This is the movie page.
Where we shall talk about YU-GI-OH! THE MOVIE: THE PYRAMID OF LIGHT!!!!
There might be spoilers. Deal with it.
Umeko - Aug. 13, 2004
Little Jimmy, Chibi Takato, and I all went to see the YGO movie TOGETHAH!! Mab couldn't come because she's in Santa Fe. ;_;
So we got to the movie theatre and Chibi Takato opened his card thing immediately! Then he was so very miffed because he didn't get the BLUE-EYES SHINING DRAGON but instead he got WATAPON. OH EM GEE.
Then we went in the theatre! Some of Little Jimmy's friends were there, so he had to pretend that he WASN'T going to the Yu-Gi-Oh! movie. Because, you know, he's fifteen and image is everything at that age.
So we went and got some seats. The person behind Little Jimmy asked him to move his head because, despite his name, Little Jimmy is actually pretty darn tall. So he had to sit through the entire movie slouched down in his seat.
And then the movie started. The reaction that Little Jimmy and I both had were, "IT'S THE LAND BEFORE TIME!!" (Narrorator: Long ago, when the earth was young...) (Of course, most of the movie-watchers were too young to remember when there was only ONE Land Before Time movie. There were, like, four when Chibi Takato was born.)
The opening was very cheesy and repetitive. They kept saying that the Millennium Puzzle was never meant to be solved, but after "five thousand years" (except it was really three thousand years) it WAS. OMG NO WAY!!
Now, the funny thing is that everyone else in the theatre laughed at completely different things than we did. Then again, we laughed at the 4Kids logo. So maybe we're the odd ones.
Naahhhhh.
I find it amazing that Yuugi solved the puzzle in tenth grade, started playing Duel Monsters later, and now three years have gone by and he's... still in high school? I get the feeling that 4Kids isn't very good with numbers. Maybe they actually messed up on their company name and the 4 is supposed to be something completely different.
Now, let's see. The "Pyramid of Light" is definitely a Mary Sue Millennium Item. Simply because it can beat up the Millennium Puzzle. No, really. I'm serious.
And anyway, what kind of name for a Millennium Item is "Pyramid of Light"??
Also, there are a few Mary Sue Cards. I mean, a card that is strong enough to BEAT GOD CARDS?? A trap card that ACTUALLY WORKS against God Cards?? WOW!!
The movie seemed a LOT like a fanfic, right down to neglecting canon (Pegasus didn't die, he just retired on some secluded paradise island place!) and over-exaggerating Anzu Téa's friendship complex.
Oh, and not to mention that the movie gave spoilers for what will happen later on in the TV show (dub). They showed Malik happily handing Ra over to Yuugi. Several times. What the heck.
Also, the animation was very... shiny. It looked like I had animated it. (Because, you know, whenever I color, it either has no shading or anything whatsoever or is overly shiny. And, yes, that is Pegasus' hair.)
Now, don't get me wrong, I didn't dislike the movie! If I go see it again and actually pay attention to it instead of making fun of it, I'll probably like it.
Back to our experience in DA THEATRE!! People were probably getting annoyed at Little Jimmy and I because we were laughing at parts of the movie which really weren't funny at all. Then halfway through the movie I took out Plastic Malik (who had been hidden in my pocket to smuggle into the theatre) and randomly gave him to Little Jimmy. I kept his tiny little Duel Disk and played with it for five seconds before returning Malik and his Duel Disk to my pocket.
Speaking of Duel Disks, Jounouchi Joey wore his to school or something. What the heck.
Amazingly, Chibi Takato didn't start being bratty until about ten minutes before the movie ended. It got really bad when we left the theatre, because he started crying because he didn't get a Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon card.
By the way, Little Jimmy gave me his card. Mine was a Pyramid of Light, and his turned out to be... a Pyramid of Light. It's a completely useless card, also. NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Uhh, that's all for now. I'll leave you with a list of BAD WORDS THAT WERE USED IN THE MOVIE (GASP!!).
-wine
-spritzer
-death
-die
-bull
Also, as Little Jimmy pointed out, Injection Fairy Lily's hypodermic needle was ACTUALLY a hypodermic needle! MY LAWD!! WHAT IS 4235467957837563KIDS THINKING?!!??