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| Pokemon the First Movie: Mewtwo vs. Mew | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 230 reviews)
Sales Rank: 15276
Category: Video
Actors: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Philip Bartlett, Madeleine Blaustein
Directors: Michael Haigney, Kunihiko Yuyama, Masamitsu Hidaka
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Label: Warner Home Video
Format: Animated, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 110 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0790748266
UPC: 085391802037
EAN: 9780790748269
ASIN: 0790748266
Release Date: March 21, 2000
Theatrical Release Date: November 10, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Very powerful May 1, 2006
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Now I saw some of the reviews on the site and some are bad and some go way far into the plot. Now as an adult I'm going to rate this.
Pokemon is first of all a show that follows Ash Ketchum aboy who begins an adventure to catch and train pokemon-creatures that inhabit his world. It is pretty much a childrens show but the movie really has a strong theme.
It begins with a scientist funded by Giovonni, a corupt mad man in charge of a lethal organization. Now the scientists recovered a fossil that is said to be remains of the legendary pokemon Mew, also the first one in existence.
The cloning process was successful but Mewtwo soon discovered that the humans care nothign for him and rebelled against his creators. Once Giovonni betrayed him Mewtwo was adamant to destroy humanity thining humans are all the same. Doing that he brings forth the greatest trainers on the planet and clones their pokemon.
The movie teaches the greatest lesson that can be learned- We are all different but if you can look past the differences and focus on what we have in common then perhaps we can be so much more.
A good lesson hidden inside the chaoticly famous series.
Mewtwo Strikes Back April 19, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Before you turn down this movie due to the negative reviews of other people, please read my review.
This is a much more powerful and deep tale than, "evil Pokemon wants to rule the world". Dr, Fuji was a scientist who wanted to bring back his dead daughter, Ai. He decided to do this, by cloning her. He decided to clone a Pokemon, and discover their life force, since the human clone could only live for four years. Thus, Mewtwo, a clone of the most rare and most powerful Pokemon ever, Mew, was born.
Even though they were in separate glass cylinders (that kept them alive) mew and Ai could communicate telepathically. Mewtwo began to learn about the world around him. But, as it happened, it had been four years, and Ai died. Her father, Dr. Fuji, was not worried. He had her DNA, and he could clone her again. This made Mewtwo angry. How dare he just replace her?! She was a living being! Not a toy you can just replace again and again! Mewtwo became unstable, and they had to tranquilize him.
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Myuutsuu: Make them? As many as you want? That's not right. There's only one Ai.
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A year or so later, Mewtwo awoke. He learned that he was not born a Pokemon, but created. Created? He wondered. He was told that he was a clone. An experiment. A mere scientific product. He became angry. He was angry with the scientists who created him. They created him to be only an experiment, and nothing else. How could they? Furious at his own existence, he destroyed the lab, and everyone inside. Soon, Giovanni, the leader of the evil Team Rocket, and the man who ordered the scientists to create Mewtwo discovered him. Giovanni offered a deal. That he would train Mewtwo, and they would rule the earth together. Mewtwo ignore him. He did not need help. But the cruel Giovanni insisted that Mewtwo had no control over his powers, and he could help Mewtwo harness them. Mewtwo agreed to this.
Giovanni created Mewtwo a battle suit, and had him fight. But soon, Mewtwo discovered that Giovanni didn't care about Mewtwo. Giovanni thought that Mewtwo was worth nothing. That he was created to fight for Giovanni, and for no other
reason.
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Mewtwo: Now I fully perceive my power. But what is my purpose?
Giovanni: To serve your master. You were created to fight for me. That is your purpose.
Mewtwo: That cannot be. You said we were partners. We stood as equals.
Giovanni: You were created by humans to obey humans. You could never be our equal.
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This made Mewtwo angry. Giovanni believed that Mewtwo was an inferior being. How dare he? How dare he say that Mewtwo was only created to fight?! Furious, he left.
He went back to New Island, where the original lab had been, and created a new one. Humans, the horrible species that created him, that used him, and betrayed him. They cared nothing for clones, and he would make them pay. He would challenge the strongest trainers to come and fight, and then he would clone their Pokemon. He would have them fight, the Originals and the Clones, and see who had more worth. It was a war to see who would control the earth, clones, or originals. He would get his revenge.
And so, he formed his plan. He created a giant storm, so only the strongest would make it through. The trainers came, and the battle of the century began. Mew, the original came to New Island. Mew was a protector Pokemon, and watched over all of the Pokemon. She would not let Mewtwo destroy the planet! And so, Mewtwo cloned the trainer's Pokemon, and had them fight.
