Amazon.co.uk Review
The delightful designs of William Joyce (writer/illustrator of such popular children's books as George Shrinks and Bently & Egg) make Robots a joy to behold. The round, bouncy, and ramshackle forms of hero Rodney Copperbottom and his computer-animated friends are part of an ornate and daffy Rube-Goldberg universe of elaborate contraptions and gleaming metallic surfaces. Rodney (voiced with a hint-of-Scottish lilt by Ewan McGregor) is a young inventor who sets off for Robot City to work for Big Weld (Mel Brooks), the supreme inventor of the mechanical world. But upon his arrival, Rodney discovers that Big Weld has disappeared, and the slick, shiny Ratchet (Greg Kinnear) is phasing out the spare parts that lumpen robots need to function and replacing them with "upgrades"--expensive and glistening new exoskeletons. Unfortunately, from this suitable beginning, the story degenerates into a series of action sequences that make very little sense, though some are kinetic and fun (though others are only there to serve the inevitable Robots video game). Most kids will enjoy the sheer visual pleasure of the movie, but compared to the narrative richness of Pixar movies like The Incredibles and Toy Story, that pleasure is pretty short-lived. Also featuring the voices of Robin Williams, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Amanda Bynes, Jennifer Coolidge, and many, many more. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
Customer Reviews:
funky.......2008-02-09
Entertaining cartoon with a bit of a grown up theme about everybody having it in them to shine no matter who they are or what their background. We've progressed from rats, dogs, deer etc to having robots entertain and enlighten. Not a bad idea at all since it allows for some groovy tricks and graphics - imagine all those futuristic movies you watch tailored for kids! That said there are also jokes for us older folk if you read between the lines.
I really enjoyed this movie. It gets 4 stars simply because it doesn't quite match up to some of the spectacular cartoons hitting the screens these days.
Kids animation with a very corporate theme.......2007-07-01
Robots is a beautifully computer animated movie about... Robots. Basically, the main robot in the story, Rodney (voiced by Ewan McGregor), decides to go to the big city to meet up with his childhood hero, Bigweld (voiced by Mel Brooks), and to get his invention out to the other robots. His invention is basically another robot but this is pretty much a fairy tale anyways, right? Rodney runs into Fender (voiced by Robin Williams) upon his arrival in the big Robot City when Fender tries to take advantage of Rodney and soon after, tries to steal his foot! I guess that is the robot equivalent of stealing shoes by the thieves here in the real world. Little things like that made the movie a unique experience. You can tell that a lot of thought went into the little parts, like the "making the baby" scene at the beginning. I thought that was ingenious, especially for a kids movie and still keeping it clean. The best looking robots were the sharp looking corporate robots. Ratchet (voiced by Greg Kinnear) was the main villain here and Cappy (voiced by Halle Berry) was the female corporate robot on the side of good, eventually helping Rodney in his quest.
First class animated movie for children and adults alike.......2006-12-03
It's refreshing to see some real competition to Pixar and Disney. The story is not as clever as Pixar at its best, but for my money this is easily the equal if not better than `Cars'. Fox animation, with Ice Age and now Robots, have realised that creating memorable characters and putting them in a decent story, is a winning ticket. Here, they have done that, and added extraordinarily good animation - Halle Berry describes it well when she says it is really like there was a DP (Director of Photography) it is so well lit, and also a bunch of sight gags, puns, running jokes etc, which crucially appeal to the adults as well as the kids. I love the opening gag when the father robot is running home because his wife is expecting - he bursts in the door and his wife says `I'm so sorry, you missed the delivery!" (as we see the delivery van drive away, the camera pans down to the box of baby robot parts) "but that's ok, it's making the baby that's the fun part!".
The voice cast are superb - Mel Brooks plays the big likeable boss, Ewan Macgregor is surprisingly.. well, American, in his role, and of course Robin Williams is just a living cartoon anyway so is perfect casting.
All in all, well worth a watch, and will bear repeated viewings. Hits all the right buttons to keep all ages amused.
Love it.......2006-07-23
This is a great film - great characters, nicely done to the point where adults can laugh and children can too. Worth watching it all just for the 'Hit me baby one more time' - kills me every time I watch it!
