Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Under Rated movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great movie... If you dont buy it alteast rent the product at a video or online rental Movie Review: Eye Candy but bad story
Summary: 2 Stars
This review is a mix of the movie and its relationship (if any) to the game legacy of Squaresoft's Final Fantasy. Since the first playstation arrived in America it had been ruled by one title FINAL FANTASY! And thats all I ever did play, they were the best games that I ever played in my life with their deep characters, amazing stories, and even the ability to teach gamers to cry. They were the best games and sales of that title will represnt that. When I heard about the Movie Final Fantasy I was soo excited and was so amazed by the small clips and previews they were feeding us Final Fantasy junkies. When I saw the movie on the big screen all those dreams of a final fantasy legacy on screen were crushed. this movie does have the best CG graphics by far I will give credit to that but the story and any relation to the games must have had a leave of abscense. It just wasnt there, I am not saying it is a bad movie for those who really never played the games or are used to the awesome story lines that sqauresoft usually dished out, but for those of us who were, this movie just fell short. It tried having a story similar to FFVII (7) with the thought of a crater and the Gaia and the planet having a spirit, then with FFVIII (8) with the creatures coming from space (kinda). But there were no characters from the games there was no fantasy about the movie, yes its fiction but not fantasy. There was NO ONE WITH A SWORD!!! Cmon that is the heart of all FF games. I am a huge supporter of squaresoft I loved there games and i tried supporting this movie even tried defending it saying it kinda was like the movies, but that just cant happen. There really was no character devolpment like the game either. Usually its a rag tag band of people who become friends uncover the past and there character develops until all the characters come to together to have the same destiny. Again not there. The only character development was Capt. Grey sacrificing himself for about 30 seconds and that was that. It was cool they finally used earth but thats not fantasy, I mean it starts in old New York City, nothing Agaisnt new york but thats very far from Fantasy. In the long run If you are A FINAL Fantasy junkie and you want to really see a good Fantasy movie getting back in touch with its roots, go get Final Fantasy VII ADVENT CHILDREN! That is a true tribute to the Final Fantasy Game!! Sorry Squaresoft you missed the ball on this movie.Movie Review: Great visuals, lacking a good story
Summary: 3 Stars
The animation was a "technical breakthrough" but the story had NOTHING to do with Final Fantasy. For those that like the games, play the games or are interested in the story in the games, this movie is nothing like it. The film and animation was outstanding, but the story was lacking. There weren't even any chocobos! This is not a story similar to the Final Fantasy games.Movie Review: Final Fantasy: Fantastical Earth-centered Spirituality
Summary: 3 Stars
"Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" was (in)famous for its use of CGI "cartoons" to replace real live actors. At points, the characters look uncannily real, but in a sense "better than human." It was a critical and box office flop, yet it tells an interesting story. It also conveys a spirituality that's Buddhist and Earth-centered.
In "Final Fantasy",Phantoms from an asteroid are threatening Earthly life. Aki Ross (Ming-Na) must find eight earth-bound spirits to bring harmony and save the universe. She retrieves one from a plant,another from a dying girl (a slightly disturbing scene) She has visions sent to her from the Phantoms. With the help of her former lover, Capt. Edwards (Alec Baldwin),as well as her mentor, Dr. Sid, she goes on a vision quest. In the meantime, evil Gen. Hein wants to battle the Phantoms with the Zeus cannon, even if it destroys all humanity in the process. Aki constantly speaks of Gaia,the life-force. It's a fantasy film James Lovelock would enjoy. In the end, Aki realizes she carries the 8th spirit within her,and Edwards sacrifices himself as a channel so her life-force can go out. Her beloved dies, but the cosmos lives on.
"Final Fantasy" got unfairly bashed. It's not disposable bubblegum fantasy. There are some deep ideas,and it's worth exploring.
Movie Review: All grain is all pain.
Summary: 2 Stars
Back when The Spirits Within was released in 2001, the makers added fine artificial grain to give this CGI title a filmlike look. In my humble opinion that was a terrible choice at trying to make an otherwise beautiful CGI movie into something it is not.
When the title was released to DVD, the significant reduction in picture resolution virtually eliminated this artificial grain.
Blu-Ray does however offer a much better resolution than DVD and this also means it reproduces the grain, much to my annoyance.
I would have given this title two stars for story and two stars for visuals, but the grain makes it seems like a high resolution analog release, so I am going to leave out the visual stars.
Once again, I realise this is not a flaw in the transfer, but a flaw in the original cinematic production. But none the less, it shows.