Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages

Hoopa and the Clash of Ages is a bad movie on many levels. The animation and aesthetic is subpar, looking like a knockoff Aladdin or Sinbad. The voice acting (in the English dub) is annoying and borderline racist. The direction is bad, delivering exposition and flashbacks without a coherent style, in an obfuscated plot that is ultimately pointless For a movie that jams in most of the legendary Pokémon, the fight scenes are surprisingly dull. Ash and Lugia's reunion was especially disappointing.

Not even Pokémon can escape devolving in city destruction porn.

Everything happened far too quickly and the film had no depth or real story. Simply put, it's just another generic city destruction movie, except it's toned down to be kid friendly so there's hardly any truly exciting moments. There are some cool parts, like seeing all the legendaries in the same place. That on its own is pretty nice. The animation is stunning and parts of hoopa's backstory are slightly interesting too. Unfortunately, it's let down by the actual plot feeling very lazy.

Was never a Pokémon fan. Neither the game nor the animated series. So the Nth movie based on the franchise didn't make me a fan either. Got a lot going on, so it'll probable please those that are fans, but for me it just blends in with the other Pokémon products.