The Escapist Film Festival 2009: Pocket Monsters

[Torque669]

Wow, Truly fantastic. Really captured a dark side to pokemon and a shiver went down my spine when Jessie and James were standing there with the masks. This looks brilliant, it has so many ways it can differ from there. LT Surge been added to the action. Misty being found. Silph Co creating the Ghost Scope thingy.

I may just vote for this.

 

[Zombie_Fish]

That was a really good video. Kind of reminds me of There Will Be Brawl in a dark humour yet still keeping game references kind of way. Also, this is one of the few videos I've seen for now which I can actually imagine a series working for.

 

[Geamo]

I did very much think this to have a very proffessional look: the props, acting and camera angles are things I'd expect to see from a big-budget TV show.

Longetivity was also a good thing, but I certainly enjoy this take on Pokémon.

My only criticism is that the voices sound a bit odd: to my ears it sounds like you've recorded it into a mike and then lip-synced the video. Might just be the audio quality here though.

 

[Urgh76]

it was a good effort but not for me. i saw this posted on NG and the word escapist caught my eye. i extremely liked the beginning though

 

[Militant_Hippie]

Yeah, a boom Mic was just not in the budget so some of it was voiced over. I appreciate the feedback guys!

 

[GeneralGrant]

Wow one of the movies for the film festival was actually interesting to watch. Voted for you.

 

[MiloP]

This HAS to win. WTF is Dorian's Quest doing in the top spot? Are you people BLIND?

 

[lookingforloper]

how much do boom mics run? i'll make a donation.

 

[PhantomCritic]

The only words to describe this is epic. Was quite entertaining, loved the ned take on team rocket, you have my vote XD

 

[TwistedEllipses]

Hey! I actually did something along these lines a few years back, but in a really crude form using photo-shoped images.

I won't knock your version though, it's pretty well executed.

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[O maestre]

great idea and an original take on the whole games and reality stuff

 

[Bassman_2]

The first one I sawm and it instantly gets my vote.

 

[Layth Hassan Yousef Inad AL-Najjar]

Very good. The acting was a bit wooden and there's the microphone problem, but that's all teething problems. I've looked at every entry and this is one of about five that stood out enough and it is the only one that had the most potential for distance to earn its bread.

Two suggestions, if you don't mind, are to work on the acting and tighten the plot, like the end. Team Rocket's introduction is very well shot and all, but the shadowed Giovanni is useless since its obvious its him. The whole point of the shadowing in the games and animated version was that it introduces mystery as who the big boss is. Most of the people watching this will have known that, so either drop the pretense, or have something up your sleeve for that.

Or not, what do I know?

Layth

 

[emily.g]

you guys were/are great!
definitely got my vote!!

 

[Distorted Stu]

Wow, well done. VOTED!

 

[A Weary Exile]

Great job on this, you've got my vote and I hope you guys win.

 

[Artorius]

pretty good plot ep ..
though i must say the acting needs improving ..

 

[kid-avenger]

Brilliant, you deserve the gold medal of awesome!

 

[SirJ]

Pretty good, although I found it a little slow. I was tempted at times to fast forward through it to see if any Pokemans would make an appearance but I stopped myself. Clever idea, would like to see more.

Nice creation of the war-scape too.

 

[Vimbert]

I can see this becoming something better than There Will Be Brawl. It has my vote.