12 films marathon #12: Why is the franchise still alive?

Pokémon Movie No. 13: Zoroark Master of Illusions

Uh… You have to end your 12 films with something with 13 in it, right? Well, that was the rationale at least. I am not sure if it was a good idea to watch this Pokemon film, but I certainly enjoyed it. It’s a once in a lifetime thing to do, I suppose, and after seeing too many good movies (ahaha), I need a little bit of silliness sometimes.

This film, indeed, was the most ridiculous thing I have seen in awhile – yet the cutest as well. I don’t really understand the need for the creation of these fictional characters when our own world has such a large variety of beautiful, fascinating and cute animals as well, but I must admit that they are wonderfully designed. Especially those forest animals Pokémon were so cute?

The story itself was nothing special: Bad guy wants to do something, let’s help the good guys to defeat him. Then again, Tim Burton’s version of “Alice in Wonderland” had that kind of story pattern too, and this film merely delivered what it proposed: 1 1/2 hours of mellow entertainment.

Finally, here’s the obligatory ranking, heh.

1. Cool Hand Luke
2. A Night at the Opera
3. 12 Angry Men
4. Holiday
5. The Face of Another
6. The 39 Steps
7. Rashomon
8. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
9. Catch-22
10. The Day the Earth Stood Still
11. Pokemon: Master of Illusions
12. Mad Max

A propos ranking, I want to see Pixelmatsch’s ranking on the Berlinale films now! XD

PS. Obviously this particular film is not in it, but I have now seen 197 in the 1000 Greatest Films list from They Shoot Pictures… That’s almost 1/5, which is very, very surprising. I find it amusing to see what kind of films I tend to see from this list – for instance, I have seen almost everything since 1999. We are a product of our own generation, after all.