Yes, I know this video's been posted a couple of times before this, but that's because ShoPro keeps insisting on flagging it in a way that gets it blocked worldwide so nobody can watch it, because someone there doesn't understand that a highly-edited video essay is NOT an alternative to actually buying/watching the movie. I know a lot of you are probably sick of seeing this pop up, and trust me, I'm sick of having to re-upload it, but believe me, there's no need to point all of that out in the comments. Trust me, I'm aware. If you don't wanna watch this again, I get it, I don't blame you, but if that's the case, please just ignore it and move on. For anyone who DOES watch this again, THANK YOU, I really appreciate the support. Obviously this has all been a massive headache, so any support on this (and other) content of mine would be fantastic. In any case, DRINK WATER.
This movie means the world to me ❤️ this video done Molly justice because she was such a misunderstood character and I hate how this movie isn't taken into account almost enough as the first two. It's brilliant in my eyes. I say that even as a 27 year old who still feels that emotional connection to these movies.
Oh, BIG same there, haha. Like I said in the video, a lot of Molly's struggles still hit home with me in a big way even today, a lot like they did back in the day when I first saw this movie, and as an adult, I can better appreciate a lot of the aspects of this film on a cinematic/narrative level, which just makes it even better on top of the emotional connection. By no means a perfect film, obviously, but still a wonderful watch, all these years later. And I'm glad you think this video did Molly justice! That means a lot, haha.
@@SuperNerdDaniel it's not easy as a kid dealing with a myriad of emotions. This film hit me like a tonne of bricks when I seen it first. Watched it over and over again. Aswell as the first two of course. What makes this one still resonate with me is that, inside myself is still that Molly that just wants to be happy and safe. I think anyone who sees this video will probably feel that too. Thank you so much for this video. It made me feel not so alone when it comes to still getting emotional over this film 💚
This is the ONE Pokemon movie i can infinitely rewatch. Not only the topics are big enough for an audience of all ages to relate to, but the soundtrack and voice acting is honestly just fucking fantastic. Misty vs Molly is probably my favorite battle in this movie, featuring the first use of Rapid Spin to clear hazards (Staryu the GOAT!)
So you're just trying to make me cry, huh? This is one of my favorite Pokemon movies. The emotion in it still gets me every time. Especially when Molly spells out Mom and Papa with the Unknown pieces. The emotion in the VA's voice kills me. I honestly feel like this movie helped me with my lifelong love of Kingdra.
My favorite pokemon movie, I really loved it with all my heart, I also felt so bad for Molly, she's just a 5 years old traumatized kid who really shouldn't have to deal with all the crap getting to her at her age, but she powers through in the end, and gets her happy ending. She was a villain that wasn't a villain and so was Entei, after that movie Entei became my favorite out of the 3 dog legendary trio.
That's the one of my favorite movie lists that i'll always watching at the time. In Yu-Gi-Oh, Dan and Amy were playing their characters as close-friends (or couple). But in Pokemon, they're playing their characters as Father and Daughter. Also in Japanese version, Molly's Japanese name is Me (based of Takeru Satou's nickname Daughter) and she's actually still called Entei "Papa" in the end scenes.
From Mewtwo's existential crisis as a clone to Lugia being summoned from the ocean depths to stop a world catastrophe. The first three Pokemon films will always be etched into my mind as masterpieces made for children but with such adult themes. That's the key to making truly great movies for children. Don't underestimate their ability to understand deep themes of loss, grief, and self identity.. 30 years old now and always bring out the gold collection trilogy on DVD and have a marathon.. ❤❤
Exactly! There's a reason that shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender are still celebrated and analyzed to this day; the bright colors and stunning action certainly carry their weight, for sure, but the great use of mature themes and layered characters is really what seals it. Kids aren't dumb, they can handle this shit when it's done correctly!
This film definitely deserves the praise you’re giving it, as it doesn’t get enough recognition for how it handles the topic of grief with a surprising amount of respect and empathy in my honest opinion.
Right? Obviously everyone remembers Dan Green as Entei and the crystal castle and everything (as they should), but same with you, I don't really see enough praise given to how it handles such heavy subject matter, especially given its family-friendly rating and young target audience. Having these kind of discussions with a kid is never easy, but if this movie helped even one family ease into that topic a little easier, than that's fantastic.
