I heard I don't know how many bad reviews about the Digimon movie, which means that I HAD to go see it. My son is more at the Pokemon age, so I was subjected to the first movie and have to sit through the cartoon whenever it is on. I don't mind Pokemon too much, and in fact, some of the episodes are actually funny. But the Digimon TV show, in my opinion, is mediocre. Perhaps it was released too soon into the release of the Pokemon craze for me to be able to appreciate it on its own. Also, I think the show tries too hard to impress and should really lay back and try to tell a good story. At any rate, I ran the idea past my five year old and he said yes. What other response did I expect from a kid when I mentioned the words "Daddy wants to take you to a movie"!
The movie, unlike the show, is EXCELLENT. I could not believe it was the same cartoon. Contrary to what many people--both here and outside of Epinions--have said about the movie, the full length feature actually does the cartoon some justice. You are able to actually get a little more details as to what the Digimon are, how and why they exist and what their strengths and weaknesses are. Some of the jokes made during the movie about one mother's cooking and the Digimon not being housebroken had me and several other parents in stitches. Also, anyone who works with computers will get a kick out of how the E-mail slows down the strength of the digital creatures.
Many viewers complain that the movie is too fast paced, too violent and provides way too much information. I have noticed that the majority of the people who feel that way are well over 30 (as I soon will be).
Older viewers listen up; I cannot see how you can think that the Digimon Movie is overstimulating you, considering how much stimulation we receive on a daily basis from our hormonally drugged meats, caffeine, sugar, media, job stress and traffic.
Too violent you say? You have got to be kidding me. The only violence that takes place is between the combating monsters. Also, a few buildings are leveled in the opening scene. Now if Godzilla can walk around Tokyo and New York City without impunity, why can't a few Digimon fight each other for the fate of the world?
The information that is provided in the story about the past, present and future is for character development. I thought it was interesting to sit down for once and learn what makes some heros tick, even if they are only children. No one complains about the ramblings that go on about The Force in any Star Wars movie, yet Digimon is supposed to be overly simplistic. Please. Thank goodness they put a story line in the movie for those of us who can recognize a beginning, middle and an end.
Realize, parents, that the movie really is not for us, it is for the kids. Don't do your children a disservice because a vocal minority says that the movie moves too fast. Our children have the attention span of gnats, that is why there were so many special effects thrown into the film. Yet, the story-line was not bad.
People are digi-down on Digimon because you need to have an imagination in order to get what is going on. No, it's not some deep thinking, academic film, but it does ask you to sit back and gather an appreciation for the fantastic. Perhaps we need a little more of that in the world.
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