[ComicGuy89]

So I just watched Kyurem and the Swords of Justice. Not a bad movie, and giving the main narrative to Pokemon instead of Ash and gang works in its favour. Some of the battles are spectacular and the scenery is as beautiful as it always is.

My favourite part of the story was when Keldeo was so afraid to face Kyurem, and Ash kept quiet and volunteered to handle it alone. This was a much better approach than his earlier one of telling Keldeo to simply face his fears

There are a few issues. The movie as a whole is a bit on the long and slow side. I think part of this is how empty the world feels. Pokemon movies have increasingly become empty and devoid of life, being set in more remote areas with less people. Kyurem and the Swords of Justice suffers most from this, where there are no guest human characters and the only human characters of any significance are Ash and his friends. Worse yet, there are very few Pokemon wildlife of any kind, compared to the abundance of them in earlier movies.

The scenes where this is especially jarring are the ones where Kyurem attacks the city to find Keldeo. Where there should be people wandering about, possibly screaming and panicking the streets are eerily quiet with not even a car or a pedestrian to be seen. You can't tell me a giant metropolis with so many skyscrapers would be so devoid of life, with no pigeons (Pidove?) or stray dogs (Lillipup?). Compare this to LaRousse City in Destiny Deoxys, for example, which felt alive and breathing or The Power of One where there was worldwide unrest among both Pokemon and humans.

Nevertheless, it was overall a good movie, and one of the better ones. Still, like most Pokemon movies, it can be dull and feels like a glorified episode.

Do you guys agree with me that Pokemon movies are becoming increasingly empty of life?