Great Sound & Vision - plus some jokes!.......2006-04-18
Great looking & sounding. For some the story might be a bit lacking but others (me too) will find it charming & entertaining.
The colours thru out are lovely - bright, giving a real 3D effect.
The sound is used really well & the James Brown jam at the end of the film is almost worth the cost of the film itself.
Give it a try - its a bit diferrent!
Amazon.co.uk Review
Ending the most popular film epic in history, Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith is an exciting, uneven, but ultimately satisfying journey. Picking up the action from Episode II, Attack of the Clones as well as the animated Clone Wars series, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen), pursue General Grievous into space after the droid has kidnapped Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid). It's just the latest manoeuvre in the on-going Clone Wars between the Republic and the Separatist forces led by former Jedi turned Sith Lord Count Dooku (Christopher Lee). On another front, Master Yoda (voiced by Frank Oz) leads the Republic's clone troops against a droid attack on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk. All this is in the first half of Episode III, which feels a lot like Episodes I and II. That means spectacular scenery, dazzling dogfights in space, a new fearsome villain (the CGI-created Grievous can't match up to either Darth Maul or the original Darth Vader, though), lightsaber duels, groan-worthy romantic dialogue, goofy humor (but at least it's left to the droids instead of Jar-Jar Binks), and hordes of faceless clone troopers fighting hordes of faceless battle droids.
But then it all changes.
After setting up characters and situations for the first two and a half movies, Episode III finally comes to life. The Sith Lord in hiding unleashes his long-simmering plot to take over the Republic, and an integral part of that plan is to turn Anakin away from the Jedi and toward the Dark Side of the Force. Unless you've been living under a rock the last 10 years, you know that Anakin will transform into the dreaded Darth Vader and face an ultimate showdown with his mentor, but that doesn't matter. In fact, a great part of the fun is knowing where things will wind up but finding out how they'll get there. The end of this prequel trilogy also should inspire fans to want to see the original movies again, but this time not out of frustration at the new ones. Rather, because Episode III is a beginning as well as an end, it will trigger fond memories as it ties up threads to the originals in tidy little ways. But best of all, it seems like for the first time we actually care about what happens and who it happens to.
Episode III is easily the best of the new trilogy--OK, so that's not saying much, but it might even jockey for third place among the six Star Wars films. It's also the first one to be rated PG-13 for the intense battles and darker plot. It was probably impossible to live up to the decades' worth of pent-up hype George Lucas faced for the Star Wars prequel trilogy (and he tried to lower it with the first two movies), but Episode III makes us once again glad to be "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." --David Horiuchi, Amazon.com
Customer Reviews:
Absolutely Fantastic!!!!.......2008-02-29
I couldn't believe what i was reading regarding the bad reviews of this film...i was actually in shock! This is one of the best films ever and I think it did the sequels great justice. It is truly one of the best films ive ever watched. For those who gave it a bad review and claim they had childhood memories 'destroyed' i think that you have expectations that could never be met because of your love for the sequels. This film is fantastic and if u leave your PREJUDGEMENTS at the door i see NO reason why you would not enjoy it. :)
Romance, Drama, Betrayal, Action, SFX!! How could you not enjoy??
At last we get a decent Star Wars movie.......2008-01-18
After the shockingly bad 'Phantom Menace' and the dissapointing 'Attack of the Clones' I was not expecting this to be any good. Thankfully I was wrong. 'The Return of the Sith' is the first decent Star Wars film since 'Return of the Jedi'. The most interesting part of Lucas' Star Wars has always been the Dark-side and the Dark-side of the force is in abundance here. This is such an improvement on the other 2 prequels ..... The acting is better (although still poor at times especially from Haden), the story is more enthalling and the characters interesting. Anikin's fall to the Dark-side is what makes this film and Darth-Sidious(Palpatine) makes a fine villian. Its a huge shame that the other 2 prequels were so poor but thankfully this film restored my faith in Star Wars.
