D I'd honestly not heard of Pokemon until last Wednesday, when this insipid movie was released. No wonder there's a second one on the way.
Nothing warms the hearts of Hollywood executives more than the ringing of box office cash registers.
The bothersome thing to me is that the Pokemon phenomenon is all hype, with very little substance. I'm old enough to remember hula hoops, Beatles records, skateboards, and every collectible that kids badger their parents to buy. Somewhere out there another entrepreneur is hashing out plans to introduce the newest money making franchise for kids. But that's another matter for another day. Let's look at the merits of the movie.