Herald
Thursday, November 4, 1999
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MOVIES
Pokemon
trainers
lured into
battle
Ash Ketchum and his fellow
Pokemon trainers, Misty and
Broek, are aboot to embark on a
great adventure — the continuing
quest to become the greatest Poke’
mon masters of all time!
Pokemon. the worldwide phe’
nomenon which began as a hand’
held video game and virtually
exploded across the globe In every
form from trading cards to the
number one rated television kids’
show on the Kids Whit, hits the
bIg screen with an exciting advertture about the greatest Pokemon
battle yet.
‘Pokemon: The First Movie fol’
tows Ash and Pikachu and their
pals to a remote island where they
are lured into a massive Pokemon
battle which will take all their
courage and skill.
In the ultimate showdown on
New Island, the rare and legendary
Pokemon Mew must do battle with
the bio-engineered Mewtwo. a
master trainer and the world’s
most powerful Fbkenion,
Let the twitch begin!
Kids’ WB! presents a 4kids
Entertainment Production, the
Ametican adaptation of “Pokenion:
The First Movie’ is writteti by Nor’
man J. Gmssield. Michael Uaignev
and John Toohev with voice dtrec’
tion by Michael Haigney,
Norman J. Grossleld, President
of 4Klds Productions, Is the Pro’
ducer. The animated filtn is direct’
ed by Konihiko Yoyanut and pm’
duced by Choji Yoshilkawa.
Tomoyuki igarashi arid Takemoto
Moti,
The film, writ len by Takeshi
Shudo. is based on characters errated by Satoshi ta~ri.It is this’
ethic ted by Warner Bros. Pa nitiv
Entertatnnttent. A Time Warner
Enterialnnietit Company,
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The South Lyon Herald
This ‘Fight’ should
not be missed
Chris Sandbarg
ate H vatn’ atid atreads’ probabtv
hiss the Oscar.
GUEST MOVIE REVIEW
When “ott go to the t heater in
atitiripatiuti ot secitig Tight Club’
vottr ntitid is opt’n. You expect
prot’t cal lv every t ii n g. As you
watch it, the fi ho pulls off even’ thing that von least expected.
Even tf von go iii expect log a
Jeii Crortetiweth leads son to
believe that when It totties to this
kitid of stuff he is Sen experienced
whirt, m fact, this Is hIs fIrst cine’
tttatography effort.
For the two hours and 20 nilnotn,
that you’re In ihe theater you are
ma sterp er-c von won t he (lisap- trapped iti t he insatiity that Tyler
pointed. The tilni desen’es all the Dttrtlen lives In. Thus film will knock
your socks oif
praise It gets. There is Ito doubt
aboot it. ‘Ibis is gtting to tie the 111w
seven thites over.
of the sear.
Forget
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The plot. ;trlapted trout thu novel
first 30 niit’utes
bs’ Ciii ick Palalai ink, is reals’ hard
of ‘Sating t’ri’
to explait t wilt lout ElUt ig I! awn so
sate Ryan, - This
I’ll just give the bastes of wI at son
is deftnitch’ the rtiost Intense film
already know,
I’ve ever seen,
‘Fyler Durdeti ‘~ projectionist.
When “ott leave the film you are
~v’alter,atud dark itiarthist gr’utltts
so worn out tttid exhausted. You’re
— Is the crea for of t he Fight CIt tb,
bloxl is rushing throogh every vein
A grotip that citron rages von tig In your body and the ottiy word
oteti with good ohs arid ahsent von tan say is ‘Wow!’
fathers to mike off their slits’s acid
‘rhis could have been sonic Stan
shirts .., and fight to the death.
darth I iolIvw~dthriller/action film.
The alttiost egem dan’ figi its draw
tm stead Pincher treats us to
a poiiiir’al eatitpt,ign coordinator
alniost iwo and a hall hours of the
into a gt’ostlng ptxil of urisanitv that tttost surreal and absorhtttg tnatereaches titti boardrooms across
rial you’re likely to see all year,
Anierlt’a
I-Ic asks quesfiotis ho other film’
‘tin’ acting iii I he 11th is tiot stir
utiaker has ever dared, He does
prisl,ig. Ytiti hat’.’ Ost’ar ticititinee
tt,tngs with the camera that you
Brad Pitt, alit, this been gitittg greal
‘nd I can only visua lie in our
periortttatires IIke Seveti Years I
wildest and most bizarre dreams.
Tlt,et’ It FitI I 2 Mtj ti keys, t lie flltii
lie creates an utterly original
thai carted hitti the ttu,ttlttatlott,
iortii of tiarratlve that is equal
Yoti also have Edward Nortoti parts unique and disturbing.
who basIcally gives nothing but
Finally, a movie, which accurate’
great per fortt tames like ‘Attiericati
ly depit’ts the apothn’sis of a cur’
fUsion’ X’, which, lIke ‘itt. carried reti t pervasive Atnerirati t lierne:
hilcn an Ost ar titxl.
t’otistttnehstti has become our way
‘l’liev k,it’t chtsapjittltit atttl tltr’~’ ot life and has tilt I nta lets’ become
both are a shoe In at the Os Irs.
our reason for Ilvitig.
The cittetttatography Is sotne of
Tight Club is truly a theattleal
he best I ‘~‘csect i sitice Savl tig I ‘ti- niarvel.
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Ash and his friend Pikachu are surrounded by characters Irem “Pokemon: The First Movie,
Ahnnd,txwitukonson, tbnph.’in.
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tuoti: ‘the First Movie.’
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them all, tttakes’ its American
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