Advent Children, dissapointing

[infinate_ammo]

Just watched Advent Children, all I can say is that I'm dissapointed. Being a huge FF7 fan I had high hopes for this movie, but Square should really stick to videogames.

[Phalanx]

well, sorry to hear it, i'll rent it but it'll probably be a definite cash in on the originals success much like what Final Fantasy Spirits within was (god, that movie was awful)

[red barchetta]

Just watched Advent Children, all I can say is that I'm dissapointed. Being a huge FF7 fan I had high hopes for this movie, but Square should really stick to videogames.
i swear you made a thread about leaving here about a month ago... :confused:

i enjoyed Advent Children. it helped me understand FF7 more, and the animations and the voice actors were great. it was quite random at some points, but it was a good movie overall. i do think it ripped off The Matrix a bit though.

[Kif]

I enjoyed it as well. I suppose Sqaure had huge expectations to make, and it must be hard with such a popular game like this. I think they did a good job with make a story, and the fight scenes were pretty cool. It was quite cheesy at some times, but it was good.

[Turkish]

I thought Advent Children was amazing, one of the better movies I've seen recently.

[Ramsey]

I thought it ruled.

[Turkish]

Just wondering, TS what did you find disappointing about it?

[Vaporguts]

i never played ff7 all the way to the end...

i should

[Turkish]

blasphemy!!!


Get out of the Video Games forum now!

[BigTrav415]

infinate_ammo is back! Woohoo! :celebrate:

I didn't have anyone to argue with for a while there :(

[FlyingPaul_83]

I thought it ruled.


same here

[Kif]

Really? Your avatar or title didn't give that one away...

[infinate_ammo]

Just wondering, TS what did you find disappointing about it?
Well what I had hoped for in this movie was a good story, and the story dissapointed me to no end. It seemed like nothing more than an attempt for square to show off how good they are at making CGI movies look pretty.

In my mind it's on the same level as that other crappy Final Fantasy movie.
I was hoping to see abit of background on what all the characters are doing, but that wasn't to be, instead they all just show up at the same time and start throwin cloud.

While I followed what was happening (wasn't hard with an almost non-existant story) it just seemed to be all over the place. I was looking forward to this movie, I wasn't one of those fanboys that was saying, "OH noes they are ruining ff7 $quare Enix" and after seeing it I will boldly say, that is a disgrace to the world of ff7.

Edit: I couldn't tell if that main bad dude was a guy or a chick, in the end I decided it was a guy. Can anyone confirm this?
infinate_ammo is back! Woohoo! :celebrate:

I didn't have anyone to argue with for a while there :(
It's good to be back

[FlyingPaul_83]

In my mind it's on the same level as that other crappy Final Fantasy movie.
I was hoping to see abit of background on what all the characters are doing, but that wasn't to be, instead they all just show up at the same time and start throwin cloud.Edit: I couldn't tell if that main bad dude was a guy or a chick, in the end I decided it was a guy. Can anyone confirm this?





:lol:

that part was awesome

I'm pretty sure its a male.

[infinate_ammo]

Most emotional scene in the film, Cloud loses his mobile phone...

[Turkish]

you gotta admit when he cut bahamut in half....that was totally badass

[infinate_ammo]

Meh, it wasn't "totally' badass. Also Reno and Rude seemed like they were trying to be funny, and they weren't.

[Turkish]

So you didn't like the action or anything??


I didn't think it was THAT bad of a movie, I personally loved it.

[infinate_ammo]

It's not that it was bad, it's just that it was so incredibly average, the action was way to exagerrated. I know it wasn't meant to be realistic but sometimes it seemed like it was trying to be DBZ. They should have made all the action turn based.

[Turkish]

????


Why, that would make the expectations of characters so anti-climactic IMO. And it would make the movie slow.

[infinate_ammo]

Yeah I was joking about that

[Zmev]

It was a movie about a video game.

What did you expect, honestly?

I saw it and it wasnt bad, Reno and Rude were sort of funny.

[Kingofdudes]

I think you expected too much out of it. I am happy with it, and I think the Turks were pretty funny.

