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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5024165790366
Format: PAL
Languages: Japanese (Original Language),
Number Of Discs: 1
Theatrical Release Date: July 11, 2001
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Editorial Review:
Earth is a desolate wasteland in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Humanity has been decimated by an invasion of Phantoms, insubstantial aliens that extract and devour the spirits of living things. The few remaining humans have retreated to a handful of cities that are protected by massive bio-energy shields. The beautiful Dr. Aki Ross (voiced by Ming-Na) and her mentor Dr. Sid (Donald Sutherland) have discovered that the energy signatures of eight key Earth spirits can cancel out and destroy the Phantoms. With the help of Captain Edwards (Alec Baldwin) and his band of marines, they must scour the globe for the last two remaining spirits before General Hein (James Woods) manipulates the refugee government into attacking the aliens with an orbital laser that may also destroy the Earth.
Hironobu Sakaguchi's film is taken from the popular Final Fantasy video game franchise, which is particularly well suited to film adaptation with its series of original stories, but the movie features entirely new characters and settings. And like Toy Story and Shrek, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is completely computer generated. Unlike those cartoon comedies, though, The Spirits Within is a serious science fiction drama with astonishingly human digital actors. Aki, the female lead, appeared in a full-page spread in Maxim magazine's Hot 100 list--and was indistinguishable from the real-life models. The setting and conflict make for incredible action, but it's the larger issues, character interaction, and human elements that really make the movie shine. The Spirits Within is not simply a science fiction movie, in the same way that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is not simply a kung fu flick. The result is a fantastic summer movie with better action and more emotion than Pearl Harbor, and actors more lifelike than those in that other video game movie, Tomb Raider. --Mike Fehlauer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not bad...
It's why SqareSoft failed and got bought be Enix, but I like the movie. Graphics are still impressive, the overall plot is good, though some of the dialogue is redundant, stupid an unnecessary.
Rating:  - Excellent
Picture quality, Excellent!. For animation movie lovers this is one or the best cg movie ever made in history.
Rating: - Animation this , hummmmmm ...
If you never see this animation movie and you want to see the best realistic animation and design. Buy it and see it. I'm very sure that you're going to love it.
Rating:  - My favorite movie to date
I've liked this movie from the day it came out in the theater's. I had my mom take me to the nearest theater which was 200mile's away when i was 12. I gave up my Christmas and my birthday for that trip, And it was worth it.
This movies got a story line like none other that I've seen or heard of.
I watch it at least twice a month.
I recommend that if you have a pubic library go there check for the movie and if you like it buy it.
I should of got ... Read More
Rating: - Agreeably underrated...
I played the final fantasy games when I was younger and to be honest... that really didn't matter.
Yes the name is misleading for fans of the games but this was still good stuff on its own.
The story was fine. I'm not sure why people said it sucked?
The spirits of a dead alien race are looking for peace and the planet people live on has the means to create it... how is that not a compellingly original story?
The story telling was good. You could easily ... Read More
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