{"id":1033,"date":"2018-05-08T15:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T21:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2018-03-11T10:50:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T16:50:09","slug":"movie-pokemon-the-movie-i-choose-you-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/08\/movie-pokemon-the-movie-i-choose-you-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: Pok\u00e9mon the Movie &#8211; I Choose You! (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/6\/63\/Pokemon20Post.jpg\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon the Movie: I Choose You!\" width=\"257\" height=\"386\" \/>Pok\u00e9mon the Movie: I Choose You!<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2017<br \/>\nRating: PG<br \/>\nLength: 98 minutes \/ 1.63 hours<\/p>\n<p>Over 20 years after its debut, it seems that Pok\u00e9mon is not a fad and will be here to stay for the long haul. Of course, considering the mania surrounding the first games in the series back in the mid-1990\u2019s, by now enough time has passed for nostalgia to be a contributing factor to the franchise\u2019s continued success. The children who grew up with Pok\u00e9mon are now adults in their late-20\u2019s and early-30\u2019s (i.e., \u201cmillennials\u201d). In an attempt to cash in on this nostalgia, Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s latest movie,\u00a0<em>I Choose You!<\/em>\u00a0recounts some of the memorable first moments of the anime, but with a slightly different storyline.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, I was worried that this plot would be a pared-down selection of key moments from the anime, much like what has been done with other anime movies like One Piece\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Desert Princess and the Pirates<\/em>\u00a0(2007) and\u00a0<em>Episode of Chopper Plus<\/em>(2008). Fortunately, this film managed to capitalize on some hindsight that ended up linking the first few episodes of the anime to significant plot points introduced in the second generation of games. Granted, this semi-ret-conning diverges from the anime plot (to a point where Team Rocket is completely uninvolved), but at least it provides a more cogent conclusion by the end of the film.<\/p>\n<p>Some have bashed this movie for the controversial decision to give Pikachu an actual voice, but the nostalgia in me (partly from the anime, as much as from the first Pok\u00e9mon movie) got chills during the climax of this film. That being said, I had trouble getting used to the new voice actors for this movie, which pulled me out of the nostalgia every now and again. In the end, the plot of this film probably follows a lot closer to the actual Pok\u00e9mon games than the anime ever did, which is probably a plus considering some of the complaints many fans have about the anime.<\/p>\n<p>A nostalgia trip for the millennials who grew up with Pok\u00e9mon, I give\u00a0<em>I Choose You!<\/em>\u00a03.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a01\/2<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon the Movie: I Choose You! Year: 2017 Rating: PG Length: 98 minutes \/ 1.63 hours Over 20 years after its debut, it seems that Pok\u00e9mon is not a fad and will be here to stay for the long haul. 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