[Turkish]

I was hoping you were


and I thought Rude looked like a complete badass

[infinate_ammo]

I think both looked badass, unlike Cloud or J-Pop as I feel he should be renamed.

Reno and Rude were about as funny as aids.

[Turkish]

I wasn't in it for cloud, whilst I loved his fight scenes, I was in it for Nanaki and Vincent.

[infinate_ammo]

Nanaki was in it about twice, I imagined him talking differently. I imagined everyone talking differently except Vincent, who was portayed very well. Barret sounded like a little bitch.

[Turkish]

Nanaki was in it about twice, I imagined him talking differently. I imagined everyone talking differently except Vincent, who was portayed very well. Barret sounded like a little bitch.


yeah, but I'm assuming you've seen the English Sub/Japanese voice acting one.

Which I love Japanese voice acting...but I'll have to see it in english again before I judge that.

[infinate_ammo]

Correct, but no matter hwo good the english voice acting is this movie is still very VERY average at best.

[Turkish]

oh well, can't win em all


I loved it. \m/

[Chanandler Bong]

When is this movie going to come out?

[Turkish]

no idea ; ;

[Drall]

It's been slated for release in America for sometime in November.

The movie is great.

[Mister_Che]

The story was lacking a bit, and everyone but Cloud got little screen time. I liked the movie, but i wish everyone else was a little more involved.

[infinate_ammo]

The story was lacking abit? The story is almost as engrossing as you got served

[Klown]

Just watched Advent Children, all I can say is that I'm dissapointed. Being a huge FF7 fan I had high hopes for this movie, but Square should really stick to videogames.
I saw it and it wasn't as good as I expected it to be.

Your avatar just made me laugh.

[Esp Griffyn]

you gotta admit when he cut bahamut in half....that was totally badass

Bahamut gets cut in half?!

Mother****ers!

[divineauthority]

I absolutely loved the movie. The fight scenes were brilliant and who cares if they may have ripped off the matrix but the matrix was brilliant too. I must admit that I was a bit confused to start with and it may have been cheesy but i was extremely impressed.

Rude and Reno rule.

The guy was male as well, considering they're all calling each other brother.

[Turkish]

oh crap....spoiler tag....sorry man

[chumpradio]

I watched it twice in the past few days, and it's alright.
Vincent always has been a badass, but he is easily better than Cloud in this film.

I want to play FFVII again now, I'll have to get it off my brother.

[Kingofdudes]

Bahamut gets cut in half?!

Mother****ers!
Dont want to read spoilers? Dont read a damn thread about it.

[equinox]

That's a pity but FF7 was a great game a movie could never catch that magic again.

[Esp Griffyn]

Dont want to read spoilers? Dont read a damn thread about it.

Im not annoyed cause I read a spoiler, I couldnt care less. Im annoyed that they kill the best FF character!

[Kingofdudes]

Oic

[Rootsradical]

I really wanna see this, but I'm not gonna buy a psp just to watch it.

[Kingofdudes]

you dont have to buy a psp to watch it.

[Kithkin]

Yeah, you can download it... everywhere...

I have yet to watch it. I don't expect a story. I expect awsome fight scenes.

[FlyingPaul_83]

well you wont be dissapointed at all :thumb:

[Rootsradical]

Where can I download it at? I've been searching limewire, but can only find trailers. Can someone give me a link? Final Fantasy 7 is my favorite game of all time.

[chumpradio]

I really wanna see this, but I'm not gonna buy a psp just to watch it.
It's coming out on DVD too.

[Rootsradical]

It's coming out on DVD too.

Sweet, do you know when?

[chumpradio]

Sweet, do you know when?
I have no idea. Apparently it got delayed again, which may mean early 2006.

[FlyingPaul_83]

it was originally supposed to come out this month, but it was pushed back to the holiday season, so it will probably come out around december I'm guessing

[Rootsradical]

Does anyone have a link to where I can download it then? I don't wanna wait that long.

[andyhainey]

ive asked this many-a-time, but, When does it come out in Scotland?
like you said, it comes out early 2006, so wuld that be jan or feb?

