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Why did it flop critically and commercially?
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Cooper Smith
they made a capeshit tier movie instead of detective pikachu
Levi Wright
???why the fuck do you keep posting for this? Is not even out yet
Jacob Flores
It's not even out yet you blatant mouseshill
Nolan Cook
I'm watching it today and almost no theaters are even showing it
Dominic Ortiz
>Disney will buy the rights to pokemon one day
shit
Charles Roberts
ten years too late, as usual with these shitty things.
Gabriel Richardson
>black lead
Matthew Fisher
Because only reddit teenagers care about Pokémon
Elijah Martin
Oh, Is today May 10th?
Luis Davis
3 days before the official premiere fuck you Disney shill your brand loyalty is the cringiest shit.
Isaiah Morales
Lack of Sneed.
Cameron Edwards
It would be illegal.
Lincoln Robinson
Why are Yea Forumseddit capeshitters pretending this movie doesn't pander to the same low IQ numale and women child parasites that disney does?
Lucas Ortiz
On some countries is already out.
Grayson Gutierrez
It didn't Fucking Flop Fucking Critically you MotherFucker you!
It's sitting Fucking Fresh right now! Fucking stop gaslighting this movie! Who is Fucking paying you!? Disney?
Asher Rodriguez
Pokemon is the highest grossing franchise in history
The mouse is seething
Josiah Gomez
Fuck off Ralph! What do you Fucking know about Box Office receipts and expectations MotherFucker!? Go Fucking go Fucking jerk off to Fucking Avengers Endgame you Fucking Cockrat!
Austin Thompson
Is this the defense of these threads? This movie generated interest comparable with some of the most expected movies of 2019 and it's not even out yet what's the point in these threads if it's just another blockbuster, the only thing making it different from all the rest is that it's WB and not Disney?
William Fisher
ryan reynolds as ryan reynolds in ryan reynolds: the movie. rated r for strong ryan reynolds
Michael Robinson
because we like pikachu, we grew up with him.
the only people that grew up with marvel comics are the kids rich enough to have their parents buy them that shit every week
Joshua Taylor
>the only thing making it different from all the rest is that it's WB and not Disney?
Is this why the tasteless capeshitters from Yea Forums and /vp/ are pretending it doesn't pander to the same audience?
Angel Hughes
>because we like pikachu, we grew up with him.
Cooper Thompson
It looks terrible. Why couldn't they have just made a regular action movie? Why the detective and muh dad bullshit?
Kayden Myers
>the only people that grew up with marvel comics are the kids rich enough to have their parents buy them that shit every week
the only people who "grew up" with their comics are people who didn't grow up
Grayson Edwards
Metascore of 50
Jackson Gonzalez
That looks like your average capeshit fan.
Jacob White
i mean you got me there i guess. my girlfriend left me for a dev league basketball player so what haha. she never wanted to go to anime conventions with me anyway. i made a new friend that's really into crafting costumes anyway we're not together but she helps me with sewing haha
Asher Davis
Who is also your average fan of this shit or does it not count because you like this trash?
Brody Cook
Stuck liked it
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Jordan Adams
>comics
>rich kids
What the fuck am I reading?
Joseph Torres
nobody cares about Metashitic
Thomas Morales
Who?
Julian Price
the detective part is what makes me interested
the dad part and the villain turning people into pikachu is what makes it cringe
Jaxon Taylor
comics were expensive as shit. my dad bought me some and told me he'd never do it again
Andrew Evans
movie officially comes out tomorrow you fucking faggot. snobby professional critic reviews never count. why the fuck should i listen to what some 40 year old movie snob thinks of a film. especially if the 40 year old snob has no idea what the source material was?
Oliver Bell
It's out in several countries
William Martin
I'll let you in on a secret, not only one side has shilled.
Austin Barnes
Have sex
Wyatt Morris
You come off as the type of pleb that cites critics when people here call stuff like fury road and john wick trash
Owen Sanders
>mouseshill
Which mouse? Pikachu or Mickey?
Lucas Watson
>comics were expensive as shit.
>3 dollars is expensive
Nathaniel Lopez
The only true test is if Armond White sees it and critiques it
Nolan Flores
I thought that was the hottest part
Chase Wright
If the MCapeshitU wasn't around it would do well. But sadly other lesser blockbusters can't compete with the quality and storytelling.
