FF:AC *Spoilers***

TriggerEXE · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:59 am Post subject:

Yeah, Yuffie has motion sickness. I believe that was in the game and its also mentioned in her bio on the official web site. http://na.square-enix.com/dvd/ff7ac/

I just saw this movie last night and I thought it was excellent. My room mate had some things to say about the CG and that they did a better job of it in Spirits Within. Perhaps, but remember that SW was supposed to be fairly scientific and not based on any FF game, have magic, or anything like that. While in FF VII we have magic, monsters, demons, and all kinds of things that throw science out the window. Plus, it is based directly on a video game. So I feel like the superhuman stuff can be allowed and the "minor" CG in it may have been intentional so as to get a more unrealistic feel for the film.

[spoil:2460f1679d]As for Sephiroth, you all knew he was going to come back as soon as Vincent said it was possible. Wink

Any FF7 fan who's a true FF7 fan was glued to their seat and watching that fight scene and smiling. Hehe. Fan service or not, it was awesome. I'm sure not complaining. I believe the initial reason Kadaj got the children with Geostigma was to mess with Cloud. If you'll remember, at the battle in Forgotten Capital he sorta uses them as a shield at one point and knows Cloud wouldn't hurt them. Plus, children are easily led. Easy to get to do his bidding. When they got his "black water" in them, and were around the structure in Midgar, they were pretty much guarding it from outside interferance. Like a shield. Because no one would hurt children. Either that, or they also were able to summon those shadow monsters. They seemed to be concentrating. Thats what my take on it was.

Not sure about Rufus returning, but hey its a video game/anime/movie. People who were thought dead can mysteriously show up alive all the time. The only ones who can't are the ones who are confirmed dead and gone. Like Aeris/Aerith and Zach whom we see in spirit form. When you hear things like "Well, we never found the body, but no one could have survived..." you just never know. lol[/spoil:2460f1679d]

All in all I thought it was great. You would, of course, have to have played FF7 to know a good deal of what is going on, but it is definatly a must see for any FF fan. It should be coming out here in the US on DVD fairly soon. I heard something like within a month or so. It may have a limited theatrical release. Not sure.
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Gundamfan · Net Agent Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 280

Anybody got screenshots?

Goten8905 · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject:

I loved it, I loved the whole freaking movie. I love the part where [spoil:a3d3aba335]They fight the Bahamut(or is it?)[/spoil:a3d3aba335]. Zack also appeared in flashbacks. And I loved the final move Cloud did to Sephiroth. It was just... AH! But... I cried when the movie ended. If you want Screen shots, I can do it for you. But.... I don't want to get in trouble for spoilers.[/spoil]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/KidAce/Cloud1.jpg

Cloud · Dr. Wily's Peon Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 62

You can post spoilers, it's in the topic title.... please!!!!

Tenryujin · Net Savior Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 129

Giving into curiousity, I read the full summary. The plot's decent enough (but c'mon, you have to admit bringing back Sephiroth was pretty corny), and I will be gladly getting the DVD and gorge my eyes on the CG.

It's pretty good to hear that Elena isn't dead as previously feared...though how Tseng and Rufus (especially Rufus) could have survived is beyond me.
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Pyroman.EXE · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:

I can't wait to see this movie. One of the main reasons is because of Vincent and Yuffie. But, mainly Yuffie. Yeah, she's my favorite. Her getting motion sickness will be something I am going to laugh at for a while.

The movie's made beautifully, the storyline's awesome, the characters look great, how could one go wrong with this movie? Seriously. I've even heard FF7 HATERS say they were impressed.

Goten8905 · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:03 pm Post subject:

Wind · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 12:13 am Post subject:

hehe. i was just messing up with the subtitles.

hehe. i would post what changes i did but it would cause me to get banned Sad

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Ryusuke · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:20 pm Post subject:

Goten8905 · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject:

I really don't think that last move was Omnislash. Omnislash is diffrent.

Shonshiwo15 · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:49 pm Post subject:

This movie was AWSOME. I never actually played final fantasy games. the only FF game I played was TActics Advance. lol. I loved this movie even tho I had no clue what was going on. lol. Jaw Dropping.

LuciaRareglove · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:14 pm Post subject:

That move is actually some japanese name sunding thing called Super ???? Dragon Slash...basically Knights of the Round Omnislash.
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Wind · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:24 pm Post subject:

actually it so reminds me of naruto's naruto rendan.
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Ryusuke: No, I'm afraid I can't rate it it anything nearly that high, it's an entire matter of opinion.

[spoil:64b7fadfda]While I agree with you that the focus was supposed to be on Cloud and Sephiroth was just fanservice, that doesn't instantly mean that it has to be liked for that reason.

