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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 4, 2002
Pros: Technically superb; stunning visual effects; voice acting
Cons: Lacks suspense, style, artistry. Cliched, predictable story. No plot twists.
Summary: Don't watch Final Fantasy to see a landmark sci-fi movie.
DO watch it to see a decent sci-fi movie with *mind blowing* visual effects!
Final Fantasy is a triumph of computer animation. Quite simply: you've NEVER seen animation ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 18, 2002
Pros: The visuals are the key here.
Cons: Low score for storyline, dialogue and interesting characters.
Summary: First things first: This sci-fi thriller, inspired by the bestselling video game series, does not have a high score in terms of plotting, characterization or dialogue, telling a derivative and often murky story about a scientist babe (voiced by Mulan's ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 15, 2002
Pros: Looks pretty, good voices
Cons: Plot for simpletons, lack of face animation, late release
Summary: Geez, what a disappointment!
They take years and millions of dollars to produce this major motion picture and the result is a flat, boring, flick, that is nice to look at sometimes, but not that great. This would have been much better were it ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 1, 2002
Pros: Do I need to mention the animation?
Cons: Plot sucked. the hippies win, dammit.
Summary: Ok does anyone else remember that episode of Sesame Street where Bert and Ernie are asleep in their room and the "yub-yub" aliens materialize though the walls, and only Ernie sees them, and he freaks out but as soon as he wakes Bert up, the yub-yubs have ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 28, 2001
Pros: Pretty visuals, lovely sound.
Cons: Predictable plot and characters
Summary: I've updated this review since I wrote it, and made a couple of extra comments based on clarification that lynus gave me.
The Movie
A small amount of history here. When I first heard about Toy Story, the first full ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 23, 2001
Pros: the animation is the best ever done; it’s amazing how realistic some scenes look
Cons: pretty much everything else
Summary: I wanted to watch this movie because I’d heard about the awesome computer graphics and the plot didn’t look too bad. Usually when I see a movie for only one reason, I end up liking it or it wasn’t all it was promoted to be. This was not the case for ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 7, 2001
Pros: Superbly crafted computer generated visuals.
Cons: Cliched story, bland characters, and even some technical issues.
Summary: I do not understand Hollywood. I fail to see the wisdom in trying to ruthlessly manipulate works in other mediums –mainly novels– to versions that can be easily filmed. Why can Hollywood not come up with its own ideas for movies? Modern film historians ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 3, 2001
Pros: Amazing visuals and intelligent story
Cons: Some dialogue problems
Summary: Ever since that cowboy doll sat up and started talking in Toy Story, computer animation has opened up the minds, hearts, and imaginations of movie-goers ready for that next step technology has to offer. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 2, 2001
Pros: Jaw-dropping special effects.
Cons: Should have had 'bullet time' effects--the effects used in "The Matrix."
Summary: This is one of the most amazing films ever made. Too bad it didn't do too well at the box office, and too bad we won't see another film like this for quite some time because of poor earnings.
I thought the only thing that would have made this ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 24, 2001
Pros: Nice graphics
Cons: Pacing, script, overall plot.
Summary: Failure to follow the original gaming plot ranks among the most common complaints associated with movies based on video games. If you thought such movies as Double Dragon & Super Mario Brothers were way off target, a taste of Final Fantasy: The Spirits ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 17, 2001
Pros: Awesome Graphics
Cons: Movie not long enough
Summary: After watching the movie 4 times before returning it to the video store, I was still awe struck. The graphics in this movie was far superior to any type of animation that I have seen so far. The hair on our main character was so fluid. The only thing ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 16, 2001
Pros: Story relies heavily on nature and spirituality.
Cons: Voices were the number one distraction.
Summary: I have read a lot of negative press about the movie Final Fantasy; most of which after viewing the film I don’t understand. Some discussed the negative aspects of the graphics while others pondered the absence of an engaging storyline. I even ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 15, 2001
Pros: Great animation, Steve Buscemi is his good old squirrell self.
Cons: How could they slaughter the games like this?
Summary: After seeing Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, one has to wonder: Just what were these people smoking? Come on! You would figure that it would be impossible to screw up a screen adaptation of a cinematic game like Final Fantasy, yet somehow they managed ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 14, 2001
Pros: Great graphics and good futuristic themes.
Cons: Loose plot and animation just doesn't do it for action movies.
Summary: I was quite hyped up about going to see Final Fantasy. It was a new type of animation technology, which was very appealing to my likings. The graphics were excellent, i'll give it that, but it's loose and far-fetched plot disappointing. The idea was ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 10, 2001
Pros: A fantastic leap in the world of movie making.
Cons: Not enough extra's on the dvd.
Summary: Actors are worried that eventually computer animation will put an end to the human thesbian, and this film, a pioneer in its field, just might.
A griping visual feast for the eyes, this film transforms the art of digital painting from silly ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 8, 2001
Pros: 100% perfect picture quality, superb effects.
Cons: Poor choice for the score composer, plot too similar to video games.
Summary: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a great movie to watch. The amount of detail will impress any and all movie fans and even will impress those who used to drool over the cutscenes from all the next-generation Final Fantasy video games.
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 5, 2001
Pros: Exellent animation, Documentary is intersting, Boards blast is cool.
Cons: Confusing at some parts, jumps around alot, bad story line.
Summary: Final Fantasy the Spirits Within is a good movie in many ways besides its storyline which wasn`t really good, the graphics are the best we will see in ages. The Boards blast is really interesting it shows how they made the movie using drawings, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 5, 2001
Pros: the animation is beautiful
Cons: everything else
Summary: I have sons that play video games, so it was inevitable that we should rent "Final Fantasy: The spirits within." Since I am far from the first person to review this, I don't wish to reiterate. If you want to know why this movie sucks and all the facts ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 5, 2001
Pros: Awesome special effects & animation
Cons: Dialogue was far fetched; I thought the movie would never end
Summary: The plot was ridiculous. If you're not a sci-fi buff, you won't buy the phantom plot and the evil guy was so overused in other movies. This movie stole its plot from so many other film genres.
I did like the main character's dream sequence. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 3, 2001
Pros: Good story line, GREAT graphics...
Cons: eventually will put actors out of work
Summary: I really liked this movie because of two things. One, being that I would with computers a lot, I loved the computer animation. Computers have come a long way and the people in this movie looked pretty real. Even the shadowing and movements of things ... read more
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