Joshua Reyes
It just wasn't fun.
Christian Flores
This, I watched it in a room full of kids and no one laughed
Aiden Fisher
If you paid attention you would understand I fucking hate professional critcs because they are often 40 or older morons who dont understand the source material of a movie like this one. you can see it in the reviews on rotten tomatoes. none of them understand what the source material was. and you fucking expect me to develop my opinion based on tose shit reviews?
Logan Garcia
So my suspicions about you are correct then
Isaiah Robinson
Just watched it in English at my local German theater.
The cinema was full of 20+ year olds. Probably because of the foreign language option.
I enjoyed it a lot, would rate it 8.5/10.
The twists were a bit predictable, but if it's a detective movie I think that's acceptable.
The middle third of the movie was the weakest part for me.
Got a little tear-eyed in the end.
Logan Phillips
Really? I thought that adults would be the most interested in a movie with Reynolds and Pikapool.
Cameron Brown
feed and seed
Sebastian Lewis
are you dumb enough to listen to reviews by snobby 40 year old clueless boomers?
Dylan Powell
Not that user. Gonna watch it now on Brazil and there are only 3 subbed sessions in the city and like 10 dubbed. When they think only kids will watch a movie they have few rooms showing the subbed version, which they do.
The room is empty too, around 10% full
Anthony Fisher
We'll, the cinema I just watched it in was breaking full. Don't listen to Disney shills
Luis Turner
Same here. Got a lot of laughs and aws as well.
Angel Ortiz
They are 5 bucks an issue. It starts adding up
Noah Robinson
Who are you quoting?
Isaiah Baker
I cant wait for this shit to flop and all the 30 year old virgins who still watch Pokemon and Sonic and other crap they should have stopped watching 20 years ago start crying and realize what a pathetic life they lead.
Jayden Walker
I love all the people who think enjoying kid's shit is incompatible with having a life. I spend 99% of my waking time not thinking about capeshit and the like, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy it as well.
Just because numales exist doesn't mean you can't be excited about a movie just for fun.
Brandon Collins
Yea Forums doesn't care about these movies in that sense
it's /vp/ and Yea Forums cancer
Hunter Cook
Cope
Juan Cruz
No, the cope is acting as if you're somehow better for devoting your life to a different corporate product than someone else. Just enjoy popcorn flicks (or don't) and move the fuck on.
Carson Jackson
I will never unironically understand the free pass critics gave to MCU for ten years
70% is a really good score for a movie like this
As to why it flopped?? Who knows...it will probably break even anyway
Carter Mitchell
Jose Gray
>MFW he watches capeshit
Jaxon Torres
Just got home from the Detective Pikachu premier. I was literally the only person in the theater. They actually stopped showing the film early so the projectionist could get home before it got too late.
Evan Powell
Disney hates Nips, and will turbo-shill, no survivors every franchise they can out of spite for what happened to "Nu-Wars"
Brayden Moore
t. underage
Leo Nelson
>comics are expensive
>5 bucks an issue
Where the fuck do I even start with how wrong this is?
Adrian Flores
Marvel was just too powerful.
DC knows that. That's why DC is dead.
Parker Jones
Disney hates Nintendo because they're the only company with pop culture characters that rival their own
Brody Phillips
Why does this post read like a shill/newfag trying to fit in on a board?
Nicholas Cook
Because you've been successfully programmed by Disney.
Isaiah Hernandez
was it ever supposed to be a success?
it was always going to do okay at best
Nicholas Williams
It's Pokemon.
People are crazy to think it would beat Avengers but it will do very well regardless.
Gabriel Young
because it also panders to furries that want to jack off to pikachu.
Justin Cooper
capeshit dc twitter mutts and pajeets constantly try and push company war shit here
last time it was alita
this time it's this flick
next will be godzilla
Kevin Taylor
Pokemon will always be aimed at kids or fans, boomers just won't understand. look at the reviews for the first Mewtwo movie. they are pretty much h the same shit
Connor Wright
I just want to taste her asshole please.
Charles Hall
How old is your gf?
