I have to say, there are some comedic faces in the show such as Reno who always seems to get into trouble and say the wrong things. There are also times when, for instance, a fight is over, and they use the winning song from the game as a cell phone ringing in the background. Just clever little things that tie more of the game into the show. It’s kind of funny and somewhat cute. Sadly though, it was like they were forcing all the characters from the game and maybe even some from past games into the movie, trying to show every last one of them so we have a lot of jump clips to characters who don’t feel like they have part of the story till later.
The Graphics are actually pretty stunning, matching some of the newer Final Fantasy games. Sadly, some of the action isn’t as good, the characters moving slightly stiff. The camera always seems to give these really strange angles though out the whole fight animation, making it hard to understand just what’s going on along with a lot of slow motion to fast motion that made things even harder to understand. It was disjointed against the slow movement of the rest of the film. Still, from the time it came out, this was an amazing looking film. All the steam punk style art and cool details make it a rather extraordinary film.
The voices are actually quite good for a dubbing, though sadly a lot of the time I can see that the voice actors struggled to match the lip sinking. Also, what the hell does ‘Dillie Dallie Shilly Shally’ mean? Sorry if I spelled that wrong but I mean… there had to be something better placed there. Tifa doesn’t say this once… she says it two times! Like saying it again would make it any more clear! I bet that the Japanese version doesn’t have that! As for the music, it’s really beautiful and fits well into where it should be but next to the voice acting, this movie does not shine as much as it should.