FINALLY I catch this video! (It got flagged before I could watch it all those times lol) I don't know jack shit about Pokemon and otherwise I don't think I could add anything to the discussion, but I have to say your essays are very nice to listen to and the editing really shows how much love you put into your videos!
Wow, thank you! That's such a nice comment, haha It really means a lot that people enjoy these video essays even if they're not familiar with the material.
2:27 My thoughts exactly about Entei. I remember being kinda…annoyed with Molly, as a kid? I don’t know how to explain why. I wasn’t the best at empathizing then, and I guess I just saw her as the designated “bad guy”. As an adult in the present…yeah, now I get it. Not wanting to be alone, yet self-isolating and pushing away anyone who gets close, dreaming up stories with happy endings to forget harsh realities, and heck, even hiding behind a persona. I think a lot of us can see ourselves in her. This is a really underrated movie.
Oh yeah, no, I totally get that -- it's hard sometimes to put yourself in someone else's shoes when you're young and you don't really have that perspective about the world. I imagine that a lot of folks probably were able to empathize with her a lot more as they entered the world and had to deal with it's harsh realities, though.
I'm 28 and i loved this movie as a kid and now as an adult, while also being frustrated with Molly. But i can understand what she went through i went through escapism alot growing up. So molly i can relate with in a way and i finally recently broke free of my escapism that kept me locked away for so long. Plus i remember catching an entei first in the pokemon games out of the legendary beast when i was a kid
@@SuperNerdDaniel thanks, I hope I will be doing better, but right now I'm doing my best to find a way to try make new friends, and get out of my home and enjoy life as well.
Nice! It's probably my favorite too, if I'm being honest about it. I mean, as much as I love the first and second movies, there was more for me to latch on to emotionally for this one (and I have other problems with the 2nd movie specifically, but that's neither here nor there, haha).
Yeah, I think a lot of people who've had rough childhoods and/or experienced some tragedy when they were young could probably relate to Molly A LOT, haha.
I love this movie so much. It's so reminiscent of fantasy movies of the 1980s, specifically a weird mix of Labyrinth and Neverending Story. Molly is in the role of both the Empress and the Goblin King. I feel like even after all this time people really underestimate the sheer storytelling power this franchise can have. Scarlet and Violet even just got the Famitsu award for their story and even the fanbase doesn't seem to care much. The ending of SV was DEVASTATING and I feel like Molly and Arven would have a lot to talk about.
@@SuperNerdDaniel considering this movie was over 20 years ago she'd be older then them by now and that's a little scary haha. "So uh, you also watched an embodiment of your dad's wishes sacrifice himself to stop an otherworldly horror? How did you deal with that?" "Oh, my real dad came back soon after. Why, what happened to yours?" "...Heh. You're lucky."
This movie is my favorite. It resonated with me because I was always the odd kid and was often lonely or bullied, plus I had childhood trauma. For me the escapism was Harry Potter, Pokémon and the like. It really came to a head when I grew up and developed unhealthy coping mechanisms as a young adult from more trauma in college, sprinkle over that my issues coming out and not getting the mental help I needed and it was awful. It came to a head when my mothe died three years ago, I had just lost my job through no fault of my own, and was targeted because I was outed, I was in the darkest place, and only wanted to live in a fantasy world. However, there were people in my life who were to me like Misty and Brock were to Molly and they helpes me came into the light of the real world. This was poignant and well done; I loved this analysis, and I have subbed for more of your videos. Thank you, King.
@SuperNerdDaniel one of my favorite games ever. I replay it every year at least once. I get addicted to cards everytime too lol. Now when I'm in ultamecias castle I'll always think of Molly Hale being stuck somewhere there among the different dimensions lol
Honestly, it's probably my favorite of the Pokemon movies. I lost my mom pretty young and I was bullied a lot in school, so I used a lot of escapism like Molly, so I felt I could relate a lot to her. I wish that Molly was in more than just this movie. Also, I've heard this movie compared to Frozen, since it's also about a girl dealing with her family falling apart and having to be stopped from turning everything into a frozen wasteland, lol.