Daniel Young
This just proves how much are boomers out of touch
Teenagers don’t give a fuck about Pokemon only 30yo neckbeards care about it
Dominic Wood
To be honest, the movie wasn't that good, but 4kids' changes really fucked with the tone and made it worse. Will be interesting to see how the remake will handle the localization.
Ethan Scott
It hasn't flopped yet. Wait a month or two before asking that question again.
Besides, it's an experimental film. The Pokémon Company allowed Legendary Pictures to develop this film, which I must remind you is based on an obscure 3DS spinoff game, in order to test the viability of Western-made, live-action, cinema-release films as an additional revenue stream for them, alongside the various animated films, card games, toy and clothing merchandise, and video games that form the core of their current revenue. Whether this film is a hit or a flop, the company has little to lose in this venture.
Parker Reed
>boomers just won't understand
Boomers are the current biggest fanbase of pokemon if pokemon go is anything to go by
Jack Gonzalez
>on some countries
>on
Stay in yours
Jason Phillips
isnt this that feminist racist from those protests eating cookies
David Sullivan
Majority of negative reviews only reference to Pokemon was Pokemon Go.
Grayson Taylor
>because we like pikachu, we grew up with him
OH NONONONONONO
Jace Nelson
nigger lead nobody cared about and the plot wasn't pokemon related (badly written)
pikachu carried tho
Leo Harris
LOOOOOLLLLLLLL
Andrew Stewart
Can confirm, was projectionist and user here was pretty cool about it.
Jayden Garcia
Im sure it will do decent just not capeshir numbers
Blake Gonzalez
I think people buying weekly comics hasn't been a popular thing since the 80s. Pokemon Cards in their heyday, however, make their bread by mom and dad buying booster packs over and over in hopes that a shiny one placated their kid (me)
Alexander Flores
dudes im at the theater right now watching this
im 6'4 BTW
Chase Martin
i didn't post this pic but it works
Jose Hughes
just watched it
James Young
17
Gabriel Stewart
my movie theatre wasnt even half full
Joshua Richardson
my theater had less than one person in it
Joshua Sanders
Pikachu is the dad, Mewtwo put his mind in pikachu's body to save his life after the car accident. I heard it ends with him being turned back to human, which I think is a stupid if that's true.
I watched the cut scenes from the game it's based on, on youtube, so I already know the twist ending.
Also like 99.9% sure this was just a first movie to test the waters, if it does well their going to make a Mewtwo movie.
I'm probably going to watch it anyway, because it has Ryan Reynolds in it. though I'll have suspend my disbelief that the black kid's dad who left him was white. in reality it would have been a black dad with a roastie white mom.
Lucas Richardson
I'm actually seeing pikachu with my girlfriend. because she thinks pikachu is cute and she liked deadpool.
Lincoln Allen
Lmao
Liam Hughes
some manchild youtuber
Charles Brown
Fuck you im here
Carter Phillips
I just left out the theater 5 minutes ago and I was literally the only person in there. This is a confirmed flop.
Don’t see it
Hudson Ramirez
Same, watched it in Kiel (in english), mostly spergy twentysomethings, some neckbeards and such.
Movie was honestly great, especially the scene with the forest coming to live as well as the soft noir stuff in the city. It didn't feel like a kids movie that much and did deal with some slightly mature themes (death, family etc).
Actor casting choices didn't seem based on agenda and all in all it felt like a really 'honest' movie, very refreshing compared to watching MCU or stuff like that.
Hope they'll bring out more in the same vein. 8/10
Jason Nelson
Move out of the boonies
Logan Davis
>Le source material meme
Give me a break, as if anyone even played the original game
Isaac Reyes
> Movie so great has time to post on Yea Forums
Owen Adams
Levi Russell
thanks for proving your a cuck bitch by going to see a childrens movie which is shit to begin with.
Grayson Wood
>Pikachu references that people have put their fingers in him
Is it cannon people fuck their pokemon, or at least diddle them? There was a lot of weird adult jokes in this.
Its some kind of trailer thing.
