Heh, it's a shame Brock didn't have much screentime in his costume during the Lucario movie. My first thought was Brock was trying to portray a monk or something to that extent. However, "summoner" sounds a lot better in my opinion, lol.
Any thoughts on "The Rise of Darkrai"? The trio of trainers with their fully-evolved starters had interesting designs (particularly the Infernape and Empoleon trainers), but, like other movie-only characters, did not have much chance of character development. It was interesting...out of the three battles that Ash, Dawn, and Brock had at the beginning of the movie, I felt that the one with Brock facing off against the Infernape trainer was the only one that didn't seem completely one-sided. Ash had an electric type facing a grass AND ground type, Dawn had a water type facing its final evolution (which was water AND steel mind you), and Brock used a poison and fighting type against a fire and fighting type. Brock seemed like the only one that would stand a chance!
Plus, Croagunk did get a few good shots in the movie, one being his fight against Infernape and another deflecting a stray shot from Dialga toward the end.
Although Ash and Dawn were the ones that "saved the day" somewhat, it did not feel like the movie was focused on them as ones in the past did.
Thoughts?