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DiscountDelight - Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children (2-Disc Special Edition)
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Directed By: Tetsuya Nomura, Takeshi Nozue
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0043396118966
Format: AC-3
ISBN: 1404991018
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2006-04-25
Running Time: 101
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great movie, Weak story, Sub-par DVD
Comment: Good:
Probably the best CGI i have ever seen
Some of the best fight seens in existence
Japanese voice acting is quite good
Sound effects rivaling (if not surpassing) great movies
Most of the special features are included in the SE US release
Bad:
Story lacks depth
For people who have never played FFVII the story will be confusing
English voice acting is HORRIBLE.. not the re-animation we were promised.. instead they just gave us bad voice overs
Ugly yellow subtitles
What happened to Final Fantasy - Lost Order? Lost in translation?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Played through Final Fantasy VII multiple times; this was not a good picture.
Comment: Several years ago, I was in love with everything that bore even a passing resemblence to Final Fantasy VII. I'm not sure if its that I've grown out of that stuff or if this movie just sucked, but either way, I didn't enjoy it. The way I remember it, FFVII had a convincing story line which, while fantasy oriented, drew the player in and created a thoroughly textured world to operate in. Advent Children, on the other hand, has a story full of holes, and relies on strange occurances which have no background information to support them. This makes the movie seem like a children's game; it is as if the writers were making up rules as they went along, rather than working in the framework of the world they had already created. The plot twists were so ridiculous, I found myself unable to keep a straight face as they transpired. I've noticed this to be a problem in alot of Japanese anime, so while I was dissapointed by Advent Children, I wasn't entirely surprised. To it's credit, the animation and action sequences are incredible, and everything is very fast paced. I just didn't feel what I felt when I played FFVII... maybe it's just me.
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Summary: Que sorpresa la mia!
Comment: Demasiado extremadamente buena esta pelicula.
Con audio en Japones e ingles (Aunque la quisiera con audio español tambien) y subtitulos en muchos idiomas (en español tambien claro).
Mi gran sorpresa fue ver los menus de los dvd en español (que es muy raro porque el es region1) en el 1 y el 2 traen subtitulos en español.. hasta los documentales de como se hizo.. esa fue otra sorpresa.. :-) Fue un momento muy Feliz.. Se lo recomiendo a Todos.. ;-)
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Summary: Not a fan of Final Fantasy, but I liked this a lot!
Comment: To be honest, i'm NOT a fan of the Final Fantasy games and I HATE Final Fantasy 10. The only Final Fantasy games that I thought were OK, were FF8 & FF9. I didn't play much of FF7 as I lost interest too quickly. However, Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children I thought was really good. With beautiful images with vibrant colours and attention to detail, I was impressed.
What I didn't like about this film was the story and voice acting. The story is very bland and hard to follow with questions of "whats going on now?" and "what the hell is that thing?". A lot of strange things happen in this film that are impossible, but the film does have 'Fantasy' in the title so thats acceptable. The voice acting is quite bad making the characters a little bland, while villians sound less threatening.
What I did like about this film was the fantastic visuals and blink-and-you'll-miss-it action. The action is so fast and so furious that you just can't take your eyes off the screen in case you miss something.
Since I found the story bad and the voice acting bad, this still is a great film, with lightning speed action thats impossible to accomplish in real time. Advent Children is a great, fun and very enjoyable film that I would recommend to anyone whos a fan or not a fan of the Final Fantasy series.
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Summary: fan or not
Comment: This movie was made for the millions of fans out there that beleive that the game left them hanging.
-To see it is to believe it
The animation is simply breathtaking. I must admit that there is a flaw with the character movement (Cloud sheathing his sword while riding his bike). The fight scenes are just oustanding. Some people might complain that it defies the laws of physics - this is an ANIME people, where anything beyond reality can happen. The character move pretty much flawlessly. Character design is beautiful they could have made Aerith prettier).the texture, facial expressions, background were done to perfection.
