Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 19, 2014

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: The Pokemon Company International

Studios: OLM

Source: Game

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

Demographic: Kids

Duration: 1 hr. 15 min.

Rating: PG - Children

Plot:The story is set in Diamond Ore Country, of which Diancie is the princess.This is a country located deep underground, where the Pokémon Carbink live together in peace. The energy source of this country is a giant diamond called the Sacred Diamond, which can only be created by princess Diancie. However, the current princess doesn't yet possess the power to create such a diamond, and the current Sacred Diamond's power is soon going to run out, which would result in the end of the country. Diancie meets up with Ash and Pikachu, and set off together with them to search for the legendary Pokemon Xerneas, which possesses sacred power, but on the way, they find the cocoon where the Destruction Pokémon, Yveltal, who was said to have once destroyed life in Kalos, lies in wait.

User Review:Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction is the first Pokemon film in a while that features some fresh ideas and creative moments. In the vein of the last few, it's also an unambitious work stuck in a rut.

Near the end of the film, there's a great scene with Ash and five antagonists awaking Yveltal. The ensuing attempts to kidnap Diancie and run away from the harbinger of death are joyously written. These scenes make only a tiny portion of the film overall, but they stand out from the cookie-cutter writing we're usually treated with in these films.

The good thing about this one is that Diancie is a likeable character and her interactions with Ash & co are fun to watch. Of course, dialogue isn't going to win any awards, but I feel it's done its part. Adequate to keep us entertained, not enough to uplift the work.

Diancie's lack of a distinguishing character arc is disapointing. While the whole thing ends up better than "We gotta get X", it still blundered a chance to make her a complex character. Her mini adventures aren't enough to keep us entertained for over two thirds of the film, either. It's for this reason that wacky sequences not fittingt the film are utilized to shake things up a bit. A good example of this is the infinite ladder at the mall.

Just like Shaymin's film, this one suffers from a sudden focus shift from characters to the plot, where characters aren't developed enough for a character focused film and the plot is too weak to make itself worth it.

The last fifth of the film with Yveltal petrifying the waking world is a joy to watch. However, Yveltal & Xerneas don't feel like world shattering legendaries because plot had no time to build them nor the legend around them. Unlike, say, legendary birds from the second film, these feel like pseudo-legendaries which only the local town folk are aware of as a curiosity.

One thing that the film excels at are art and animation. The whole thing looks gorgeous and features some great, often subtle CGI.

The film made a few big mistakes at its conceptual stage which paved the way to an unfulfilling plot and somewhat stale middle of the film, but from the execution it's obvious that they treated this one with some care, unlike the last two. Nothing groundbreaking for the most part, but at least it gives hope in further installments. It's been 16 films. After a draught, finally one I can recommend. It's okay 5/10

Download || Pokemon Movie 17 Hindi Dubbed

Download/official website/ Youtube