Kill it with fire!.......2008-01-12
We're told this is a Starwars film for kids, I say that's bull. I've never seen a kid's film which featured decapitations and the implied slaughter of toddlers, garnished with a screaming and horribly burnt Anakin. For kids? People who believe that will buy into anything and should be removed from the streets lest they pose a danger to the public.
CGI is everywhere in this film. Yes I hear the groans of the fanboys already, still it is surprising they took time out from kissing George's buttocks to view this site and become outraged by my review in the first place. Unfortunately because CGI encompasses a large part of the film, it means they become far less stunning very quickly. After several scenes you'll no longer be impressed by the beautiful scenery.
Now the bigger problem comes in. The Jedi become hypocritical jerks in order to fight their unseen enemy. Mace was such a git I half expected him to turn round and beat down Anakin randomly. Let's face it, in this film the Jedi dropped their moral values when convenient, and worse still nobody in the audience wanted to admit it. It was so bad it practically had me cheering for the so called "evil guys."
Naturally this insane transformation of the Jedi leads to Anakin's fall from the "light side" of the force. Within 5 minutes of accidently killing a master, he goes straight for children in the most unconvincing performance ever filmed.
There is something good about this movie though, the lack of Jar Jar Binks.
The best of the 3 'modern' Starwars films, but a big contrast with the originals........2007-12-10
Hooray, at last we find out exactly how Anakin Skywalker (what a great name to have your teacher read out when taking register)turns to the darkside of the force under the spell of the cunning Emperor and into one of the greatest villans in cinematic history, Darth Vader. In the process the Jedi are betrayed and almost wiped out by being wholesale murdered at the Emperors instruction, with only a handful (Yoda, Obi-Wan etc) surviving to carry on the 'goodside' of the force, albeit having to go into hiding. And the major bonus of this film; hardly any appearance by the most annoying character ever concieved of; Jar Jar Binks.
Definetly the best of the 3 recent StarWars films, as the plot is clearer, the film much more character based, has a more mature focus, seems to flow better as a film and the acting is arguably 'a bit better' from Haydensen. Although the film is still plastered with CJI (which at times enhances the film)the actual story and characters take a stronger stance and the dialogue is nearly understandable and you can almost follow the plot.
The acting at times is still very wooden and criticism still abounds from 'original' StarWars fans who can see obvious flaws in the films detail, dialogue and acting; and there are many. For example, Anakin's actually training in the arts of the Darkside completely ignored, Yoda's escape to and arrival at the Degobar system leftout, Darth Vader adopting a totally different voice! Haydensen and Portman still excessively wooden at acting, CJI effects contrast sharply with original films character and allure.
I was a young boy when the original films were released and I was enthralled by them all and looked forward to the new films, and as such I completely empathise with fans of the original films who hate these new ones'.
However, in reality a break of almost 20 years between Return of The Jedi and the Phantom Menace was always going to cause a big change in the way these films were made and approached (GJI now all the rage) and as these films are largely aimed at children (as the originals really were, but also had enough content and quality for adults as well) older StarWars fans were bound to be dissapointed as they are now adults, who see the world more rationally. Also, the original films were a completely new idea and approach back in the late 70's early 80's, whereas these new films do suffer from a ' seen it all before' StarWars hangover.
However, for children this film is very powerful and I am sure that any 12 year old will love this film for its action, drama and effects, and will quite easily be able to complete loose themselves in it for 2 hours and more. However, be warned that some of the scenes are rather disturbing for younger children in places; Anakin burning alive, Vader entering the Jedi temple to kill younglings, the Emperor becoming disfigured etc.
This is the 'rock and hard place' that Lucas was always going to face when making these films; how to be contemporary, and appeal to the original fans who are now a mature audience? In this film he does just about achieve that balance and it is worth watching to tie up Starwars loose ends at last.
As good as the original films? No. The best of the recent sequels? Yes. The Force will be with you, ALWAYS (whether you believe it or not).
George has really overdone it this time........2007-11-17
First things first. Death should be handed out in small doses,not practically every 10 minutes. George has really overdone the death factor on this one. I mean when Anakin is dishing out death at the Jedi temple for example. There is just way too much killing!