>Theater was pretty packed for a 4pm showing, lots of kids with their parents (followed by 20 somethings)
>Trailers were
>Angry Birds 2
>A Dog's Purpose
>The Sun is Also a Star
>Toy Story 4
>Brightburn
>The Brightburn trailer that makes it seem like capeshit for the first half
Mfw the jumpscare at the end cause half the theater to scream and a few kids were sobbing
Joseph Scott
>detective pikachu
>not even about pokemon battles but some gay detective shit
I wonder why its a flop
Carson Scott
Who fucking hurt you?
Lucas Evans
I'd fuck Guardevoir.
Jace Ward
Pikachu has a deeper more manly voice in the game.
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James Garcia
>theater filled with boomers
They were right, the Pokemon fanbase is really aging.
Jaxson Mitchell
Disney is interested in Pokémon, they got the rights to stream the anime in their channels and services.
Dominic Clark
well people fuck dogs and horses IRL.
Zachary Hill
>That scene where Pikachu references what humans do to him
>One of the things is "put their fingers in me"
uhhhhh
Brandon Butler
If this is true, I'm surprised TPC allowed it.
This isn't a hit or miss like PokeSpe and the gag manga, its something that will be watched by millions in the entire world, not even the anime uses that kind of jokes.
Nathaniel Brooks
I thought it was ok. Took my two sons to see it and they loved it (10 and 8). I didn’t know half of the Pokémon, but they mixed up the new and old pretty good. The plot twist with Pikachu was an easy read, but the old guy villain and Mew 2 were awesome.
Had fun and hit the matinee. Pika/10 would Pika again.
Nicholas Myers
Why is it so dark that I can't see the picture? Is that to hide the aging CGI?
Gavin Rogers
It’s true. There’s also a masturbation joke by the main character. A chick says something like, “This isn’t the place to go out alone at night” and says “I’m good at handling myself alone at night”.
Evan Martinez
Im here right now
pretty empty
Caleb Lee
Its real but subtle. Most of the ppl in my room laughed from it
Jeremiah Adams
i'm getting mixed feelings about the gundam movie, it got the same producer as pikachu
Jason Powell
It's a good trick
Jayden Evans
Thank God I didn't imagine it
Gabriel Smith
Same in my country. Warner clearly has less interest in the movie since its actually legendary's barely any promotional shit in my theater. Only one screen.
Ayden Evans
No offense but that sounds like cheap comedy, did the kids watching it get the reference at least?
Joseph Price
Movie already has a sequel and will be getting it as long as it earns enough to cover it's budget.
Movie is only just out now in some places and will likely make around $400m+ securing a sequel and the Mewtwo Spin-off.
Julian Mitchell
Because/tv/ is cursed as they should be
James Hall
>At a time when Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame is still the boss at the box office with a running global total of $2.27 billion, Legendary Entertainment/Warner Bros’ Pokémon Detective Pikachu is looking to push his way in and grab as much as he can with a $50 million–$55 million domestic opening weekend at 4,200-plus theaters, and another $90M-$120M offshore for an average global launch near $160M-plus.
>In the U.S. and Canada, Pikachu will have to settle for second as Endgame‘s third weekend eyes $75M-$85M, which would be the second best haul for a third weekend after Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ $90.2M.
Yikes
Mason Morales
Same here
Asher Taylor
how much did Iron Man make opening weekend?
Henry Jones
7-8 max
Christopher Murphy
honestly that would be comfy.
Bentley Wilson
Thankfully it won't.
Joshua Peterson
You can't compare the first live action Pokemon movie to the last avenger's movie. you should compare it to the first marvel move.
William Kelly
It took me longer to work out that picture was fake than I want to freely admit.
Colton Young
I'm so conflicted on going to see it. Is it at least fun to watch as someone who literally caught every single one of them even up to ultra sun?
Jayden Cooper
this
Elijah Mitchell
Detective Pikachu had a budget of $150m and will have a launch of $160m+? It'll cover it's initial budget in the launch and the marketting budget/additional costs by the following week.
Why are people trying to claim it's doing bad?
Tyler Stewart
is alita all ober again
Ethan Morales
if I walked into a theater that looked like that I'd walk right back out.
do you live in a ghetto, is that what a poor neighborhood's theater looks like?
