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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children tv Review

Two years after the defeat of Sephiroth by Cloud and his gang, a new danger reappears. This danger is Kadaj. He and his two brothers are out to get the cells of Jenova in order to bring back Sephiroth. Cloud, in order to stop it, must pick up the sword once again and join in the fight. With the help of the Turks and the former President of ShinRa, and his fellow friends, Cloud must prevent this danger and save Midgar and the world once again.

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Story & Characters

I dont think I have disliked the story of any of the FF games I played so far. The first movie though (The Spirits Within) and the anime (FF : Unlimited) had quite lame and boring stories, nothing that really got a grip of me and made me interested in the characters fates.

So when I heard that there was going to be a movie based on my favourite game, FF VII, i got both excited and worried ; what if they screwed this one up too?
Well, I can now say that the worry I had was a complete waste. The story in FF VII : Advent Children is, as in the original game, just marvellous. I really got hooked at instant and not a second of the film was boring or uninteresting. Not one happening or one single piece of dialogue felt unnecessary or a waste of time, which is a really good sign.
The only thing I can think of complaining at was that the movie was too short, they could have made it MUCH longer, or maybe done it as a series instead, because there is so many things more that they could have brought up and showed to the viewer.

But, now the situation is at it is, and nothing can be done about it. The story that is in the movie is as I mentioned above, amazing, and I cant say that I am the least disappointed.

Rating: 9

Art

I saw some trailers/teasers for the movie and I was simply stunned by the graphics that they presented, I can easily say that they were the most beautiful things IÂ´ve ever witnessed.

But, I got a little anxious about the artists not being able to keep this amazing graphics throughout the entire movie, that some things would be half-done. But how I was wrong. Every second of the movie is beautiful in the tiniest detail (at least my eyes thought so) and every character, monster, building, well EVERYTHING is like a dream. This is as good as it gets without looking 100% realistic I think. Some things that I was particullary amazed about was all the characters hair, just amazing. Also the monster that they face in the town is stunningly well-done.

Rating: 10

Sound

As always when it comes to FF, the music is just amazing. I am a sucker for majestic movie soundtracks, so the fact that I like this one too is quite understandable. I recognize some of it from the FF VII game, which is great, since I loved the soundtrack of that game. The ending theme is the one I love the most, it is absolutely one of the most beautiful themes I have ever heard to a game/movie.

The voices of the characters were well-chosen as well I think, nothing to complain about. If there will be any dubs on it, I wont watch that, since I think that subs is about 100000000 times better than dubs.

Rating: 9

Presentation

You should by now be able to tell that I am satisfied with the movie. I was anxious that I would once again be disappointed (as I was by The Spirits Within) but I was not, not at all actually.

The movie began very beautifully with Red XIII running, and soon I was dragged into the story and taken on one hell-of-a-ride for approximately 1,5 hours. The movie both had serious moments (flashbacks of Aeris etc.) and humorous moments (Reno anyone?), which I think is great, since it brings the essence of FF to the moviescreen. The Spirits Within was not a very humour-filled movie and was, well how shall I say it, a plague to watch with the lame story and boring characters.

As I mentioned before, the entire movie is a joy for both eyes, ears and mind to watch, and from time to time I got that special nostalgic feelign which reminded me just of how great FF VII and the world in it is.
People that havent played FF VII at all should do that first, before watching this movie, or else it can be quite difficult to understand with all the flashbacks and so.

Well, lets get to the final point. FF VII : Advent Children is without doubt the greatest animated movie I have ever seen, and probably ever will se too. It is also one of my favourite movies ever. I simply love it, and I will see it many, many times more.

Rating: 9

Final Verdict

9.1667 (very good)

Reviewed by ondskapt, Oct 10, 2005

Comments

Pelle Oct 10, 2005

very good rewiev.. :)
white-zero Oct 10, 2005

Eww...another biased AC review... >_>
Zero-Wing Oct 10, 2005

I would have rated the story lower at like 7 perhaps, mainly beacuse I didn't get a chance to play FF7, and the fact that many characters didn't have much development. But I still loved watching the movie, overall decent review.
xRedPhoenix Oct 10, 2005

I didn't play the game either, but I feel that if they had developed the characters any further, I'd be spinning in confusion. Further developing already developed characters? Then people would complain at the slightest out-of-character moments....
Volcanman Oct 10, 2005

which is why you play the game or else you won't get it at all.