The Star Wars movies are children's films, even though some adults like them, but the bit near the end when Anakin gets immolated,I mean that scared me when I first saw it and I'm nearly 10! Also the scene where Palpatine turns Anakin into Darth Vader is a bit disturbing. Overall I think it's quite an overdone movie and needs a lot of work.
Customer Reviews:
GENIUS.......2007-06-22
"They said it could never be done"
(Cue electric sparks and screams)
This scientist proved them wrong.
It's ... Attack of the Giant Midgets!
Cut to scenes of a normal sized man terrorising American streets by simply walking around zombie-like.
This show is brilliant. Random and surreal are over-used words, but applicable to Robot Chicken. For fans of 'cult' British comedy; Mighty Boosh, Brasseye and Darkplace for example, this program is perfect.
The single Greatest creation on TV EVER!!!!!.......2006-12-07
Robot chicken is a modern day work of art and should appeal in some way to every person on this planet
Its is made using clay and action figures and has some hilarious paradies of past and present things in pop culture (e.g Batman, Kill Bill, The Real Life, Big Brother, Blind Date etc)
It also has some great guest stars including the family guy and American Dad creator Seth Macfarlane, mila kunis, Corey Feldman, Amy Smart, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Weird Al Yancovich and the list goes on.
Any fan of the simpsons, king of the hill, Family Guy, Futurama, Malcolm In the middle, American Dad etc will find this DVD hysterical.
If you have a soul you need this DVD in your life!!!!
Absolutely classic.......2006-07-26
A stop-motion sketch show may not sound like the basis for a comedy goldmine, but Robot Chicken is one of the most hilarious shows on the air today. The stop-motion animation complements the oddball humour perfectly, and there's something in there for everyone; Robot Chicken seems to be pursuing a tireless quest to mimick and mock everything under the sun, from the Blind Date with an alien and a predator to the post-TV careers of He-Man and the Thundercats, from The World's Most One-Sided Fist Fights to Kill Bill with Jesus and a katana-weilding Santa Claus. A classic series.
Great show from the Family Guy crew .......2006-07-20
From Seth Green the man behind Chris and other voices from Family Guy, Robot Chicken is a childhood dream come true. All your favourite childhood cartoons such as: Batman, Peanuts, Teenage Ninja Turtles, Thundercats, The Flintstones, Sailor Moon, Looney Tunes, etc all parodied in short sketches.
Robot Chicken is very simple; characters made out of clay, a bunch of barbie dolls and special effects, but don't be put off as it's highly entertaining viewing. What you must be aware of though is that there is no storyline to the show. The jokes come fast and are very random which may not appeal to everyone. The show won't achieve South Park and Simpsons status, but it's a good laugh.
The show is great and is one of the standout shows on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, but calling the show one of the best on TV would be going a bit too far. I'm ready for this show to blow up in the UK like Family Guy and become a little bit overrated.
Overall: this show is great viewing and definetly not for kids. Any big kid who has a love for cartoons, comics and pop culture will love it! Also If you hate Family Guy stay well away!
Amazon.co.uk Review
Ending the most popular film epic in history, Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith is an exciting, uneven, but ultimately satisfying journey. Picking up the action from Episode II, Attack of the Clones as well as the animated Clone Wars series, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen), pursue General Grievous into space after the droid has kidnapped Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid). It's just the latest manoeuvre in the on-going Clone Wars between the Republic and the Separatist forces led by former Jedi turned Sith Lord Count Dooku (Christopher Lee). On another front, Master Yoda (voiced by Frank Oz) leads the Republic's clone troops against a droid attack on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk. All this is in the first half of Episode III, which feels a lot like Episodes I and II. That means spectacular scenery, dazzling dogfights in space, a new fearsome villain (the CGI-created Grievous can't match up to either Darth Maul or the original Darth Vader, though), lightsaber duels, groan-worthy romantic dialogue, goofy humor (but at least it's left to the droids instead of Jar-Jar Binks), and hordes of faceless clone troopers fighting hordes of faceless battle droids.
But then it all changes.
