Two years ago the former soldier Sephiroth attempted to
absorb the energy deep within the planet: the Lifestream, and rule over mankind
as the extraterrestrial Jenova once tried. He was defeated by a group of
soldiers led by the mercenary Cloud Strife however, Sephiroth’s final spell
still managed to leave the planet devastated. Now a mysterious disease called
‘Geostigma’ plagues the survivors and there are is group of Remnants out to
find and reunite with the remains of Jenova and bring back Sephiroth. It falls
to Cloud, who is also afflicted with ‘Geostigma’ and hiding from the world to
come forward and fight again.
I wouldn’t call myself a true fan of anime; I
admit that I do enjoy indulging in the works of Hayao Miyazaki and anything
from Studio Ghibli, but that’s really as far as my anime appreciation travels.
This movie belongs to my brother so he could probably provide a much more
thorough and indeed educational opinion of it than I can, but I’m going to give
it a shot anyway and I apologise in advance if this review doesn’t give it
justice where justice is due.
Two years ago the former soldier Sephiroth
attempted to absorb the energy deep within the planet: the Lifestream, and rule
over mankind as the extraterrestrial Jenova once tried. He was defeated by a
group of soldiers led by the mercenary Cloud Strife however, Sephiroth’s final
spell still managed to leave the planet devastated. Now a mysterious disease
called ‘Geostigma’ plagues the survivors and there are is group of Remnants out
to find and reunite with the remains of Jenova and bring back Sephiroth. It
falls to Cloud, who is also afflicted with ‘Geostigma’ and hiding from the
world to come forward and fight again.
The storyline is a continuation of the
plot of the Playstation game and it’s fair to say that the movie is understood
and appreciated better if you’ve played the game before. I’m not a gamer myself
so this explains my struggling with the film’s plotline and not understanding
many of the references, flashbacks, and in general a rather large chunk of the
story. I could only piece together a very rough plotline from the jagged bits
of information that I could decipher however, it really wouldn’t be fair of me
to blame this on writing when a large number of the audience probably would
understand everything. So I won’t.
Instead, I’ll have a bit of a rave about the
things that made this movie very enjoyable for me: because I actually did enjoy this movie. The CGI right off
is something to marvel at. I’ll admit that it took a while to get used to
because it really is like watching the plot points of a game, but when you
consider the world created here and particularly the fight sequences, it’s all
very mind-blowing and captivating.
What usually appeals to me most about anime
is that practically all of its characters are unearthly beautiful beings with
sexy voices and AMAZING hair: so amazing in fact that they can wear it out
during fights and battles and it never
seems to annoy them! They never have to brush their hair of their eyes and I am
so envious of that! For the girls and
ladies out there, there are many sexy men to perve on here: both good and evil,
which makes it all the more delightful.
I do also want to draw attention to the
action sequences because they are pretty damned kick-arse! If you can image the
harder rock soundtrack accompanying the fights in Sucker Punch and then mix that with the highway chase from Matrix Reloaded and the alien battle in The Avengers, then you’ve got the fight
sequence from this movie.
Featuring the voice talents of Steve Burton, Rachael
Leigh Cook, Steve Staley, Wally Wingert, Quinto Flynn, Crispin Freeman, Dave
Wittenberg, Fred Tatasciore, Steve Blum, Beau Billingslea, Chris Edgerley,
Grace Rolek, and Benjamin Bryan, Final
Fantasy VII: Advent Children is a highly enjoyable movie filled with
action, science fiction, power, drama, and memorable characters. It’s always a
pleasant surprise when you enjoy a movie that you didn’t think you’d really
like and this is what this film was for me.
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