Directly to DVD like Advent Children could work, though.
hahaha "Vivi’s Destiny"? "Kuja’s Return"? Man, do your titles suck.
They should of played it safe, and released it to DVD instead, maybe it wouldn’t of been such a failure. The radical depature from the heart was obviously the downfall of the film, like so for Super Mario Bros. and Doom.
Commercially speaking, if anything Advent Children can prove for the Final Fantasy films, it’s that it’s safer to stay close to the source.
The thought actually came to me as well but then I thought "if every FF game is similar, yet different from its predecessor, why can’t a movie based on the games be the same?".
To my mind, there was no "radical departure" from the heart. It was a magical world intertwined with a sci-fi setting like FFVI (one of the best, if not the best, games in the series) and indeed, FFVII.
AC, on the other hand, was successful because it delivered what millions of rabid fans wanted: some new shots of Sephiroth’s ass. The film was horrible. Between the exaggerated zooms during a battle that didn’t let you catch any decent action and the stupid fucking milking of a game that should be left alone, I fell asleep. Twice. On different occasions. That’s how great the film is. And I’m a fan of VII. I quite like the game, so my opinion is not biased against AC. It’s just that terrible.
As stated in countless other threads and posts, the series did not start with VII, so AC was only closer to VII and VII alone. There was no staying closer to the source. It was a CG sequel to a game that’s 7th in a series currently numbering 12 (main) titles and countless spin-offs.
But the coolness of its action scenes and the quality of its CGs make me wanna come back to it and watch it again…
… in background.
there should be no Final Fantasy Ix movie. best Final Fantasy should be left alone
there should be no Final Fantasy Ix movie. best Final Fantasy should be left alone
fell asleep? come on man!
FF9 is the best FF ever and always will be best…
My first FF game =) so no movie about this..ok?
Truer words have never been uttered.
FFIX is my favorite, but I’d much rather have a movie about FFVI.
Leave FFIX as it is.
Isn’t that like saying FFX is not a FF game because it had nothing to do with the first FF, except for a few name tie-ins, as well?
I mean, why the hell should Spirits Within follow a plot straight out of one of the games, if the games never did follow one another? It was a stand-alone feature, with its own characters and story.
AC, on the other hand, did follow a story from an actual FF game because it was meant as a sequel.
You can hate TSW all you want, who am I to judge, but if your reason for it is that the film does not follow a storyline out of the games, then you probably should keep your mouth shut.
Your argument that TSW it had nothing to do with a FF game doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Why should it? It’s a movie based on the series, not a particular game in it.
Were you expecting a character from the games? A storyline from the games? Then you were doomed to hate the film before it even left post-production. TSW was never meant as a sequel to any of the games, keeping in with the tradition that the FF games never directly followed one another. Some of the familiar references were there but that was it. It was a story in its own right, with its own characters.
I repeat: if your sole reason for thinking it’s a bad film is that it didn’t follow a storyline from a specific game, you have no valid reason at all, I’m sorry to say.
I agree, I dont’ see what they could make the movie about.
i remember seeing this stupid thread again. Yeah I was right.
Apart from that, why would anyone want to see another FF9 movie than the game’s FMVs? The game was great and that’s it.
i remember seeing this stupid thread again. Yeah I was right.
Apart from that, why would anyone want to see another FF9 movie than the game’s FMVs? The game was great and that’s it.
here here
This is the only FFIX movie I would pay to watch. Bring Eiko in and have cameo appearances by the rest of the characters, including Kuja, featuring character-specific recipes. Have a "Foods Around Gaia" segment featuring worldwide cuisine.
I am only half-joking.
Hmm… Final Fantasy IX on DVD… That’s a tough one…It depends if they decide NOT to chibiize it like they did the game, and give it GOOD voice actors, who don’t overact and all that.
But, FF9: Kuja’s Return…??? WTH….
