(L) Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children COMPLETE

[patnam]

man, there need some requirements to watch it, so complicated..

[DieH@rd]

I just saw it and its much much better than the original! They added 30mins, and almost all of that time went to set the story right. There is no more crazy plotholes, everything is well put, you always knows what's going on, event that 2 turks are OK now. Battle between Sephiroth and Cloud is redone toward the end, Cloud got owned big time.

Anyways, great job Square you managed to salvage AC in my eyes.

[Bonta Kun]

Originally Posted by KimmyChan

I agree that this movie is much more enjoyable than that of the first original FF The Spirits Within movie

ahh that film bombed so much for me, I don't consider it a part of the FF verse-__-

bought AC on DVD first day it was released, now I gotta wait for this....thank god I got my PS3

[Vicious108]

I watched this a few days ago and was rather impressed. My opinion of the original Advent Children was of a mindless pure fanservice fest that was worth it for the pretty visuals and nonsensical yet fun fights.

But with this remake, they made the movie a lot more solid plot-wise. The whole thing just flows better and has much more cohesiveness. Some changes I particularly enjoyed:

Spoiler:

- Denzel isn't just a random kid who's just there for no reason anymore.
- Geostigma looks like an actual serious threat this time. The new scenes with the girl with the moogle doll were great.
- Cloud's character is somewhat fixed and less "emo-fied" thanks to the new scene with Marlene.
- Sephiroth doesn't just have a random fanservice cameo at the end and his return is more foreshadowed and explained.
- Zack is worked into the movie a lot better instead of just a few flashbacks and an appearance at the end. You can tell this was made post-Crisis Core.
- They actually showed Rufus and Kadaj talking at the top of the building this time, instead of just replaying random clips like in the original. That was a great change, as well as all the new Kadaj footage. He was definitely one of the characters that benefited the most from Complete.

And of course the new scenes looked gorgeous.

Originally Posted by Mecha_Trueno

EDIT: Forgot spoiler tags... (just in case).
I know the original movie is already licensed, but just to be on the safe side, please use spoiler tags in this thread until a this version of the movie has been subbed.

And uh about this, the Japanese release of the movie comes with the English dub. >_>

[Mecha_Trueno]

And uh about this, the Japanese release of the movie comes with the English dub. >_>

My bad, I didn't know that. I watched the download
Now I need to buy it so I can watch it in its full glory.

[Vicious108]

Yeah. Though I still hope someone does release it with English subtitles, because I kinda prefer the original cast. Though the English dub is still pretty good. Though it was clear that some of the actors had forgotten how their voice should be for their role, due to how long how it's been since the original Advent Children.

[Mecha_Trueno]

Though I still hope someone does release it with English subtitles, because I kinda prefer the original cast.

THORA has released one.

[Vicious108]

Oh cool, thanks.

Man that's one big release though... wonder if my computer will even be able to run it properly.

[Kid Ying]

Saw it yesterday. Wow, wasn't expecting that. It's actually pretty good, specially if you saw the first movie, cause this version is ACTUALLY a movie, not just a bunch of fanservice fights.

There's a lot of remade scenes. The majority of the movie was remade. It's easier to pick the original scenes. I like the fact that Kadaj's gang got a little more development, besides the "show and fight" part, Yazoo got lines! Liked the Denzel plot too, finally we know WHY he's with Cloud and Tifa, after all. Also, the geostigma looks like a REAL disease.

The english dub was pretty cool and the quality of the blu ray is unbelievable.

And that's it. The movie is damn better than the first one, everything is better, the fights were remade, the story is not bull crap(they make seem Kadaj even got a PLAN besides showing up and fighting) and Cloud whinying has its reasons, so i like it pretty much and i think that every fan of the game should see.

[Vicious108]

Originally Posted by Kid Ying

There's a lot of remade scenes. The majority of the movie was remade. It's easier to pick the original scenes. I like the fact that Kadaj's gang got a little more development, besides the "show and fight" part, Yazoo got lines! Liked the Denzel plot too, finally we know WHY he's with Cloud and Tifa, after all. Also, the geostigma looks like a REAL disease.

Yeah that was probably my favorite thing about Complete. The scenes with Denzel and the girl with moogle doll were very moving and really showed just how cruel the reality of those infected with Geostigma was. Which in turn also makes Cloud's self-isolation more tolerable and understandable.

[Shiroth]

Has anyone watched the Denzel OVA yet? Just wonder if we should talk about it here, or make a new thread for it.

[Vicious108]

I doubt there's a need for that, unlike Zack and Last Order, I don't think people really care all that much about Denzel. No offense to those that do, heh.

But yeah I've seen some screenshots and it does look good at least, pretty much the same quality of animation as Last Order. Just wish they had picked another character to focus it on. An OVA about the Turks for example would be pretty nice.

[Mecha_Trueno]

What ever happened to Cissnei? Doesn't tell you in the game. I was hoping that this being post Crisis Core movie, would at least give her a cameo.
oh well...

[Kid Ying]

You're right. We can't say that it was for the sake of the original story, cause they changed so much that it was an almost different movie. In the end, Crisis Core's only achievement in the show was to give an insightful view of Cloud's relationship with Zack at the time of Advent Children.

[Secca]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Just wonder if we should talk about it here, or make a new thread for it.

Yeah probably not big enough to start a new thread. Too bad we dont have an entire section for Final Fantasy yet tho, then maybe we can have several character apreciation threads. I cannot wait to play Versus XIII now, since watching this I've been checking out trailers of the games. It's gorgeous. ^^

[SilentTweak]

Anyone noticed how half the movie was full up upscale scenes? They were actually rendered in 1080p. Only the new scenes were. That really got to me. I can't believe Square Enix got so lazy. You'll notice it most in Kadaj's hair; it's like alias to hell and back.

[deejay220989]

Hey guys,

Spoiler for FFACC:

When Cloud threw his sword like a boomerang to save Denzel, he only threw one sword right? But I can see TWO swords in the air!

Any ideas?

[Vicious108]

Were you drunk when you watched it?

But yeah, didn't notice that. So no idea.

[Mecha_Trueno]

Originally Posted by deejay220989

Hey guys,

Spoiler for FFACC:

When Cloud threw his sword like a boomerang to save Denzel, he only threw one sword right? But I can see TWO swords in the air!

Any ideas?

I just assumed it split in two while in mid-air.

[Ashlotte]

I'm such a wuss I still teared up every time Aerith appeared...

Was nice to rewatch it again though especially with all they added...I was expecting a small amount of content to justify trying to resell this again and nothing more...Glad I was wrong.