The year it was released, I was still in high school, with a passion for Final Fantasy 8, I saw the movie for the first time. In fact, at that time, this series was very unpopular. It seems to be quite unpopular now, the kind that is not out of the circle.
Finished the movie with the same taste, what the hell is this? VCD's moving picture quality, fluttering character movements, inexplicable plot. How about the blow feeling when the gun blade is activated? Where is my summoned beast? Where is my Linuoya? No matter how you look at it, it's like watching an American blockbuster.
The broken heart that year was not healed by TIFA until "The Second Coming Son". Sure enough, the loyal dog Yamato Nadeshiko-type heroine is the kingly way. Well, is TIFA the heroine, or Alice the heroine?
Coincidentally, a few days ago, I saw this film by chance. In fact, there were several films to choose from at that time, but I opened this one in an inexplicable location and watched it again.
After watching it, I feel pretty good, and I have a deeper feeling for the film’s box office failure, which caused the father of Final Fantasy to be defeated by Waterloo.
The first audience of this film must be people in the circle, people who go to Final Fantasy. But all the elements of Final Fantasy are missing in this film, so the collapse of word-of-mouth is obvious. This can be seen from the reputation of the Second Coming Son.
After many years, I am no longer obsessed with the four words of Final Fantasy, and just treat it as an ordinary CG movie. The character design and plot flow of this film are all standard American blockbusters, but the core of the film is the Japanese philosophy, which is very esoteric. Regardless of this movie, when a mainstream film is mixed with too many philosophical ideas, it is difficult to have a good box office performance.
To expand the territory of Square for Square, burdened too much, but also too much stuffed into it. The core of a film determines its audience. This film discusses philosophy and can be regarded as a literary film, but no matter how many audiences of a literary film, how can it be possible to watch this game-adapted film? Everyone's expectations for this movie are over.
So do it again, you have to lose again.
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