience here is not as engaging as would expect. It's not bad though, more so forgettable. You can't win them all.

The plot to this installment follows Ash and company to LaRousse City where Ash wants to test his skills at the battle tower. It's also the location of high tech gadgetry. Living in the city is Tory (Tara Sands), the son of Professor Lund (Sean Schemmel) who four years earlier witnessed the arrival of an alien Pokémon they ended up naming Deoxys. However, because it arrived so suddenly, another powerful Pokémon called Rayquaza seeks to destroy it thinking it's a threat. Now in LaRousse City, Deoxys returns and so does the impending battle between the giants. As usual the original script and direction in Japan was worked by the Sonoda, Yuyama duo. In the US, Darren Dunstan did the English direction adaptation, while Norman J. Grossfeld, James Carter Cathcart and Kathy Pilon handled the English script adaptation. Honestly though, all these credits didn't amount to the greatest of entries.

The two biggest attributes to this feature that work against it is first the focus. Unlike the film before which didn't focus on Ash but on Max, who was also a main character felt acceptable. Ash can't be the only character to get development among the group. However, this entry aims its attention at Tory who the audience has no history with until now. The character of Tory is about a scarring moment that left him reluctant to be near Pokémon. Why couldn't this be put one of the original characters? Additionally, while Ash and company visit La Rousse City, they encounter more side characters that very much are the same kind of forgettable characters inserted in past films. Ash creates a small rivalry between another trainer named Rafe (Sebastian Arcelus) and Misty runs into another trainer Sid (Matthew Labyorteaux) who develops a crush on her. Okay, but is it needed?

If Team Rocket's Jessie, James and Meowth are put in the film only for laughs and not used in the plot, then meaningless cardboard cutout side characters shouldn't be given anymore or equal focus. The other strange thing about the story is the setting. La Rousse City has security box robots, which manage the area. There are a number of them, but apparently there can be so many that they can be more overwhelming than anything else. That idea is just silly. Aside from this though, the acting is still well done, including the characters that aren't or shouldn't be important to the story. The new Pokémon shown in this feature are unique in design and the two giants that cause the whole stir are impressive looking. Deoxys looks intimidating considering it can change form in a number of ways depending on the situation it's in.

The animation looks good as always though. Rarely has a Pokémon movie looked out of date or had bad animation. This doesn't omit the fact that there's still cinematography linked to this film, shot by Takaya Mizutani. For what reason, is yet to be explained for any of the films. As for music, the film score was composed by the consistent Shinji Miyazaki. While he reprises the title theme as done before, Miyazaki also creates a new motif for Deoxys which sounds accurate for the character. The track contains electronic synthesizers that match Deoxys' mysterious alien qualities. As usual though, no domestic US release for the album. Only in Japan, only in Japan. Still a good listen though if one can get a hold of it.

After two trilogies of films, the next film in the anime franchise starts off rather shaky. Animation, voice acting and music are all fine. But the setting is a little odd seeing how it impacts the story later on, and, the random side characters getting more attention doesn't make the viewing experience as entertaining.

To this point in the anime series, the movies always felt bigger than the tv show. They had great booming music behind it, a secret legendary Pokémon to look forward to, and of course the extremely childish, but entertaining pikachu short before it in theaters. What you instantly notice about this movie, is although it features two legendary Pokémon, deoxys and rayqueza, there is no build up or story behind it that grabs your attention.

What is really bothersome about this movie is the HORRID animation. It's better at some points, and extremely sloppy in others. The movie has no structure and it's pretty confusing. I remember when I was a child watching this, I had no idea what was going on.

It's just a sloppy movie that really serves no purpose but to be the "yearly" film where ash and co. Save the world. But it's just very empty, and this theme will continue in the next few movies after it as well in the series.

The Pokemon Destiny Deoxys movie is a decent addition to the franchise with a rating of 6/10. While it may not be as iconic as the first Pokemon movie, it still manages to deliver an entertaining experience for fans of the series.

One of the highlights of the movie is the setting. The futuristic city of LaRousse is a unique and visually stunning location that adds to the overall appeal of the film. The city is filled with interesting technology and provides a refreshing change of pace from the usual Pokemon environments.

The plot of the movie is engaging enough, with the introduction of the legendary Pokemon Deoxys and the conflict that arises between it and the characters. However, the story can feel a bit rushed at times, with certain plot points not given enough time to fully develop.

Overall, the Pokemon Destiny Deoxys movie is a solid entry in the franchise that is worth watching for fans. The cool city of LaRousse is a definite highlight, and while the plot may have its flaws, it still manages to provide an enjoyable experience.

This movie was good from start to finish. It had some plot holes but i won't be too harsh on it. The movie felt fantastic in quality compared to the previous that i've seen.

