Fantasy Final Fantasy's Review of

FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN

I liked this movie a lot and had very little criticism towards it. Of course, the animation was excellent. There were times when I had to remind myself that these weren't real people I was watching.

The story was also very good. It is reminiscent of Final Fantasy VII's story line, in that a major part of it is the fact that after any living thing dies, it returns to gaia. In this movie, the phantoms act as the enemies as does the General although the General also wants to destroy the phantoms. There is also a distinct nexus to the story of Final Fantasy IV but if I told you what it was it might ruin the story for you so I won't say much more than that.

As I said before, the animation was great. It was all even better than I had expected. Even the skin and clothing of the characters was highly detailed. You can see hairs, veins, freckles, blemishes and all kinds of other minute details on the skin. On the clothing even the textures can be seen. It truly is amazing. As for relation to the games, the setting and the animation of it was much like that of Final Fantasy VIII except it seemed to be a little darker.

My only problem with the movie was the music. It's not that the music is bad. It's just that the music doesn't really go with Final Fantasy. They did after all bring in someone other than Uematsu.

Overall, I think that this movie is very good and I will definitely go see it again. This movie may very well be one of the best movies of the year so go to the movie theater and see it.