It's Final Fantasy VII! (takes out inner-child geek hat)

The gang is back, and boy have they grown. FFVII was never my favourite (that'd be FFVIII) but it was still good to see Cloud and Company once again.

Some screenshots from Final Fantasy VII Advent Children:


A fighting scene inspired from Hero? One of the best in the movie



Spiderwoman incarnate. Funny, I didn't think Tifa was that great in the game...



... or that pretty. Stand aside, Rinoa.


Yuffie, Sid, Tifa, Vincent, Marlene, Barrett. All looking un-lego-like! (Marlene looks more like Tifa's daughter than Barrett's... Weird.)



Altogether again. Cloud and Tifa together? I can only hope...



Man of the hour: Cloud I-can't-smile-because-the-weight-of-the-world-is-on-me Strife



More faces I never thought I'd see...

Plot-wise, Advent Children is somewhat filmsy. The angst displayed by Cloud becomes pretty old pretty soon into the movie, especially when one recalls a similar attitude in the male protaganists of both the FFVII and FFVIII games. It's a fine thing to use a stoic, guilt-ridden hero to invoke poignancy, but too much of it... Well let's just say Cloud seemed somewhat menopausal when he's not fighting in the movie.

The fighting scenes though, are fast, furious and a feast for the eyes. Those alone are worth the entire price of admission. I like it that the producers have decided to eschew the high level of realism employed in the last Final Fantasy movie, because fantasy is what they do best. Favourite action scene in the movie? Tifa's fight scene, with Cloud's overdrive scene coming in at a close second. Awesome stuff.

Pics courtesy of Square Enix.

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