Just saw Final Fantasy the movie *not a review*

And I had to come on here and share.  My gf and I just got back from seeing this incredible movie..  And I must say it was worth every dollar I spent.

I have never been completly awe struck from a movies graphics, but this movie is just incredible.   Its the small details in everything..  The skin, muscles, smoke, particles, everything combines to make one  of the most amazing graphical movies ever..  

I don\'t want to write a review about this movie.. Because of (names edited) had a problem with a review earlier..  I only saw the movie once and for almost 2 hours so I could in no way have a good understanding of it(maybe if I saw if 5 times I could write a review) ..  With that out of the way, let me give you my impressions[/b] of the movie...

The story line was good, I could see how some people could find it confusing, the plot was pretty standard, character development enough for a movie of this length, and the visual affects were absolutely amazing...

This movie is definetly going to be setting some new standards for movie of this nature.  Ground breaking work was done by Square Studios..  I am really hope it is succesfull for them..  So they can produce some more awesome movies like this...

GO SEE THIS MOVIE...  It is definetly worth it

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sorry for the little rant there, still got a bad taste in my mouth from a previous thread...  

Yeah I can\'t wait to see it myself. I\'m going this weekend

I like movies that you have to see 5 times before you\'ve grasped everything. The Matrix was like that for me. SUre I understood the basics but getting all the little details out of a movie or wanting too is one of the things that make a a movie great IMO.


Everyone I\'ve talked to  says the graphics / special effects make it worth the price

How was the surround effect ? was it dts or dolby digital ? I am most interested in sound these days and am curious if this will make a worthy dvd purchase that can be watched again and again just to be amazed by the sound field made possible by 5 channel discrete audio

Wow!! I must see this movie!!  When I seen the commercial, I couldn\'t believe how incredible the graphics was.  

I\'m definetely going to see it as soon as it hits the theaters here in Finland. The reviews it has already got all say the plot is weak, and dull, but every review has also praised the wonderful CGI-effects.

Mind me, I don\'t trust critics - and somewhat I trust Kirath\'s opinion much more than any of those movie-critic-for-a-job guys, and I believe I will enjoy the movie. So much that I\'ll probably see it more than just one time...

Yeah screw movie critics, how many do you think actually like or play video games.

But what has video-playing got to do with movie-critisism?

lol

If you mean Final fantasy, then don\'t worry - the movie doesn\'t have any links to the games, but the name.

The name is there just to bring fortune and glory.

Originally posted by Darth Joyda
I\'m definetely going to see it as soon as it hits the theaters here in Finland. The reviews it has already got all say the plot is weak, and dull, but every review has also praised the wonderful CGI-effects.

Mind me, I don\'t trust critics - and somewhat I trust Kirath\'s opinion much more than any of those movie-critic-for-a-job guys, and I believe I will enjoy the movie. So much that I\'ll probably see it more than just one time...

Thanks Darth Joyda..  I agree with you..  Critics suck...  Like I said before, I could see how people could find the plot confusing and dull..  But for a lot of us the plot rocked.  I will say this, remember Final Fantasy 9 and the soul / lifeforce part of things..  Yeah the plot was cool, but could be seen dull by people who don\'t understand...

And my comments about a review come from me being harrased in another post for writing a review on something..  I just wanted to make sure the mods knew it was not a review so they did not get their panties all bunched up...

I only have one complaint, WHERE WAS PRELUDE AND PROLOUGE!?!?!?

Originally posted by jeepnrocks
How was the surround effect ? was it dts or dolby digital ? I am most interested in sound these days and am curious if this will make a worthy dvd purchase that can be watched again and again just to be amazed by the sound field made possible by 5 channel discrete audio

jeep: Whenever I see a movie, sound is a big thing I look out for and Square has produced it nicely.  The sound fx really give you a feel of the expanse of certain settings, and the serenity of others.  Nothing really is overdone.

The dubbed over voices were very smooth and warm.  But it is commonly known that voices that are recorded in a professional studio & then dubbed over rather than recorded on location simply don\'t seem believable.  You might notice when they were in the lab and then walked outside to the city streets, voices sounded exactly the same with identical tonal characteristics.  Minor I know, but still bothered me.  The most noticeable voice effects were done nicely though; echoes in big meeting halls, walkie talkie breakup...