-Story
I have to agree with some people, that you have to already know the game story to fully comprehend this movie(like I said before this movie was meant for the fans of the series and he game). For the "new" poeple, it still has a good story line. The plot of the story, as I see it is, the search to complete ones-self. Cloud - to be forgiven(peace of mind and heart), the villains - longing for a mothers love (the villains, no matter how powerful they are, are still children hence the title).
Even I, a big fan of FFVII, did get a litttle confuse when I watched it the first time (Japanese release), but after a couple of more time I finally understood it. Note that the American release has been dumbed done, it's done everytime an anime is released here in the states (to the companies that do this - Americans are not dumb), to make it easier to understand. Between the Japanese and American release; the American release bluntly tells you whats going on on the other hand the Japanese release makes you think on what is exactly is going on (I prefer this).
The game left everyone hanging, the movie does a good job closing the Cloud, Aerith, and Tifa story line, well almost (watch the movie and don't forget to watch the all the credits aswell). Personally as a fan of Clerith(Cloud+Aerith), I would have preferred a different ending, like near the end when Cloud got...... oops almost gave out a spoiler. Character development: must I repeat myself, already developed in the game, but the movie did a great job capturing these characters personalities.
-Voice over
Japanese voices are much, much, much better than the english dub.
Where the heck do this people get voice actors, they are very monotone. Some english voice over were decent like Reno, Rufus, Tifa (a little too sweet, not enough toughness or confidence).
WATCH THE MOVIE WITH JAPANESE AUDIO.
-EXTRAS
The extras were pretty good. The interviews with the created team. Reminesence(flashback to the game storyline). Trailers of upcoming release. I wished they added more though; for example, the original 20 minute story line for the movie and the animated short that was released with the Japanese version (this short film would have added more to the story line for people who are not Final Fantsy fans).
-MUSIC
As always Nubuo Uematsu has done an outstanding job combining new compositions with the classic game music. Rock, piano, orchestra.
The timing of the music was perfect, what else can you expect from one of the worlds top composers.
-OVERALL
For fans of the series and game, you won't be disappointed.
For casual fans or new viewers, you might get a confused at first but you will get eventually understand and love or atleast like this movie. IF YOU DON'T MIND READING SUBTITLES, TRY TO GET A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE RELEASE INSTEAD OF THE DUMBED DOWN, POORLY DUBBED AMERICAN RELEASE. IF YOU CAN'T, JUST WATCH THE US RELEASE IN JAPANESE AUDIO AND ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The question facing any viewer of the Japanese CG feature Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is: do you have to know the games on which it’s based in order to understand the film? And the answer is: it certainly helps. But even complete novices (i.e., most parents) in the Final Fantasy world will find some entertainment in its wealth of fantasy-based action, and the animation never fails to astonish. Picking up two years after an epic battle between the forces of good (represented by brooding soldier Cloud) and evil (Cloud’s former general, Sephiroth), FFVII opens in the devastated city of Midgard, whose youthful occupants suffer from a ghastly disease known as Geostigma. A trio of brothers arrives with what appears to be a cure for the plague, but their gesture conceals a more sinister purpose: to revive Sephiroth and bring about the end of the world. Cloud and his companions must once again rise to the occasion to stop the siblings and the revived Sephiroth from unleashing total destruction. Complex and self-referential to the point of occasional incomprehension, Final Fantasy VII will definitely be most appreciated by fans of the game series, but if others can look past the numbing dialogue and frenetic action (which is a bit too intense for very young children), the film offers a carefree and action-packed viewing experience. The two-disc set contains the original Japanese language version of the film as well as an English-dubbed edition (Rachel Leigh Cook and Christy Carlson Romano, among others, provide the vocal talent) and a version edited for the Venice Film Festival. A 30-minute featurette that recaps the Final Fantasy story up to VII, as well as a making-of documentary, deleted scenes, and promotions for future Final Fantasy VII games and products round out the extras. --Paul Gaita
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