Returns some of the darkness of the first film. Here we find a bunch of legendary Pokemon making one young girl's dreams come true. Not as nice as it sounds when her imaginary world is a nightmare for the rest of the earth. Pokemon 3 does a lot of things right, such as limiting the number of Pokemon, allowing for more story. It also brings Ash back his Charizard for a while, which only makes sense, since he doesn't have any powerful Pokemon at this point in the continuity. Team Rocket are reduced to such a joke that even they question their appearance by breaking the 4th wall. More CGI, which doesn't quite mix with the simple anime style, adds something new but not essential.

Why the low rating? I quite liked this Pokemon film. It has some interesting mysteries and surreal imagery so it is not just the usual Pokemon battles. It has a strange plot that pays off.

I liked the pikachu short. It gets you into the movie. The last few days have been spent watching pokemon 5,6 & 7.

Family and friendship were mentioned throughout the movie. As she lost both her parents she tried to make up for it by creating her own which didn't work out well.

The unown are quite powerful. Even in the mind of a child a lot of damage was done. Her father disappeared as soon as he came into contact with them, he might have had better control over them.

The were a few battle scenes. The Charizard and Entei fight showed how strong Entei was, though not a real pokemon just her vision from a book.

A movie about friends and having dreams to achieve.