Review of Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009) by Sergio E — 13 Aug 2010

Another excellent adventure!

"Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life" can be considered a build up of the previous two films. This being "Giratina and the Sky Warrior" and "The Rise of Darkrai." The previous conflicts in the other two films become readily apparent of why they happened as well as the lead up to this movie's story.

The dimensions of Dialga (who controls time,) Palkia (who controls space,) and Giratina(who lives in the dimension known as the reverse world) were not suppose to collide (this leads to the conflicts of Dialga and Palkia in "The Rise of Darkrai" and Giratina and Dialga(although minor) in "Giratina and the Sky Warrior.") It was later found that the cause of all this was because of Arceus' awakening from his slumber to rejuvenate his strength. This caused the dimensions of Dialga and Palkia to collide. At the same time, while Dialga and Palkia were fighting, the reverse world was affected (as anything that happens in the Pokemon world has an effect on the reverse world.) Due to the "betrayal" in the past, Arceus was set to destroy humans for that" betrayal" as a form of justice.

We follow Ash and his pals as they get sent to the past to correct a mistake that would eventually fix the present.

The music was awesome, battles were epic, voices are..better, animation wasn't bad at all, and they released enough events for the movie to advertise it pretty well...I guess I know why they had over 2 million tickets pre-ordered.

There were only a couple of cons in this movie, but they really don't take out of the quality of the movie..Arceus sounds like a gay Asian guy, some of the CGI-hand-drawn combinations seemed a little awkward...but like I said, you don't really notice unless you look up close.

I HIGHLY recommend this movie for any pokémon fan, or anyone new to the series.

As Ash and friends arrive in Michina Town, the legendary Alpha Pokemon Arceus, stirred by the battle between Dialga and Palkia in Alamos Town, awakens to exact judgment on humanity for a betrayal it suffered in ancient times.