Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
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I see a theme here. It had nothing to do with Final Fantasy? The first 15 or so Final Fantasy games had nothing to do with each other except for a common name, and after the first few some common threads like big chickens, guys named Cid, some technomagic, sometimes spell names, and being ludicrously long.
Don't think I didn't like the games, as far as JRPG's go they should be examples for all others of the type. Even in the case of the not so good ones they had excellent stories, tons of side quests, and loads of game play.
Don't think I didn't like the games, as far as JRPG's go they should be examples for all others of the type. Even in the case of the not so good ones they had excellent stories, tons of side quests, and loads of game play.
I don't recall my feelings on the film, I guess I'll have to watch it again with all this praise.
I saw it at the cinema when I was a really little kid. In the days of PS1, it seemed about as photorealistic as graphics could get. I didn't get the story, haven't seen it since, but I recall enjoying it.
It was ok, not enough to do with the actual FF concept and it tried a bit too hard to ride the series coattails. It followed in the wake of 7 ,8 and 9, so anything that followed that with a "Final Fantasy" tacked on will sell nicely.
But if you judge it by its own merits, its not bad. I paid to see it in theatres, if thats any indication of good. That was back at a time when I didn't like theatres and I was content to wait till VHS.
But if you judge it by its own merits, its not bad. I paid to see it in theatres, if thats any indication of good. That was back at a time when I didn't like theatres and I was content to wait till VHS.
It should have been called "The Spirits Within".
Final Fantasy it is not, however, I thoroughly enjoyed it!.
Trivia, in the 80's Square was gonna go bust so they made the last game what they always wanted to make, thinking that it would be the last chance they got, the game was so successful that it saved the company, that game was called Final Fantasy. Final because it was meant to be the last game they make, and fantasy because it was their fantasy to make the game.
Fast foward to 2001, and they spend so much money on Spirits within that Square almost go bust.
Final Fantasy it is not, however, I thoroughly enjoyed it!.
Trivia, in the 80's Square was gonna go bust so they made the last game what they always wanted to make, thinking that it would be the last chance they got, the game was so successful that it saved the company, that game was called Final Fantasy. Final because it was meant to be the last game they make, and fantasy because it was their fantasy to make the game.
Fast foward to 2001, and they spend so much money on Spirits within that Square almost go bust.
To be honest, I found the film very mediocore: the animation looked good but the plot was extremely cliched. I also didn't really like the characters and there almost was no connection with the game series. I expected more...
Wow. That movie sucked really bad. I say this due to the simple fact that I have owned that movie ever since it came out. The plot is terrible, the characters are shallow( and very typical Final Fantasy) The animations are good but the models show little to no emotion. The movie has some really good action parts that are totally killed by the cheap mellow dramatic romantic sections. The movie left me with an over whelming feeling of discontent, and most(not all) FF fan were extremely disappointed with the display. I think the movie was bad but a step in the right direction for FF movies.
I'm think a picture of a Chocobo appeared briefly at some point as a sort of Easter egg. Better go watch it again...vivaldiscool said:
On topic, I loved the movie when I first saw it, and I agree with most here that it becomes far more enjoyable if you forget the "Final Fantasy" part of the title. The 'chocobo' and Dr. Cid (Sid?) were the only parallels I saw.