The originals and clones fought viciously, their trainers watching horrified. Mew and Mewtwo also faced off. Ash Ketchum, a Pokemon trainer watched his Pokemon fight. He realized that it had to stop. As Mew and Mewtwo formed energy balls, and ran into the middle of the crossfire, turning him to stone.
It was at that moment the Pokemon realized what would happen as a result of this senseless fighting. And the Pokemon, clone and original cried. Mewtwo was shocked. These Pokemon crying for a human? The species that had abused and betrayed him?
The Pokemon tears were filled with life, and Ash was restored. Then Mewtwo realized something. That senseless war was not the answer, and that originals and clones could live together, in harmony. That everyone deserved equality. Mewtwo ceased the fighting, and took his clones to a place where they could live in peace. He wiped the memories of everyone except his clones and Mew, and everything was restored to normal.
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Mewtwo: I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.
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This movie is very powerful, and holds a meaningful message. Please, watch this movie and experience Pokemon at its greatest. Thank you.
The Best Pokemon Movie EVER!! April 4, 2006
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
IGNORE THE *OTHER* REVEIWERS WHO SAYS THAT THIS MOVIE SUCKS. THEY'RE WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a beautiful, suspenseful movie that brought tears to my eyes and made me cry. The action kept me on the edge of my seat. And, there were surprises!
This is the best Pokemon movie ever, regardless of what the other reviwers say. Though, I don't know why they released this one and the second movie in theaters, instead of the rest.
Buy this movie, you won't regret it!
Unlike most viewers you say, "Pokemon sucks", "The Pokemon craze is over", "Pokemon is getting old", YOU'RE WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!
 The battle of century November 1, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was the very first pokemon movie. I had been a big fan of the T.V. show before the first movie was made. I disagree with the rating I think all the pokemon movies including the most recent one were to violent to be G. They clone pokemon created by by mew II beat the crap out of the real pokemon. Then mew show up and battles new two. Mewto was a gentic clone pokemon of mew that was made by scientist to serve Givonia the evil president of team rocket.
He trained mew II to master his powers. When mew to found out his purpose. He refused to served Giavana and adomed him. Later he lowers Ash, Misty and Brock. To a castle and captures and clones there Pokemon. All the pokemon fight except ash's Pikichu who refuses to fight his clone double. They even clone Mewoth. Who is the only clone that does fight in the dramatic battle. Mew shows up and enages mew II. Then this is when Ash not standing seeing the pokemon fight there clones. Does they most brave thing he's ever done in his whole lift. He runs towards mew and mew II he runs in between the two yells to them to stp. As is hit by the two pokemons physic attacks falls to the ground dead. The pokemon cry there tears revive ash. Mew II an the clones leave erasing the memory of ash in his friends so they remember none of what happened. It is not the end of mew to he returns in the 3 sequel New II returns. I you like this I recommend you see the 7 sequels.
 The Last Great Fad Of The 20th Century... October 2, 2005
0 out of 14 found this review helpful
The crass commercialism of Pokemon is hardly the issue here. We've lived through He-Man, Thundercats, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, with no real scar left on children's entertainment. Pokemon enslaved children in the late nineties because it was a genuinely unique and novel idea. The video game was addictive, the character designs were interesting and the marketing gimmicks of seeing NEW characters were enticing... So what's the problem with Pokemon?
Look at the industry when the previous fads hit the airwaves. Children's entertainment was all about milking toys and movies so much that each fad could survive only until the next hit movie or new toy was released. Pokemon wasn't like these previous crazes made to sell a bunch of toys until interest moves onto the next big thing. Pokemon was an institution. They created an entire world of escapism that ended up to be so powerful, not even the release of a film was able to effect its popularity. If you completed the video game, they hooked you onto the card game, and when interest on the card game waned, they released a sequel to the video game, which lead to a new set of cards... They had us working on a loop that would make George Lucas drool.
By the time the older fans grew up and caught on, it was too late. The whole industry had taken Pokemon's lead and Japan/Anime-style saturated the market. Digimon, Card Captors, Loonatics Unleashed, Winx Club, and Yu-Gi-Oh are all the obnoxious off-spring to Pokemon that have ruined the fun associated with a craze and have left the soulless commercialism. As I said, Pokemon was a cool idea that just happened to inadvertently cause one of the biggest slumps in children's entertainment that'll take years to get out of.
As for the film... It's just bad.
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