I freakin' loved it, and I can't wait to see what else comes out!
eclipse88 Oct 11, 2005

this movie was one of my top 10 films. i loved everyrhing about:details,characters,story and best of all the fight scenes. i can't wait for the sequal of this movie. :D :D :D
Draconis112 Oct 11, 2005

This movie was awesome I loved the way they did Sephiroth and the fight scenes and music were beautiful
Zeliard Oct 11, 2005

Quote by Zero-WingI would have rated the story lower at like 7 perhaps, mainly beacuse I didn't get a chance to play FF7, and the fact that many characters didn't have much development. But I still loved watching the movie, overall decent review.

I don't think it's possible to give much of a character development when they are already developed back in 1997 in a span of an average 60 hours. This is supposed to be a direct sequal, and I'm sure it is quite self explainatory that prior knowledge of FF7 is needed to bring the movie to a higher level.
nolove Oct 11, 2005

oh wow, I've just wacthed it yesterday, how kool, how excellent ><, love Cloud so much ^^, more than any FFanime I've seen
Regenbogen Oct 11, 2005

I am a Final Fantasy fan... but I wonder how anyone can rate the story of final fantasy advent children with 9/10... what is the story? there is a little piece of a "story" at the beginning, another little piece at the end. And the rest is just fighting. I agree the art is amazing, but the story is rather disappointing. It is not a movie filled with that special spirit that was discovered with Final Fantasy 7, the game... Most of the characters just "jumped" in in the fight scene... no conversation what so ever... just jumping and running and throwing and beating... in such a speed that my eyes could hardly follow.
But yes, it's amazing what they can do... the animation... wow....!!! But the story?... I don't really see a real story in there... sorry... -_-
zen8192 Oct 12, 2005

Quote by white-zeroEww...another biased AC review... >_>
Yep I have to agree with you on that one... Why you ask? Well...

Quote by RegenbogenI am a Final Fantasy fan... but I wonder how anyone can rate the story
of final fantasy advent children with 9/10... what is the story? there
is a little piece of a "story" at the beginning, another little piece
at the end. And the rest is just fighting. I agree the art is amazing,
but the story is rather disappointing. It is not a movie filled with
that special spirit that was discovered with Final Fantasy 7, the
game... Most of the characters just "jumped" in in the fight scene...
no conversation what so ever... just jumping and running and throwing
and beating... in such a speed that my eyes could hardly follow. But
yes, it's amazing what they can do... the animation... wow....!!! But
the story?... I don't really see a real story in there... sorry... -_-

She almost said it all... I'll give both art and music high points but it greatly lacks Story and Presentaion! Didn't you ever consider that people who haven't played the game don't know anything about the story... It would be good if there were flashbacks of what happened before the movie. Especially when Aeris comes out all of a sudden. Some people don't know who she is or what happened to her, but she keeps on popping out all throughout the movie... Nobody who played the game actually knows she died! Anyways FF7 - AC gets high on Animation and Music but lacks a decent presentation of Plot and Story.

P.S. - Some people were even confused on why silver-hair boy turned to Sephiroth all of a sudden by using Jenova's head...
mahkohime Oct 18, 2005

I think there is story, but it is subtle. 90% of the story/closure story is seen and felt, not heard. One must observe things very closely in the movie, as actions are louder than words. This review is nice, and doesn't contain many spoilers, which puts it above many that I have read.
Jalopie Oct 25, 2005

Yea there is a story that is extremly similar to the one in the game so a lot of it was explaned in the game so you kinda have to pick it back up during the movie to fully understand it, and if you havn't played the game you are kind of just screwed and have to watch it for the kickass fights!
Vandel Oct 28, 2005

I watched this movie too, its awesome-especially the animation!SUGOI! and lovely review!
Zitoh Oct 28, 2005

An awesome movie that finally did FF right on film. The action scenes and the soundtrack were amazing...
xhidst Oct 28, 2005

I think the reason why the story lacked so much good rating is because the people wanted more of the story. Not only on the action. But if there was more of the story, I really think it would be very boring for those who'd watch the movie but haven't played the game yet..since they're not going to be able to follow of anything.

