Final Fantasy
23 Aug 2001 11:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
karohemdFinally saw it and I must say it was rather good. Not brilliant, not really bad, either.
Cheesy SciFi story with a stereotypical "Nukem Nukem Nukem!" general bad guy (nice leather jacket though) and a pseudo-spiritual background plot not unlike what you know from the games.
A number of people have talked about the weird ending, well, considering some of the games, this one actually makes sense ;o)
You don't have to know the games, though. Although the linearity compares to that of the games, there aren't enough random monster encounters and they were all sameish ;o) I want Tonberries in the next movie! 8o)
To the production value. Sometimes it's so good you forget about that it's CGI and you only realize it when there's a dodgy bit. This might have to do with the fact that a lot of CGI is in today's movies anyway, and if everything is computer generated, it doesn't feel out of place.
Highlights included the closeup of faces, most explosions, the eagle, most of the cloth animation. I wasn't too impressed with Aki's hair, I must say, not much better than in the FMV from FFVIII. It did simply not move right. It moved a lot, every individual strand animated but not right. Human movements were quite good, although they still had this roboty feel about them. One of the dodgiest scenes was in the general's room when he walked past behind the table. It looked like he was standing on a conveyor belt as he was actually moving quicker than his legs... Facial expressions, lip movements etc. need work as well.
It's the first properly done CGI movie, replacing real actors (at least their bodies, the voices were still human). Shrek doesn't count as that was basically a cartoon and cartoons are always easier to do than photo realism.
However, it showed that it is still a far way to replacing real actors.
Cheesy SciFi story with a stereotypical "Nukem Nukem Nukem!" general bad guy (nice leather jacket though) and a pseudo-spiritual background plot not unlike what you know from the games.
A number of people have talked about the weird ending, well, considering some of the games, this one actually makes sense ;o)
You don't have to know the games, though. Although the linearity compares to that of the games, there aren't enough random monster encounters and they were all sameish ;o) I want Tonberries in the next movie! 8o)
To the production value. Sometimes it's so good you forget about that it's CGI and you only realize it when there's a dodgy bit. This might have to do with the fact that a lot of CGI is in today's movies anyway, and if everything is computer generated, it doesn't feel out of place.
Highlights included the closeup of faces, most explosions, the eagle, most of the cloth animation. I wasn't too impressed with Aki's hair, I must say, not much better than in the FMV from FFVIII. It did simply not move right. It moved a lot, every individual strand animated but not right. Human movements were quite good, although they still had this roboty feel about them. One of the dodgiest scenes was in the general's room when he walked past behind the table. It looked like he was standing on a conveyor belt as he was actually moving quicker than his legs... Facial expressions, lip movements etc. need work as well.
It's the first properly done CGI movie, replacing real actors (at least their bodies, the voices were still human). Shrek doesn't count as that was basically a cartoon and cartoons are always easier to do than photo realism.
However, it showed that it is still a far way to replacing real actors.
