Ever since the first trailer for the live-action/animated hybrid feature film adaptation of the videogame « Detective Pikachu « released back in November, the skepticism of many Pokemon fans and simple gamers concerned about the interest of such a movie based on an obscure spin-off of the same name released on the 3DS last year prior to the release of the first trailer has suddenly vanished once the first trailer went online and since then, excitement has replaced skepticism, and the hype around the movie never fell short as month after month it would then go on to become one of the most anticipated movies of the year - maybe even besides Avengers: Endgame ! It is true that seeing real-life Pokemon interact with real humans in the real world, where Pokemons and humans coexist together, is an idea that makes all its sense once on big screen, rather than in a fictitious videogame.
And at almost two weeks ahead of its release, it seems like Detective Pikachu is on to a good start of breaking the video game curse. Following the premiere of the movie yesterday in Tokyo, early reviews of the movie has started popping online on social media, and the less we could say is that it is a good movie, and someone even said that Detective Pikachu was hands down nothing less but the best movie adaptation of a videogame ever made.
Here’s a roundup of some of the early reviews of Detective Pikachu, and no surprise here, there overall seems to be a lot of praise for the movie, but what do they really have to say about it ?
One interesting thing to notice is that some reviewers praise the fact that the movie manages to please both neophyte and hardcore fans of Pokémon, meaning that while Pokémon fanatics will be in heaven with all the Easter-egg references and Pokémons appearing throughout the movie, those who’ve never been huge fans of Pokémon will still find their place after all. The other highlights among others were Ryan Reynolds’s performance as Pikachu, the excellent worldbuilding, the design of the creatures, and the amount of humor and fun.
So far, it seems like Detective Pikachu may actually be on the right tracks to finally break the trend of mediocre Hollywood adaptation of videogames and turn out to be the first legit good videogame movie... well, since ever !
Man, I really can’t wait for this movie to come out, and I’m really to live in France because five days prior to the release of the movie, my local theater will be organizing a early screening of the movie prior to its French release ( May 8 ), so I’ll definitely be giving out my personal impressions before the movie comes out so that you can rest assured to what to clearly expect from Detective Pikachu !
To buckle up this thread, here’s the new international poster that was just released that is actually based on the China poster but with a different background.
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu releases in theaters May 10. Do the early reviews make you even more excited for the movie to come out ? Make sure to leave your impressions on the comments.
And at almost two weeks ahead of its release, it seems like Detective Pikachu is on to a good start of breaking the video game curse. Following the premiere of the movie yesterday in Tokyo, early reviews of the movie has started popping online on social media, and the less we could say is that it is a good movie, and someone even said that Detective Pikachu was hands down nothing less but the best movie adaptation of a videogame ever made.
Here’s a roundup of some of the early reviews of Detective Pikachu, and no surprise here, there overall seems to be a lot of praise for the movie, but what do they really have to say about it ?
I just saw @DetPikachuMovie for the SECOND time and WOW guys. Get hype for this film’s release on May 10 because it is SUCH wild ride. SO fun and so good!! Mind blowing at moments even!!
THANK YOU WB for inviting me to see it!! #PikaPika#DetectivePikachu #WBpartner pic.twitter.com/nzQCTKkbq0
— Anna Brisbin ❄ (@BrizzyVoices) April 24, 2019
One interesting thing to notice is that some reviewers praise the fact that the movie manages to please both neophyte and hardcore fans of Pokémon, meaning that while Pokémon fanatics will be in heaven with all the Easter-egg references and Pokémons appearing throughout the movie, those who’ve never been huge fans of Pokémon will still find their place after all. The other highlights among others were Ryan Reynolds’s performance as Pikachu, the excellent worldbuilding, the design of the creatures, and the amount of humor and fun.
So far, it seems like Detective Pikachu may actually be on the right tracks to finally break the trend of mediocre Hollywood adaptation of videogames and turn out to be the first legit good videogame movie... well, since ever !
Man, I really can’t wait for this movie to come out, and I’m really to live in France because five days prior to the release of the movie, my local theater will be organizing a early screening of the movie prior to its French release ( May 8 ), so I’ll definitely be giving out my personal impressions before the movie comes out so that you can rest assured to what to clearly expect from Detective Pikachu !
To buckle up this thread, here’s the new international poster that was just released that is actually based on the China poster but with a different background.