Xavier Hughes
Oops that's not for another few weeks
Please tell me you aren't retarded enough to try and compare a $200 million dollar movie from 2019 to a 2008 movie that cost much less and came out during a recession and a time when superhero movies were dead
Angel Mitchell
My dad has a collection worth $50k+, he stopped buying them when they reached $0.25 lol
Juan Gonzalez
it's budget is about the same as the first iron man movie. if it does as well as the first iron man movie, which is probably will we can expect tons of pokemon movies.
Parker James
You're fucking retarded. The $160 million is INCLUDING international and it will do AT BEST $80 million the week after and then it gets killed by Aladdin
Kayden Roberts
It is not making anywhere near $600 million you stupid fuck
Sebastian Morris
Iron Man's budget was 140 million, Pokemon's is also 150 million. and we're about to enter a recession.
2008 wasn't even the worst of it, the worst of that economic downturn was under Obama.
Ryan Moore
nice oc btw
saved it
Christian Walker
Iron Man didn't make 600 million opening weekend you turbo fag.
Jeremiah Gutierrez
Because of brand loyalty to Disney or pretending to be a typical Yea Forums pest making bullshit threads to generate reaction. I doubt they're the result of observation of people's interest. Hype for Pikachu is comparable with Lion King and of course both will make crazy money. Waste of a thread, probably bannable as well.
Jordan Parker
>Aladdin
Sebastian Reed
manly as fuck
Levi Foster
You know, when someone calls you a "stupid fuck" you aren't supposed to then go and prove them right by saying something that fucking retarded
Bentley Ward
The merchandising for this film alone secured a sequel which is why the sequel is being fast tracked with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (21 Jump Street, Lego movie, etc...) directing and Oren Uziel as the screenwriter (22 Jump Street)
It is a 'global launch' - e.g. the projected amount the film will earn globally during its launch, not the entire run.
Aladdin is also tracking poorly, but Disney are trying to shill it to keep the idea of remaking old shit in live action. They want to erase mistakes of the past before they get metoo'd or flagged for racism/whatever. They have already made remarks about censoring old animated movies to remove potentially offensive aspects - including removing characters and scenes.
Brody Richardson
Local theater released it early. Sucked balls desu. Mewtwo soul exchanges MCs Dad and Pikachu.
Thomas Garcia
Yes, Aladdin.
Samuel Clark
They're saying Pokemon will make roughly 160 million opening weekend, Iron Man made 170 million opening weekend.
the numbers are still marginally close.
Chase Scott
Oh, no not the projections.
Jordan Garcia
>It is a 'global launch' - e.g. the projected amount the film will earn globally during its launch, not the entire run.
No shit dumbass
>Aladdin is also tracking poorly
Literally tracking to make more than this piece of shit and Godzilla COMBINED
Jonathan Williams
because N
Nolan Anderson
Oh you're one of those retards
Go ahead and post that stupid fucking screencap of Solo's projection because it's the only example you dipshits have
Colton Murphy
Sure there are some people who care but mostly like Hindu and Arabs. The rest makes fun of it, some said they liked that Will Smith makes some jokes in it but generally there's not much buzz around it some 20 days before the release date.
Mason Brown
This wasn't in the soundtrack
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Grayson Adams
How does Mickey the mouse's cock feel up your shill ass?
Eli Martinez
>This may be a bigger Warner Bros./Pokémon Company question, but were there ever any concerns about claiming Pikachu and Psyduck as the main Pokémon of this movie, if the studio ever wanted to do a movie centered on Ash and Misty and that crew?
>That's above my paygrade. I don't know that. But one of the things about the way Pokémon works is Pikachu, Psyduck, they're species. So, Ash's Pikachu is a very different Pikachu than Detective Pikachu.
Hmm? So they literally can't touch Ash and HIS Pikachu, along with TRio.
Can't blame TPC, despite the memes, the anime earns them a lot of money. I guess it would be easier to use the PokeSpe MCs or the PCs.
Julian Butler
Literally just walked out of the movie, AMA
Movie is meh at best. Some fun scenes, meh story final plot twist kinda destroys any logic in the story and buries any possible sequekbor DP cinematic universe, the villain's plot is retarded but the twist around his second in command is unironically kino as fuck
BTW the main girl can't act for shit
William Martin
But was in it?
