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Release Date: 23 October, 2001 Retail Price: $29.95 OUR Price: $26.99 You SAVE: $2.96! Cast: Complete Cast (17 total) |
Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (Special Edition) Reviews
Misunderstood? A huge mistake?
One thing that I rarely find with a game from Square is a bad story. Sure Final Fantasy VIII had its detractors but the story was quite intriguing and under that terrible translation was a really interesting story in Final Fantasy Tactics. But these and others took a long time to develop, little nuances and development over the course of a good 30-40 hours. Well Spirits Within clocks in at around an hour 40 and while the story is kind of interesting, there was a lot of missed opportunities here.
It's 2065 and mankind is nearing extinction. A meteor crashed on Earth, bringing with it strange creatures named Phantoms. Scientist Aki Ross and her mentor Dr. Sid try to collect 8 special spirit waves which will actually defeat the phantoms. However, there is some problems as a General Hein is hellbent on destroying the Phantoms, even if it means the planet in the process.
Another thing you'll always find in Square games is their knack for sweet FMV's or cutscenes. Ever since Final Fantasy VII introduced them to the series, they've gotten better and better at making really amazing scenes come to life(such as Galbadia vs Balamb Garden in VIII, the Black Waltz chase in IX, practically any FMV in X). The animation here is quite stellar, and although I noticed some faults, such as some odd looking artifacting on Hein's coat, this is quite something. It's not entirely perfect as character expressions still look kind of robotic and characters look kinda creepy, especially the eyes.
How's the rest of the film? It's kind of meh. While the story has a good premise, it's marred by bad dialogue and a certain detached feeling. I never really cared about the people's spirits getting munched, I was just like "wow, that looks cool!". And I can't count how many versions of "let's get out of here" I found, then there's the "city is lost" line and countless others. Now maybe it's just my background in anime and games but the story isn't confusing and convoluted, in fact I could understand it perfectly so all that talk about it is really people who probably prefer Armageddon-type plots. Oh wait, that didn't have one either.
This is clearly a 50/50 film where half of you will love it and find it underrated, others will find the poor box office was a reflection on the movie. Whatever the case, it at least warrants a watch, just a more open minded one.
Totally unappreciated movie.
This movie was awesome. I really, really don't care what anyone says, this movie was cinematic gold. The only problem people had with it was that it 'wasn't Final Fantasy.' While I do agree that it shouldn't have been called a Final Fantasy movie, it was amazing either way. I saw it back in theaters when it first came out, and back then I had the 'Final Fantasy fan!' mentality so I didn't really dig it, but I went back and watched it again just recently and can't believe I even had a time where I didn't really like it. I should slap myself. This movie is amazing. End of story.
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