Final Fantasy

I had such high expectations for this movie, and it failed miserably. It was an okay movie I guess, but it just didn't live up to my expectations.

Now after watching The Advent Children twice, the storyline isn't as shallow as majority has criticized it to be in my opinion. If you haven't played FFVII or disliked it for whatever reason, this movie is most likely not for you. Being familiar to the original story is a prerequisite to understanding AC fully, otherwise you will just see the greatest CG animation in your life so far.

Without actually spoiling the storyline, I must admit that after seeing AC we have been putting pieces together with my friends relying on our knowledge of FFVII. Seeing it second time allowed to actually pay attention to the story more and most of the questions we may have had were answered. Some were not. AC is clearly for FFVII players/fans and doesn't honestly try to be anything else. There is little to none realism in it outside FFVII world which serves the purpose. Music is mostly reconstructed FFVII themes with a heavier touch (TBM team according to end credits) and works well with the eye candy without exceptions. I found the music enhancing the experience added to the visual fireworks in all situations.

We all know you can't put a FFVII in 1.5 hours and keeping that in mind the storyline actually offered more to me than I expected. There are two issues at hand in FFVII : AC and both stories were wrapped up very smoothly between the action sequences. And trust me when I say there's a lot of it. Action that is.

I'm changing my vote from 9 to 10 after watching it the second time because I had missed a few explanatory sequences I couldn't put together the first time that provided some answers. As a warning, it's going to be easy to disregard the story and concentrate on graphics, but try not to judge the Adevent Children because of that. If you don't let the story in, it's no wonder it seems sloppy.

I'm not going to praise the graphics because I assume we all know they are awesome, which might be an understatement. Especially characters talk so much more with their facial expressions than ever before. I hope you pay attention to the storyline for it actually makes sense and works well with the whole. Get ready for the ride of your life, there are no breaks.

Wow this is an amazing story, and very well animated.

I NEED to see this, anybody know where I can get a copy?

This is basically just the game, but in a movie format.

For the FFX game fans this is really a dream come true. Every time you wanna enjoy the great storyline of Final Fantasy X can put on this 400 min long Manga. I'm also a big fan and i really enjoyed watching the movie over and over again. It follows exact the same storyline as the game. The atmosphere is great, you really get to know the characters and that's good for your involvement in the movie. You shouldn't expect a manga like "Spirited Away", "Ghost in the Shell" or "Grave of the Fireflies" cause the critical viewers will not be satisfied. This DVD is just released for the fans who enjoyed the game so much, The DVD is released by Square Enix, the mastermind behind FFX. A Great movie. This is not a promotional disc with trailers and all that sort of things, this is a real Japanese manga movie. This DVD is hard to track down but once you have it, it's really worth it!!

I want to see it!

Need to see this one too!