![]() The disc features some of the coolest menus this year.ĭisc two is so packed, lets just break it down as they appear in the menu: Documentary: "The Making of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within"This is a new documentary about the production of the move and is pretty interesting. This feature alone is cool enough (for me) to enjoy the disc enough to add it to my collection, but that isn't even digging into the second DVD.After that you get the trailers for the film, some trailers for other Columbia Tri-Star movies, and a short preview for Final Fantasy X that actually shows gameplay (unlike previous commercials for the Final Fantasy games). For an animated movie such as this (and as an animation fan) this is an extremely cool feature to see, as you're able to see the film in various stages from storyboards on up to rough renderings. I made my feelings about the score pretty clear in the movie review, so lets move on.The other special feature on disc one (called Boards & Blasts) is a version of the film that mixes finished scenes with storyboards and rough animation, which you are able to watch with or without commentary or subtitled "factoids". ![]() If those aren't enough for you, there is also an isolated score by commentary by Elliot Goldenthal. Both tracks are excellent especially if you are at all interested in CG and are definitely worth a listen. Capp, and staging director Tani Kunitake. The second commentary is by animation director Andy Jones, editor Chris S. Number one is by co-director Motonori Sakakibara, sets & props lead artist Tatsuro Maruyama, sequence supervisor Hiroyuki Hayashida, and "Phantom supervisor" Takao Noguchi and is in Japanese with subtitles. The ExtrasWhen you get two discs in a DVD case, chances are you're in for some good extras, and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within holds up well against other 2-disc special editions.On disc one you get two different commentaries. Action sequences make excellent use of your sub, so you might want to warn the neighbors before cranking this one up. ![]() The separation between the front and rears is excellent and you'll almost always have some sound coming from behind you. As in movies that follow along with the Aliens formula, you can expect them to be wiped out one by one as the action carries on. Steve Buscemi voices one of the soldiers, but unfortunately he is wasted here (along with Ving Rhames and Peri Gilpin) as nothing more than cannon fodder for the Phantoms. On the other side of things General Hein (James Woods) wants to use a giant orbital cannon to blow the aliens off the face of the planet.Between these two forces is a group of soldiers lead by Grey (Alec Baldwin) who work with Aki to locate the remaining spirits. Sid (Donald Sutherland) to find eight spirits, which will theoretically cause the Phantoms to go away once all eight are located. Aki Ross (voiced by Ming Na) is working with her mentor Dr. The year is 2065 and mysterious aliens known as "Phantoms" are slowly wiping out the human race. The MovieIn one departure from the game series, the movie actually takes place on Earth in the near future (the games always take place on some nameless fantasy world). The first was the abysmal Tomb Raider and the other is the first full-length feature from Square, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. In 2001 we got two new flicks whose origins came from a game series, and the curse did continue. Movies based on videogames generally suck with the very rare exception of one actually being entertaining (the first Mortal Kombat, for example).
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