Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within

Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within

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Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Ming-Na, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames

Earth is a desolate wasteland in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Humanity has been decimated by an invasion of Phantoms, insubstantial aliens that extract and devour the spirits of living things. T...( read more  read more... )he few remaining humans have retreated to a handful of cities that are protected by massive bio-energy shields. The beautiful Dr. Aki Ross (voiced by Ming-Na) and her mentor Dr. Sid (Donald Sutherland) have discovered that the energy signatures of eight key Earth spirits can cancel out and destroy the Phantoms. With the help of Captain Edwards (Alec Baldwin) and his band of marines, they must scour the globe for the last two remaining spirits before General Hein (James Woods) manipulates the refugee government into attacking the aliens with an orbital laser that may also destroy the Earth.

Hironobu Sakaguchi's film is taken from the popular Final Fantasy video game franchise, which is particularly well suited to film adaptation with its series of original stories, but the movie features entirely new characters and settings. And like Toy Story and Shrek, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is completely computer generated. Unlike those cartoon comedies, though, The Spirits Within is a serious science fiction drama with astonishingly human digital actors. Aki, the female lead, appeared in a full-page spread in Maxim magazine's Hot 100 list--and was indistinguishable from the real-life models. The setting and conflict make for incredible action, but it's the larger issues, character interaction, and human elements that really make the movie shine. The Spirits Within is not simply a science fiction movie, in the same way that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is not simply a kung fu flick. The result is a fantastic summer movie with better action and more emotion than Pearl Harbor, and actors more lifelike than those in that other video game movie, Tomb Raider. --Mike Fehlauer

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  • September 18, 2009
    Great CG (though the movement of people looks a little marionette like), and a decent story that ultimately descents into a Shinto take on Gaia philosophy.
  • July 6, 2008
    Cool, you can make almost photo-realistic computer animated characters. Now try to invest that time in a better script. And by script i don't mean the Aliens fanfic someone wrote on weekends.
  • May 3, 2008
    ''Through their experiences on Earth, each spirit matures and grows. When the physical body dies, the mature spirit, enriched by its life on Earth, returns to Gaia, bringing with it the experiences, enabling Gaia to live and grow.''


    A female scientist makes a last stand ...( read more)on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms.

    Ming-Na: Dr. Aki Ross (voice)

    Alec Baldwin: Capt. Gray Edwards


    Spirits is nothing like the game and it makes me sad, very sad...

    Slightly lacking in emotion and a little soulless.

    Beautifully animated though and that's whats frustrating about it because it hasn't got the plot and heart to go with it, it's like watching a perfected Robot do a humans job.

    Earth is a desolate wasteland in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within... Humanity has been decimated by an invasion of Phantoms, insubstantial aliens that extract and devour the spirits of living things.

    The same problem i had with some of Animatrix and I think sometimes Japanese don't have humour or emotion enough in some of their anima stuff.

    FF:Spirits is a disappointment having been a fan of the games forever.
  • February 9, 2008
    Visual triumph/landmark.
  • December 31, 2007
    horrible film, maybe i was expecting too much from it. but the special effects were nice.
  • December 28, 2009
    Wow! Look at these graphics, it's got better resolution than real life! Oh, but it's a Final Fantasy movie, and they forgot to make a good story out of it. Oops.
  • December 24, 2009
    was good, no 2 is so much better.
  • December 20, 2009
    The year is 2065 and Earth is under siege. A meteor has crashed onto the planet, unleashing millions of alien creatures which roam the Earth. Decimating field and city alike, these predators are threatening to extinguish all life on the planet. The survivors of the initial onslau...( read more)ght have retreated to barrier cities built to protect the inhabitants of Earth from the marauding invaders. But the few cities around the globe are in decline and time is running out. Yet the sprit of humankind is resilient and embodied in the brilliant and beautiful Dr. Aki Ross. Determined and capable, Aki strives as Earth's last hope against extinction. With the guidance of her scientific mentor, Dr. Sid, and the aid of the Deep Eyes military squadron led by the courageous Captain Gray Edwards, Aki races to save both the Earth and herself. But her quest is jeopardized by the militant opposition of General Hein, who plots to unleash a massive space cannon that will annihilate the aliens and possibly the Earth.
  • December 19, 2009
    A brilliant CGI animation movie.
  • December 13, 2009
    Stunning, You forget that this movie is animated.

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