 I want to be the very best that no one ever was. In order to attain this goal, I need to surround myself with only the finest things in life. When it comes to Pokemon films, nothing beats the original. I've traveled across the land, searching far and wide. Watching each Pokemon movie to understand the power that's inside. And that power resides within Pokemon the movie 2000. So Brian gotta wear my shirt. All right, Chris, if he could choose to throw down with me, that's just fine. The pun counters back, Pokemon edition. Let's feud. Enough of this original cast gets me all misty eyed. So many fond memories of my heroes. My boy Brock is here bringing on the comic relief and his trademark sexual harassment, classic Brock. He's ordered to be found in the mediocre sequel. Then there's the always spunky misty. Ash is, of course, the main star with his right hand rodent Pikachu. One of the cutest creations ever conceived, right up there with Gizma from Gremlins. Talking about Pikachu, not Ash. Although Ash is a striking child, that sounded really bad. Wow, you sure are Bulbasaur about that thing. But admittedly, I am too because Brock was my boy and they replaced him with something nasty, something putrid, something vile. Tracy. They had to do something to tone down the awesomeness so it wouldn't exceed the legal limit. You see, they got misty back in full force. You get Ash's mom, oh, hi mom. You got Bell professors, Oak and Ivy. And then we got Team Rocket in an expanded role. The biggest draw to a Pokemon film are the Pokemon themselves and the original has the classics. You can't beat them. I'm talking Charizard. I'm talking Squirtle, Venusaur, or is it Ivisaur? It's been a while since I've seen the movie some little rusty when it comes to my Pokemon knowledge. The fact remains, nothing can top the originals. I don't know why I'm whispering like I have a smoker's lung. The show runners come from the amazing Mewtwo and Mew. Legendary birds are fine and all but clone Pokemon hell bent on world domination is just a tad cooler. Pokemon 2000 had a very similar draw. Those clone Pokemon are cooling everything but the legendary birds engage in an all out war to destroy each other. Have you ever seen birds go that hard? Have you? It was insane. Ash almost died and not by getting turned to stone or getting saved by the power of love. The stakes were larger because our heroes were actually in real danger plus that mixing freaking Lugia? It wasn't the three birds, we had four. What did you have? A bunch of lame clones that punched her slowly and it was emotional, na, na, na, na, na. It's gonna be the feathered west. Prepare for Joel Adam and make it double. This second film had twice the heart and twice the adventure as the first. Twice the heart, Ash is straight up murdered and then resurrected again by the tears of Pokemon. That's not just heart, that's the power of love, baby. It is the power of love and it's one of the most cliche and contrived plot points in movie history. Whenever a movie uses the power of love, all you know is that the writers didn't know how the freaking ended. But in Pokemon 2000, they had to go in character development. They had to go all actiony. They had to do something even stronger than just grasping at your heart strings. There's no way the clones are gonna show up. And they ain't gonna say bye to that freaking love tears. It doesn't happen. I'm Clefair Lee, sir, and you forgot how good the first movie is. You too is the self-aware abomination who is hell bent on making humans suffer the way he has. Only to come to the realization later that thanks to the sacrifice of one young trainer, there's more good in this world than there is bad. Wow. And I find it rather oddish that you would rather watch an hour and a half of new two moping around like a freaking, like I don't know, a teenager who's moping. 2000, get it right. And don't get me wrong. As a kid, the first movie was amazing. But now that I've matured into a 30-year-old adult with an ability to grow a mustache, I see the truth. Pokemon 2000 is just better. The second film is a snore, lax to get through. And the action doesn't come into play until that final act. Meanwhile, my movie has a fantastic open where we see Ash kicking ass and taking names in a fun little battle montage. Then there's the big throwdown between the clones and the originals with a final boss battle raging between Mew and Mewtwo. Wow, can't oversell this enough. Except the Pokemon fights were nowhere near as epic. The choreography consists of gently rocking back and forth doing nothing and shoving each other half the time. Also, if you wanna talk about a drowsy experience, half the first movie's just Mewtwo rambling on and on and on and on and on until eternity with the stupid monologues. Sure, just a while to get started, but once it starts, it's incredible. And Lugia's monologues are nowhere near as in sepid and ongoing. The only compliment I can give your movie is Jesse's still fine as hell. I know she's a cartoon, but I mean something about her, man. You know what I'm saying. I mean, I'm partially Asher's mom myself, but I'll catch you to laying it down. Team Rocket's not the only thing blasts enough again, right? What? What? Game over in this category. The cartoon series theme song is back in remix fashion. Remix! It is awesome. There's also a string of pop music, which I just nom nom nom eat up. M2M's don't say you love me. Christina Aguileras were a miracle and even the queen bee herself, Brittany, buss out a jam called Soda Pop. In sync, 98 degrees, Aaron Carter, vitamin C, the list goes on. This is a celebration of terrible late 90s pop music at its finest. It's a shame the follow-up film had such a ghastly soundtrack. I'll give it up to you on this one, but there's one thing I must note. The Pokemon 2000 soundtrack has a little hidden gem by the name of, follow with me guys, Pole Come On, by weird owl freakin' Yankovic. We've been cuffing up a lot of hate for each other, but these are both fun little flicks. Thanks for coming on the program, Chris. I called it a program because I'm 80 years old. Now do yourself a favor and plug your channel, then make like an electrode and kill yourself. That's gonna mean, Adam, but any hoot-hoot. At different points in my life, I've learned to appreciate both of these films for very different reasons. They are hard to compare because they're so different. One has mature storytelling, incredible action, and the other pulls into your heart strings the entire time. You see, Pokemon for me is more than just a video game. Pokemon for me is more than just a movie. One is a TV show. It helps shake me into the person that I am. So when I watch these films, I can't just look at them as films. They're like time capsules to me. They mean something, and each one is just very, very different from different points in my life. The first movie, again, you do that nostalgic feeling that can't ever let go. The second movie, however, show me that Pokemon can be more than just fan service. If you guys want to understand where I'm coming from, you can find me on my channel at CeceAndreas, or YouTube.com at CeceAndreas, or nerdyvills.com, you can type it into the search box, or to send me Chris Sanders if you're feeling lazy. But you guys want to understand where I'm coming from because I try my best to relate to everybody on my channel and reach out to people in ways that don't, they really, even truly understand. But try me anyway. Pokemon Feud done. Want to see some more animated battles? Maybe something Avatar the Last Airbender related? Head over to patreon.com slash feud nation, show your support, and make a request. More than just reviews, this is Movie Feuds. Hey kids, who's that Jerk-a-mon? It's Adam! Spot on.