Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
PG-13 | 02 July 2001 (USA)
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Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.

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Matrixston

Wow! Such a good movie.

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Wordiezett

So much average

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VeteranLight

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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Salubfoto

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

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voltronluis

I Agree is a very good movie.It is a movie that shows us different feelings through science fiction shows us an invaded world where the human species is in danger of extinction but in the end who is destroying the world are human beings that is why the planet defends itself from its depressants showing us some extraterrestrial beings where the whole plot is generated.Excellent for that moment and continues to surpass today many films of its kind.

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kkinne

This film was made at least five years too early. Which was sad, since it had a fairly good storyline. However, the level of CGI technology in 2001 was simply not up to the point where the animators could have been able to avoid the "uncanny valley" phenomenon which ultimately doomed the movie at the box office. That, and the staggeringly high production budget of over $137,000,000. The biggest problem that I had with the animation was that the characters simply were unable to emote convincingly, and their eyes, especially, looked dead and quite creepy.The story, which had NOTHING to do with the popular Final Fantasy game line, deals with Earth being devastated by the alien ghosts which arrived upon the debris left over from the destruction of their home world. The story is dark and excessively depressing, which puts it at odds with the Final Fantasy games, whose often-dark plots are balanced out with a hopeful undertone. Also, many plot threads are simply abandoned, such as the social conflicts brought about by the lead character's "religious" beliefs. Also, many might be disappointed by the fact that a much-promised nude scene of the heroine, Aki Ross, was apparently taken out at the last minute and replaced with a simple shot of water going down a shower drain. Kind of prophetic for the overall movie...More tragic than the storyline of this movie was the fact that the box office loss was so massive that it resulted in the closure of the Squaresoft movie division. Even more sad was that several years later, the crew was briefly reassembled to create a sequence for The Animatrix. Oh, what could have been...

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Kalle_it

Just like the title hinted, Final Fantasy would have been better had it been a video game...Computer Graphics at its peak, sure. But the plot?A far-fetched blend of sci-fi and new-age clichés... a bit too dry for something that relies on visual polish only. Real-life acting can somewhat salvage a mediocre plot, but CGI surely can't, no matter how hard voice-actors try.Just imagine playing a visually impressive video game saddled with an average plot and with 90mins of unskippable intro... That's Final Fantasy for you.

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Samiam3

To start off, I'd like to give a brief summary of the history of cgi. 2-D raster graphics in Westworld, wire frame graphics in Star Wars, the light cycle sequence in Tron, the stained glass knight in Young Sherlock Holmes, the first CG liquid effects in The Abyss and T2, Jurassic Park, Titanic, and now Final Fantasy. It is unfortunate for the movie that this form of animation has been vastly improved since, as can be seen in Robert Zemekis' latest films, The Polar Express and Beowulf. Final Fantasy remains competent in CG, but an equally accomplished plot is needed to make it a competent sci-fi, and although there are a couple of nifty ideas, the screenplay does not stretch things out enough. As a result, Final Fantasy feels too small in both scale and running length to shock and awe. Perhaps it is the kind of thing that would work better in theaters, but that doesn't feel like a good excuse for mediocrity. The best filmaking can engage a viewer even if watched on an iPod screen.Set in the distant future, man lives in space and Earth is an abandoned wasteland (thats new... ha ha). We follow a young ambitious doctor in her journey to find the answer to a crisis. Man is at war with a race of strange alien spirits, 'phantoms'. Who are they and what do they want? In her quest she is joined by others including an old lover (sort of).I think I may have simplified the plot a bit, but this gives you a general idea of what to expect. If done well, the story of Final Fantasy could be adventurous, intelligent and perhaps even emotional, and it is not. Though there is plenty of action, a lot of it feels dull and intertwining these scenes is a large amount of silly dialog, in which the subject matter is too much of science and not enough story. Last time I saw that happen was in Battlefield Earth with John Travolta's lines. The ending feels anti-climactic and with a somewhat silly plot twist. Final Fantasy is not a terrible film but to recommend it is a stretch. Whether or not the animation will be enough to captivate you or not is hard to say. Whether or not you'll find the story weak and unengaging, or adventurous and inventive is also hard to say. What I can say is that there are far better entries in both sci-fi and animation, If you really want a good film, try the Ghost in the Shell, not this.

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