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Per the advice of Johto-rewatcher-kun, I went back to the first ADV movie. I liked it a lot. Within the first two minutes I got the sense that yeah, it might actually be important, since it involves a lot of Team Magma. The animation's always a huge upgrade going from the series to the movies, and facial animations in particular were really well done for the high emotional parts. The duet Japanese-English ending theme was also pretty nice.
The plot was okay. If you like Max, you'll like this one. I try not to compare all of these to Movie 3, since that's my favorite. Rather unfortunate special thanks at the end to Harvey Weinstein in the credits though.
Can't commit to another hour-thirty movie, but looking forward to Destiny Deoxys. I remember the first sequence stunning me as a kid just from the art direction.