Highlight was seeing Dexoy in action and Snorlax. I just wish they explained Deoxy a bit more. I didn't know much about him by the end of the movie.

Well, this movie, in summation, is another 1 hour waste of my time. The movie had absolutely no guidelines, and starts out in total confusion. The ninth movie in the series follows a Pokemon named Deoxys. Supposedly, it is from outer space and comes to earth looking for its friend. Of course, it has to kill or capture every single thing in its way. The infamous Team Rocket is also in this, but their role is very minute and does not have any purpose. They are captured in the beginning and spend the entirety of the film in a prison. May, the fill-in for Misty has a admirer named Sid, who obviously, she does not like "that way". Ash goes to this Battle Tower and meets a child named Tory, who has a fear of Pokemon due to prior experiences. They are teamed up in a double duel and lose which causes Ash to become upset and Tory to run away. This movie is no different than any of the others. They all involved a gigantic Pokemon set on destroying the world, when in fact they have "good" intentions. Shoot me.

I found this movie and movie number six (Wish Maker Jirachi) way different than the other pokemon movies. They were kind of more mature. Anyway, this movie was really good and I just watched it today on Kidswb. I think what really made this a good movie was the fact that it had featured pokemon from outer space, which was interesting and brings a whole new world to Pokemon. I recommend this movie because its feature length, It has two really strong pokemon in it, one secret pokemon that has something to do with snorlax, and its a lot of fun to watch. The only faulty thing I didn't like about it was that it lacked good popular music like the other four before pokemon: Jirachi Wish Maker. I think good rock songs would have made it earn the true title as a Pokemon Movie.

I know I'm in a minority, but in my opinion, this is one of the best of the Pokémon series. It gets things back on track after the underwhelming "Jirachi" movie.

The film returns the series to the epic scope and feel of "Pokémon 2000." I loved LaRousse City as the setting. It was very colorful and creative.

The story is pretty interesting. Tory being afraid of all Pokemon was a neat idea, even if it got a little annoying after a while. I liked Sid and Rafe as supporting characters.

Deoxys makes for an awesome antagonist. He is an interesting legendary Pokémon, and he is also somewhat sympathetic as he is more misunderstood than evil.

This is definitely one of the most action-packed Pokémon movies to date. From LaRousse losing its power to the gang battling multiple Deoxyses to the exhilarating battles between Deoxys and Rayquaza to the robot blocks going haywire, it really delivers some excitement.

The music score is once again really good and, for some reason, I have a soft spot for the song "This Side of Paradise." The song just gives me a really good feeling.

The superfluous Munchlax scenes aside, this is one of the most thoroughly enjoyable entries in the series. I'd definitely say it's in my top 5 Pokémon movies, but not quite top 3. This is a very underrated film that I recommend to any Pokémon fan.

RATING: A-

This movie was the type of pokemon movie I always wanted to see. A lot of fun. I was hooked from the first battle scene. After all the previous ones I've seen (havent seen 3 & 4 yet) this one I found the best.

I like the intro to these movies as they give a brief explanation of pokemon, this movie showed a few scenes from the previous movies.

The starting fight between the alien poke and the earth one was cool, showing off the aliens strength for a little while.

I liked the few scenes just with poke doing amusing things with feelgood background music.

Ash is the focus of course, a few new characters and poke are introduced, and its good to see Tory make friends with those plus and minus pokemon.

After the end you see everyone board a train and go their separate ways which ended it nicely.

Really enjoyable movie in the hi tech city.

This is great! Thanks to computer graphics and animations, this movie appeared on TV. Just like every Pokemon movies, Miramax Films made this movie associated with Kids WB! or 4 Kids Entertainment. But this time, the distributors are Walt Disney Pictures instead of Kids WB!. This surprised me, however, but different distributors has different ideas on the movie that they'll make. This is ab assumption, but it could be a fact.... Anyway, it's great to see a movie with different distributors with different ideas. Once again, thank you Pokemon for creating your 7th movie. I'm sorry that it's not as great as the 6th one (which was my most favorite one), but you'll do better. I trust you. Besides, every character has to play some role in every movies.

The animation and all of this movie is great, love to see Deoxy's and Rayquaza fighting it off. And now Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire 3DS is on the horizon, this movie and the latest pokemon game will bring back those sweet nostalgia! Well I hope new movies for pokemon will have new protagonist aside from ash, since i found him really boring and all. But Deoxy was so amazing on this, knowing its origin as an alien pokemon from the outer space that crash landed on earth to form new life. Rayquaza is earth's guardian in the sky find this unknown being as a threat to our world that it attacked it reluctantly. Blaziken and its awesome fights scenes is very nice which I always look forward to since he is my favorite fire pokemon.Hey if anyone like the new pokemon game,Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire 3DS ROM - check the game here -- http://pokemonomegarubyalphasapphire.weebly.com/