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It's visually stunning as well; I added it to our DVD library when it was first released.

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In Reply to: Demo DVD: Final Fantasy posted by rob thomas on November 28, 2001 at 16:34:32:

The wife and I were very impressed with this sleeper last summer when we caught it openning weekend in a nearly empty theater. It's too bad that Final Fantasy bombed at the box office because it's computer animation is visually eye-popping; real cutting edge stuff. The story is sophisticated as well and holds up with repeated viewings. One can only speculate as to why it didn't do well at the box-office: perhaps it was the too familiar game-oriented title, it's adult theme or maybe just an ineffectual ad campaign that failed to grab the public's attention. Whatever the unfortunate circumstances that led to it's early demise in theaters, Final Fantasy lives up to it's promise on DVD and, IMHO, every SF fan who missed it initially should give this a viewing and consider adding it to their collections.
AuPh

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Too bad about the characters' complete lack of personality - brewthunda 10:26:42 11/29/01 (1)
Final Fantasy was visually stunning and a technical marvel. But the characters' had zero personality . . none whatsoever. It got to the point where I didn't really care whether the main characters were going to make it or not.
I'm looking forward to the day when we see something with the brilliant pseudo-realistic animation of Final Fantasy and the depth of personality of Toy Story II. Real actors are going to have some serious competition.
- I didn't think the characters lacked personality, but I do see your point. - Audiophilander 13:02:19 11/29/01 (0)
  I think that we have a consensus about the biggest failing of Final Fantasy being the establishment of it's characters as people who we should care about. It's rather ironic that the animators succeeded in making the characters appear amazingly "real" while the personality aspect of their development received short shrift.
  Taken as a whole, Final Fantasy is well plotted, nicely paced and visually stunning, which goes a long way toward mitigating it's deficiencies. The bottom line is that I'm willing to grant the film's creators a bit of latitude in the personality establishment department while agreeing with you that the characters should've been more involving. Their oversight, at least in part, may explain Final Fantasy's less than stellar performance at the box-office.
  The "Toy Story" analogy is a good one.
  Cheers,
  AuPh
Re: It's visually stunning as well; I added it to our DVD library when it was first released. - Joe S 09:28:25 11/29/01 (1)
"One can only speculate as to why it didn't do well at the box-office"
I suspect it had a lot to do with the new agey earth as sentient being pablum at the close (cleverly depicted as a pulsating glob of glowing goo). Many critics dismissed it for this and I have to admit that when I saw it the last 20 minutes made me want to leave the theater...
joe
- also maybe - Edp 11:42:33 11/29/01 (0)
  the CGI people were too close to real and people forget it is an animation and focus on the story, which may not have been as solid as meatspace acted films.

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