Is VIII's battle system really that much different from IV-IX, and X-2?

Or are you referencing the junction system rather than the battle system?

I don't think VIII would have been better as a movie. For one, it'd be longer than the Lord of the Rings movies, and those were pretty long.

I think that if it wasn't a game, I'd prefer a novelization rather than a film. Square has think about bad movies anyway.

Maybe Fabio could be on the cover as Squall.