ULTIMATE WOW!!!
It is superb! Square done it again!
For a Final Fantasy fan, it really blew me away. Even though I haven't played FF VII, I pretty much know the background and the characters. When each characters popped in, I can't help but gasped out their names as if meeting an old friend.
Final Fantasy games has certain elements that make you go wow when you play it and it was perfectly translated in this short movie. Limit breaks, summons, weapons, all the transitions were perfect. You go wow, wow, WOW!! How can they do that?! Its amazing! How can they think up of such thing?!
Watching the fight scenes awes you because such detailed choreography was planned for an animated movie. Certain moves make you go WTF! Sure, that can't happen in real life but how they were done, the fluid movements, it seems really believable.
Compared to previous Square efforts like the doomed Final Fantasy Movie and the short snippet "The final flight of the Osiris" for Animatrix, you know Square has really mature in term of movie making. And as a Square fan (Square-Enix now) I am very thankful for it.
Gamers or not, you should see this. Gamers will go bonkers with excitement watching this movie. Non-gamers, despite the initial confusion about what the story is about will at least appreaciate the fighting scenes and the animation itself. It is Square at its best.
Oh by the way, it is chocfilled with bishies. No kidding. Despite the rough tumbling they are doing, these boys has flawless skin. To die for.
****Beware Spoilers Galore - Moments that I love in this movie!****
Cloud doesn't use his old sword anymore. He has a kickass one that combines 2 different swords which he can use separately or combined as one. At the end (I need to rewatch this movie to confirm this) this swords seems to be made up of several swords in fact, as Cloud unleashes his limit break.
Sephiroth back. No kidding. The triplets Kadaj, Yazoo and Loz is looking for their okasan - Jenova. At least her head. Makes you wonder why. Turned out they are trying to create a reunion. Out of this reunion is Sephiroth - the one winged angel. Magnificent.
We will also have a glimpse on Aerith. She died in the game but she is still around in spirit, always looking over Cloud and the rest of the team.
During the movie, we will meet the rest of the team even the Turks. Cloud, Tifa, Vincent, Yuffie, Cait Sith, Barret, Cid and that red dog (head hung in shame, can't remember the name) They will have a scene where they will fight together against Kadaj's summon (looked like Bahamut) which is great where in the end, everybody including Aerith will help Cloud to deliver the final blow on the summon (Magnificent!!!) A good reminder for the always lonely Cloud that he is in fact not alone (Make you go teary eyed!!! I LOVE FINAL FANTASY!!!)
Vincent is as good as I imagined he should be. He jumped in to save Cloud when he was badly beaten by the triplets. It was amazing at how he just slithered in like a ghostly red cloth, wrapping Cloud and taking him to safety. Kakkoi!
The triplets are so goodlooking O_o I like the long haired one, Yazoo the name I think. So funny how the Japanese create their ultimate characters. They look almost effiminate but sounds so... MANLY! The seiyuus sounds amazing!
Tifa fight scene with Loz was beautiful. She is not a character to mess with. I initially thought they would make her somewhat like a damsel in distress but she did whopped the ass of one of the triplet. Even though she was defeated, she did not go down easily. YEAY for girl power!
Final fight between Sephiroth/Kadaj and Cloud. You just can't take your eyes off the screen. Everything moving so fast, you don't even want to blink.
And finally, the sad ending of the fight when Sephiroth left and Kadaj returned to himself. Badly injured. He fell in Cloud's arm and called him brother before he vanishes in the air. *sob*
Best birthday present ever!
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