After setting up characters and situations for the first two and a half movies, Episode III finally comes to life. The Sith Lord in hiding unleashes his long-simmering plot to take over the Republic, and an integral part of that plan is to turn Anakin away from the Jedi and toward the Dark Side of the Force. Unless you've been living under a rock the last 10 years, you know that Anakin will transform into the dreaded Darth Vader and face an ultimate showdown with his mentor, but that doesn't matter. In fact, a great part of the fun is knowing where things will wind up but finding out how they'll get there. The end of this prequel trilogy also should inspire fans to want to see the original movies again, but this time not out of frustration at the new ones. Rather, because Episode III is a beginning as well as an end, it will trigger fond memories as it ties up threads to the originals in tidy little ways. But best of all, it seems like for the first time we actually care about what happens and who it happens to.
Episode III is easily the best of the new trilogy--OK, so that's not saying much, but it might even jockey for third place among the six Star Wars films. It's also the first one to be rated PG-13 for the intense battles and darker plot. It was probably impossible to live up to the decades' worth of pent-up hype George Lucas faced for the Star Wars prequel trilogy (and he tried to lower it with the first two movies), but Episode III makes us once again glad to be "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." --David Horiuchi, Amazon.com
Customer Reviews:
Absolutely Fantastic!!!!.......2008-02-29
I couldn't believe what i was reading regarding the bad reviews of this film...i was actually in shock! This is one of the best films ever and I think it did the sequels great justice. It is truly one of the best films ive ever watched. For those who gave it a bad review and claim they had childhood memories 'destroyed' i think that you have expectations that could never be met because of your love for the sequels. This film is fantastic and if u leave your PREJUDGEMENTS at the door i see NO reason why you would not enjoy it. :)
Romance, Drama, Betrayal, Action, SFX!! How could you not enjoy??
At last we get a decent Star Wars movie.......2008-01-18
After the shockingly bad 'Phantom Menace' and the dissapointing 'Attack of the Clones' I was not expecting this to be any good. Thankfully I was wrong. 'The Return of the Sith' is the first decent Star Wars film since 'Return of the Jedi'. The most interesting part of Lucas' Star Wars has always been the Dark-side and the Dark-side of the force is in abundance here. This is such an improvement on the other 2 prequels ..... The acting is better (although still poor at times especially from Haden), the story is more enthalling and the characters interesting. Anikin's fall to the Dark-side is what makes this film and Darth-Sidious(Palpatine) makes a fine villian. Its a huge shame that the other 2 prequels were so poor but thankfully this film restored my faith in Star Wars.
Kill it with fire!.......2008-01-12
We're told this is a Starwars film for kids, I say that's bull. I've never seen a kid's film which featured decapitations and the implied slaughter of toddlers, garnished with a screaming and horribly burnt Anakin. For kids? People who believe that will buy into anything and should be removed from the streets lest they pose a danger to the public.
CGI is everywhere in this film. Yes I hear the groans of the fanboys already, still it is surprising they took time out from kissing George's buttocks to view this site and become outraged by my review in the first place. Unfortunately because CGI encompasses a large part of the film, it means they become far less stunning very quickly. After several scenes you'll no longer be impressed by the beautiful scenery.
Now the bigger problem comes in. The Jedi become hypocritical jerks in order to fight their unseen enemy. Mace was such a git I half expected him to turn round and beat down Anakin randomly. Let's face it, in this film the Jedi dropped their moral values when convenient, and worse still nobody in the audience wanted to admit it. It was so bad it practically had me cheering for the so called "evil guys."
Naturally this insane transformation of the Jedi leads to Anakin's fall from the "light side" of the force. Within 5 minutes of accidently killing a master, he goes straight for children in the most unconvincing performance ever filmed.
There is something good about this movie though, the lack of Jar Jar Binks.
The best of the 3 'modern' Starwars films, but a big contrast with the originals........2007-12-10
Hooray, at last we find out exactly how Anakin Skywalker (what a great name to have your teacher read out when taking register)turns to the darkside of the force under the spell of the cunning Emperor and into one of the greatest villans in cinematic history, Darth Vader. In the process the Jedi are betrayed and almost wiped out by being wholesale murdered at the Emperors instruction, with only a handful (Yoda, Obi-Wan etc) surviving to carry on the 'goodside' of the force, albeit having to go into hiding. And the major bonus of this film; hardly any appearance by the most annoying character ever concieved of; Jar Jar Binks.
