Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Takeshi Nozue, Tetsuya Nomura
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Actor: Ayumi Ito, Keiji Fujiwara, Maaya Sakamoto, Shotaro Morikubo, Takahiro SakuraiDirector: Takeshi Nozue, Tetsuya Nomura
Brand: SAKURAI,TAKAHIRO
Editor: Keiichi Kojima
Producer: Shinji Hashimoto
Producer: Yoshinori Kitase
Writer: Kazushige Nojima
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-25
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: Advent Children Complete-ly awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children is first and foremost, an action movie. Many of the scenes are simply incredible, and they only look better in Blu-ray. However, if you haven't played the original game--Final Fantasy VII for PSX, or Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII for PSP--you will not understand any level of the story. I must say, the first time I watched this--before I got the game on PSN--I had no idea what was going on, I just knew it looked terrific. For you die hard FF7 fans, you SHOULD get this. It is the sequel to the original FF7 and is worth watching at least once to conjure up all of those good memories of playing FF7.
For all of you who haven't played the game, as I said earlier, you won't get what's happening. And, if you are one of these people, you probably should not buy it until after playing FF7, or Crisis Core.
In the end, I absolutely loved it, mostly because of the connections I had with the characters--specifically Cloud and Vincent. There are also some special features, but not nearly as many as they make it sound. If I remember correctly, there were around 5 special features, including the Final Fantasy XIII preview that gives some more insight into the upcoming game. So buy it if you love the characters and incredible action fliks, but get FF7 and crisis core first.
Summary of Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children (Two-Disc Special Edition)
FINAL FANTASY VII: Advent Children continues the game's storyline in this CG-animated film, featuring non-stop action and exciting visual effects. Two years have passed since the ruins of Midgar stand as a testament to the sacrifices made in order to bring peace. However, the world will soon face a new menace. A mysterious illness is spreading fast. Old enemies are astir. And Cloud (Burton), who walked away from the life of a hero to live in solitude, must step forward yet again...Backed by a full team of video game extraordinaires, the film was directed by Tetsuya Nomura and Takeshi Nozue, written by Kazushige Nojima and produced by Shinji Hashimoto and Yoshinori Kitase.
The question facing any viewer of the Japanese CG feature Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is: do you have to know the games on which it's based in order to understand the film? And the answer is: it certainly helps. But even complete novices (i.e., most parents) in the Final Fantasy world will find some entertainment in its wealth of fantasy-based action, and the animation never fails to astonish. Picking up two years after an epic battle between the forces of good (represented by brooding soldier Cloud) and evil (Cloud's former general, Sephiroth), FFVII opens in the devastated city of Midgard, whose youthful occupants suffer from a ghastly disease known as Geostigma. A trio of brothers arrives with what appears to be a cure for the plague, but their gesture conceals a more sinister purpose: to revive Sephiroth and bring about the end of the world. Cloud and his companions must once again rise to the occasion to stop the siblings and the revived Sephiroth from unleashing total destruction. Complex and self-referential to the point of occasional incomprehension, Final Fantasy VII will definitely be most appreciated by fans of the game series, but if others can look past the numbing dialogue and frenetic action (which is a bit too intense for very young children), the film offers a carefree and action-packed viewing experience. The two-disc set contains the original Japanese language version of the film as well as an English-dubbed edition (Rachel Leigh Cook and Christy Carlson Romano, among others, provide the vocal talent) and a version edited for the Venice Film Festival. A 30-minute featurette that recaps the Final Fantasy story up to VII, as well as a making-of documentary, deleted scenes, and promotions for future Final Fantasy VII games and products round out the extras. --Paul Gaita
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