So I just watched Advent Children Complete

[Aulayna]

Because I'm on night shift and you know... YOLO...

I actually quite enjoyed it compared to the original version. The extra scenes fleshed out a lot of the stuff. I guess it's also nearly 10 years since the original came out that I don't have the energy to look for faults in everything anymore and just took it for what it was, which actually wasn't that bad - and I hated the original.

[noxious.sunshine]

Wait. Advent Children got remade?

Where the hell was I when this happened?

OH. nm. It says "Complete". Duh.

[Elskidor]

I didn't know this existed until I saw this thread, and I went and hunted it down. It does help the film a lot, but I don't know why they left half of that stuff out in the official release. I enjoyed it much more than the original release, by far. I think I woulda enjoyed about 20 more minutes of story line to flesh out things a tad more, but it was an improvement.

[Jinx]

What was included in this release that wasn't included in the original?

[Elskidor]

Some back story on Denzel, Cloud, and some Rufus/Turks scenes.

[Jiro]

The added scenes went a long way to making it smurfing coherent. The original Advent Children could not be watched without a strong understanding of teh source material and a goddamn crystal ball.

[Elskidor]

Yeah, that's true. Besides for looking pretty, the original Advent Children was crap. Pretty crap, but still just crap. Oh yeah, they added about 5 more minutes to the ending fight scene too. I don't think it was needed at all, but I know some people probably would have been fine with a 2 hour long drawn out fight scene and woulda called it a movie.

[Jinx]

I saw the original cut. I remember my friends all getting pissy with me because I said it was trout. I had played FFVII of course. But I hadn't (and still haven't) read the comic or played any of the side games. I was pretty lost about was going on. From the moment the movie started.

[VeloZer0]

I don't think it was needed at all, but I know some people probably would have been fine with a 2 hour long drawn out fight scene and woulda called it a movie.

That's for damn sure.

I've been meaning to get around to watching this since... whenever it was released. However the fact that I thought AC was fairly poor aside from the fighting hasn't really made it a priority. Knowing that they did some improvements to the fighting now bumps it up a little on the ol' priority list.

[Depression Moon]

Hmm, I might try and give this a watch too. Like everyone else I thought Advent Children was pretty bad outside the action.

[Sword]

but I don't know why they left half of that stuff out in the official release.

It's almost as if animation costs money.

[Elskidor]

That material was already available, they just cut it out of the film deeming it not important.

[Elly]

iirc, they said they added the extra scenes after the original release as well as persistent dirt, rips, tears, & cuts on the character models... it was not footage left on the cutting room floor, but entirely new material to flesh out a few things fans had complained about...
if someone could find the interview i'm referencing that would be awesome...

[Ayen]

I wish I had a Blu Ray so I could watch it, but as it stands now I won't be viewing Complete any time soon. Saw a picture of Aerith in the remake and she looked awesome, much better than in the original.

[Aulayna]

I wish I had a Blu Ray so I could watch it, but as it stands now I won't be viewing Complete any time soon. Saw a picture of Aerith in the remake and she looked awesome, much better than in the original.

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(SPOILER)Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (HD)+(CC) - YouTube

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