Pokemon Movie 04: Celebi Toki wo Koeta Deai

quite honestly, i know the pokemon movies have been getting some eh reviews but i personally think they are pretty good.i understand that they aren't directly related to the shows but that's okay in my book really, this one is no different. the story does remind me of princess mononoke but i rather liked the nature feel of the whole thing. i enjoyed the art, a new yet familiar design to how i remember pokemon to be. i liked all the voice acting and characters..well lets just say i got a surprise with one of them. i enjoyed the use of the original group and i would say this movie is pretty good for anyone who is a pokemon fan and has some free time.

Pokemon 4EVER is not only the worst English Pokemon title, but also the worst movie among the original five. Shallow in every way, there's not much good you can say about this movie. Frankly, the only positive constant throughout the movie is the gorgeous art. In a few of its quiet moments you really feel like you've been transported into a heavenly forest. There's also a single fun sequence consisting of a fight with a pokemon trainer and the ensuing battle against time, as Ash runs to an already departing ferry. If that sounds like very little, that's because it is. On a more critical side of things, the cringeworthy introduction of the main antagonist is hard to watch. As his terrible (in both dub and sub) evil laugh spreads throughout the forest, your brain hurts - how did he invent pokeballs that turn pokemon souls evil and have an effect of leveling them to level 100? As you wonder, he suddenly pulls out an awkward spider mech. Movie, can we please go back to Ash? Another poor victim of the movie is the dialogue. After the pretty good (subbed) dialogue in the first movie, servicable dialogue in the second and some really good lines in the third, this movie treats us to really cringey writing period. Beyond that, the whole plot is filled with contrivances and nonsense in general. Following the bad choices from the second movie, all science and logic are thrown out of the window. Nothing makes sense and nobody tries to explain anything. The movie presents us with the first braindead Pokemon fantasy ride instead of a realized Pokemon world. Character development doesn't happen. There's no complexity to anyone and there's a single forced designated character development scene, which, frankly, doesn't work. The movie feels like a made for tv production aimed at kids aged 3 to 5, inducing only cringe in anyone older when it turns to self parody as Ash graciously flaunts Celebi's dead body towards the screen as a cheap way of making us care (before reviving him because you can't have death in a Pokemon movie). In conclusion, there's not much good in here. It simply exists. I can only tentatively recommend it to extremely hardcore pokemon fans who watched the whole anime series and after all of that have no standards left whatsoever. If that's you, you might enjoy some comfy moments it offers. For a few minutes at least.

A BIG step down from the first three, but still generally enjoyable overall. The main problem was that the generic "guy tries to capture Pokemon" story was nowhere near as interesting as the stories of the first three. Though halfway through, with Celebi being possessed, things did get real, and it got interesting from that point. And aside from the weak story, it was great. Sam and Ash's friendship was really cute, and there was a lot of nice, cute bonding moments. The animation was beautiful, and there was a number of drop-dead gorgeous scenes. Celebi was very cute, and there was some good humor especially from Team Rocket. But once again, what secured it's grade was the direction. Things really pick up halfway through, and it keeps getting better and better until the climactic scene, which is possibly the single definitive moment of the series. As a whole, a big step down but a good movie overall.

This movie is good, but not the best Pokémon film out there. The art is beautiful, and even the computer-generated parts blend in without problems. The sound are the usual, and fit the film very well. The plot takes its time, but no matter how deep and touching it tries to be, all that's really accomplished is a good attempt to connect emotionally with the characters. That is where the movie fails most. For a change, it is nice to see there is someone in Team Rocket that gets the job done. And yet, like in all children's stories, the evil must not win. The good will prevail. No matter how strong and impressive the opposition, how desperate the situation, there is no way the good guys will lose. Maybe I'm a bit old for this film and those alike it, but it also weakens the general structure of the film because they ruin the strong premise with something illogical that would never work in reality.

