Thoughts of the movie

[Dragon Mage]

I've been reading these forums for some time now and would like to throw in my two cents worth.

First off, I thought it was a very good movie and was neccessary to FF7 because it finished the storyline. If you recall, in the game, there wasn't much of an ending. If (and only if) you watched to the end of the credits did you see that the world had indeed been saved. But what about the characters? This movie provides an answer and an ending as well. I thought that a little more character interaction would have been nice but overall, it was nicely done. (I also believe that the movie was meant to provide a good look at the characters; no more Lego people.) The mouth movements could have been changed to make it better though. 9/10

This is not a stand alone movie. It's definitely for those who've played the game.

I've read a lot about how the characters fly around and it being unrealistic. I would like to point out that in the game Cloud and Sephiroth could really fly. Example: At the part of the game when Cloud gave Sehpiroth the Black materia he was flying. Levitating, hovering, whatever, it sure looked like flying to me. Sephiroth on the other hand flew around all the time in the game. So both of them can fly. It appears in the movie that they're just making insanely huge jumps; I would think it appears this way because they're 'jumping' to other objects to push off on (to luanch themselves in the air again) to quickly change direction, as opposed to stopping and changing direction in mid-flight which would prove to be much slower. So no more bad mouthing the whole flying part.
(Remaining stonily silent on the Bahamut battle)

I also belive that if this story were to be turned into a book, it would provide a much better insight to the characters and to the story and world overall. You simply can't draw a very good conclusion from the info and hints given in the game and movie.