I'll just copy my post.
This movie is fucking bizarre. It reminds me of the old 90s Mario Bros. movie in that it's ostensibly a kids movie but it takes place in this dark, seedy noir world that feels completely divorced from pokemon despite them being all over the film. Really out of place in 2019. I think it came about as a result of the anime films flopping, but TPC not at all considering that the last film the US got in theaters was almost 20 years old. So we ended up with this fever dream of a film that filled seats off nostalgia alone but probably had a pretty narrow demographic to appeal to. The whole detective pikachu IP in general is fucking weird and a testament to how fucked up TPC management was at the time.
>>55896596Yes, but the movie was a flop. The budget was too high to make a decent return and the subject matter scared off a lot of kids/families. Say what you will of the recent Super Mario movie, but it knew how to appeal to general audiences.
