Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
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Director: | Hironobu Sakaguchi, Moto Sakakibara | Actors: | Ming-Na (as Dr. Aki Ross), Alec Baldwin (as Captain Gray Edwards, Deep Eyes Squadron), Ving Rhames (as Sergeant Ryan Whitaker, Deep Eyes Squadron), Steve Buscemi (as Technician/Pilot Neil Fleming, Deep Eyes Squadron), Peri Gilpin (as Officer Jane Proudfoot, Deep Eyes Squadron), Donald Sutherland (as Doctor Sid), James Woods (as General Hein), Keith David (I) (as Council Member #1), Jean Simmons (as Council Member #2), Matt McKenzie (I) (as Major Elliot, Deep Eyes Squadron) | Country: | Japan | Category: | Science-Fiction/CGI | Year: | 2001 | Personal Rating: | |
| Description: | In the year 2065, the next great assault against an invading race of phantom-like aliens is about to be launched. Dr. Aki Ross, a brilliant young scientist, races to find the invaders' secrets, not only to save the planet, but herself as well after her body is infected by alien particles. She teams up with the prestigious Deep Eyes military squadron, led by her old friend Grey Edwards. But as Aki, her mentor Dr. Sid, and Grey work toward a peaceful end, the scheming General Hein devises a plot to eradicate the aliens in one swift, destructive blow...even if it destroys the Earth right along with them. | Imported Comments: | This movie isn't a paramount to the 7th art but it certainly broke some new ground. I expected a lot in the animation department and I was pleased with what I saw. Being based on a video game prepped me for a rather unconventional and perhaps lame plot. Firstly, the animation: the use of realistic CG characters by this movie is good, most of the movement of the animated people was very good except for a bit of problems with speaking and expressions, you can also tell that the animators learned how to make the characters walk as they made the movie, the walk during the first 20 minutes (especially at the beginning) is noticeably stiff. It gets better as the movie wears on though. The detail level of vehicles and scenery is superb, you can even see dust falling as the light streams in a window, this gives you an idea of how detailed it can be. Second: story line, not too original, while not the best sci fi out there by a long shot, it still has a decent if somewhat complex story line which is hard to follow at times. It borrows heavily from typical anime plots (with the biblical and mythological references, the mystic stuff and so on) however what else can you expect. The ending is typical of anime so it seems that the animators and writers themselves still regarded this as animation and weren't trying to make it a true movie. It also borrows from well tried elements like the military commander bent of the use of force over logic, but as an animation it sure eats up disney's childish plots. Summing up, this movie is worth watching for the animation, a second watching will also probably clear up some things in the plot, it gives a good idea as to what to expect from future animation and sets a new standard. I came out of the theater with a sensation of money well spent and I'll probably watch it again, not my favorite of all time but certainly decent. |
Languages: | English | Subtitles: | Length: | 106 | Video format: | DVD Zone 4 | Audio format: | DVD | Resolution: | Files sizes (Mb): |