Anyone going to Kingsglaive this weekend?
I've got tickets for a big-screen presentation tomorrow, and after that 12-minute teaser I'm looking forward to it.
Anyone else seeing it soon? I guess this can be a general thread for enthusiasm, expectations, and - in the fullness of time - reactions.
not really all that interested in it. maybe when it comes to netflix or something
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I don't think there are any Scotland showings or else I'd be right on that.
What Shauna said.
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Talking about the reaction, the critical reception is... not good.
That's not surprising at all. I never trust Rotten Tomatoes and even less so when it comes to people spending their professional life critiquing movies suddenly being told to critique a movie aligned to a video game that hasn't even been released yet. I don't assume most critics are gamers.
The reviews from actual "normal" people who wanted to see the film have been very solid by comparison, 7.6/10 on IMDb, 80% on RT, 7.6 on Metacritic (3.5 for Metacritic's critic reviews). That's really good for a video game movie.
I always go by IMDb, personally.
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You have a point, critics are not the best at judging video game movies.Originally Posted by Loony BoB
Just check out Warcraft - it has an abysmal 28% rating on rotten tomatoes, and yet most fans I've listened to about the matter say that they loved the movie.
Will the Kingsglaive story be confusing and messy to someone who has no idea about FFXV and the way this movie relates to it? Of course it will. But it wouldn't fulfill its general purpose if it was made with the casual audience in mind. This is exactly the same situation as the Warcraft movie was in.
As long as it isn't another Spirit's Within.
Spirits Within was a good movie.
Case in point.
Kingsglaive is expressly meant to be a prequel/lead-in to FFXV proper, though. Hopefully that context will help folks to realise it's not going to be a complete stand-alone story all by itself. In that respect, it might help that it's only getting a limited theatrical release, instead of trying to be a mainstream flick.
I mean, the Brotherhood anime would probably seem pretty pointless and stupid if you tried to view it as a complete series unto itself. It only really works because it's adding colour and context to something bigger.
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It's a bit too far away for the closest theater for me. I mean I COULD make it but that'd be a four hour round trip just to get there and back.
People take IMDB ratings seriously? They're dreadfully unreliable, half those scores might be from people who haven't even seen the film. But it is true that anyone without an existing interest in FFXV is unlikely to be a big fan of this by the look of it.
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Yeah the closest theater to me showing it is five and a half hours away. So I'll just be waiting until next week to stream it.
As for the poor critical reception the film has received, no one should be surprised or let it affect their decision to watch it. It's a companion film to a video game that hasn't been released yet. Essentially, it's one giant high budget cutscene to flesh out the game's story further. The film critics reviewing it are judging it as a stand alone independent film and have no interest in the game, so naturally they find it confusing and unfulfilling.
In contrast, sites that review games and almost never review films, have given it great reviews. That pretty much tells me all I need to know.
Just got back from seeing the alleged Europe premiere. It was pretty good! A tad predictable maybe but it showed a side of Lucis I didn't expect to see that soon. Also (SPOILER)Ultros cameo yay.
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