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[drunkymonkey]

I watched a bit of it in HMV. I was horrified at the lack of random battles, and also how they didn't take turns to attack. Broke the atmosphere immensely.

[Whiffles]

I loved the movie! Great music, beautiful characters, but when Kadaj summoned Bahamut the materia was the wrong color... did anyone else notice that? Anywho... yeah. It rocked!!!

[Dilly]

movie rocked. i made 23 amvs from the movie and im lookin foward to make more. all and all i have to say....cloud was my favourite character. not cuz hes the main character, CUZ his hair is spikey and its yellow the movie was soooo good it inspired me to complete the game for the playstation, but its soo gay i cant beat that gay emerald weapon, but i getttin closer and closer. im out


PEACE!

[Shadowdust]

What can I say, no matter how hard I want to I'll never get the time back that I took to watch this movie. Though it was completely unnecessary to make a sequel of any kind to FFVII, it still had potential for a second story. So I figured I would give it a chance.

Quite frankly, the plot moved to fast in the movie. If anything, it felt like it was a summarized version of whatever the original story was meant to be. And no wonder, the movie is only 101 minutes long. Most of that time involves several fight sequences that go on for several minutes. If you like the typical action movie with a underdeveloped storyline, then this movie is for you. Sadly, if a storyline isn't well developed, how can the characters be well developed?

The only positive thing I can say is that the animation was done superbly. The CG was top-notch.

This is my second experience with an FF sequel that suffers from similar problems. This has so far convinced me that perhaps it would be wise to stop trying these direct sequels to FF games. For some reason, the formulas just don't work like they did the first time around. Unfortunately, based on how these games and movies have sold, I have to sadly admit that SE will not stop releasing direct sequels to games that were well closed the first time around.

[Swift Strike]

i liked the fast action battels.like the one with tifa in the church.
i have one question who is the man in the weelchair?
i have not completed ff7 yet and my file was just resently erased i think it had a virus

[BG-57]

Swift Strike cried aloud with mirth and merriment:

i liked the fast action battels.like the one with tifa in the church.
i have one question who is the man in the weelchair?
i have not completed ff7 yet and my file was just resently erased i think it had a virus

The man in the wheelchair is Spoiler: Rufus Shinra, who supposedly died from a WEAPON attack on Midgar. The weird thing is that no effort was made to hide his identity. Cloud addresses him by name when they first meet in AC.

[TinyRikku]

OMG IN MY OPINION, GREATEST MOVIE EVER!! God i effin loved it!!! Cloud looked effin sexy n the graphics where amazing!! Most of the voice acting was really good!! And it had a great story to it, following the game...God I loved this movie, they could have made a few different changes to it like making the Sephy n Cloud scene longer and more action packed AND made Aeris come back to life, *sniff, tear* God I miss her .....But it was awsomeness and amazing, it was sooo worth my time and money!! I watch it almost every-night lol =^^=

[Ishin Ookami]

Shadowdust cried aloud with mirth and merriment:

This is my second experience with an FF sequel that suffers from similar problems. This has so far convinced me that perhaps it would be wise to stop trying these direct sequels to FF games. For some reason, the formulas just don't work like they did the first time around. Unfortunately, based on how these games and movies have sold, I have to sadly admit that SE will not stop releasing direct sequels to games that were well closed the first time around.

I dont want to derail the topic, I thought I would just add that it's Nomura who has this thing for direct sequels. Hironobu Sakaguchi, who did final fantasy I-IV and IX-X, when he realized he had a legit pheonomenon on his hands after the first final fantasy rivived a small, struggling studio that was on the verge of shutting down called square, and made it an industry powerhouse, sort of envisioned the franchise as a readers digest, a series that told some truly deep storylines with no connection to one another. Nomura on the otherhand, well they are two very different directors who have two different styles and attitudes.

Sakaguchi was the guy who put out spirits within (which I've always liked). Which really shows just how different these two are.