Pokemon 4Ever: Movie | 
| Directors: Jim Malone, Kunihiko Yuyama
Actors: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart (iii), Madeleine Blaustein, Ikue Ootani
Studio: Miramax
Category: DVD
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 13311
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 79 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D29174D
UPC: 786936208597
EAN: 0786936208597
ASIN: B00007KK1E
Theatrical Release Date: October 25, 2002
Release Date: March 18, 2003
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| Editorial Reviews:
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The fourth Pokemon feature follows the pattern set by the previous three--and falls into the same traps. The TV series depicts the modest adventures of Pokemon trainer Ash Ketcham and his friends Brock and Misty as they roam an imaginary world, fighting matches and making friends. The features add elaborate CG effects that don't mesh with the flat, drawn characters, and over-scaled threats that feel beyond Ash's abilities to resolve. Forty years ago, Sam, a young trainer, meets the 251st Pokemon Celebi (it looks like Tinkerbell with a goldfish for a head). To escape a mean hunter, Celebi brings Sam to the present day, where they meet Ash & Company. They also meet the evil Iron Mask Marauder who's supposed to be a member of Team Rocket, but who's much nastier than the comically inept Jessie, James, and Meowth. The Marauder corrupts Celebi with a "dark ball" and forces it to create a monster out of trees, branches, etc., that is blatantly copied from the Night Walker in Princess Mononoke. Ash and his friends eventually save the day, the Pokemon, and the forest--but it all feels like we've been there/done that. --Charles Solomon
Description
All of your favorite Pokemon characters are back and are joined for the first time by the legendary Pokemon Celebi and Suicune in this latest exciting Pokemon adventure! In order to escape a greedy Pokemon hunter, Celebi must use the last of its energy to travel through time to the present day. Celebi brings along Sammy, a boy who had been trying to protect it. Along with Ash, Pikachu, and the rest of the gang, Sammy and Celebi encounter an enemy far more advanced than the hunter left behind in the past. This new enemy possesses a Pokeball called a "Dark Ball," which transforms the Pokemon it captures into evil and far stronger creatures. When Celebi is captured, the fate of the entire forest is threatened. Let POKEMON 4EVER transport you to a world of adventure as Ash, Suicune, and the rest take action to save the day!
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 Maybe not 4ever... March 19, 2003
J. Nickerson (Pallet Town, Kanto)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
After a short, limited release in theaters last year, Pokemon 4Ever is finally coming to video courtesy of Miramax. And while it's not the vast improvement to the previous Warner Bros DVD releases we were hoping for, it is still a decent offering.
The story, basically, is that Ash and company come across a boy named Sam and a Celebi, who have traveled 40 years from the past. But before Celebi can bring Sam back to his own time, it is captured by the Iron Mask Marauder, who captures Celebi using a Dark Ball, and transforms it into a destructive monster. While the Marauder and Celebi destroy the forest, Ash and Sam must try and save Celebi. There are some surprisingly emotional scenes in the movie, especially towards the end as we find out the fate of Celebi and Sam's relationship with Ash.
The DVD offers trailers for this movie and the Japanese trailer for the fifth movie, as well as previews for other Miramax titles. Fans will be pleased to know that the Pikachu short has been restored for the DVD, and as usually, it's pretty funny and features plenty of cute Pokemon. It also a multi-angle animation progression feature, but the footage shown is very brief; each of the four segments clock in at barely under a few seconds, if that. One major complaint about this DVD is that despite the fact that this is the fourth Pokemon feature, it is still only presented on DVD in FULLSCREEN. There are many instances in the movie where a character is speaking, but you can't see him or her, since they are cropped off the screen. I'd hoped this unfortunate tradition was left behind with Warner Bros, but the curse follows the series to Miramax. Listen up, Miramax, we don't mind the black bars on the screen, we really don't. This problem is even worse when compared with the Warner releases, because the picture seems to be zoomed in a bit more and after repeated viewings, you actually begin to notice that the screen is constantly wobbling. A very poor transfer.
Another complaint, though not as major, is the commentary featuring the producers and the cast. While it's fun to finally hear what the actors really sound like, they don't really react to anything on-screen; it's more like a Q&A session. While it does answer some interesting questions, it would have been better off to leave it as a separate feature and keep a regular commentary with just the producers. The commentary track also only runs under an hour, so it cuts off with about 20 minutes of the movie left to go. Hopefully they won't do this with movie 5, since the commentaries are my favorites part of the Pokemon movies.
Otherwise, it's a solid film, and fans will be pleased that the movie sticks very close to the original Japanese script. It won't convert any Pokemon haters, but then again, nothing probably would.
Just please, Miramax, when you release movie 5 on DVD, please do so in widescreen.
 The Voice of the Forest is calling... October 24, 2002
Robert Fernandez (California, USA)
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is the first time I've had to drive a long distance just to go see a Pokemon movie(because of the fact that it's a limited release), and let me say that it was worth it.
I was expecting Miramax Films to ruin the dub of the 4th Pokemon film, but my expectations weren't true. They cut out the mini-movie, "Pikachu's Hide and Seek", but Miramax probably thought it was childish. It's no problem; they most likely will release it as an extra feature on the DVD.
Anyway, the main film is called "Celebi: Voice of the Forest".
It's about a young boy named Sam(Yukinari in the original) who wanders off into a forest and encounters an injured Celebi. Apparantly Celebi is the Voice of the Forest and can travel back and forth through time. Soon after being attacked by a Pokemon hunter, Celebi ventures 40 years into the future to save itself-taking Sam with it. Soon, Ash and co. get into a huge situation involving Sam, Celebi, Team Rocket, Suicune, and a mean-spirited member of Team Rocket who's known as "The Iron-Masked Marauder". Anyways, Miramax left the original, orchestrated music intact. Luckily they didn't replace it with any cheesy-sounding MIDI music like Warner Bros. did with the previous Pokemon films.
Also, the translation is almost a direct translation this time, like with the 3rd film. Heck, Miramax added in NEW scenes for the american release! In short, I enjoyed this film moreso than the previous Poke-movies. There was lots of action(it was a bit more violent than the other movies), and some emotional scenes as well(I almost cried when Celebi d... wait, thats a spoiler).
It was suprising that they weren't scared to put in the words "die" or "dying" in the movie, either(I honestly thought it should've been rated PG)
But anyways, you should see this movie; Poke-fan or not. It may just change your perceptions if you think Pokemon is a "kiddy" anime.
the greatest pokemon movie ever! August 3, 2002
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I saw the trailer of this movie and read the story...I think that this movie is great.Its about a pokemon called celebi who can travel in time.It all starts when a rare pokemon hunter tries to capture celebi a boy tried to save him but celebi time travelled in time and took the boy with him.Celebi time travelled into the future and thats where the boy and celebi met ash,pikachu,brock and misty.They took celebi to the pokemon center and nurse whoever(not nurse joy)said that he has no power left.When they got out(without celebi)they found another hunter.He said give me the pokemon with you boy.When celebi heard them having a fight he went out and started helping them.But the hunter had a ball called a dark ball.When you capture a pokemon with the ball it turns them evil.He caught celebi with ball and celebi turned evil.They battled celebi but they couldnt win.Thats when suicune apeared and he helped them.
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