Pokemon 4Ever: The Emerge of Broken CGI. See?! Even I could easily give this movie a much better title, and I'm so high on sugar right now, that you don't even know! I know, that I'm not supposed to have such a high expectations towards this movie, since the first three movies were awesome to me - if humbly flawed, to some degree - but this... Argh! This is not a good time, to be called a pokemon fan, spoiled by the awesomenes of Mewtwo, Entei and Lugia! To be honest, I'm not sure, what to call this movie. Technically, this should be rated as a bad anime, but I can't really call this a shitpie-level bad, so... Yeah. Let's call this movie, with its real name. Pokemon 4Ever: The Fanservice - because, seriously... there's not much else, what this movie can really offer, even for a fans of the series! My biggest problem with this movie, is the story, which is suprising, since the premise to this movie is actually quite decent - at best - with time traveling, sacred forests, ever-so-japanese springs of life, new legendary pokemon, and all that good jazz. But, to follow that all-so-tired 90's trendmark of enviroment vs man, why oh why did we need that very same shtick pastered into this movie too?! We didn't - Blinky Bill took that part to the ludicrously preachy levels ages ago! Why not keep it nice, and simple for just a once, you guys, and let the story have conflict, without third-hand-policy?! Humans are boring, as a villains, if they're not correctly motivated, and this villain, is not - is he even a villain, I honestly cannot say! All he wants, is money, and power, but he's also so stupid, that he refuses to sell those 'dark' pokeballs of his, that will exhalirate any pokemon potential to the fullest possible point, thus turning them into... evil? Kay! Hook some brother in with those, and you'll have a mint in no time! Boring as hell, and just... stupid, as hell! And let's not talk about our favourite terrorist group, Cobra... no, the Team Rocket, because let's face it... they're not doing anything worth mentioning! And Suicune... why was he there? No, seriously... why was he there - it is a 'he', right?! He kinda just... was there, and now he is there, and no... he isn't there. Really? That's it?! Really?! Seriously, what a wasted potential! What this movie desperately needed, was some serious re-writing, and better CGI - it hurt my eyes! Hear me out... If Celebi was this... protector of the forest, or what not, and Suicune was... also there, then why couldn't there be some sort of power strugle, between two legendary pokemon - with epic proportions, 'course! - of who's got the right to be the true protector of this... sacred forest, that no one truly really exactly cares anyway? And... Ash being there, for... some reason, because... he doesn't age? That would have been so much more interesting to watch, than this wild goose-chase, with this washed-up loser-bad guy, with stupid name - his name is Vicious, btw - with no real motivations, absolutely hollow and pointless plans, and a personality of a wallpaper! Kinda the same, what they did with the second movie, but... second movie was good! And this time, Ash wouldn't have to be this messiah, or martyr, or anything like that - just be there, and your MC-powers will prevail! And the ending... oh my Grisaia the ending! So stupid... so very, very... stupid! Ouch! For what this movie actually was, it felt more like a Captain Planet episode, mixed in with pokemon, and I didn't like that! Usually, pokemon movies are very personal at their stakes and consequenses, when saving the world, and learning something new about the world, about themselves, or something like that, but this... I couldn't find any of these things, from this movie. Nothing was learnd, nothing was changed, and all that needed saving, was this stupid forest, that no one cares! Theres nothing for Ash to do, so... why was he even there?! And those steam-punk pokepalls... I'm not even going there - all the missed possibilites hurt my very soul! The story itself, isn't even that strong to beging with, so that no real stakes, consequenses, motives or themes can't really occure, when compared to the first three movies - expecially the third! - and Celebi... is just a another Mew, but less with personality. Lucky him... Suicune had absolutely nothing to give! Giving this movie a solid 5, almost seems too high into my critical eye, but I must be honest... I actually quite enjoyed this movie. To the degree, with flaws and all! It was, what pokemon fans can expect it to be, but nothing else, really, and that poor CGI... ugh! Let's not talk about that! If only this movie could have gotten itself out of the woods - no pun intented - then this movie, could have been on the par, with the first one, Mewtwo strikes back, but, since we really got just this wattered-down 'movie-special' about professor Oak, and better explanation for his undying trust to this goofball-Ash - yeah, spoilers, again - theres really nothing special to celeb-r-a-t-e. This movie is a solid for a hardcore pokemaniacs, and some of the regular fans might find this somewhat decent, but for a not-fans... try to find something else. And hey... who has a charmeleon, and makes it use a headbud, in a battle?! Or a water-type, against electric-type?! Now that's just... wrong! Story: 4 Art: 7 Sound: 5 Characters: 3 Enjoyment: 6 Overall: 5