But I think Square has so far assumed most of its audience for this movie have already played the game, and they were making sure both ends balance on the scale. I didn't mean there was more action.. well.. there's story in the battle scenes too. They just made sure it won't be boring for both gamers and non-gamers.
Elvoc Nov 02, 2005

Personally i loved it
feiness Nov 05, 2005

the animation is absolutely fantasic, but the storyline..... hard to get a hold of....
ergthjkh Nov 11, 2005

too sad that FF7:AC's story is kinda weird and the graphics are so well-done. its nice to look at but honestly, i think the creators just didnt have enough time to figure out a real story and ending.
taking into consideration that it takes a long long time to get a movie like this to look this cool i would give FF7:AC an 8.5

but thats just my opinion
Alastourblaque Nov 15, 2005

Wow... It was really great. The action was good, the camera views made it seem that they were doing things that they weren't supposed to do, but what do you expect? It's FINAL FANTASY!

And Bahamut changed over the years... :(, but he/she was still pwnsome :)
bobobob Nov 17, 2005

Quote by zen8192
Quote by white-zeroEww...another biased AC review... >_>
Yep I have to agree with you on that one... Why you ask? Well...

Quote by RegenbogenI am a Final Fantasy fan... but I wonder how anyone can rate the story
of final fantasy advent children with 9/10... what is the story? there
is a little piece of a "story" at the beginning, another little piece
at the end. And the rest is just fighting. I agree the art is amazing,
but the story is rather disappointing. It is not a movie filled with
that special spirit that was discovered with Final Fantasy 7, the
game... Most of the characters just "jumped" in in the fight scene...
no conversation what so ever... just jumping and running and throwing
and beating... in such a speed that my eyes could hardly follow. But
yes, it's amazing what they can do... the animation... wow....! But
the story?... I don't really see a real story in there... sorry... -_-

She almost said it all... I'll give both art and music high points but it greatly lacks Story and Presentaion! Didn't you ever consider that people who haven't played the game don't know anything about the story... It would be good if there were flashbacks of what happened before the movie. Especially when Aeris comes out all of a sudden. Some people don't know who she is or what happened to her, but she keeps on popping out all throughout the movie... Nobody who played the game actually knows she died! Anyways FF7 - AC gets high on Animation and Music but lacks a decent presentation of Plot and Story.

P.S. - Some people were even confused on why silver-hair boy turned to Sephiroth all of a sudden by using Jenova's head...

The whole point of the movie wasnt to inform you about what was the story and what happend through out the game, It was supposed to be a sequal! a f**king SEQUAL! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY THE GAME! They wanted this to be a direct Sequal, not a review about what happend in the game! so quite whinning, jeez.
I know what you all should do, GO GET THE FRIGGIN GAME! Dont whine anymore.

BUt i loved this movie! it was good and they ddint mess it up at all. The story in this was a direct link to the game so I thought that was good! 10/10
Dream24 Nov 25, 2005

I just love this movie! I just knew the basic plot of FFVII the game, so I had like no clue what was going on in Advent Children in the beginning. But as I continued to watch the movie, I was drawn into the story, graphics and action that I soon forgot what I didn't know before hand. It's too bad they cut out some parts of the movie that was in the trailer. The graphics were very well done and appeared very realistic.
toru07 Nov 26, 2005

Quote by bobobob
The whole point of the movie wasnt to inform you about what was the story and what happend through out the game, It was supposed to be a sequal! a f**king SEQUAL! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY THE GAME! They wanted this to be a direct Sequal, not a review about what happend in the game! so quite whinning, jeez.
I know what you all should do, GO GET THE FRIGGIN GAME! Dont whine anymore.

BUt i loved this movie! it was good and they ddint mess it up at all. The story in this was a direct link to the game so I thought that was good! 10/10

I totally agree with bobobob........ If you want some "FRIGGIN" ;) story and character develpoment! Play the GAME! As simple as that. :hmpf:
This movie ROCKS!
kingmakoto718 Dec 01, 2005

omg, i must have seen this movie like 17 times. i love the fight scenes. i mean u dont get to see sword/gun/fist/motorcycle fights very often now do u? yet thats the highlights of the movie!. well, the fight in that glowing forest was the best over all fight in the movie, they were all awsome fights....the story was'nt bad either.

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