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Back in 1997 the first non-Nintendo exclusive Final Fantasy was released, before then there had been six main line games and several spin offs but all on Nintendo systems - NES, SNES and Gameboy - so when it was announced that Final Fantasy 7 would be released on the PlayStation, the PS1 as it would later come to be referred to as once the PS2 was released, then fans of the series were surprised and very eager to see what Squaresoft, as they were called at the time before their merger with Enix, would bring with this new entry.
It was hyped, it was raved about and it was very popular once it was released. Looking back at it now almost twenty two years since it's western release the game hasn't aged super well but it's still enjoyable enough.
Of course after the game was completed and the ending was seen there were already requests to see what happened afterwards since the ending wasn't all that clear, it was left open to interpretation on just what exactly had happened in the final moment before the credits rolled.
Almost a decade later fans would get that answer with this movie, Advent Children. Set two years after the events of the game we see the aftermath for the survivours. A nasty illness has spread which is killing people off painfully and slowly, Shinra is pretty much wrecked and the future isn't looking too great for humanity.
I'm sure the description given above can give you enough of a basis.
The movie opens well enough but once the action began to heat up the story seemed to fall by the wayside and become a nonsensical mess of things happening for the sake of things happening, it can be hard to keep track of what exactly is going on even if you've completed the game beforehand.
It's an interesting movie with amazing animation, the CGI is beautifully made with smooth animations while looking amazing. Especially when you consider that this movie came out around 2005 or so and it still looks impressive to this day.
Had the story been less of a disjointed experience then I would have rated the movie higher, I feel the movie would have benefited more from being a two parter or a three parter with the first part being the gradual lead up, the second part being where everything starts to fully kick off and the third part being the 'epic' conclusion'.
That would have allowed the story to be given a chance to really develop and explain everything instead of trying to cram everything into over ninety minutes.
Pros:
Great animation that still holds up today
It does conclude the story of Final Fantasy 7 for the most part in places
The voice acting isn't too bad
Cons:
The story becomes nonsensical quite quickly and loses itself in the action
Having so much crammed into over ninety minutes tends to mean the story isn't as fleshed out as it could be
Some of the voice acting can be cringy.
A good movie, just could have been so much more if given the chance to really develop.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2019
It was hyped, it was raved about and it was very popular once it was released. Looking back at it now almost twenty two years since it's western release the game hasn't aged super well but it's still enjoyable enough.
Of course after the game was completed and the ending was seen there were already requests to see what happened afterwards since the ending wasn't all that clear, it was left open to interpretation on just what exactly had happened in the final moment before the credits rolled.
Almost a decade later fans would get that answer with this movie, Advent Children. Set two years after the events of the game we see the aftermath for the survivours. A nasty illness has spread which is killing people off painfully and slowly, Shinra is pretty much wrecked and the future isn't looking too great for humanity.
I'm sure the description given above can give you enough of a basis.
The movie opens well enough but once the action began to heat up the story seemed to fall by the wayside and become a nonsensical mess of things happening for the sake of things happening, it can be hard to keep track of what exactly is going on even if you've completed the game beforehand.
It's an interesting movie with amazing animation, the CGI is beautifully made with smooth animations while looking amazing. Especially when you consider that this movie came out around 2005 or so and it still looks impressive to this day.
Had the story been less of a disjointed experience then I would have rated the movie higher, I feel the movie would have benefited more from being a two parter or a three parter with the first part being the gradual lead up, the second part being where everything starts to fully kick off and the third part being the 'epic' conclusion'.
That would have allowed the story to be given a chance to really develop and explain everything instead of trying to cram everything into over ninety minutes.
Pros:
Great animation that still holds up today
It does conclude the story of Final Fantasy 7 for the most part in places
The voice acting isn't too bad
Cons:
The story becomes nonsensical quite quickly and loses itself in the action
Having so much crammed into over ninety minutes tends to mean the story isn't as fleshed out as it could be
Some of the voice acting can be cringy.
A good movie, just could have been so much more if given the chance to really develop.
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Not bad but completely nonsensical after a while
By Reina H. Watt on 21 September 2019
Back in 1997 the first non-Nintendo exclusive Final Fantasy was released, before then there had been six main line games and several spin offs but all on Nintendo systems - NES, SNES and Gameboy - so when it was announced that Final Fantasy 7 would be released on the PlayStation, the PS1 as it would later come to be referred to as once the PS2 was released, then fans of the series were surprised and very eager to see what Squaresoft, as they were called at the time before their merger with Enix, would bring with this new entry.By Reina H. Watt on 21 September 2019
It was hyped, it was raved about and it was very popular once it was released. Looking back at it now almost twenty two years since it's western release the game hasn't aged super well but it's still enjoyable enough.
Of course after the game was completed and the ending was seen there were already requests to see what happened afterwards since the ending wasn't all that clear, it was left open to interpretation on just what exactly had happened in the final moment before the credits rolled.
Almost a decade later fans would get that answer with this movie, Advent Children. Set two years after the events of the game we see the aftermath for the survivours. A nasty illness has spread which is killing people off painfully and slowly, Shinra is pretty much wrecked and the future isn't looking too great for humanity.
I'm sure the description given above can give you enough of a basis.
The movie opens well enough but once the action began to heat up the story seemed to fall by the wayside and become a nonsensical mess of things happening for the sake of things happening, it can be hard to keep track of what exactly is going on even if you've completed the game beforehand.
It's an interesting movie with amazing animation, the CGI is beautifully made with smooth animations while looking amazing. Especially when you consider that this movie came out around 2005 or so and it still looks impressive to this day.
Had the story been less of a disjointed experience then I would have rated the movie higher, I feel the movie would have benefited more from being a two parter or a three parter with the first part being the gradual lead up, the second part being where everything starts to fully kick off and the third part being the 'epic' conclusion'.
That would have allowed the story to be given a chance to really develop and explain everything instead of trying to cram everything into over ninety minutes.
Pros:
Great animation that still holds up today
It does conclude the story of Final Fantasy 7 for the most part in places
The voice acting isn't too bad
Cons:
The story becomes nonsensical quite quickly and loses itself in the action
Having so much crammed into over ninety minutes tends to mean the story isn't as fleshed out as it could be
Some of the voice acting can be cringy.
A good movie, just could have been so much more if given the chance to really develop.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 December 2019
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