Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

[愛]

So I'm incredibly bored, laying in the dark, and watching this movie. I figured I'd start a thread about this in the video games section since most of the people in TV/Movies are all opinionated *COUGHZARIUSCOUGH* and wouldn't have a decent discussion about the movie.

Now I know that most Final Fantasy fans hated this movie. And they had a right to hate it, because this movie wasn't very Final Fantasy at all. There was no comparative trait to the games that many people enjoy. However, I also feel that this was a pretty solid movie, despite the Final Fantasy title slapped onto it.

The story was pretty solid. Aliens coming from another planet in the form of ghosts, and terrorizing the planet. There was an okay love story in it. Not great, but okay. The characters (actors) were also quite good at each of their characters' personalities. I also liked that they had a few Final Fantasy references in it, such as Cid and the Lifestream. I was pretty satisfied with the story.

I was a fan of the action sequences in the movie. Since it was computer animated, they were able to do a lot with it, even though they tried to make it as human as possible. It was cool with what they did with the futuristic city and the army's weapons; the plasma and junk. Pretty solid stuff. Advent Children did a better job with the action sequences, though.

Overall, I thought the movie was pretty good. As a Final Fantasy movie, it was God awful. What's everyone else's opinion on this movie? Feel free to bash. I don't really care.

[Ava Collier]

It was beautiful to look at...
However it was so boring I couldn't tell you what it was about. I fell asleep all three times I tried to watch it...and I'm an insomniac.

[Dr. Doom]

I saw it the one time in the theatre and don't really remember very much of it.

[KROW]

Originally Posted by Ai

So I'm incredibly bored, laying in the dark, and watching this movie. I figured I'd start a thread about this in the video games section since most of the people in TV/Movies are all opinionated *COUGHZARIUSCOUGH* and wouldn't have a decent discussion about the movie.

Now I know that most Final Fantasy fans hated this movie. And they had a right to hate it, because this movie wasn't very Final Fantasy at all. There was no comparative trait to the games that many people enjoy. However, I also feel that this was a pretty solid movie, despite the Final Fantasy title slapped onto it.

The story was pretty solid. Aliens coming from another planet in the form of ghosts, and terrorizing the planet. There was an okay love story in it. Not great, but okay. The characters (actors) were also quite good at each of their characters' personalities. I also liked that they had a few Final Fantasy references in it, such as Cid and the Lifestream. I was pretty satisfied with the story.

I was a fan of the action sequences in the movie. Since it was computer animated, they were able to do a lot with it, even though they tried to make it as human as possible. It was cool with what they did with the futuristic city and the army's weapons; the plasma and junk. Pretty solid stuff. Advent Children did a better job with the action sequences, though.

I pretty much echo all these sentiments. It was good as a CGI Sci-Fi film, but not with the title "Final Fantasy" attached to it. It was great to look at, had a well-built plot, good voice-acting, cool battle scenes, and decent music. On its own, it stands alone fine, but tied with the famous RPG franchise, it fails to connect.