My knowledge of Final Fantasy VII is limited to general knowledge, i haven't played the game but intend to one day.
Having said that i have seen the film and on the whole it wasn't down right dire. But, it did have some huge flaws. It's one that many movies based on anime/tv stumble on. Instead of taking those extra few minutes at the start and throughout the film to explain things they dont. It's assumed that the viewer already has substantial knowledge of things. which i didnt.
To be fair, the fight scenes were great and the musical score was submlime. I'll give it that. But it fails on basic storytelling. I mean, come on, when the rest of the cast was brought in during the final fight they were just cameos'. The dog with the Scottish accent. Just who the hell was he? in the context of the film just a no-body.
Because of Hollywood when people fay "flop" people automtically think money. Maybe its a poor choice of word to use, i dont know. Advent Children is exactly the same as Sprits Within. Both utterly stunning peices of work, but the fall at the plot.
Having said that i have seen the film and on the whole it wasn't down right dire. But, it did have some huge flaws. It's one that many movies based on anime/tv stumble on. Instead of taking those extra few minutes at the start and throughout the film to explain things they dont. It's assumed that the viewer already has substantial knowledge of things. which i didnt.
To be fair, the fight scenes were great and the musical score was submlime. I'll give it that. But it fails on basic storytelling. I mean, come on, when the rest of the cast was brought in during the final fight they were just cameos'. The dog with the Scottish accent. Just who the hell was he? in the context of the film just a no-body.
Because of Hollywood when people fay "flop" people automtically think money. Maybe its a poor choice of word to use, i dont know. Advent Children is exactly the same as Sprits Within. Both utterly stunning peices of work, but the fall at the plot.