Definetly the best of the 3 recent StarWars films, as the plot is clearer, the film much more character based, has a more mature focus, seems to flow better as a film and the acting is arguably 'a bit better' from Haydensen. Although the film is still plastered with CJI (which at times enhances the film)the actual story and characters take a stronger stance and the dialogue is nearly understandable and you can almost follow the plot.
The acting at times is still very wooden and criticism still abounds from 'original' StarWars fans who can see obvious flaws in the films detail, dialogue and acting; and there are many. For example, Anakin's actually training in the arts of the Darkside completely ignored, Yoda's escape to and arrival at the Degobar system leftout, Darth Vader adopting a totally different voice! Haydensen and Portman still excessively wooden at acting, CJI effects contrast sharply with original films character and allure.
I was a young boy when the original films were released and I was enthralled by them all and looked forward to the new films, and as such I completely empathise with fans of the original films who hate these new ones'.
However, in reality a break of almost 20 years between Return of The Jedi and the Phantom Menace was always going to cause a big change in the way these films were made and approached (GJI now all the rage) and as these films are largely aimed at children (as the originals really were, but also had enough content and quality for adults as well) older StarWars fans were bound to be dissapointed as they are now adults, who see the world more rationally. Also, the original films were a completely new idea and approach back in the late 70's early 80's, whereas these new films do suffer from a ' seen it all before' StarWars hangover.
However, for children this film is very powerful and I am sure that any 12 year old will love this film for its action, drama and effects, and will quite easily be able to complete loose themselves in it for 2 hours and more. However, be warned that some of the scenes are rather disturbing for younger children in places; Anakin burning alive, Vader entering the Jedi temple to kill younglings, the Emperor becoming disfigured etc.
This is the 'rock and hard place' that Lucas was always going to face when making these films; how to be contemporary, and appeal to the original fans who are now a mature audience? In this film he does just about achieve that balance and it is worth watching to tie up Starwars loose ends at last.
As good as the original films? No. The best of the recent sequels? Yes. The Force will be with you, ALWAYS (whether you believe it or not).
George has really overdone it this time........2007-11-17
First things first. Death should be handed out in small doses,not practically every 10 minutes. George has really overdone the death factor on this one. I mean when Anakin is dishing out death at the Jedi temple for example. There is just way too much killing!
The Star Wars movies are children's films, even though some adults like them, but the bit near the end when Anakin gets immolated,I mean that scared me when I first saw it and I'm nearly 10! Also the scene where Palpatine turns Anakin into Darth Vader is a bit disturbing. Overall I think it's quite an overdone movie and needs a lot of work.
Amazon.co.uk Review
The delightful designs of William Joyce (writer/illustrator of such popular children's books as George Shrinks and Bently & Egg) make Robots a joy to behold. The round, bouncy, and ramshackle forms of hero Rodney Copperbottom and his computer-animated friends are part of an ornate a universe of elaborate contraptions and gleaming metallic surfaces. Rodney (voiced with a hint-of-Scottish lilt by Ewan McGregor) is a young inventor who sets off for Robot City to work for Big Weld (Mel Brooks), the supreme inventor of the mechanical world. But upon his arrival, Rodney discovers that Big Weld has disappeared, and the slick, shiny Ratchet (Greg Kinnear, As Good As It Gets) is phasing out the spare parts that lumpen robots need to function and replacing them with "upgrades"--expensive and glistening new exoskeletons. Unfortunately, from this suitable beginning, the story degenerates into a series of action sequences that make very little sense, though some are kinetic and fun (though others are only there to serve the inevitable Robots video game). Most kids will enjoy the sheer visual pleasure of the movie, but compared to the narrative richness of Pixar movies like The Incredibles and Toy Story, that pleasure is pretty short-lived. Also featuring the voices of Robin Williams, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Amanda Bynes, Jennifer Coolidge, and many, many more. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews:
Final Fantasy VII.......2007-10-08
The makers of this film have really outdone themselves this time. The graphics are excellent.
