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The fifth Pokemon movie takes Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu to the city of Altomare, a thinly disguised Venice guarded by the shape-shifting Pokemon Latios and Latias. Two new agents of Giovanni’s, Annie and Oakley, are out to capture these rare Pokemon–reducing Team Rocket to the role of spectators. Latios and Latias are linked to an elaborate, computer-generated mechanism that defends the city, controls the tides and brings fossil Pokemon back to life. Ash and Pikachu foil the evil plan with some help from Misty, Brock, and Bianca, a girl who lives in Altomare with her kindly grandfather. The contrived story suggests that as far as features are concerned, the Pokemon franchise has pretty much run dry. (The film earned less than $1 million in its U.S. theatrical release.) Extras include a Camp Pikachu short and a Pokemon Heroes trivia game. (Rated G, all ages: minor cartoon violence) –Charles Solomon
Product Description
The fifth installment of the phenomenally successful POKEMON series takes place in a mysterious city on water. Set against a baffling maze of canals and alleyways, Ash, Pikachu, the rest of the gang take on a slick new pair of thieves in this glamorous, high-stakes adventure story. The film introduces two new Pokemon characters — Latias and Latios, who possess strong psychic abilities and the power to disguise themselves as humans!
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Pokemon are Back for their Final Theatrical Voyage
This part 6/10. “Pokemon Heroes” really stuck with me after I watched it. It also has a great rewatchable factor.
I just saw this a few hours ago, and I must say that it was spectacular. Pokemon Heroes: Latias and Latios begins with a couple of attractive master thieves stealing a book from some sort of library, and in James Bond fashion, they leap through the window, swing down a grappling hook’s rope, jump in their sweet-looking car, and hit the road at high speeds. But the cool part came when they drove off the side of a large cliff and as they plummeted downwards, their car transforms(very detailed, but quickly) into a flying machine as they zoom off into the night sky. The movie has tons of these sort of slick action scenes, which is what moves the movie forward. The story is okay, for a Pokemon movie, and isn’t too predictable. Ash and Co. arrive at a beautiful city called AltoMare(which resembles Venice, complete with water canals and gondolas). After participating in a water race, Ash runs into a strange girl, and the thieves who want to kidnap her for some reason, which leads to what is the first of many chase scenes in the movie.
The animation is far more advanced than the previous movies, with LOTS of computer generated imagery, and some SFX shots that are Matrix-esque. This movie is a very nice piece of eye-candy indeed(There’s a scene where a flood starts to brew from afar, which sent a chill up my back). The traditional hand-drawn animation is good too, though there are many times where the characters seem to be drawn with black outlines that are a little too big. Thankfully Miramax left in the original orchestrated music, which is beautiful, mixing traditional anime orchestral pieces with Italian music. Heck, they even left in a JAPANESE song during a certain part of the movie! The movie begins with the same ‘World of Pokemon’ segment seen in many other places, and again they skip the mini-movie which will probably be on the DVD. Anyways, the voice acting is okay, and they didn’t really change much of the movie in this English version. The opening and ending sequences has some american songs though, but they’re okay. The only gripe I had was with Latias and Latios’ voices; they’re kinda annoying, and not what I expected.
Either way, if you’re a Pokemon fan, you should definitely find a theater that’s playing this film and see this movie. The semi-large audience at the screening actually clapped at the film’s finale, and they even stayed for the end credits!(Which has a cameo appearance of a certain Pokemon collector from the second Pokemon film) It’s one of the best, and possibly the most satisfying Pokemon movie made. Besides, the movie’s ending is really cute.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Pokemon Movie
I’ve seen most of the Pokemon movies with my son, and I definitely think this is the best one by far. It may not be the best movie in the world, but it’s worth watching.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this movie.
This movie is about when Ash meets a pokemon In a race.the pokemon can turn in to a human. ash does get confused becouse the pokemon latias turns in to a girl.
I was pretty excited for the 5th installment of the Pokemon films when it hit theaters in the US and boy was the wait worth it! This movie is awesome, the animation is detailed and beautiful, once again they use a lot of computer animation but it’s blended much better than in Pokemon 4ever (the 4th film). The new characters are fun and the movie introduces you to a whole new side of Ash, because he gets a crush! How cute, huh? The story line is great, a little sad at the end, but what’s a movie without strong emotions? I definatley think this movie deserves more than 5 out of 5 stars, more like 10 out of 5. It’s my all time favorite and I am SO psyched for it to come out on DVD. So, if you’re a diehard Pokemon fan and own all the other movies, BUY THIS ONE, and if you’re a Pokemon fan all the same but don’t own any of the movies, this is the one to own!
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this movie.
This movie is about when Ash meets a pokemon In a race.the pokemon can turn in to a human. ash does get confused becouse the pokemon latias turns in to a girl.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pokemon Heroes: Latios and Latias
This movie was one of the best Pokemon Movies I have seen my whole life. I saw it a long time ago but now I got to see it again.
5.0 out of 5 stars
even if you’re not in elementary school anymore…
Pokemon Heroes is one of the greatest Pokemon movies in the history of its ten years in the business.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing
So what if I love to watch pokemon.Thats me an anime fan.Im over 13.There was alot of action with a good story.
This movie was quite a pleasent suprise! I have known about Pokemon ever since it started here in the U.S. I didnt really like it a ton, but this movie made me! It was just so great! The storyline was great, the picture was great….it was just overal wonderful! My Mom (I just turned 14) even said it was good (TRUST ME-That means something)!
I really think the movie would’ve done a lot better if there were more advertisments. I found out about it by literally going onto a theater site, and seeing what was playing. Also the fact that it was only a limited release movie, that people didnt know about it.
But, I hope there are commercials and previews for the Video and DVD Release. That will help a lot!
Thanks so much for taking time to read my review!
1.0 out of 5 stars
boo
not very good not worth getting it is not good pokefan is wrong and im right not the same as original boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not the same…
When Pokemon first debuted, I thought it would rock, and Misty, Brock, and Ash would stay together as a gang forever, and Ash would love it to just be walking around the world,…
2.0 out of 5 stars
POKEMON COULD DO SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS FILM!!
I’m now 17 years old and I have been a loyal pokemon fan for 8 years now, so believe me I know what i’m talking about.