Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (or simply Detective Pikachu) is a fantasy comedy mystery film based on the 2016 video game Detective Pikachu. The movie is the first live-action/animated Pokémon film and the first Pokémon movie to receive a PG rating as suppose to the usual G rating that the MPAA gives to Pokémon films. The movie is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, and The Pokémon Company and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Pokémon: Detective Pikachu is written by Nicole Perlman, Benji Samit, and Dan Hernandez and directed by Rob Letterman.
The story is Tim is trying to find his father Harry Goodman after he mysteriously disappeared. During his investigation Tim meets Harry's partner, who happens to be a wise-cracking Pikachu who only Tim can fully communicate with. They decide to team-up and find out what happened to Tim's father.
Initial Reaction
At first I had no intentions of seeing this movie. Mainly because I was never really a fan of Pokémon that was always my older sister's thing. Then I took a look at the trailers and my interest was peaked. Then I started hearing from early reactions that people enjoyed it. So I threw my hands up and said "what the hell! Let's give this a chance".
Cons
I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.
Middle Ground
One of two things in the movie that could have used a little more work is Tim. I didn't think he was a bad character I just think the writers could have given him a tad bit more development. The other part of Detective Pikachu that's a mix bag is the investigation part. Often times Tim and Pikachu will find clues and put the pieces together by themselves other times the answer to questions was just handed to them. It was like "wow you two didn't really need to work for that".
Pros
Let's get this out of the way. The designs to the Pokémon are great. When I first heard they were doing this film in live-action I was worried. I was truly expecting some uncanny valley stuff but nope. All of the Pokémon were realistic but not creepy. The other best part of the film is it's humor. This is a very funny movie. My favorite part was an interrogation scene with Mr. Mime were things turned kimk of dark yet still funny (because dark humor is the best kind of humor and you can quote me on that). Now like I said in the Initial Reaction part of this review I was never really a big fan of Pokémon, however despite that I still noticed a few things (i.e. easter eggs) that I think some fans will definitely like. Now to praise the greatest thing ever about Detective Pikachu that being Ryan Reynolds' performance. He played that talking Pikachu to a perfect ten. He delivered every line in the film smoothly and he's the sole reason why the jokes worked.
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu was quite a surprise for me. Yes it's no masterpiece but it's definitely a fun movie to go out and see. The designs for the Pokémon are amazing, the humor is hilarious, the fans will enjoy the easter eggs, and Ryan Reynolds' acting was top notch. The only things that could of used more work were the detective sides of the film and our main protagonist.
My final rating is Good
All right guys, that's going to do it for me. Come back on Monday, May 13th were we'll begin the Road to Terminator: Dark Fate with my review of 1984's The Terminator. Untill then enjoy the rest of your day.
I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.
Middle Ground
One of two things in the movie that could have used a little more work is Tim. I didn't think he was a bad character I just think the writers could have given him a tad bit more development. The other part of Detective Pikachu that's a mix bag is the investigation part. Often times Tim and Pikachu will find clues and put the pieces together by themselves other times the answer to questions was just handed to them. It was like "wow you two didn't really need to work for that".
Pros
Let's get this out of the way. The designs to the Pokémon are great. When I first heard they were doing this film in live-action I was worried. I was truly expecting some uncanny valley stuff but nope. All of the Pokémon were realistic but not creepy. The other best part of the film is it's humor. This is a very funny movie. My favorite part was an interrogation scene with Mr. Mime were things turned kimk of dark yet still funny (because dark humor is the best kind of humor and you can quote me on that). Now like I said in the Initial Reaction part of this review I was never really a big fan of Pokémon, however despite that I still noticed a few things (i.e. easter eggs) that I think some fans will definitely like. Now to praise the greatest thing ever about Detective Pikachu that being Ryan Reynolds' performance. He played that talking Pikachu to a perfect ten. He delivered every line in the film smoothly and he's the sole reason why the jokes worked.
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu was quite a surprise for me. Yes it's no masterpiece but it's definitely a fun movie to go out and see. The designs for the Pokémon are amazing, the humor is hilarious, the fans will enjoy the easter eggs, and Ryan Reynolds' acting was top notch. The only things that could of used more work were the detective sides of the film and our main protagonist.
My final rating is Good
All right guys, that's going to do it for me. Come back on Monday, May 13th were we'll begin the Road to Terminator: Dark Fate with my review of 1984's The Terminator. Untill then enjoy the rest of your day.
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