Evan Roberts
What's the plot twist?
Leo James
can someone just tell me if my local movie theater is going to look like pic related tomorrow or not
Ryan Thompson
Wow the Jews managed to ruin Pokemon. Fuck this movie
Jordan Sullivan
How about Wonder Womans? That was way off
Blake Rogers
Because no one wants a cute little pikachu to talk with the voice of a middle-aged man.
Thomas Gomez
I like it better than when it spoke like a little girl
Nolan Rivera
The old man was testing a Mind Control device that allowed him to implant his mind into Mewtwo. He then uses Mewtwo to implant the souls of humans into all the Pokemon
The dad is Pikachu all along. The dad originally caught Mewtwo but when he saw what they were doing to him snuck into the lab and let him go. Dad was about to die from a car wreck and his Pikachu begged Mewtwo to put the dads soul in his body
John Miller
Just saw it too. It was alright for a kids film, but really had to be carried by Ryan Reynolds. Without him all you'd have is cliche moments and terrible actors with pokemon.
Oh and you won't believe who the father is.
Noah Scott
>the scene were Pikachu sings the Pokemon theme
Kino as fuck
Bentley Evans
Aiden Ward
thank you for saving me the movie. I almost went and watched that shit
Carson Sullivan
Who is the japanese boy in the trailer
Jeremiah Cox
So becoming a Pokemon removed his soul?
Nicholas Bennett
Yeah. What the fuck was that shit?
Ryan Thompson
I watched the detective pikachu vidya game cut scenes so I already know who pikachu is.
Noah Morris
It's Red
Hudson Green
Did he basically have a gratutious cameo in the movie?
Christopher Barnes
Ash was literally dying and hallucinating from all the hyper-beams, then he got his body destroyed ala Dragon Ball with a fucking beam launched by a dozen or more pokémon.
Jack Jones
No
Pikachu is Tim's father. Mewtwo put him in Pikachu's head (he has that power, and the villain's evil plan is to make humanity evolve by putting humans' minds in Pokemon)
Gavin Kelly
ALSO THE ONKY POKEMON TRAINER IN THE MOVIE IS SOME PAJEET RED CLONE
Daniel Perez
We can still get more movies, Pokemon cinematic universe not Detectve Pikachu cinematic universe.
We need live action Red v Ash before Pokemon dies
Jason Sullivan
Yes. He shows up on an ad about the history of Pokemon and he's battling some random on a stadium. Nameless and irrelevant character
Samuel Collins
BTW, to those who watched the movie: why the fuck couldn't other people understand Pikachu?
Isaiah Rogers
So it's just a shitty version of the first episode of the anime
Benjamin Phillips
It has a few references but the movie is about Ash finding Ho-Oh
Noah Bennett
Post yfw this showed up on the TV in the movie.
Joseph Edwards
Ash didn't die in the first episode tho, is an AU re-telling where Ash travels alone and wants to find and fight Ho-Oh.
Oliver Johnson
Gavin Rodriguez
5 bucks for an issue you can read in less than 10 minutes. That's insanely bad value to entertainment ratio.
Levi Gutierrez
Most bigger movies come out on the Thursdays before the actual release date these days. If you left your homes you might know this.
Samuel Robinson
I actually have a job to go to tomorrow, you worthless nigger. I can't go tonight because that would cut into my sleep.
Levi Clark
zoomer post
Kevin Williams
You don't because it is terrible value for money. Look at Action Comics #1. Shit cost 10c for 60 odd pages. You inflate the cost and it would be $1.80 today. Now comics are $3.99 for 22 pages.
It's an absolute rip off
Jackson Gutierrez
Too close to Endgame. Should have spaced it.
Angel Myers
>comics
What the fuck? Cartoon Network had The Justice League and stuff. No one bought comics in Australia lol. That's literally the only reason I know about them.
Henry Brown
>my dad bought me some and told me he'd never do it again.
What an asshole, God forbid he do something nice for his kid. I could understand if he tried to teach you the value of a dollar by having you by them yourself after a certain age. But that sounds like some unnecessary guilt trip bullshit my parents would pull.
