First official AC reviews are in. Do you agree?

[Ishin Ookami]

taking a look at gamerankings, you can see here that the first offical Advent Children reviews are in. And personally, I think these reviews have been bought by square.

EGM has been stating the same comments since the films preview in Venice. Its better than Spirits within (bullshizcz!), it features the only Final Fantasy cast people care about (FFVI fans, launch flaming emails now!), it looks cooler than anime and Hong Kong action flicks (since when did EGM or Ziff Davis publications in general even care about either?) and FFVII, the game that made rpg's popular in america. They've been repeating the same old comments time and again for so long that it really does feel as though they are reading from some sort of script. Yah, they touch on briefly that the plot sucks, then go back to trying to make you believe its the greatest film since Seven Samurai. I dont mind differring opinions, but fanboyish rantings from people who frequently boast about journalistic integrety gets a bit nauseating. Surprisingly though, they managed to restrain themselves and dock the film a 15% for the lacking plot. But still, their score of 85% is overly generous IMO

Gaming Evolution is just a bit better, once again they bust out the cliche mocking the commercial failure of Spirits within, then go on to repeat the same material without referring to anime or Hong kong films. They award AC a 95% despite admitting the plot is weak. Am I the only person who sees something wrong with that?

PSXEvolution UK's review is the most nauseating one. I mean at least most people who like the film can state that the plot lacked. Serverely. These guys are trying to tell you that the plot was "spectacular". I kid you not. In fact though they rarely have a negative comment they score the movie the lowest, at a 80%. And yes, the obligatory dig at sprits within is made.

You know, the irony is that all three publications are people who praised the film before and during its release, but have since then jumped on the bandwagon in favor of beating this dead horse rather then offend the masses. Offering publications an early exclusive for favors is not totally unheard of, and these reviews just dont really sound all that objective. I mean I can look at reviews for MGS and Devil may cry, reviews that are very generous yet they at least pay attention to flaws and mark the film on its own merits rather then make you think its better then products the target audiance has never heard of. I mean I really doubt the target audiance for AC had the patience to sit through Ghost in the shell or Crouching tiger hidden dragon, so why make the comparisons? and if the plot (a vital element needed in any movie) is so weak then how come the scores are so high? Michael Bay takes hits for his action over story approach, but Id call Armegeddon or Con Air a masterpiece of storytelling over AC anyday.

I dont want to come accross as a hater, but I do get sick of all the "OMFG, AC EFFING ROXXORZZ" comments and welcome those who can actually make a intelligent argument or point on the film instead of fanboyish ranting. These "Journalists" however just come accross as the former in their articles, rather then the latter IMO. But I could be wrong, what say the rest of you.