Even though I wasn't expecting much in the way of plot, I was hoping for at least a semi-plausible seeming way for Sephiroth to come back, but I didn't get that at all IMO.

And for Cloud, although it is his story, I was hoping that the others would get some decent plot involvement still, but I was really dissapointed by that and I don't like either Cloud or Tifa, so the characters focused on bored me.

The animation was good, but there wasn't anything interesting in most of the battles to me besides that and as a result, the only battles enjoyed much were Tifa vs Loz (which is mostly because I'm a Loz fanboy now :P) and everyone vs Bahamut.[/spoil:64b7fadfda]

Overall, I'd give it 3/10, 5/10 at the highest. Gets points for the animation and for me liking the clone guys a lot more than I expected. (Mainly Loz, but the other two were cool as well)

Edit: Also, I don't like bragging, but I have to agree for once with the "I could write a better story" bit. :P
I liked the premise, but it felt like they spent all the time on animation and about 10 minutes developing the plot, making it seem really rushed and disjointed.

TriggerEXE · Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:01 am Post subject:

Meh. There's just no pleasing some people. I agree with Ryusuke myself. Anyone who didn't like AC just isn't a true fan of FF7; there I said it. :p

I've been going back through the PC version of FF7, and if you pay attention, everything in AC makes sense. [spoil:0299a70924]Well, the resurrection of Sephiroth and the Reunion and all that does. Remember all the clones that were made and how Sephiroth was trying to make Cloud think he was a failed clone? All clones would eventually turn into Sephiroth and so he tried to eliminate them all. Well, there were still clones left apparently. They were following the game's plot, so I don't see what the big deal is and why so many people have a hard time wrapping their heads around this. That guy was one of Hojo's clones! One of the superior ones of course. One that made it to the final end and merged with Jenova's cells to become Sephiroth. It was integral to the plot seeing as how he was going to use the disease to collect everyone's memories and then use Jenova to travel from planet to planet doing the same. So maybe they did write the plot so that it would end around Cloud and Seph fighting it out one more time in a huge awesome battle, but so what? Would you have been happy with all of them just sitting around talking, Sephiroth not showing up, and having Cloud discover some miracle cure in his back yard under a rock? BOR-ING! [/spoil:0299a70924]

So to all those who say they can write a better story, go ahead. Write one. Go on. Write one that all fans of FF7 will like better and agree should have been done instead of AC. Just remember that you have to use all of the game's original characters (even the dead ones in some way) and you have to use the game's basic mechanics and it has to connect to the game so that it at least makes sense to the people who have played it. I'm sure there are better stories that could have been done, but saying off hand that you could write a better story than the team responsible for the original story in the first place is just sorta egotistical.

Oh, also for those of you who have seen this, did you notice [spoil:0299a70924]the red ribbons the characters were wearing? Even Cloud had one on when he tore his left sleeve off. I was wondering if this had something to do with being in the Avalanche group or if maybe it had a more hidden meaning. Like perhaps they were Ribbons with a capital R. Wink

The famous accessory that prevents all status changes! Hehe[/spoil:0299a70924]
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T$ · Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:15 am Post subject:

Since i didn't want to make a different topic, i'll stick along the FF7 lines
did anyone see the 30min video called FF7 Last order??
it is based on the even that happened in nibelham(spelled wrong i tihnk, well cloud and tifas home town when sephroth burned it down) anyways, it shows what happened in more animated fashion and more character development on Zack.
Very interesting and very well done.
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Kero Trigger · Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:53 am Post subject:

[spoil:36dc9b85b8]Ribbons = in memory of Aerith, as far as I can tell. All of those who were in game and were around her for the longest lengths seemed to have had them. Even little Marlene had one in her hair.[/spoil:36dc9b85b8]

Jumping on the bandwagon, I believe this movie was actually extremely good, all eye candy aside. I mean, they answered my fangirlish dream of [spoil:36dc9b85b8]Rufus still being alive. I claimed it was him when they announced the Wheelchair guy, and I was estatic to the point of screaming(and having a hand clamped over my mouth) when I discovered I was right.. >D[/spoil:36dc9b85b8]

I have Last Order, but I've yet to have time to watch it. AC has been living in my DVD player for a while now.. XD
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Azuregore · Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:18 pm Post subject:

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Ryusuke · Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:44 pm Post subject:

Well, I'm not a complete fan of FFVII, so I wasn't so disappointed on such little things (characters not being too involved in the story for example). Again for the "I can write a better story", go ahead. Let's see if YOU can do any better. -_-; Seriously, it's very hard to make good story now a days, since like...most of the ideas were taken by other writers.