Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

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Alex M The problem this movie had was it had "Final Fantasy" in the name, and that came with a lot of expectations from fans of a certain game franchise, of which this had nothing to do with. When you subtract that one thing out, what you are left with is a very good science fiction movie, expertly crafted for it's year, and engaging in it's story too. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/18/24 Full Review James B i saw this film on hulu i had not seen it in a while. the plot has nothing to do with the games but the animation and voice acting is fantastic see this film for the visuals only. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/16/23 Full Review jason l Having recently played FF7 I was super excited to see this when it came out. Then I watched it. It is not FF. It is a decent sci-fi movie that could have had any title, but putting the Final Fantasy name on it created expectations. No mages, no magic, and no sword wielding hero. Square should never have agreed to this. If they had gone the way D&D went with its movie it would have been better. You say Final Fantasy and people expect Bahamut, Shiva, and Thundaga. So, if you go in with no expectations it's an ok sci-fi flick, but Final Fantasy it's not. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/23 Full Review Dinos K Boring plot and soulless CGI faces, some battle scenes was good and the voice acting took place by great actors Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/29/23 Full Review Red T Okay so the thing is there is technically nothing fundamentally wrong with this story. It's a pretty standard Sci-Fi movie plot in that regard. It's the execution that's where the issues show up. For starters the acting is just ok, it's that classic 2000's style acting for 80% of time of just talking in an unemotional unfunny way while explaining plot instead of explaining character. This movie has a nasty habit of explaining the world and plot rather than showing it. The voices are ok but given no character behind them. The cinematography is also a big letdown. Yes the CGI on its own is don't bad but nothing pops in this. It's all metallic dull grey and dark lighting. This could've almost been live action mainly because I don't see any reason this had to be CGI fully aside from marching the game series graphics. Nothing visually is memorable aside from a few cool scenes but that's it. Same with the music, FF is known for memorable soundtracks but this is just boring and forgettable the entire way. The editing is decent and pretty focused on the main girl the entire way but again it just is full of scenes that explain plot and not character. This leads to a passable pacing as this isn't that long. Honestly I can't really recommend this to anyone. It's so forgettable. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/09/23 Full Review Derek L Although Final Fantasy: the Spirits Within does boast its innovation within CG animation, the same cannot be applied to its bland plot and uninteresting characters. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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