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I thought Final Fantasy: Spirits Within looked almost photorealistic when it came out, and now it looks like Toy Story or Shrek compared to modern 3D animation.
Oh, I remember watching that one as a kid, being annoyed that it had nothing to do with the games I knew and it having a weird plot I could barely follow.
To give full credit to this movie, Final Fantasy games are just as convoluted. You try to condense the plot of the amnesia child soldiers who fight demons from the moon summoned by their teacher/mother in hopes they'll defeat the reincarnated witch who's destined to take over her body (FF8) in an hour and a half with Steve Buscemi, Alec Baldwin, and tell me if it's Oscar worthy. (I have no clue whether the original Japanese cast was as star studded)
I hated that movie as a kid, but I think I hated it more because it didn't follow any of the other convoluted stories I forced myself to understand already.
The best Final Fantasy movie is Laputa: Castle in the Sky.
I really believe Laputa to be the most Ghibli movie of them all, while Nausicaa's story resembles the most Final Fantasy.
The first few Final Fantasy games have a hell of a lot in common with Castle in the Sky. The heavy emphasis on airships, the ancient, powerful civilization of which the female lead is the last descendent, the mid-story villain switch, etc.
I haven’t seen that in ages. The main thing I remember being wowed at was her hair.
Brave probably still wears that crown now, though.