The dipiction of Clouds journey to forgivness, battling with Jenova's memetic legacy (or Geostigma) is beautifully narated along with Tifa's struggle through life without CLoud while she has to look after Denzel (who also has Geostigma) and Marlene.
The fight scenes are very detailed in the smallest way and the lip syncing is very good
All in all a very good movie and I weould reccomend it to everyone who loves Final Fantasy 7
P.S the one thing I would say is that don't expect it to be a copy of the game
Storyline was a let down.......2006-06-26
I found the storyline to be a bit of a let down, but this is probably because I am worryingly obsessed with the game, even after nearly ten years...! I think after such a long wait I was really expecting something more, especially as the storyline from FFVII was so gripping and convoluted.
I'm not sure what Tseng was doing in the film, seeing as I'm sure Sephiroth killed him in the game, and found it highly improbable that Rufus could possibly have survived, but never mind!! I much preferred watching the film in Japanese as it made a lot more sense and the American voices were really irritating!
The ending was just too soppy for me, with all those irritating children jumping around. I think I prefered the ambiguity of the game's ending.
Despite the let down in the plot, the graphics were beautiful and most of the characters looked the way they should have done had the game been made more recently (except Tifa). I did enjoy seeing all my favorite characters from the game again, especially Reno!! The battle scenes were beautifully executed, if a little fast and I liked that they incorporated a lot of the sountrack from the game into the film, especially the Sephiroth choir!!
My fiance, who never played the game, said he didn't really get what was going on, so I would say you do really need have played the game to understand it, especially with their constant references to Aeris without ever actually saying her name...
Although I was expecting a lot more from it I still enjoyed the film and it is definately a must see for anyone else who was addicted to that wonderful game!!!
You need to play the game to understand.......2005-10-26
As the title suggests and as one earlier reviewer pointed out, there is no real point in watching the movie unless you have completed the game. I watched the movie last night and although it was a japenese version and I had to read the subtitles it was an amazing movie from start to finish.
To start off with I will explain what happened in the game to those who do not know. If you already know what happened then skip through this paragraph. The main character is a man called Cloud Strife. He meets up with a band if eco-warriors called AVALANCHE, the leader is called Barret. Their aim is to destroy a company by the name of Shinra that is polluting the world. Along the way Cloud meets Tifa and then he meets Aries. Aries is the last known ancient on the planet. Shinra captured her and Cloud goes with Tifa and Barret to go and save her. When they catch up to her they come across a dog like creature called Red13. They go up to the top floor to try and assasanate Shinra the head of the organisation but they already find him dead. Cloud informs them that a man named Sephiroth did it. Sephiroth was an ex-soldier and was the best. When he found out that he had been born by an experiment then he went psycho on the Shinra company and then on the rest of the world. After the assasination Cloud and friends set out into the wide world to kill Sephiroth. About 20 hours of gameplay later the group have met a number of people (Cid, Vincent, Yuffie, Cait Sith,) and they have found the lost city of the ancients. It then shows Aries on her own praying with Cloud a bit of a distance away. Sephiroth the jumps down from a balcony and kills Aries. It is a heart renching moment when she dies. But then another 20 hours of gameplay later and Cloud and friends have to stop a meteor from falling to the earth. About 40 hours later and you eventually kill Sephiroth. There is a lot more in between this but I would not have been able to fit it all in.
Anywho back to the movie. The graphics are top notch and the animations are perfect in the fight scenes. The fight scenes take up a big percentage of the movie but it is still quite clear to get the jist of what is going on. Fans of the game will jump with glee when they see that their favorite characters have returned. The turks have returned with Reno and Rude and a very mysterious character that is hidden by a cloak and who fans will wonder on how it is as it is a character from the game.
A lot of the soundtracks have returned like the music when Aries dies in Final Fantasy 7. The best music that returned was by far the music in the game when you are fighting Sephiroth at the end. Both soundtracks are remastered to be a little bit more modern and in keeping with the adrenalin rush in the fight scenes. There is a funny bit in the film that the fans will instanly recognise. One of the bad guy's phone is ringing and the tone for it is the victory tune when you defeated a bad guy from the game.
