Just thought I would add my 2 peso's worth.
the movie itself, I give a 3/10
First of all, it was stupid. I mean really stupid. Yazoo shoots cloud point blank and his shades block the bullet? Tifa matches Loz move for move until all of a sudden she decides to just stand there and let herself be hit? the kids drinking up kadaj's scat and then becoming leaping ninja zombies? Marlene hating cloud, then forgiving him for no reason other then she was contractually obligated to do so or be deleted (bit of CGI animation humor there)? Cloud's survivors guilt being resolved in two seconds? Tifa being a whiner? Aeries doing everything but the dishes in the film? And WHERE did these three new jenova spawns come from? I mean the list just goes on and on and on.
Then the action scenes, Ive pretty much seen it all before. Cloud being tossed? It's a vertical recreation of Iron Monkey's final fight scene. Motorcycle combat/chase scenes? Pick a john woo film and call AC the sincerest form of flattery. Sword fighting/flying through the air supernaturally? Hong Kong films have been doing that for almost 30 years now. Problem is AC tries so hard to look like matrix, that it fails to incorporate any real drama or intensity to the fight scenes. And the animation itself is pretty awful at certain points.
The soundtrack itself was pretty bland. I mean Uematsu has done better then that when all he had to work with was a midi program. I dunno, I expect so much more from uematsu, yet the soundtrack just feels bland and generic. almost as bad as the FFX-2 soundtrack. I just hope it came from Uematsu being fed up with FF and now being on Mistwalkers payrole full time.
Yah, the Turks rocked, rufus rocked too. Thats all that was good. And I did hear some of the english voices, and all I can say is that I didnt think the film could get any worse. I saw the scene in the airship while Cloud is fighting Kadaj, and all the voices sucked. Barrett sounded like a 13 year old mall rat who listens to way too much fifty cent, Vincent sounded like he's smoked one too many cartons, Cait Sith is about [-] <----- That close to exceeding the annoyance factor of jar jar binks with his english voice. And dont even get me started on Cid, Tifa, and Yuffie.
I just hope this doesnt make more $$$ then spirits within. I would hate to think that this is the only way square can reverse its fortunes. and maybe this would be a good time to say that I LIKE spirits within on the acct that it actually has a decent story and the director knew how to communicate more then just the pretty animation. |