Ryan Reed
Fuck you
Nicholas Brown
Whoever sets up the trailer playlist at your theater is a retard, the Brightburn trailer gets intense. We had Godzilla instead, noticed a couple of the kids in the theater were into it as i left to pee.
Zachary Cooper
What the fuck even is a pikachu? This shit is after my time.
Jaxon Barnes
>quality and storytelling.
The storytelling in MCU isn't good. They just have an enormous budget for special effects
Charles Ward
Potentially. Just wait til Monday to see it.
Ayden Taylor
>No We Are Detective
IT WAS SO OBVIOUS
Joshua Richardson
Disney owned media talked crap about George Lucas and the prequels to get him to sell the rights to Star Wars
Dominic Watson
So then don't go until you can? I just wanted to point out that most movies open on Thursdays because there were a lot of tards who didnt know. I also went to a 4pm showing that was done before 6, so it didn't affect my sleep.
Eli Thompson
Michael Diaz
>the villain's evil plan is to make humanity evolve by putting humans' minds in Pokemon
Why tho?
David Ramirez
He was a cripple and wanted to find a solution for that, so he decided humans had to evolve like pokemon
Jackson Morales
>franchise
>he posts only the list of movies
Do you even know what a franchise is?
Robert Carter
just blow in from redd*t kid?
David Myers
Ryan Reynolds > Idris Elba
Jeremiah Bailey
holy shit, is that south middle school in bloomfield NJ? i used to fuck around in that place with my friends when there was a hole in the fence years ago
Brody Wilson
It just flew over my house and no theaters are showing it
Lincoln Hall
In Japan only with english subs. It is doing well when you consider that.
Julian White
We have some stats for a few countries. It's Wednesday previews in France pulled in 1.8mil. The projections might have low balled this a bit
Christopher Johnson
>in a thread about pokemon movies
>"Durr Why you talk 'bouts pokemon movies?"
Leo Powell
No spoiler review from guy who also played game:
Pros:
>Fight scenes were flashy and entertaining for the most part
>When the movie isn't pushing plot, and is just being itself with the Pokémon, it feels really natural and well paced
>Follows the basic beats of the game somewhat well
>While most of the soundtrack is very barebones and one-trick, one of the common tracks is low-key chiptune sound to it that REALLY works well and made me want a lot more of it
>Lucy is exceptionally cute as a character
>Unlike the game, it actually follows through on its twist ending, no longer leaving that unsatisfied "I know the twist, but the game is still playing hard-to-get" feeling.
Cons:
>It tries to follow the beats of the game too well to it's own hampering, which ruins the pacing a bit and makes it feel rushed
>When it IS following the beats, the interactions between people and Pokémon feel forced
>Feels like it has much more to do with the anime than the actual games, which is not good for it
>Misses its target audience by a wide margin. It's trying to appeal to children and adults, but focuses mainly on the children. The plot is far too serious in tone to appeal to kids, and the serious tone is far too childish to appeal to adults
>Actually makes the ending way more bizarre in tone than the video game, despite the fact it keeps the "twist" from the game in tact
>Ryan Reynolds is horribly underutilized as an asset
>Almost ALL of the good scenes were shown in the trailers
>All of THOSE scenes are incredibly front loaded in the movie. I honestly didn't feel like I was watching a new movie until roughly about an hour in.
>It's honestly not that the movie is bad, but rather more like it does okay, but could have done way better and still needed correction. It's like being an English teacher reading your middle-schooler student's essay.
>Justice Smith's acting is likewise underwhemling. He feels too stiff in most scenes.
Final Grade: C
Cooper Miller
any sequel bait?
Lucas Myers
Post-credit scenes hints at a Lugia movir
Sebastian Reed
it's... a kid's movie
just because Reynold's makes a few sexual innuendo and potty jokes doesn't make it good
Liam Brooks
because they thought "Ted" but with pikachu would be a good idea
Josiah Thomas
don't try to cover up the fact you were so retarded
Cameron Cox
>putting humans' minds in Pokemon
So Mystery Dungeon basically?
Jason White
It’s SJW racemixing propaganda
Isaac Harris
Racemixing is the least of our troubles with SJWs.
