I wanna see that! The official "doesn't merit its own thread" movie trailer thread

[MartyFunkhouser]

The Funkhouser family will be seeing Detective Pikachu in 2 days. The early reviews seem to range from people liking it to utter confusion about the movie from people unfamiliar with Pokemon. I'm excited to see it.

[PaloAltoCougar]

The Funkhouser family will be seeing Detective Pikachu in 2 days. The early reviews seem to range from people liking it to utter confusion about the movie from people unfamiliar with Pokemon. I'm excited to see it.

Have you seen the first Pokemon movie; if so, what did you think of it? As noted previously, it may have been the worst movie experience of my life. Only because my son was enjoying it was I able to muster the will to live. I like Ryan Reynolds as a comedic actor, but unless Mrs. PAC surprises me with a child of which I was previously unaware, I'll pass on this one. Still, I'm genuinely interested in your review.

[Commando]

The Funkhouser family will be seeing Detective Pikachu in 2 days. The early reviews seem to range from people liking it to utter confusion about the movie from people unfamiliar with Pokemon. I'm excited to see it.

I play the game from time to time and I am fully expecting to have all the inside Poke-jokes go right over my head.

[MartyFunkhouser]

https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/p...ctive-pikachu/

[frank ryan]

The Funkhouser family will be seeing Detective Pikachu in 2 days. The early reviews seem to range from people liking it to utter confusion about the movie from people unfamiliar with Pokemon. I'm excited to see it.

Sounds awful if you're not a kid who's into it.

[CardiacCoug]

The Funkhouser family will be seeing Detective Pikachu in 2 days. The early reviews seem to range from people liking it to utter confusion about the movie from people unfamiliar with Pokemon. I'm excited to see it.

I saw it with 3 of my kids.

It was pretty much exactly what I thought it would be, 2.5 stars out of 4.

Definitely only tolerable/interesting if you can tell a Snorlax from a Slaking.

[MartyFunkhouser]

I saw the movie opening night. They were giving away Pokemon cards as a promotion. The kid happily opened up his cards and got a Detective Pikachu card and a Bulbasaur card. He was very happy, although he was hoping for a Rayquaza or Mewtwo.

The thing I liked about the movie is it embraced the absolute absurdity of the Pokemon universe. Leading with Cubone's back-story (easily one of the most bizarre Pokemon story) was a sign that they were going to just lean into and have fun with an absurd universe.

The plot made no sense, which again fit the Pokemon universe.

I really enjoyed the movie. They did a good job with the digital Pokemon creatures. The movie was ultimately just entertaining. The kid loved the whole thing. I'd give it a solid 3 out of 4.

My kid's review was "it was cute and funny."

[MartyFunkhouser]

Also, to the trainers that took down the gym at the movie theater only a few minutes into the movie, I will get my revenge.

[Commando]

I saw the movie opening night. They were giving away Pokemon cards as a promotion. The kid happily opened up his cards and got a Detective Pikachu card and a Bulbasaur card. He was very happy, although he was hoping for a Rayquaza or Mewtwo.

The thing I liked about the movie is it embraced the absolute absurdity of the Pokemon universe. Leading with Cubone's back-story (easily one of the most bizarre Pokemon story) was a sign that they were going to just lean into and have fun with an absurd universe.

The plot made no sense, which again fit the Pokemon universe.

I really enjoyed the movie. They did a good job with the digital Pokemon creatures. The movie was ultimately just entertaining. The kid loved the whole thing. I'd give it a solid 3 out of 4.

My kid's review was "it was cute and funny."

We saw it too. Kids loved it, and will smith's other son isn't such a bad actor. There were other bad actors in the movie (the female 'reporter' comes to mind) but that wasn't what the movie was about. Probably as good of a Pokemon movie as one could expect. I'd say this is the 1989 Michael Keaton Batman of Pokemon movies; they could do better, and they could definitely do worse.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Because we don't have a "I Don't Wanna See That!" thread, I'll post this here. Before seeing the trailer, I would have thought I'd be willing to go if I were paid $50 and the popcorn were guaranteed to be good. But after seeing this, my price probably tripled. Great cast and production staff, big budget...clearly a case where the whole is much less than the sum of its parts.

Apologies to those who loved Cats, but re-seeing a bunch of people in fur slinking around like cats for two hours would be hellish for me. I felt that way during the Broadway production and this looks even worse. My marriage may be in for a stern test.

[falafel]

No one past posted the Top Gun: Maverick trailer yet?

[Pelado]

No one past posted the Top Gun: Maverick trailer yet?

I definitely want to see that.

[Walter Sobchak]

[Surfah]

No one past posted the Top Gun: Maverick trailer yet?

Yep. That might be an opening night movie for me.

[Commando]