I've reviewed quite a few Pokemon related anime as well as the games themselves. This time around we're looking at the fourth film from 2001. So, this was during the time of the best game generation, 2. Let's have a look. Story: We open with Celebi being chased by two counters, Houndoom and Scyther. Surprisingly for the anime, the type advantage seems to actually matter and Celebi seems to be in trouble. Until a young boy, Yukinari, comes to the rescue and the two go forty years into the future to escape. We enter the present day with Satoshi, Kasumi & Takeshi taking a ferry to explore deeper into the Johto region. They go to a treetop village in search of interesting Pokemon and they just so happen to see a bright light and find the young boy from the past. The group then has to contend with a Team Rocket Pokemon poacher who's using special Dark Balls to turn Pokemon evil. So, kind of the plot of Colosseum but before that game existed. The big problem with the film is that the environmental themes get overly preachy. It really wants to emphasise the importance of protecting the woods. And, like many environmental works geared towards children, they undermine their message by having the damage that gets caused be easily fixed for a happy ending. You don't need to protect the environment, Kids, the fairy magic can fix any damage that gets done. Literally the most counter-productive way to discuss environmental issues. It's also a little weird that the film goes out of its way to put Celebi against type counters but doesn't worry about type matchups at any other point. I mean, Satoshi puts a Bayleef against a Scizor and multiple protagonist Pokemon are shown as having good matches against opponents they should have no problem with. So, I really don't know why they're going out of the way to use type matchups against Celebi and nowhere else. On the positive side, the pacing is pretty solid. The film has some slow, quiet moments to showcase the beauty of the forest and allow the atmosphere to build. It's also pretty good about introducing its important elements early. There are also some cute scenes of Celebi just playing around that are reminiscent to the scenes in the first Pokemon film with Mew while also being their own thing. Characters: The characters are barely worth mentioning if I'm being honest. The main cast is the same boring trio we're already familiar with. The only thing semi compelling about Yukinari is the twist that you get at the very end and it's very much a case of "if they'd leaned into it earlier and actually gone somewhere with it it might have been interesting." The antagonist is just a one note arsehole who couldn't get hired as a CEO and decided to join Team Rocket as a backup. Art: OLM did a pretty good job with the artwork. The Pokemon look good. The nature scenes are very nice. The animation is pretty well done. The character designs aren't the best. The antagonist looks really dumb. The side characters are just kind of boring looking and I'm including Yukinari. Sound: The acting is fine. Matsumoto Rica, Hayashibara Megumi, Iizuka Mayumi, Ueda Yuuji and all of them deliver decent enough performances. They're just kind of limited based on how dull their characters are. The music is fine as well. Ho-yay: There isn't any. Areas of Improvement: 1. If you're going to have environmental themes, don't go over the top with them. I get it, trying to keep the planet habitable by ourselves and dogs is very important. But when you go over the top, it hurts the message you're trying to convey. It makes it seem like environmental villains are these over the top caricatures and makes it difficult for people to recognise the more subtle, actual environmental villains who are usually causing damage for expediency or profit. 2. If you want your message to stick, you can't have everything undone through magical means. And I understand that that means you can't have a fully happy ending but sometimes a bittersweet ending just works better. 3. The characters really need more development. I understand that your main trio along with Musashi, Kojirou & Meowth aren't going to change ever but at least do something with your side characters and the film's antagonist. Final Thoughts: This film is pretty mediocre. Its ideas have some potential and seeing Celebi play around happily is cute but those ideas ultimately fall short through underdevelopment and it ultimately doesn't do much. My rating is going to stand at a 5/10.

Wow! I guess I'm the only one who literally didn't find this enthusing. I have not seen much of Pokemon so I don't know if the story's kept interesting, the characters in-character or the art being changed, but let me review. Story: The plot takes place in a forest, much like movies like Princess Mononoke or Castle in the Sky. But these kids find this monster who happens to be a time traveler. But then they run into this vicious guy who tries to make the monster turn from good to bad and it's up to the team to turn him back into a good monster. The art is alright, I guess. There were some computer-generated animated scenes, but I guess it's pretty decent. Not the best out there though, could've been better. Can't say anything about the sound, but from what I remember, it's pretty much kept as usual. As a matter of fact, my cousins are obsessed with Pokemon and used to watch it all day and I used to watch it with them ever since I was like 5-7. But got tired of it, watched a Jiggly Puff special at eight-years-old, found that to be good, but I found this film to be very disappointing. I used to watch Pokemon when I was little, but not very much. I guess I'm pretty much grown out of it now and I heard that there's a lot of hate out there for this show, Naruto and Bleach (mostly the old, kiddish anime shows).