[sum1soiledMyBongos]

I thought it was ok.

Visually it's very nice. The action is great. Fight scenes are well-choreographed. I enjoyed that aspect. But it's also quite ridiculous at times... they might as well just have given them the power of flight, the way they jump around and just run onto the walls of tall buildings to get to the top, or give eachother boosts right into the stratosphere. Not that i expected realism in a fantasy movie, but it's a bit much. I can't complain much though, it's pretty spectacular. A few more gigantic monsters would have been nice.

However, the story isn't exactly epic. It was one of the strongest aspects of FFVII and it had an open ending that left some questions unanswered, so i had some expectations regarding the plot, but it's just not that good. There isn't a buildup of suspense. Character development is minimal. Even though the characters were true to their game versions in the few things the did say, there's hardly any additional depth to them. I hope they don't hire a retard to do Red XIII's voice in the English version. Only one character shows aspects of his personality than were an addition to the game rather than a rehash. And it certainly isn't Cloud because all he does besides kicking people's ***, is have his lame flashbacks again. We get it, he misses Aeris and blames himself for her death... they must have hired Dr. Phil to co-write the script.

[red barchetta]

I thought it was ok.

Visually it's very nice. The action is great. Fight scenes are well-choreographed. I enjoyed that aspect. But it's also quite ridiculous at times... they might as well just have given them the power of flight, the way they jump around and just run onto the walls of tall buildings to get to the top, or give eachother boosts right into the stratosphere. Not that i expected realism in a fantasy movie, but it's a bit much. I can't complain much though, it's pretty spectacular. A few more gigantic monsters would have been nice.

However, the story isn't exactly epic. It was one of the strongest aspects of FFVII and it had an open ending that left some questions unanswered, so i had some expectations regarding the plot, but it's just not that good. There isn't a buildup of suspense. Character development is minimal. Even though the characters were true to their game versions in the few things the did say, there's hardly any additional depth to them. I hope they don't hire a retard to do Red XIII's voice in the English version. Only one character shows aspects of his personality than were an addition to the game rather than a rehash. And it certainly isn't Cloud because all he does besides kicking people's ***, is have his lame flashbacks again. We get it, he misses Aeris and blames himself for her death... they must have hired Dr. Phil to co-write the script.
i think its Cait Sith who has that ridiculous voice.

[Mister_Che]

i think its Cait Sith who has that ridiculous voice.

It was. Red said maybe two sentences, and he sounded like a teenager (which he is).

[Dave]

The story fit in perfectly with ff7, which i was very glad about, I'm guessing Kadaj and crew were failed Sephiroth clones that Hojo made when he thought Sephiroth was dead, as in the game, they all jump into the crater (the guys in the black hoods), and Rufus said they checked the crater, and no one was there, well thats the conclusion i came to, and it explains Kadaj turned into you know who ;) As the jevona cells were the only thing missing in the failed Sephiroth clones, because Sephiroth was the only one with a part of Jevona.

I was also glad about the way the worked Aeris into it, the way she had unfinished buisiness with Cloud and the others, so she couldn't return into the lifestream like the other Ancients. I found it funny that Cloud was the only one who seemed to still care about Aeris' death.

The only thing that i didn't get is how the rain cured them all... Didn't seem to make sense.

EDIT: The geostagma thing also explained how Jevona killed the original ancients with the "virus" they talk about in the game, when it/she first came to their planet.

[Turkish]

The only thing I came up with about the rain is that it was the lifestream, which was the one thing that could kill jenova. Which would also explain why the church was the only place in the slums that could grow flowers, because it was a place the lifestream went through.

[Dave]

The only thing I came up with about the rain is that it was the lifestream, which was the one thing that could kill jenova. Which would also explain why the church was the only place in the slums that could grow flowers, because it was a place the lifestream went through.

Ah, that makes alot of sense, thanks alot :thumb:

[Turkish]

np ;)

[Rootsradical]

Anyone got any links to where I can download this?

[Turkish]

dude, you'll have to get bittorrent and google Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children torrent download to find one


I'm having my friend send it to me.