As somebody who watches Ace Traner Liam but also loves the third Pokémon film, I was flabbergasted when he didn’t like that one. If he didn’t like what is considered to probably be the best in the whole series or one of the best then I think he’s gonna struggle with the rest of them LOL I used to watch Suade Pokémon journey and the reviews he did on the movies originally with Linkara and that deceased RU-vidr we don’t talk about!😐 All three of them reckoned this was probably the one Pokémon movie that could be enjoyed even if you’re not a fan of the franchise, that’s a hell of an accomplishment! Especially for 4kids!
Among all the other things that make this movie amazing, the one thing I find absolutely brilliant is that its story/themes feel like a meta-narrative about the franchise's place as a fictional world. Pokémon and its creatures lend themselves very well to escapism, and the people behind the curtain almost certainly understand this as an area of appeal. As someone who grew up wanting Pokémon to be real, and as someone who has met several other people who hold similar feelings, I don't think our desires were a coincidence. This film feels is a reality check for people like us. It's telling us that Pokémon will be there to comfort us when we need it, but that we shouldn't throw away our real lives for the sake of living in a fictional one. "Keep me close in your dreams." hits a lot harder when viewed in this context. ._.
First time viewer, thank you for this re-upload. I rewatched this movie today because it was a big part of my childhood or at least Pokemon always was. I think this one is my favorite for a multitude of reasons, the crystal wasteland is so creepy yet beautiful, the characters really feel more involved in the conflict, main and secondary alike, and Molly's struggle really made me tear up too at the end. Going off the dub, my favorite headcanon is the journalists reporting on the predicament at Greenfield was enough to catch the attention of her mother which brought her back out of love and concern for her daughter when the credits came up. Of course, this conflicts with sub, but this might be a case where the dub holds more validity over sub. Takeshi Shudō criticized the co-writer of this movie, Hideki Sonoda, for putting her mother in the end credits which defeats the point of Entei abducting Delia if her own mother could be substituted instead. The Unown didn't bring her father back despite him only being missing, so it makes sense they wouldn't bring her mother back if she likewise was also missing. (I believe the sub tells the audience her mother is gravely ill and given it's a children's movie, heavily implies she passed from this illness rather than say it outright. Hence the dispute between the writer and co-writer of this movie over her inclusion in the credits. I think the dub handles this issue better by just saying she's missing and leaving it at that.)
No problem! I really wanted this video to stay up, so I was willing to keep editing around whatever was getting flagged by ShoPro to have it stay up, haha. Thanks for watching!
I remember when I was a kid, rumor on the playground was that spelling mom dad and I or something like that, spelling that in gold and silver would unlock celebi. Total ba but everyone believed this
I have seen this movie like lots of times. Although I had mixed feelings about Molly, she may in grief and hard to deal with but at the same time, she's like a selfish spoiled brat. Turning her home into a fortress is one thing but replacing her parents with fake illusion Pokémon and someone else's mom is all wrong. Living in a dream doesn't help her escape the loneliness and grief she feels just because she doesn't know a thing about the true meaning of life, love, and friendships. That is something for real.
Well, yeah, I won't deny she acted selfishly and having some random lady kidnapped to be her surrogate mom was wrong, I don't think anyone's questioning that. But you also have to remember that this is a child, a little girl who can't be any older than, what, 5 years old, 6 tops? And like you said, she's probably lived her whole live in that big house and doesn't really know what it's like to live in the real world, not to mention having to deal with the one-two punch of having lost BOTH of her parents in what was probably a short space of time, so there's no way she knows how to properly process all that trauma. Again, not really trying to excuse her behavior, just offering perspective!
@@SuperNerdDaniel I agree. It never states what happened to Molly's mother, whether she was sick and in hospital (happened to me around that age), or taken by the Unown too, and her only other family happens to be her father, who is often called away for research. It's a shock for a child to wake up only to realize her only support system isn't back, and possibly WON'T come back. Even as an adult, it's hard to cope with loss eventhough you understand it better.
I like how some of the early Pokémon movies dealt with real life things in their own way. At least this film and "Jirachi: Wish Maker" shows how hard it can be to let go of someone you really care about. The first movie sort of had a respect for all life theme going, what with Mewtwo being a clone and not feeling like he belonged in the world. Not sure about the others
But Voldemort needs a pipe bomb to get anything done and gets prank called! Harry even sings about how he beat Voldemort as a baby! Voldemort’s totally inept! Molly Hale? She abducted Delia!
