Would FF8 have been better as a movie?

[Cyric]

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.

I think it'd be difficult to make the plot into a movie. There would be too much going on and too many points to be cut. As previously mentioned, it would be too long. If it became a movie, I hope they'd explain more things that remain cloudy in the game itself. For instance, Ultimecia's back story.

Well, let's see how long it might be. Here're a list of the major events that happened during the first 2 discs:
Disc 1 (could be done in probably 30-45 minutes)
Dollet Mission
Timber Mission
Assassination

Disc 2 (this would probably take about an hour)
Prison/Missile Base
Balamb Garden In-fighting (complete with NORG encounter since it's vital to the story)
Fisherman's Horizon & Trabia Garden
Balamb/Galbadia Garden Battle (w/ Sorceress battle)

Disc 3 & 4, if I remember correctly, were VERY short. In fact, I think Disc 4 was the shortest of them all. So Disc 3 & 4, together, would probably take no more than 90 minutes.

Bear in mind, that those times are if every bit of info was included. The ideal way to make a movie around it, would be to base it on what Squall knows, which is very little at the beginning and the first disc and a half could fly by quite quickly, in 45-60mins. Once the story picks up, that's when the details would become important. For the sake of a climax, I'd say have Rinoa releasing Adel at the mid-point, which would probably be around 90 minutes in. Then just keep dialing it in to build up the emotions, and then...time-compression, Ultimecia, and then the end being consistent with the end-of-game FMV(s). All in all, I'd say it'd have a run time of about 2.5 to 3 hours. And considering this would have come out after a popular installment like FFVII, it probably would've gotten a lot of attention.

Besides, even if it WERE as long or longer than LOTR, at least this one would have a story with twists. As for "The Spirits Within", the story itself was ok, but it was the voice-acting that killed it.

it would have been good as a tv show. like a miniseries or something. like a season to a disc

or an anime...

well, with the mashing of swords and guns, and how Firefly mashed western and sci-fi...who's got Joss Whedon's number?! LOL