Quote Originally Posted by charliepanayi View Post
FFVIII's FMVs were unnecessary? I have no idea if they were 'necessary' but they were fantastic so frankly I couldn't care less. The opening, the ending, the introduction of each main character, the ending, Waltz for the Moon, Squall getting an icicle through the chest, the Lunar Cry...did I mention the ending? Not to say FFIX was shabby in that department, the destruction of Lindblum, Cleyra and Alexandria, entering Memoria, Bahamut turning on Brahne, all pretty thrilling too.

I said some, not all. VIII has a few FMVs showing big things doing minor stuff. For instance, I have a scratch on the short cutscene of the Lunatic Pandora moving to its spot for the Lunar Cry. This sequence is a 30 seconds sequence of the a giant metallic pillar moving over a circle. It takes 8 minutes for it to finish due to that damn scratch and its what made me aware of how silly and irrelevant a few of the FMVs are. VIII is filled with scenes that don't show the characters or even have decent music and are basically minor and just plain pointless events. Like all the sequences showing off what the Gardens look like from a few separate angles.

Most of IXs were reserved for the badass moments and even the more sceneic ones have this calming feel to them. IX does have a few pointless scenes as well, to be perfectly fair. Yet both games still have the overall best FMVs in the series.