The Final Fantasy VII LTD Thread (Round 4)
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ForceStealer
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No no, its called the "3 day timeline" because the movie takes place over the course of three days 
They pass out at like noon or something and wake up at 6:30.
And you know what song they should have used?
They pass out at like noon or something and wake up at 6:30.
And you know what song they should have used?
Splintered
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Really? I was on ACF for a huge chunk of the earlier parts of the info, and I never heard of this before. There was a lot of "Cloud is living on his own" but never rivaled orphanages. I remember getting info about the orphanages and was actively involved in the LTD thread there, but I never encountered this argument. It couldn't have been widespread.
Healed on their own? Ehhhhh, I never got that impression. I always thought Aerith spread her jesus juice on them. Guess I was wrong, no wonder they changed the theme to a more worried one.
That's kinda what I got too. Visually you could make the argument, but in general, that whole atmosphere changed.
A much better choice tbh. Makes it more appropriately disheartening rather than a hopeful one.
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ForceStealer
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I actually never got any impression that Aeris healed anything at that part. This is the first I've heard of it. Cloud got up from his Geostigma attack up at Zack's grave, I imagined he would again. As for Tifa, well, as I suggested with that song, we all know sleeping heals all wounds 
ForceStealer
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Because the "professionals" have such a great track record with video game movies so far.
$5,000,000 says that if they used Tifa's theme people would bitch about using it again after they just used it when she and Marlene entered the church.
$5,000,000 says that if they used Tifa's theme people would bitch about using it again after they just used it when she and Marlene entered the church.
Splintered
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ikr?
Besides that's the point of compilation, Square's attempt to try different mediums and genres.
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Mr. Thou
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Fine, get a film school dropout. I'm sure you're not seriously suggesting that AC's nonsensical mess couldn't be vastly improved with some director savvy.
ForceStealer
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I don't really see a precedent for why it would be. Say what you want about AC/C, its still one of the better video game movies out there. In fact, it might even be the best...I can't think of a single one that I have bothered to watch twice.
Makoeyes987
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The one's available would probably make it worst.
The one's who would make it better, probably couldn't give a rats ass about a video game movie.
See the dilemma here?
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Mr. Thou
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The one's available would probably make it worst.
The one's who would make it better, probably couldn't give a rats ass about a video game movie.
See the dilemma here?
As evidenced by that long, well-known list of directors approached by SE who turned it down. I mean Nomura was just the very last resort, right?
Come on dude.
Makoeyes987
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I'm going by the trend of most video game directors sucking balls, making their adaptions the fodder of ridicule and scorn. Why is it that most video game adaptions end up appearing as Uwe Boll swill? Are they just doomed to failure, or is it because the talent just isn't lining up to do it?
ForceStealer
Double Growth
It was a direct-to-dvd movie dude. How long is that list of well-known directors that make those?
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Splintered
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Didn't Degeneration have a professional director?
ForceStealer
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@hito:I didn't know that. Learn something new every day
Splintered...I'm not sure, but that didn't exactly get glowing reviews either. (EDIT: From the looks of animenewsnetwork, which is what came up in my google search, Makoto Kamiya has been a special effects director, Degeneration was his first full director job.)
Splintered...I'm not sure, but that didn't exactly get glowing reviews either. (EDIT: From the looks of animenewsnetwork, which is what came up in my google search, Makoto Kamiya has been a special effects director, Degeneration was his first full director job.)
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Historically video game adaptions are written and targeted to an audience assumed to be knuckle dragging fanboys who will swallow anything. That is why they are doomed. Spielberg could not make Mortal Kombat II a great movie, because the problem wasn't the directing.
Which isn't to say AC would be a great movie if the disjointed cinematography were fixed, but it would be less annoying.
Well-known list of directors, not list of well-known directors. As in, everyone knows SE just handed Nomura the keys.
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Makoto Kamiya, although from looking looking at Wikipedia he's mostly a cinematographer. The only two direction credits he has are Degeneration and a segment in Shin Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden.
ForceStealer
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Question: Have you seen ACC null? I know the prevailing attitude around here is that "a polished piece of shit is still shit," but if your problem was disjointed cinematography, ACC went a long way to making the movie flow better. (I know there's still the before/after part with the fight in the Forgotten City, but beyond that there was a lot filled in between previously much tougher-to-follow scene changes.)
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Madame Mayor
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I knew you'd probably remember. Thanks.
Tifabelle
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I think a problem with movies based on video games series is that movies are limited in the amount of time they have to tell a story. In these instances, you're typically required to have some basic knowledge of the plot before watching the movie.
Someone tuning in to ACC (even with its added scenes) would have problems following along on some of the finer details. Basic stuff like Jenova, who Sephiroth really is, what materia is, etc. Sure you could get the overall idea of the movie and still enjoy it, but some of the plot points would just be over your head.
Someone tuning in to ACC (even with its added scenes) would have problems following along on some of the finer details. Basic stuff like Jenova, who Sephiroth really is, what materia is, etc. Sure you could get the overall idea of the movie and still enjoy it, but some of the plot points would just be over your head.
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The time of good video game based movies will come. ACC is a step in the right direction and I hope others will take inspiration from it, plus add some solid story directing to their projects.
It took 70 years since the inception of comic books to find respected ground in the movie industry. Video games will get there too. Eventually. This I believe.
It took 70 years since the inception of comic books to find respected ground in the movie industry. Video games will get there too. Eventually. This I believe.
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