{"id":16179,"date":"2019-05-17T18:45:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T22:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=16179"},"modified":"2020-06-18T16:10:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T20:10:58","slug":"pokemon-detective-pikachu-provides-live-action-pokemon-in-lieu-of-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/pokemon-detective-pikachu-provides-live-action-pokemon-in-lieu-of-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Detective Pikachu Provides Live-Action Pok\u00e9mon In Lieu Of Plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem with creating a live-action adaptation of something originally animated is that, with viewers so accustomed to the original depiction of a character or franchise, it can be hard to do a new one justice. Some films have prospered (Disney\u2019s live-action <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jungle Book <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the upcoming somewhat-kinda-live-action <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lion King) <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while others have drawn backlash (the forthcoming <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonic The Hedgehog). <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pok\u00e9mon<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Detective Pikachu <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">falls somewhere in the middle, with the layered designs of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pok\u00e9mon standing out from the film\u2019s generic story and overall abrupt nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in Ryme City, the original location of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detective Pikachu <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">video game, the movie centers around 21-year-old Tim Goodman (Justice Smith), the son of a former police detective who\u2019s gone missing and presumed dead. With the help of his father\u2019s Pok\u00e9mon partner, a Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds) who only he can hear, the two work with budding reporter Lucy Stevens (Kathryn Newton) to solve the mystery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a fairly mundane story, seemingly sprung solely to introduce the idea of a Detective Pikachu. That\u2019s not to say that\u2019s entirely bad, with the Pok\u00e9mon being the best elements of the movie. Whether it\u2019s the life-like roars from Charizard or the fur littered on Pikachu himself, the film realizes from the onset what audiences came to see and delivers on it tenfold. Even Reynolds does a stellar job at delivering a quick-witted element to his Pikachu, matching the Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s fast tendencies with even faster line deliveries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What the Pok\u00e9mon can\u2019t help is the story they\u2019re surrounded with. The film, set at one hour and 45 minutes, constantly feels like a group of writers took elements of basic detective stories and classic hero\u2019s journey tales and amplified them for the Pok\u00e9mon theme. From the initial quest to all-hope-is-lost moments to a rousing comeback, the film seems determined to leave any narrative ambition to the side in exchange for showcasing the Pok\u00e9mon throughout. One scene, about two-thirds of the way in, almost deliberately calls back a musical number from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frozen <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that diminishes the stakes of the film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Behind the camera, the film works rather well. The script, a group effort by four people, adds some well-timed jokes for every character, leading to a large number of humorous moments. Rob Letterman\u2019s direction, last seen in 2015\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goosebumps, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creates some scenic moments between the humans and Pok\u00e9mon, leaving viewers with beautiful shots if nothing else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pok\u00e9mon Detective Pikachu <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">provides a great platform to launch a live-action series of Pok\u00e9mon films. However, if they\u2019re to continue, they must allow themselves to expand their story depth and provide room to evolve.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The problem with creating a live-action adaptation of something originally animated is that, with viewers so accustomed to the original depiction of a character or franchise, it can be hard to do a new one justice. 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