Watching "Pokemon 4Ever" transports me back to a simpler time when the world of Pokemon felt boundless and full of possibilities. The movie captures the childhood of wonder and adventure.The story follows Ash, Pikachu, and friends as they travel through time to protect the mythical Pokémon Celebi from a villainous hunter. The themes of friendship, courage, and the timeless battle between good and evil. Celebi's ability to traverse time adds the little spice that was needed to get the plot going. In conclusion, "Pokémon 4Ever" is more than just a movie; it's a nostalgic trip that rekindles the joy and excitement of being a kid growing up with the games and movies. This might not be everyones opinion but idgaf this is a masterpiece.

Of the original Pokémon movies (meaning gens 1&2) Heroes is the one I never remember and 4Ever is the one I've never been able to get into. Like, the first three movies were all deep and moving in some way. This one was just dark and sad. I'm not sure that there was any real message it was pushing. Kind of just a generic villain looking to abuse Pokémon for his own gain. Celebi annoys me. I'm sure that plays a big part. And something about the way the movie looks makes it hard for me to stay focused and pay attention. Visually, it's very dark. Like, the animated equivalent of filming every scene of a live-action movie on a cloudy day. Even the 'bright' scenes have this muted look to them. But for some reason, I remember watching this one over and over as a kid. The time travel element is kinda cool, and I actually really liked the Professor Oak connection and the tiny insight it gave us into how technology in the Pokémon world has advanced over time. Now that I've got something down for a review, it's probably safe to say that this is the last time I'll watch 4Ever, but it was a pretty big part of my childhood, and I was surprised as I was rewatching it to realize that I remembered just about every scene pretty vividly.

