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Summary: If you didn't see it, it's your loss
Review: Incredible animation aside (although that is amazing, as an illustration student, I was drooling) the movie is worth so much more than it made in theatres. The characters are well developed. The story has plenty of drama, romance, action, and humor to please any movie-goer. Star Wars fans ought to enjoy the excellent plot and innovative method of production, as well as the action and sci-fi elements.
I think perhaps many people chose not to see the movie because it was a game originally, and game movies have been notoriously bad in the past, but this is not the Case with Final Fantasy. The creators of final fantasy have created 10 video games with storylines and plots that are creative and believable. They have accomplished the same with the movie. It is sad to hear that Square pictures has closed its doors, because we will never get to see what they would do with another Final Fantasy movie.
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Summary: Impressive Animation....but thats it.
Review: The most impressive thing about this film is the quality in animation. Unfortunately, films that just have good look will fail. What I mean is... The story was too linear and predictable. When you watch the movie, you know whos evil, you know whos gonna die, and you know whos gonna fall in love. Bottom line: Its worth seeing once, but prepare for a bland experience from the so called "Masters of all things RPG"
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Summary: The DVD is definitely better than the film...
Review: I watched this film in the theatres and I left turning the plot over in my mind for days. I didn't understand it - I liked it and thought the technology was truly impressive, but I was left missing parts of the story. I just got the DVD and spent about 4 hours watching not only the movie but much of the included extra material. It was when I was watching the interviews with the production team that things fell into place for me. The problem was the production team was too close to the story to tell it properly based on just the film alone, and since I hadn't played the games, those pieces of information the game players were so accustomed to were missing to me. (if you're wondering, Aki has a love of the earth and unless you're *really* paying attention in the opening sequence, you'll miss it). Other than that, this disc is digital from end to end(at no point in production or editing was it ever converted to analog). Because of that, the video quality will just blow you away even if you don't have a digital tv to watch it on. Granted, I'm a computer guy and I've done some 3d graphics, so I'd probably find it interesting even if the plot was awful. On the other hand, this is one disc that can really show off the quality of the DVD format.
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Summary: More a Philosophy Film than Action
Review: Much like Japanese Anime, Final Fantasy: TSW suffers on the approach from how Japanese Filmamkers sometimes approaches material dealing with something of a Philosophical Nature. Usually, American Audiances aren't too accustomed to the plot, and so, they feel like the movie is confusing. This is edvident if you look at folks who watch Ghost in the Shell and Princess Mononoke who are either aren't "in the scence" or really don't have the basic grasp of understanding the concept of the films. FF deals with several occuring themes; The Brashness of the Military, Questioning Gaia Theories, and a few others I can't figure out right now. Don't really expect this film to be action, because while there are a few action shots, most of it goes into grossingly philosophical detail only a college might wanna dwell into. They do alot of questioning about Gaia and "her" existance. "If I take a gun and shoot, not only i'm making a hole, i'm hurting the Earth?" Perhaps. Who knows? That's the basis of Philosophical Debate. I rated the movie merely on the basis of philosophical and other reasons. While it's a first, don't really expect action or the like. As for the revolutionary tactics...FF
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Summary: Finally Fantastic
Review: Good story, good characters, and animation that has set the example for "state of the art". This is a movie, like The 5th Element, to be watched over and over again. You will see something new each time. It entertains, and that's what it's all about. Dr. Aki Ross will be the next super star. Is there some Bridget Fonda in Aki's appearance?
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Summary: Fleshless is Bloodless
Review: Who cares?
interesting technological advancement but WHY?
The end is no big surprise.
neither is the middle or the beginning for that matter.
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Summary: Strange. Not bad. But...
Review: But what?.. It's really hard to discuss or to describe this motion picture (or maybe it's just animation movie?). The story is to Japanese to say I like it. Strange future. Strange creatures. Strange heroes. Of course, it's the most realistic animation flick I've ever seen. But not enough to say "Yes. I don't see any difference in these by-comp-made-people and real people". Technology is on the great level now. But... not enough. And another strange thing is - why American people almost ignored this picture? The collapse of more-than-100.000.000$-budjet movie was unexpectable. And loud so far. ... "Final Fantasy" is too strange. So I can't say that I liked it a lot. Result: only 3 stars (but for different people it can be from 1 star to 5 stars).
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Summary: For the hardcore only
Review: Final Fantasy has always been about story and graphics. It is sad to see such a brilliant (and long in the making) effort fall short on the story. Unless you are a hardcore enthusiast, I'd recommend renting this title. The scenery is beautiful and matches toe to toe with Final Fantasy X's cut-scenes, but you're apt to be bored 20 minutes into the movie. The 2 disc DVD contains some great bonus material, such as, alternate opening sequence, making, and a way to edit scenes and paste them together. All things being equal, which is never the case, give this a spin from your video store...unless you are a die-hard...
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Summary: Pretty NICE
Review: I thought this was a great movie. When my friends and I heard that it was coming out we had to see it. After we had plyed the video game we figured it would be just as good. I bought the movie and watched it. I thought it was great. Although it could have been more in depth in the story line. Though the animation evened out the down. Great DVD worth every cent of money put into it.
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Summary: FF: Not too much of a bomb
Review: To start, this IS a good movie. But you have to be open-minded to appreciate the movie. The movie was not based on a particular title, but that keeps it more original than most other Game-based movies. And of course, it is the first film to successfully recreate humans through digital technology. As good as the movie was, the DVD made it better. This is a treat for DVD-Extra maniacs who love extra material. The menu animation is done successfully, especially the second DVD. The Extras DVD reminds me of the Final Fantasy game manuals, giving the same feel of detail and the way the information is set out. Well, despite the major critisism, I love this movie, and other people should give it a try, especially on DVD.
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