There are parts in the film where it is hard to understand what the plot is but that may be because I had the Japenese version. The story isn't as gripping as the game but the game was spread out over three discs and was exceptionally long. Cloud has a very cool sword in the movie with which he can do extreamly cool things with like split it into two and then put them in his motorbike. The final figth sequence is just jaw dropping and the suprise after it is even more jaw dropping so it is good fun to look forward to it.
I have no doubt that when the UK version comes out it will be just as amazing but just that little bit better for those that do not speak Japanese. Overall an amazing movie that probably won't get into the movies because of that blasted Final Fantasy: Spirits Within movie. I would say that it is well worth splashing out some money on it.
Finaly a Fantasy come true.......2005-10-14
This is what We've waited for something i thought would dissapoint at every corner how wrong was I.
This movie takes final fantasy VII so so much further. as well as the continuation of the story from VII the movie also takes elements of plot lines in VII further.
Graphically amazing and with the best fight scenes ever This is a must have for anyone. You have to watch each fight scene at least five times to keep up with every blow.
The comedy side delivers well through reno and rude and the occasionaly one liners from other characters such as clouds comment about bahamut look out for that.
The downside is you have to have played FF VII to truly appreciate it as there is little explanation of the origional storyline but hey most of us interested will have done.
One final point for those of you thinking that this is the only spin off of final fantasy VII in film form look out for an anime called Final fantasy VII last order its a 25 minute film based on what happened in Nibleinhim.
I give it 10 materias out of 10
What a movie!!!!!.......2005-10-05
Well were do I start? Its such a great movie! I never played ff vii but I loved the other games and I know little bits about the game in genral but after watching this movie I was just smacked down with the INCREDIBLE graphics and fight seens, yes they were a bit unrealistic but this is final fantasy we are talkin about and thats what you want! as for the story, it all made sense but because I didnt play the game I not sure weither the desease is part of the game but it didnt matter to me because they came up with all the emotions that you would expect from any ff game or movie cloud was brillant and it felt like you really got to know his character better than you would have playing the game or further involve you in his character if you have played vii. The ending almost brought me to tears. But there was a section that did confuse me. IF YOU DONT WANT TO READ A BIT OF A SPOILER STOP READING NOW
this part was when a certain person gets shot and then beeing court up in a explosion but in the next seen is completly fine can someone answer me this?
but overall 10 out of 10
Amazon.co.uk Review
Don't panic! After twenty years stuck in development (a mere blink compared to how long it takes to find the answer to life, the universe, and everything), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has finally been turned into a movie. Following the radio play, TV series, commemorative towel, and books, this latest installment in the sci-fi-comedy franchise is based on the screenplay and detailed notes by Douglas Adams. For those unfamiliar with the story, everyman Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) wakes up one morning to discover that his house is set to be demolished to make room for a bypass. Little does he know the entire planet Earth is also set to be destroyed for an interplanetary bypass by the Vogons, a hideous and bureaucratic race of aliens realized in the film by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Whisked off the planet by his best friend, alien-in-disguise Ford Prefect (Mos Def), Dent embarks on a goofy jaunt across the galaxy accompanied by his trusty Hitchhiker's Guide, which looks like a really fancy PDA. The guide itself provides some of the funniest bits of the movie, little animated shorts that explain the ludicrous life forms and extraterrestrial phenomena our heroes encounter. Along the way Arthur meets the two-headed party animal/president of the galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell) and develops an unrequited crush on fellow earthling Trillian (Zooey Deschanel). The creatures and sets are inspired and answer to the sci-fi fan's primal need to see lots and lots of cool stuff. Where the story stumbles is in the telling--as books, the Hitchhiker's Guide was foremost about goofy and brilliant ideas that raised questions about our place in the universe while getting a laugh. The movie has enough trouble figuring out how to get the characters from one fantastical location to the next that Adams's funniest concepts often feel left in the dust. While the reverence the filmmakers felt toward Adams's legacy is apparent, one wonders what we could have expected had the creator of this science fiction universe lived to see it with his own eyes. --Ryan Boudinot, Amazon.com
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