The Spirits Within

[LunarWeaver]

I watched it after Advent Children, which was the fan service I wanted in the first place, to see if I would like it better. Overall, it's got a lot of neat ideas in it and some good plot. But the design of the world, the characters, and the structure of it simply defies the Final Fantasy title.

So I just took Final Fantasy away and pretended Square made a movie out of nowhere. Even then, it's still riddled with some silly stuff. I understand it's a movie, but I was basically coming in at the end of a story with no previous material to back it up. Everything had kind of already happened and the whole backstory is told in 2 sentences by Aki at the beginning. The villain human runs around doing what he does for no particular reason, and Aki and Grey's relationship was kinda pointless.

Their technology in this movie is insanely advanced. Why are they all killing themselves by fighting Phantoms just to get earth back. Go build a new planet.

Anyway, Final Fantasy bullhockey aside, I think it's good... a little above average for a sci-fi movie. Worth seeing at least once, anyway.