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Development:</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000><NOBR><div> <B>N/A</B></div> <div> I'm putting serious consideration to not putting N/A on movies.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="150"><div> <B>Sexuality:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000><NOBR><div> <B>1</B></div> <div> My memory may be a little hazy, but I doubt there was anything.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="150"><div> <B>Romance:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000 WIDTH="500"><div> <B>1</B></div> <div> Same as above.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 49 WIDTH="150"><div> <B>Drama:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000 WIDTH="500"><div> <B>7</B></div> <div> Some fairly intense battles and truly moving moments.  I wonder why people tend to look down on Pokemon movies.  It's discrimination, I tell ya!</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 49 WIDTH="150"><div> <B>Action:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000 WIDTH="500"><div> <B>5</B></div> <div> Like I said, there are some pretty intense battles.  Not as good as the best battles of the TV series, but they're intense, nonetheless.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 65 WIDTH="150"><div> <B>Comedy:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000 WIDTH="500"><div> <B>5</B></div> <div> To tell the truth, I don't remember much about what happened, but the movie never got too serious (though the Pokemon movies tend to get pretty serious) and Team Rocket was once again there meaninglessly.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 313 WIDTH="650"><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="653" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <B>Dub</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="498"><div> <B>A</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="148"><div> <B>Dub Voices</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>10</B></div> <div> Don't underestimate these guys; they're actually some of the best in the industry.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="148"><div> <B>Dub Music</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="498"><div> <B>6</B></div> <div> Sounds great, but I simply hate the nonsensical lyrics.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="148"><div> <B>Dub Lines</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="498"><div> <B>6</B></div> <div> Since my memory is hazy, this 6 is a benefit of the doubt.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="148"><div> <B>Censorship</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>?</B></div> <div> The way it was, it seems okay.  If anything was cut out, I don't care.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Well, after about three years (estimate), I finally did a review for the third Pokemon movie.  The quality of this movie surprised me.  There was a lot of well-done CG, the story sounded like a Hayao Miyazaki movie (actually, looking back, a lot of it reminded me of Castle of Cagliostro for some reason... not entirely sure why), and it employed the use of a staple of the action anime genre: the "Game of Life pagoda-style progression technique" in which a group of heroes tries to get to the main bad guy, and as they progress, their numbers dwindle until it's just the main character versus the main bad guy.  Never expected that technique to be used (and work) in a Pokemon movie.  Truly impressive.  It's better than the second movie, that's for sure.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="650"><div> <I><B>That's my Story and I'm Sticking to it!</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>