Image via WikipediaFinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within has NOTHING to do with the Final Fantasy universe of the games. It is also COMPLETELY computer-generated, making it one of the most expensive movies made, ever. However, it was also an abysmal failure at the box office. People don't quite "get" the plot. However, if you are willing to sit through the movie, and take in the message, you will find that the result is a fascinating tale with a heavy gaea message.The Setup: Earth was invaded by nasty aliens who can't be "destroyed", merely driven off slightly. However, they CAN kill humans, by snatching their "spirits". Surviving humans have been driven to hide behind the citadels protected by "bio-energy shields". When research by Dr. Cid and Dr. Aki Ross produced some results that suggests that there are surviving bits of life on Earth that can generate a field to counter the alien energy, and they must brave the savage Earth full of dangerous aliens and collect the remaining life samples. However, a Terran general wants to use the space cannon on the aliens instead, which may just destroy Earth instead of saving it. In between is Captain Edwards and his fellow marines. And it just happens that Edwards was Ross's ex-lover...
The graphics are virtually photo-realistic. The only "problem" is the skin-tones are just slightly off and lighting slight off to look weird. The graphics however are gorgeous otherwise, and animation with all the subtleties of real people that it is hard to notice any discrepancies. If you don't tell people they may not even realize this is computer generated.
Worth watching once, if just to see what a computer can do in terms of the movie... all by itself, with NO real cameras involved at all.
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