>>54063986Yet, I can't hate this movie too much solely because of Shaymin. Finally after years of seeing Mythicals (and some legendaries) reduced to girls in pretty dresses tied to rails we have a Mythical who can hold her own in battle-depending on the day. Not to mention she's sassy, annoying and plays off well on both Ash and Dawn like that nosy stepmom you can't help but love. She is easily the best part of this movie. This tiny grass hedgehog carries the movie on her tiny back. If there is any movie character who should have returned, other than Mewtwo, it should be this Shaymin. Imagine her as Mallow's replacement Shaymom. She is the kind of character who would have excelled in the more comedic SM.
So I'll rate this move above-average.
On a side-note though 2/3 movies in and DP Ash doesn't live up to the hype I've heard from zoomers. I'm told that this was the era where Ash was at his most strategic and competent. No, he was forced to think on his feet because the DP trainers were at a level far above what he had faced before. And that side of Ash doesn't shine through in either movies. In DP M1, the solution was provided by the Movie characters. Against Zero (DPM2 villain) he doesn't have any ideas other than to blast his jet with three different beams of different types, and it was Giratina and Shaymin who did more to save the day. I don't know. Maybe his 'strategy' is limited to the sport of Pokemon battles but I would have thought if he was really such a strategist he'd be able to apply these skills outside of battle.
