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Pokemon Movie - The Rise of Darkrai

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This is by far the best looking of any of the pokemon movies. The blend of CGI and animation is better than it's ever been. Wonderful music and a great story. Also the first D/P movie and usually the first film in a new region is wonderful. This film also features more types of pokemon than anyother movie before it to help celebrate the 10 year anniversary. This is a must see for all pokemon fans.

Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai is the tenth film in the Pokemon franchise, and it's the final Pokemon film to be distributed in the United States by Viz Media. The Rise of Darkrai is a decent Pokemon film, and it tells a good story. However, it felt like there were more attempts to integrate CG animation than in previous films. Compared to the other films that utilized the computer graphics, the CG in this film sticks out even worse than in the previous films and draws way too much attention to itself.

Unlike the previous two Pokemon films, The Rise of Darkrai was a single disc DVD release. On the disc, you can watch the film, you can use the setup menu to set your audio and subtitle preferences, and you can choose where in the film you want to start watching. For audio options, you can choose either 5.1 Surround or Stereo. For subtitles, you can choose either English or Spanish. When I put this disc into my Blu-Ray player, my player automatically put the English subtitles on the screen. Since there is no option for turning off subtitles in the set-up menu, I had to use the "Subtitle" menu on my Blu-Ray player's remote to turn off the subtitles. However, when I later put this disc into a computer DVD drive, the English subtitles did not automatically appear on the screen.

The Rise of Darkrai is the first DVD release of a Pokemon film to not include any kind of special features. When this film was first released on DVD, it cost about the same amount as a DVD that contained bonus features. However, over time, the price has come down to something that is a little more reasonable for what you get. If you can find a copy of The Rise of Darkrai that's selling for under $15, I would recommend purchasing it.

In order to write this review, I checked out a copy of this DVD through the King County Library System.

This movies isn't about Darkrai, it's about Palkia and Dialga. I wish they had spent more time developing the history of the animosity between Palkia and Dialga. That would've been more interesting. Better yet, I wish this movie was actually about Darkrai, because Darkrai is a more interesting Pokemon than either Palkia or Dialga. Still, this movie is better than many of the previous Pokemon movies. At least it has some really powerful Pokemon going at it. Hopefully the next movie (Arceus and the Jewel of Life) will be good, because the one after that (Phantom Ruler: Zoroark) is supposedly pretty bad.

My 7-year-old son is a HUGE fan of Pokemon and I have to say I have come to admire the phenomenon as well. In spite of the general premise that the Pokemon are used to "battle' each other, which I was initially uncomfortable with, the stories of the TV show and this movie in particular tend to leave the children watching with a positive message. Darkrai is fighting to save the town he calls home while Ash, Brock, Dawn, and others mistakenly assume he is one of the bad guys. In the end they realize they were wrong about Darkrai and feel regret and a deep sense of loss at Darkrai's selfless sacrifice on their behalf. But, not to worry, the movie ends on a happy note. Let's just say the title says it all. Any Pokemon fan will love this movie and those coming to Pokemon for the first time will enjoy it just as much.

The item description said it was used but in acceptable condition. That's accurate, if you consider a damaged case and a
non-functional DVD to be acceptable...

omg i totaly love this movie its a great deal and is new why wouldnt you buy it one of my favorit movies from the sinnoh!!

This is by far one of the best pokemon movies so far, the story is great and so are the characters! i would recammend it to any pokemon fan!

Although I love pokemon, this one I was highly disapointed in. There wasn't enough action and the newer pokemon look more like robots to me.

I haven't opened the DVD yet since it's a Christmas gift for my son. However the whole process was quick, efficient and the shipment arrived before its ETA. Thanks once again, Amazon!

This movie is one of the stranger pokemon movies, but it was still a blast to watch! I was kept on the edge of my seat. I can't wait for the next movie!