TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Eric Stevenson It was great to see a pokemon movie with Serena, Bonnie, and Clemont into it. Unfortunately, the movie keeps making the same mistakes that the other lesser Pokémon films made. It's too short! In a movie that has tons of characters that can be really annoying! It's bad when they try to cram in all of these characters in something that's so short. I am still glad to be introduced to all of these new pokemon, even though I'll probably forget them. This movie's plot features a pokemon princess (yes, really) Diancie, who has to make diamonds to stop a cocoon containing Yveltal with help from Xerneas.Does it seem like I'm just making up words? I feel bad for not being able to keep up with them. Team Rocket do appear for awhile, so they're cool. This just tries to put in so many pokemon and I think they're like five different people that are coming after Diancie in the end. I guess since all featured pokemon in movies can use telepathy, it's not a big deal to hear them talk. The movies themselves are formulaic with Ash and the gang simply meeting some new legendary talking pokemon they have to save. The earlier films really did have variety. Not even an AmourShipping moment! *1/2

Owen Ogletree Quite honestly, this Pokémon adventure didn't really do it for me. Despite the action and adventure, a lot of the time, I felt like I was watching one of those movies that are aimed at little girls ages 6 or younger.The plot is SO clichéd. It's your basic story about a spoiled princess with a heart of gold who doesn't think she's worthy and has to prove to be a real princess.Diancie is incredibly annoying and incredibly adorable in equal amounts. With her always cheerful attitude and the many "girly" scenes such as the 2-minute scene where they shop for clothes, this felt more like "My Little Pony" than Pokémon. I know Pokémon is generally aimed at a younger audience, but come on!We have yet another Pokémon film that suffers from one-dimensional, unexplored villains. I like the idea of having one of the villains be a ninja, but they failed to make Ninja Riot or his partner Marilyn Flame characters that you can really take seriously. The other party who is after Diancie felt unnecessary.Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie are weak characters, just like Iris and Cilan from the previous generation. The scene where Ash nearly falls from the ladder to get Diancie is so stupid. Clemont later gets one of his Pokémon to get Diancie instead. Why didn't he just do that in the first place?Things got better in the last 15 minutes. Yveltal is an ideal legendary Pokémon, and Pikachu turning into stone and being brought back was a nice tribute to the first Pokémon movie.To be fair, the film is reasonably entertaining, but it still doesn't cut it as a Pokémon movie. It's still better than "Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice" and it's also better than its successor ("Hoopa and The Clash of Ages"), but it still remains one of the worst Pokémon movies.RATING: C

Mike Young This movie is not my piece of a beautiful gem ring when the movie heavily focuses on filler and lackluster writing for the same of all movies created. Ash and the crew are on the game to prevent the cocoon of destruction and stop yveltal from destructing the diamond domain by diancie. at least a good amount of Pokémon within the first four generations were brought back to the movie, but none of this ever compensates for the movie's budget and mediocre writing. this movie is a step in pikachu's unfortunate implications and even cruelty. After all of the destruction yveltal caused, xerneas was able to avert the damage yevltal did, and thus saving the diamond domain. My favorite character is Diancie because of her cute look and voice, and her mega evolved form looks even beautiful than sunny skies.cringe-inducing visuals: 1/5 cringe-inducing audio: 2/5 lackluster writing: 5/5 annoyance: 3/5 disturbing content: 4/5 unnecessary cruelty: 4/5 low production values: 3/5 rancid morals: 4/5 unfortunate implications: 5/5 character derailment: 5/5other notes: whether loaded with diamonds or not, this movie is nearly full of cruelty to diamonds and filler. it is also a next huge step in horrible morals, and bonnie's flanderization.

hayashimegumi Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014) has better plot, villains and characters compared to most of the previous Pokémon films. Beautifully animated, what's most pleasant about this animated feature is that there are no more pointless just-there-to-be-there supporting characters and the new travelling companion characters are much more interesting and endearing! Then, there are more villains in this one as well. In fact, it has the most villains by far. Some may find this overwhelming but I find this great! Finally, a typical villain's pursuit of legendary Pokémon makes sense; a lot of villains are after Diancie here because mythical or legendary Pokémon are supposed to be well-known by many! Those creatures aren't supposed to be something so exclusive to the featured villain to the extend that no one else in the entire Pokémon Universe knows about it so in this case, there are four parties which is great! There are also more mega evolved Pokémon showcased in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014) which is nice. It is fun to see how much Pokémon has evolved over the years. Unfortunately, legendary Pokémon Xerneas and Yveltal are only briefly featured. They are still powerful here in their own ways but I guess this animated feature is ultimately all about Diancie. Those who love these two legendary Pokémon may be delighted to watch them coming to life in animation but they may be disappointed as well since these two are just a minor character with not much purpose; with one giving life and the other doing destruction.The shiniest part of all, is surely Diancie's scenes. It is a Pokémon Princess, made of diamond and can make diamonds too. She is so pretty, princessy and pinkish! Her charming and adorable personality can be amusing at times but she is always in trouble so too bad she is made a damsel in distress here. Still, there is a great friendship story between the characters, some feminine cosplay for a bit and unexpected turns of situations thus overall Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014) certainly is an enjoyable one and it is certainly the most kawaii Pokémon film ever!As a conclusion, the beautifully animated Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014) is not perfect but as a whole, the animated feature is certainly better than many of the previous Pokémon films in many aspects. It can also be dark yet uplifting due to the powerful characters, beautiful friendship and a very gentle ending!There are six generations of Pokémon to-date and this one is a great start for the sixth generation films! Hopefully, the performance of the next Pokémon films will not go downhill again but it is quite unlikely since the new Pokémon XY series seems to be promising!