Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 00’s (415 movies items)

" Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 adult animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy franchise. It was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film and the most expensive video game-inspired film until the release of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in 2010. The film stars the voices of Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, Ving Rhames, Peri Gilpin, and Steve Buscemi, and follows scientists Aki Ross a"

The future kind of sucks. (432 movies items)

"Reason for the future sucking: Earth is being destroyed, by ghosts from an alien species long died out, many years ago. Or something like that. Year it takes place: 2065"

TV and Film Animated Crushes (20 tv items)

"Dr. Aki Ross "

Cinematic Firsts (214 movies items)

" *First feature film to use motion capture to create characters."

300 & 99 From The 1st Decade Of The New Millennium (399 movies items)

" Final Fantasy is a video game that is so popular that telling anyone who reads this that it is a video game is probably a very redundant statement to post. So, I won’t post that. Instead, what I will say is that the plot of this movie, which is named after the game, has absolutely to do with the game.Which is probably one of the reasons why the movie didn’t do so well.   Another most likely reason is because it is considered the very first photo realistic computer-generated full-length f"

My Top 35 Halloween Favorites: Ghosts (35 movies items)

"  Even when they're dead, aliens can still become a marauding, world conquering nuisance by hanging around as hordes of a massive spirited phantom plague (and how's that for a theme for a sci-fi horror flick disguised as a video game film?).     As a fan of the Final Fantasy game series, I was off the wall when I first saw the trailer for this movie adaptation. I remember thinking to myself, "Holy crap, the New Millenium of cinema has truly begun!!".    However, after I watched it at my l"

My Top 35 Halloween Favorites: Ghosts (35 movies items)

"  Even when they're dead, aliens can still become a marauding, world conquering nuisance by hanging around as hordes of a massive spirited phantom plague (and how's that for a theme for a sci-fi horror flick disguised as a video game film?).     As a fan of the Final Fantasy game series, I was off the wall when I first saw the trailer for this movie adaptation. I remember thinking to myself, "Holy crap, the New Millenium of cinema has truly begun!!".    However, after I watched it at my l"

My Top 35 Halloween Favorites: Ghosts (35 movies items)

"  Even when they're dead, aliens can still become a marauding, world conquering nuisance by hanging around as hordes of a massive spirited phantom plague (and how's that for a theme for a sci-fi horror flick disguised as a video game film?).     As a fan of the Final Fantasy game series, I was off the wall when I first saw the trailer for this movie adaptation. I remember thinking to myself, "Holy crap, the New Millenium of cinema has truly begun!!".    However, after I watched it at my l"

What Could Have Been: Oscars- Best Animated Film (119 movies items)

"Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi"

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films: 2000-2001 (36 movies items)

" Directed by: Hironobu Sakaguchi and Motonori Sakakibara Produced by: Jun Aida, Chris Lee, Hironobu Sakaguchi, and Akio Sakai Written by: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Al Reinert, Jeff Vintar, and Jack Fletcher Based on a concept by: Hironobu Sakaguchi Cinematography: Motonori Sakakibara Edited by: Christopher S. Capp Music by: Elliot Goldenthal Distributed by: Columbia Pictures"