Thomas Walker
about that, how many people were on the villian's side?
i can't see how swapping to a superior body would be bad at all
Blake Brown
>Mystery Dungeon
Who
Adam Butler
He got a mewtwo body, most got shit like Pidgeon
Tyler Ross
Dude it’s not even out yet in the US and Europe and honestly who gives a flying fuck about what the japs think?
Brody Gray
My theater just disappeared entirely before I got there.
Andrew Robinson
sounds like you're shilling for the rat
projecting?
next you're gonna tell me that people pushing avatar will be shilling for dc as well.
tooez
Asher Foster
bet they watch all of the mcu,
Had their cockcage on extra tight when Black Panther was on their big screen watching with all their sisters and school friends.
Ayden Cruz
so people needed escapism from the worst events in world history?
Aiden Butler
This, pokefans were bragging about it having more views than the first toy story 4 trailer.
Nathaniel Garcia
Jackson Gutierrez
Owen Young
redpill me on it
Adam Ortiz
Its plot as far as I remember involves a human getting his soul/mind transferred into a Pokemon thanks to some supernatural event, then he wakes up in the Pokemon world and help the things overcome some calamity since it seems they can’t do anything without the strong human hand guiding them
Eli Cox
the contrary
thanos needs all the competition he could get
Tyler Morris
all I want to know is if the main guy and girl are in a relationship at the end.
Kevin Hill
even bigger question, why did all the people still talk like pokemon after turning into them
Jace Moore
is the pokemon he turns into alway the same?
Lucas Russell
idk but Reynolds looks depressed
Jack Flores
you take a personality test to decide which pokemon you get
William Murphy
are the possibilities the usual grass, fire, water?
Blake Jackson
It depends on the game, but yeah it was the usual starters, Pikachu and some extras, these were the options in the first game
Lucas James
gonna pirate the shit outta that
Jordan Sullivan
When pikachu fell with mewtwo down the side of the building after Tim took the neurolink off, how did Tim get down to the street so fast?
Ryan Anderson
Im in jersey and theaters always show big movies like these a day earlier.
Hunter Nelson
It was fun as fuck, saw it with my friends, might go see it again at the drive in this weekend
Luke Collins
>drive in
Jaxson Jones
>furfags actually think they're above capeshitlets on the totem pole
Daniel Price
If you can stomach “mystery dungeon” games, it can be good to burn some time
Ian James
I loved how they used it as the background jingle for the news report early in the film
Caleb Bennett
When will the cam version be live?
Kayden Allen
It's fresh on RT though, I didn't bother looking the box office figures but I guess that was also disney shill delusions right?
Elijah James
press F
David Butler
It's not even out yet.
Jack Perry
Why can't Disney just fucking chill? They already own everything more or less.
But no, they have to send their minions all the way to this remote shithole to hurt other films.
Aiden Morris
My guess is that they're copying Facebook's strategy (dominate everything).
Ian Rogers
Detective Pikachu ? more like Defective Pikachu LMAO
Nathaniel Garcia
based!
Nathan Howard
Pikachu? More like Dickachug.
Joshua Wood
>fresh
Dude its getting closer to being rotten.
Gabriel Long
It did neither, financially it's doing well and it's one of the highest rated video game to film adaptations
Tyler Brown
Are you saying Pikachu was the dad all along?
Ryan Ross
Yes.
Noah Anderson
Nigger lead
Ayden Thomas
>hiring the uncharismatic mutt loser background character from jurassic world two as your lead
Jacob Taylor
>no one laughed at the dark humor Mr.Mime scene
Then you watched it with a bunch of no fun losers.
I got Pikachu and Lickitung.
Henry Sanchez
No kid got the joke, there are also some drug related jokes, and the best part is the dark humour scene with Mr. Mime
James Johnson
it's been out for 2 days. midday showing empty as fuck, evening 50%
Hunter Phillips
A live action adaption of the anime won't happen until the anime itself ends. Which isn't going to happen since it's sole purpose is to promote the games and sell merch.
John Campbell
Also japan with English dubs here on an American military base.
Jayden Barnes
this thumbnail looks like a cartoon version of goatse please tell me I'm not the only one that see this
Adam Ortiz
Nintendo doesn't make flops. Pokemon literally prints money 24/7
Blake Watson
someone always catches it