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Well, in the original timeline he was never missing for 40 years - he is Oak, after all, and Oak's been there the whole time in Ash's timeline. That works with the assumption he traveled forward in time and then back just fine; there is no paradox there. The fact Towa believed he'd been missing for forty years, on the other hand, is problematic, because when Sammy returns to his own time, we see her talk to him so she knows he's fine, and she doesn't pick up his sketchbook. If the sketchbook had been left out of it and Towa had, say, seen him vanish but not disappear, it would make sense as an immutable timeline sort of thing, but as it is, it simply can't make sense, even if we took the approach of multiple timelines, because Oak is still present in Ash's timeline and the sketchbook proves that this Oak is the one that went through time.
I know what that wierd water thing was at the end. It was shown at brief moments throughout the movie. It's the ocean current that is all messed up. Apparently it gets magically lifted into the air and gets purified, I guess… :/
All right, I watched the movie. And I'm confused. So Sammy disappeared for 40 years, but at the end when he gets back it doesn't make sense, because that means Ash doesn't meet him in the future because he was never missing for 40 years. This is the time paradox you were talking about, right Butterfree?
I know it's a Pokémon movie, but it still bugs me…
Hey everyone! I was on vacation, but I'm back now :D
In reference to one of the updates which I'm too lazy to check right now, Power of One actually is my favourite Pokémon movie…but not for any good reason :P I think I just like it because of the memories I have of it and not the actual movie. That didn't make sense, but then again, neither do I.
And someone said something a few pages back about the site style changing back to the default one when they viewed the guestbook or something, that used to happen to me, too. But it doesn't anymore.
Yay, thanks for getting me interested in the anime and movies again Butterfree :P (At least the first couple of seasons. I don't mind until Hoenn starts, then I hate it.)
Reading that review while using Celebi style was absolute win.
It can mean that too, but here it means Computer-Generated Imagery.
Doesn't CGI stand for Common Gateway Interface?
I don't start until tomorrow. :3 At least I get to see all my friends; the workload, I can do without.
@Mehw, Sang, and who ever else…
How's school going? hehe, its so boring, except for Shop and Outdoor Ed. But, gosh time passes quickly :P
Hehe, the Hoenn League was easy. in fact, it took me 23hours 14min to beat Sapphire :P
This review takes me back to the time when I didn't know what internet was and lived in the middle of a jungle. Then, I barely knew anything about Pokémon, and still found a deep connection when I saw this movie. It only pains me to know I'll never be able to see this movie, or any other Pokémon movie for that matter, ever again.
More relevantly, I find this review quite good. It (the movie) was certainly more different and original than the previous two. I especially liked the way the animation had changed and that how crystals (and other effects) were created. Thanks for the forgotten memories, Butterfree!
P.S. I really liked the Unown. I was pretty sure that they had a motive. They just seemed to have a motive. Just that it was hidden somewhere, lurking behind the shadows.
(Sweet,a Groudon!)
I adore Team Rocket. They're a riot, tearing down the forth wall simply because they have nothing better to do. And now I have the hankering to go find the version of the movie you watched.
Yet another great review. Also, I think that the lady in the credits was Molly's original mother, confirmed or not. If I remember the scene correctly (and I've seen the movie loads of times), Molly glances up, looks surprised yet happy, and runs over to her, giving her a huge hug. If this lady had been a new mother, she probably had to have reacted differently. If she had seen her before she probably wouldn't have been surprised, and if she hadn't she certainly wouldn't have given her a big hug. That whole scene screamed "meeting someone you love but haven't seen in a long time" to me. I could be wrong, of course, but that's my opinion.
Dragonfree, TV Tropes is ruining your life.
On a somewhat more relevant note, this is really making me want to watch the third movie. For some reason, I never paid much attention to it, and now I wonder what I've been missing.
I don't remember seeing the third movie at all, but i have the unown card that came with the movie, and as i look at it i feel awkward, because I can't remember it, though I have physical proof that I have… O.o
As KyuuFox said, apparently the "Unown have to do with wife's disappearance" thing was made up for the dub and was a change from the original story. Though I don't remember any mention of what he claims is the Japanese backstory at all. :/
Dogasu's comparison also says that Team Rocket's entire role is completely rewritten, so I'm not surprised I don't remember the thing about having a bigger role in the next movie. :P It's a fun addition, though.
…Damn. Pretend that was for the update for chapter four, if you'd please.
Wow, I haven't been on here in a while…
Guess what everyone? PF reached it's 50th member, and is continuing to grow. ;D
Banette for the spammy.
Your other movie reviews for some reason made me want to go and watch the third movie a few days ago, so I have a couple of vague comments (bearing in mind that it was the English dub I watched, so yeah).
I seem to remember it being mentioned/hinted at at some point that the reason Professor Hale was researching the Unown in the first place was because he thought they were related to his wife's disappearance - in other words, Molly's mother was also zapped into an alternate dimension by the Unown. This led me to the conclusion that the woman in the credits sequence really was Molly's mother, having been sent back into reality just like her father, making it a rather adorable Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.
The other thing is that, during one of Team Rocket's unimportant scenes, Meowth had a line where he wondered if they'd have a bigger role in the next movie, which I found to be a rather hilarious lampshade on the fact that they'd done nothing at all in this one. xP