May I remind you that Kuja turned good in the end, when he finally realized all the stuff he did and how he screwed up…seriously…
So, it wouldn’t be Kuja this time around…Possibly Garland…He was still a psychopath even when Kuja kicked him off the cliff to his doom. (Best scene ever in FF9, btw)…
And a movie centering around Vivi…? Nah. Don’t think so.
hahaha everytime someone like you is born, God snaps his fingers and curses His mistake.
Also disagree with this. Garland was never crazy. He knew exactly what he was doing and for what purpose.
Adding my voice to the list of those mocking this idiot.
This made me chuckle.
Final Fantasy IX was a good game. Final Fantasy VII was a good game. They just happened to make a sequel to VII. It seemed like a popular title and alot of people loved it, and there were also people that hated it.
Either way, my opinion would to leave the Final Fantasy games in their consoles and watch the producers of the new Castlevania movie fail and I can laugh at them! HAHAHA!
*leaves*
My fishmonger is female and the air turn blue around her. The fact you need to sit down to take a piss has nothing to do with the sounds produced by your tongue, teeth, vocal chords and jaw movements.
Also, you women are always harping about equal treatment. Now that you’re getting it, suck it up and shut the fuck up, please.
…and skipping back to the discussion.
I’d suggest you to go back and take a look at both the films as… films.
When I first saw the trailer for the ‘Spirits Within’ movie, I thought: "hmm. That looks neat, it must be coincidental that the title matches a title of a game series… or not."
What you have to see is that ‘Spirits Within’ was a stand alone story, and it was an original piece of work that was delivered amazingly under the FF title (probably for either shameless/convenient promotion of their games or because it was recognizable). It was actiony, dramatic, an early CG pioneer, …
SW delivered slightly more than what I expected from it… which is really good in my opinion.
Now look at ‘Advent Children’, a familiar story that has been overanalyzed followed by an overhyped movie. When you compare the substance, this movie barely made expectations. There wasn’t anything really new that anyone didn’t expect. Albeit, I do believe the choreography was well done – but this is expected from any animator familiar with action sequences.
So… give them both a second glance before you start hating on something people like only to praise some other piece of work.
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Also, FFIX movie? Where did that come from? Though, I think if there is to be a third FF movie, they should introduce more magic use. FF9 certainly had a charm to it, but I think a fresh story would be nice.
Add my name to the Spirits Within sucked list. The characters are what did it for me. Not a single dude with a sword or epic qualities of a hero… Note that in every FF, the main character wields a sword or has distinguishing, hero-like qualities that we often see in Greek and Roman epics. At the very least, AC had memorable action and broad characters, even if the majority of people on here don’t like the supporting cast and/or storyline.
FFIX doesn’t need to be tampered with. FFX-2 and the FFVII compilation has taught us that (a) Tetsuya Nomura should NOT be directing and should’ve stayed as the concept artist, and (b) continuing the story only makes things complicating and pisses off the fans.
If anything, make FFVI into a two season, 52 episode running anime. I’d support that.
and… self sacrifice isn’t an epic hero quality? You must have a sword to be a hero? Jesus carries a gunblade? awesome.
It would’ve been kind of cool (and a heck of a plot twist), had Jesus whip out a divine gunblade and trash the Romans in the garden of Gesemeni… The symbol for Christianity would be the gunblade in place of the cross. Go fig…
And why not have a 52-ep running FFVI series? One of the underlying problems with the FF movies was that they were too short and didn’t have time to explain the plot in a likable way. (Suspense has to build up so that the climax to the show is nothing short of phenomenal). A long-running anime, if done by the proper studio, could turn out to be more of a success than any movie has been. (The only exception here is FF Unlimited. I don’t know who was in charge of that embarrassment, but that’s another rant for another post…)
FFVI is more than long enough to where the second season can begin when the floating continent crashes and the party is separated. Like all great anime, there will be goofy side-quests that add humor to the show before the final confrontation with the antagonist.
If he did, I would go to his church
This kind of Bible I’d stand for.