What should I expect? (FF the movie)

[Jang]

So I have the option of borrowing FF spirts within from a friend of mine. But I have heard from many that the movie sucks so hard that the god of suck look down and says "That is my greatest creation!". And others have said that if you go into it with the right mindset, the movie will be a pleasant experience.
When I first start watching something I usually have to watch it to the end. It really has to suck if I am to leave the show halfway to the end, but I would still hate to have wasted 1h 40min, so I call upon you, great forumits, to aid me in this struggle.


Can the right mindset save it, or is the movie doomed to suck? If the former, what would be the right mindset? What should I expect from this movie?

 

[oliveira8]

Its okay...dont expect a good film cause its not.

 

[Nmil-ek]

It sucked so hard it sank the company that produced it, you decide.

 

[Zannthebored]

Expect ridiculous hair and swords the size of a large skyscraper

 

[Manyeyes]

It?s not a bad movie; it just doesn't capture the Final Fantasy sprit.

The only thing it has in common with the games is some names and concepts (Gaia theory)

 

[Darthlex]

Zann, you sure you're not refering to Advent Children now? And if so that movie is excellent .. But yes, the one you're talking about jang, is horribly bad and every copy of it should burn somewhere dark and evil for all eternity!

 

[opiwankenobi]

Not exactly a good movie, but there are worse out there. The story felt rushed and somehow incomplete.

 

[Sovvolf]

If the movie was under a diifferent name, then I would have been a decent movie, the voice acting was good, the annimation was brilliant, the plot wasnt that bad it just gets alittle confusing and they forget to explian a good few things, other then that though, I enjoyed it, it was better then FF VII advent children any way.

 

[sky14kemea]

i liked it...
true it had nothing to do with Final Fantasy whatsoever, but it was all right

 

[RH3INLAND.]

Not really a good movie at all, and for a movie that uses the Final Fantasy brand, it sure has absolutely nothing to do with any of the games. I'm pretty sure the right mindset won't save this one.

 

[slevin8989]

I thought it was horrible you're better off watching advent child

 

[Sir Ollie]

I thought it was horrible you're better off watching advent child

Even thats bad

 

[cathou]

it should have been a decent movie if it had been called : "the spirits within" but they put final fantsy in the title and it change the expectation of everyone.

if you want to see a final fantasy movie, watch children advent, if you have play FF7 of course...

 

[slevin8989]

I thought it was horrible you're better off watching advent child

Even thats bad

It's still a lot better than spirits within

 

[Sir Ollie]

I thought it was horrible you're better off watching advent child

Even thats bad

It's still a lot better than spirits within

Well thats true

 

[GloatingSwine]

I thought it was horrible you're better off watching advent child

Even thats bad

It's still a lot better than spirits within

I dunno. At least Spirits Within has a story. It's not told very well, but at least it's there.

Advent Children is 90 minutes of gratuitous fanservice with all the pacing of an overextended videogame cutscene. Which, for all intents and purposes, is what it is.

 

[ad3m1]

I agree with Gloating Swine.

With the right mindset- Spirit's Within is a great movie. Its deeper than a lot of people will give credit and thus requires you to think a little bit (OH DEAR LORD. ASKING THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO THINK!?! UNHEARD OF!)

Just go into it with an open mind. I believe the reason why most people thought it sucked was because they read FINAL FANTASY on the cover and were expecting Advent Children, AKA gratuitous fan service.

 

[slevin8989]

I thought it was horrible you're better off watching advent child

Even thats bad

It's still a lot better than spirits within

I dunno. At least Spirits Within has a story. It's not told very well, but at least it's there.

Advent Children is 90 minutes of gratuitous fanservice with all the pacing of an overextended videogame cutscene. Which, for all intents and purposes, is what it is.

But that's it advent child actually was just for the fans you wouldn't expect someone who's never played ff7 to understand it. While spirits within was supposed to be for the fans but followed none of the final fantasy stories