For someone who is unfamiliar with the Final Fantasy franchise, this movie is very, very confusing. In fact, they probably won't even know what's going on through the entire movie. Nevertheless, this movie has breathtaking animation, amazing, and I mean AMAZING action scenes, and really cool characters. To enjoy more fully, watch it in Japanese with subtitles, because the English voice overs are nothing less than cheesy. Absolutely worth watching, even more than once!
I loved everything about this movie. A great continuation of Final Fantasy VII. The action and animation are spectacular. Even if you're unfamiliar with Final Fantasy, see this for it's breathtaking animation.
''The last thoughts of Geostigma's death...those remnants will join the lifestream and girdle the planet; choking it; corroding it. What I want, Cloud, is to sail the cosmos with this planet as my vessel. Just as Mother did long ago. then one day we'll find a new planet and on it's soil we'll create a shining future.''
An ex-mercenary is forced out of isolation when three mysterious men kidnap and brainwash the city's children afflicted with the Geostigma disease.
Takahiro Sakurai: Cloud Strife
Ayumi Ito: Tifa Lockhart
Advent Children is the worst adaptation of all of my fave game FF VII, granted the animation is beautiful but it's like looking at a jumbled sequence of numbers that have no meaning in their randomness.
I must admit it started quite promising before sinking in there's that absence of emotion yet again as with the other FF film. Advent Children tells of events after what happens in the game FF VII. It's disappointing that they couldn't have just made a film of the game not one thats a follow up to it.
Granted Tifa i used to fancy like hell despite the fact she wasn't real, Aeris and the whole love triangle with Cloud always made me light and warm. Sephiroth is still one of the best villains I've seen in a game and the last boss battle with him in with it's choir like singing blows me away as does the weapon he dons in human form, captivating!
It's a shame because FF VII was one of the most emotionally ground breaking games of all time that changed and absorbed a year of my life. A whole world, each game so detailed and to convert that into a film may be impossible.
a great movie for the greatest RPG in hisotry, game made in 97 and still owns, i still play it hehehe i strongly recomend this movie (watch the reminisence thing to know the fulls tory and you.ll love the game)
The only video game movie that's ever been great and has everything to do with the game. Why is that? Because it was created by the company who created the games. Other video game companies should take note from this!
Final fantasy 7 was the only game i played out of the series so it was good to see a movie made from it. Pretty amazing animation and a hell of a lot better then that spirits within shit.
With absolutely breathtaking fight scenes, and a great score by Nobuo Uematsa, its disjointed storyline can be forgiven (which is a consequence of it being the sequel of Final Fantasy FF VII, viewers are expected to already know the characters).
SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE it! Just like a video game! So much battle and action but with some other great scenes, too! GO VINCENT VALENTINE!!! MWAHAHA! I LOVE VINCENT!!!!! ^_^
Absolutley brilliant on all fronts. A great story that picks up where the game left off is told with truly beautiful CGI that puts most of its contemporaries to shame.
All the main cast and even a lot of the secondary characters from the game are here, reinvisioned in stunning 3-D animation.
Even if you've never played the game, I'd recommend you see it, as it is a great film in its own right, as well as a worthy sequel to a revered RPG classic.
Cool. Really cool. Hot characters! Fun, good action, good music. I liked it a lot and ive never even played the games. So I was able to understand most of it. Just certain bits I didnt understand since I havent played the games.
The way they made this movie was awesome. The effects made it look too good, the fight scenes looked more realistic than on a regular movie, and it even had some humor in it too. This is a movie I would definitly recommend
Brilliant & realistic CG effects used for making the movie! Genre: Romance, Action, Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. A great FF7 game sequel made specially for the fans!
Advent Children in comparison is the long-awaited sequel to Final Fantasy 7. The action is there the excitement and the continuation of the story is what fans want. The visuals are fantastic! So you won't be disappointed when you watch this incredible sequel.
Not much of a plot to speak of in this film sequel of a video game sequel, but that's not why I like it. The animators outdid themselves on this visual stunner, not only in terms of sheer beauty, but also in terms of choreography and "cinematography" that would be impossible to accomplish in the real world (i.e. "Physics? What's Physics?"). The only thing more beautiful than the animation? That would be the music, which both Final Fantasy fans and fans of fantastic film scores can appreciate. When I need my action packed eye-candy fix, I just pop this in the DVD player, set the sound to the Japanese language track, turn off the English subtitles*, and immerse myself into its aesthetic beauty.
*Note: I don't speak a single word of Japanese, and I understand even less of it. The dialouge and English dub are both so annoying that reading/hearing it would detract both from my enjoyment of the movie and an entire star and a half from my original rating.
Not many pure and full CGI films out there since Spirits Within and now that this movie has released this is by far my most favorite movie of all time!
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