The Celebi Movie. This film introduces us to Celebi, one of the most interesting legendary Pokémon in the franchise precisely because of its abilities. Besides having a strong connection to nature and being able to manipulate plants, Celebi is also capable of moving objects, exerting forces of attraction and repulsion, and, most importantly, traveling through time. This ability opens up a huge range of possibilities for the Pokémon universe, especially since the franchise had already begun to play with more absurd concepts in previous films. Now, in addition to having different dimensions and realities, we also have time travel. And this makes Celebi an absurdly powerful Pokémon. To make a somewhat absurd comparison, it possesses some abilities reminiscent of Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen combined with Pain's Deva Path from Naruto, while still being able to travel through time. It's a set of powers that could easily break any conflict in the story if used without limitations. Therefore, I found the personality chosen for Celebi very interesting. Despite possessing gigantic powers, it is extremely innocent and even cowardly in some situations. Instead of simply solving all problems using his abilities, he often prefers to run away or hide. This greatly helps to balance the character and prevents his ability to manipulate time and the environment from making any conflict completely pointless. The premise involving the human protagonist also works very well. A boy from another era ends up being transported to the future and needs to deal with a world completely different from the one he knew. Seeing a character from another generation interacting with people and Pokémon from a different era is a very good idea, mainly because it allows for playing with the changes that occur over the decades. This relationship with time also ends up being, for me, the main message of the film. Time passes regardless of our will, and often we don't realize the value of certain moments until they have already passed. The film works a lot with this idea of ​​making the most of the time we have and valuing the people around us before it's too late. It's a simple message, but one that perfectly matches a film starring a Pokémon capable of traversing eras. Another point I really liked is how the film uses characters from different periods. The idea of ​​someone from the past participating in present events creates an interesting dynamic and makes the concept of time travel truly important to the narrative, rather than just being a visually cool power. Visually, the film has also aged well. The animation is consistent and has good action moments, especially considering the time it was released. The direction manages to convey the feeling of speed and movement well during the most intense scenes, while the moments involving nature have a very pleasing aesthetic. The sound design also does an excellent job and contributes significantly to the film's atmosphere. However, precisely because it deals with time travel, the film ends up running into one of the biggest problems of this type of story: inconsistencies. From the moment a character leaves their time, spends decades in the future, learns about things that haven't happened to them yet, and then returns to their original time period, some questions inevitably begin to arise. What exactly happens to the information they acquired? Should they know about future events? Does the journey alter anything? Is there a fixed timeline or can it be modified? Some situations become particularly strange when you think about them a little more. If someone spent decades in the future, had contact with people and events from that time, and then returned to the past, it would be very difficult to simply act as if they knew nothing. This generates some curious situations, especially when we see knowledge and technologies that they should consider completely new. One example that particularly confused me is the Pokédex itself. If someone from the past witnesses something related to its creation or evolution, to what extent could this influence the future? Did they help develop something? Did they just discover something they didn't already know? Or does the timeline simply work differently? The film doesn't bother much with answering these questions, so it's best to accept some of these situations and move on. Despite this, I don't consider these inconsistencies to ruin the experience. The premise continues to work very well within the logic of Pokémon, and the film manages to deliver a fun adventure, with good characters, an interesting concept, and a message that fits very well with the chosen Pokémon. In the end, Celebi Toki wo Koeta Deai is a film that it makes excellent use of its featured Pokémon. Celebi is fascinating not only for being a Legendary Pokémon but also because its abilities have massive implications for the franchise's universe. Time travel adds a unique layer to the story, allowing for the exploration of themes that Pokémon doesn't usually address so directly. It isn't perfect, there are issues if you overthink the time-travel logic, but it remains a highly entertaining adventure worth watching, especially for fans of the franchise's older movies. Rating: 7/10. =================================================================================================================Versão em Português===================================== O filme do Celebi. Esse filme nos apresenta o Celebi, um dos Pokémon lendários mais interessantes da franquia justamente por causa de suas habilidades. Além de possuir uma forte ligação com a natureza e conseguir manipular plantas, Celebi também é capaz de mover objetos, exercer forças de atração e repulsão e, principalmente, viajar através do tempo. É uma habilidade que abre um leque enorme de possibilidades para o universo de Pokémon, principalmente porque a franquia já havia começado a brincar com conceitos mais absurdos em filmes anteriores. Agora, além de termos diferentes dimensões e realidades, temos também viagens temporais. E isso torna o Celebi um Pokémon absurdamente poderoso. Para fazer uma comparação meio absurda, ele possui algumas habilidades que lembram o Gojo de Jujutsu Kaisen junto com o Caminho Deva do Pain de Naruto, enquanto ainda consegue viajar pelo tempo. É um conjunto de poderes que poderia facilmente quebrar qualquer conflito da história se fosse utilizado sem limitações. Por isso, achei muito interessante a personalidade escolhida para o Celebi. Apesar de possuir poderes gigantescos, ele é extremamente inocente e até covarde em algumas situações. Em vez de simplesmente resolver todos os problemas utilizando suas habilidades, frequentemente prefere fugir ou se esconder. Isso ajuda bastante a equilibrar o personagem e impede que sua capacidade de manipular o tempo e o ambiente torne qualquer conflito completamente inútil. A própria premissa envolvendo o protagonista humano também funciona muito bem. Um garoto de outra época acaba sendo transportado para o futuro e precisa lidar com um mundo completamente diferente daquele que conhecia. Ver um personagem de outra geração interagindo com pessoas e Pokémon de uma época diferente é uma ideia muito boa, principalmente porque permite brincar com as mudanças que acontecem ao longo das décadas. Essa relação com o tempo também acaba sendo, para mim, a principal mensagem do filme. O tempo passa independentemente da nossa vontade, e muitas vezes não percebemos o valor de determinados momentos até que eles já tenham passado. O filme trabalha bastante essa ideia de aproveitar o tempo que temos e valorizar as pessoas ao nosso redor antes que seja tarde demais. É uma mensagem simples, mas que combina perfeitamente com um filme protagonizado por um Pokémon capaz de atravessar épocas. Outro ponto que gostei bastante é como o filme utiliza personagens de diferentes períodos. A ideia de alguém do passado participando dos acon…

The Urutoraman/Super Sentai/Kamen Rider syndrome of mediocre movies taken out from a nearly flawless main show strikes again with this fourth pocket monsters movie, which pales in comparison to the near masterpiece that is the main show (no, it's not because of nostalgia that is so) simply because there's not much else going on here vs. the continuos barrage of interesting and engaging stuff going on in the main offering, including the less action-oriented episodes. Particularly in the first half of this movie nothing really happens except our heroes getting to know the main pokemon of this movie (and Mami Koyama voicing her third character from this IP if you're a fan of hers, OFC) and then the main villain appears, he enslaves the pokemon, the pokemon is freed, the main villain is defeated, the end. Also, for whatever reason the writers of these movies seem to be unsure how to employ properly the roketto gang as again Musashi and her companions Kojiro and nyarth do a split zero, even if compared to some episodes of the main show were they were not treated particularly well. But hey, the avatar of the main pokemon turned evil was very Kaijuesque, which is appreciated. Watch once and then move on to the Masterpiece that is the main series and it should suffice.