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Final Fantasy VII / Advent Children : 3 of 5
8.28.2006 8:55 PM \| Link	I know almost nothing about the whole world of Final Fantasy VII, but this movie had so many articles about it in Newtype USA several months ago that I had to check it out. The entire movie is CG animation (I think some motion capture was used as well), and even though I really prefer more cartoon animation, I'm interested in seeing photo-realistic techniques (just to see how far they can fall into the uncanny valley!). Kidding aside, this is a beautiful movie, and aside from the usual stiff movements, the characters are really cool. I really enjoyed seeing lip-sync to Japanese, since CG mouths are quite a bit different from anime lip-flaps! The plot involves lots of characters that were fleshed out in the video game, so I didn't have much background to work with, but mostly follows Cloud, a hero who's carrying some guilt around for things he did in the past, but eventually is redeemed by facing the ultimate enemy, Sephiroth. There are lots of fighting scenes that definitely have a video game feel (lots of incredible jumping and crazy movements), and some amazing vehicles and weapons, too (Cloud's motorcycle has compartments that swing open to reveal all kinds of giant swords!). The DVD includes an interesting bonus feature that is basically a walk-through of the Final Fantasy game (complete with low-res graphics) that helps to understand the motivation of the characters, and it's also fun to see how the blocky versions evolved into the living people in the movie. I definitely enjoyed watching it, as long as I didn't try to hard to figure it out! Labels: dvds


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