The use of 5.1 channel discretion was excellent.  Simply amazing since all of the sounds had to be artificially reproduced.  The phantoms that flew past you seemed to still be alive behind your head.  The final big explosion is where the sound techs really took advantage of those surround channels.  Only 3-D simulators with proprietary sound systems seemed to be camparable to that scene.  I wish more sound technicians would use the rears like that!  I personally plan on picking up the DVD when it\'s available.

Oh and I saw the movie in DD, but it\'s also available in DTS & SDDS depending on the theater.  And just fyi, the theater I usually go to is SDDS, but every time I see a movie in DD I am more impressed with Dolby\'s format, despite all the fancy specs that SDDS has.

Originally posted by THX



The use of 5.1 channel discretion was excellent.  Simply amazing since all of the sounds had to be artificially reproduced.  The phantoms that flew past you seemed to still be alive behind your head.  The final big explosion is where the sound techs really took advantage of those surround channels.  Only 3-D simulators with proprietary sound systems seemed to be camparable to that scene.  I wish more sound technicians would use the rears like that!  I personally plan on picking up the DVD when it\'s available.

Oh and I saw the movie in DD, but it\'s also available in DTS & SDDS depending on the theater.  And just fyi, the theater I usually go to is SDDS, but every time I see a movie in DD I am more impressed with Dolby\'s format, despite all the fancy specs that SDDS has.

Thanks THX,
I also wish the rears were made better use of on a more regular basis. I have very high hopes for the ff movie and its probably just because alot of disney animated films have very nice audio properties, and i also enjoyed titan ae tremendously. I will probably buy that or rent it again just to see how it stacks up to some of the other stuff i have been watching. (i watched titan ae soon after i got a dd 5.1 system so just about anything would have sounded awesome)
blah blah blah goes the jeep .... anyhow
i heard of sdds but dont know the whole low down on it. could you enlighten me please ?
Also thx , I was setting up my frequencies on my center and surrounds. when i set the cutoff for the surrounds and centers should i make it as close to possible as what the specs are for the speakers ? their range is 30hz-80khz so i am assuming i start the bass cutoff as close to that point as possible. im still a newbie at this home theatre thing.
thanks for any help you can provide

THX I think that was your first post in like 2 months.

I\'ve yet to see it...but its not b/c I don\'t want too...just being too responsible at the moment with projects around the house after work...

But, thought I\'d use this thread to ask a related question.  With the likes of FF:TSWI (which again, to date I\'ve only seen awesome previews of) and then sooo recently viewed the absolutely breathtaking replays in GT3, I gotta ask...When do you think Hollywood will simply kill off highly paid actors for the talents of computer artists such as Squaresoft?  I mean, face it, we can\'t be all that many years away from making movies that frankly look "real" (not mostly real...I mean flat out "Is it live or is it Memorex" REAL).  

Just curious to know what others think on this point...

Originally posted by w1ngman
I\'ve yet to see it...but its not b/c I don\'t want too...just being too responsible at the moment with projects around the house after work...

But, thought I\'d use this thread to ask a related question.  With the likes of FF:TSWI (which again, to date I\'ve only seen awesome previews of) and then sooo recently viewed the absolutely breathtaking replays in GT3, I gotta ask...When do you think Hollywood will simply kill off highly paid actors for the talents of computer artists such as Squaresoft?  I mean, face it, we can\'t be all that many years away from making movies that frankly look "real" (not mostly real...I mean flat out "Is it live or is it Memorex" REAL).  

Just curious to know what others think on this point...

I think that we will always need the real thing.  And most actors will probably become voice actores, and get paid just as much.  Now stunt guys, that would be a harder job to get.  They\'d only be using them for model shots.  I think that it still costs too much and takes too much time.  "Real" computer graphics are way too far away from television use.

I saw it the 11th(suprise?).


I thought the movie was great but it kinda let me down because it didn\'t have that Final Fantasy touch. But besides that it really is good.


The movie theater people stood up and clapped.