Final Fantasy XV
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Final Fantasy XV
Its getting friendlier reviews from video game websites but the movie sites are panning it. I was never interested.
Kalila said: » People calling it "a really long cutscene"
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It's basically a really long cutscene for 15, it's not gonna be a Hollywood movie that has a proper ending/conclusion to it and I'm sure you need to play the game to understand some parts of it (I haven't seen it yet, just guessing)
Pretty sure this wasn't made for movie reviewers but for game reviewers 78% of the audience liked it, so probably just a bunch of critics hating on it.
Kalila said: » 78% of the audience liked it, so probably just a bunch of critics hating on it. but ppl who went to see it probably are the ones that should like it. 78% doesnt seem like a good number to me. maybe 85% Maybe a bunch of people with no interest in the game (ie critics) went to see it and hated it? Would make sense
Quote: There's a very real possibility that watching "Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV" could result in brain addlement. Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Top Critic Quote: The narrative content of "Kingsglaive" is a barely coherent muddle. Soren Anderson Seattle Times Top Critic Quote: With stunning photorealistic animation but poor storytelling, this action movie is meant solely to interest fans of the videogame franchise. Edward Douglas Film Journal International Quote: Instead of trying to adapt the video game experience into a film format, Kingsglaive transforms the movie-going experience into something familiar to video game fans. It's essentially a really long cutscene. Christian Holub Entertainment Weekly Top Critic If you expect anything amazing out of SE in regards to movies, you're going to be sorely disappointed. I would think we all learned this lesson in 2001.
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A nice analysis of the footage shown
Might wanna skip to 2 minutes since the first little bit is story related YouTube Video Placeholder He said Alstor Slough is where Duscae was I marked it on the map 
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Bismarck.Dracondria said: » It's basically a really long cutscene for 15, it's not gonna be a Hollywood movie that has a proper ending/conclusion to it and I'm sure you need to play the game to understand some parts of it (I haven't seen it yet, just guessing) Pretty sure this wasn't made for movie reviewers but for game reviewers I think they said at one point they wanted it to be able to reach a wider audience than just the people who would play the game. Hence using bigger names for the voice actors, but in the end I think it was mainly meant as an extended prologue of sorts yeah. It says 'Final Fantasy XV" in the title. What else did those reviewers expect? Of course, it would be a long cutscene for the game. It is blatantly obvious.
My interest was piqued at the mention of hunts. I thoroughly enjoyed the FF12 one.
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Bismarck.Dracondria said: » Maybe a bunch of people with no interest in the game (ie critics) went to see it and hated it? Would make sense To be fair, critics are judging based on the coherent application of a film. Not on the basis of whether this is an acceptable application to the franchise they know nothing about. So it's only natural that it'll be panned by film critics, and acclaimed by fans. Ragnarok.Zeig said: » My interest was piqued at the mention of hunts. I thoroughly enjoyed the FF12 one. It seems to be mostly "kill x of y" at the start but as you rank up you get actual NM hunts
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Artemicion said: » Bismarck.Dracondria said: » Maybe a bunch of people with no interest in the game (ie critics) went to see it and hated it? Would make sense To be fair, critics are judging based on the coherent application of a film. Not on the basis of whether this is an acceptable application to the franchise they know nothing about. So it's only natural that it'll be panned by film critics, and acclaimed by fans. You should judge something for what it is, not for what it isn't. That, of course, depends on whether SE took part in causing the confusion by their marketing. If that's the case, then I can't really put all the blame on the critics. Siren.Mosin said: » If you expect anything amazing out of SE in regards to movies, you're going to be sorely disappointed. I would think we all learned this lesson in 2001. Advent children was......ok.... >_> Friend of mine bought Kingsglaive and gave it to me for free so I watched it too.
Non spoilerous opinion: I don't know why it got criticized, it's a pretty good fantasy film even if you don't know anything about FF15. Obviously if you want to know what happens next you have to play the game, but it's a good prequel and good standalone fantasy. And SE really doesn't go cheap on graphics, pretty great in that aspect.
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might be just like that Warcraft movie review where critics wont understand ***.
Bought it last night and watched it. All gamer reviews i've read on it said it was a good movie. The critics obviously aren't going to care about it because they aren't going to play the game.
All in all I enjoyed it. I did think some of the facial animations looked off but otherwise animation was great. And the plot wasn't amazing but it was good. But it did seem like a really long CS instead of a movie. I did not watch WoW movie but that seemed more like a movie. Probably because it wasn't 100% animated. I really don't understand the definition of "it's a long cutscene", what defines it? You can easily watch this movie and understand it without needing to even know that FFXV exists.
Yea I agree with Seha, I think it's a pretty decent prequel.
The reason reviews for crits are bad is because it's for people who will play the game or people interested in the story. It's even an OK movie for people who like action and don't mind japanese style of animation. It isn't for the majority of people which is why it didn't get a major theater release, and only a select few locations held it, briefly at that. Valefor.Sehachan said: » I really don't understand the definition of "it's a long cutscene", what defines it? You can easily watch this movie and understand it without needing to even know that FFXV exists. Its just how it felt. And I think because it was 100% CGI. The voice actors to me also weren't the greatest. the main characters were good but the side characters were just OK. I feel as though if this movie was stand alone and wasn't a prequel to a game I would not be too excited about the sequel. I would watch it, But I also wouldn't be holding my breath for its release. Can't say anything about voices cause I watched it in italian.
Valefor.Sehachan said: » Can't say anything about voices cause I watched it in italian. Maybe I should if i can watch it in Japanese... I generally enjoy that more. Also since atm i dont have my surround sound hooked up. Listening to the movie through TV speakers in the beginning was annoying. Sometimes that music drowned out the narration. FFXV at PAX yesterday(all gameplay in a dungeon)
YouTube Video Placeholder (starts at 21:30) YouTube Video Placeholder FINAL FANTASY XV Live at Abbey Road Studios An exclusive live performance of songs from the FINAL FANTASY XV soundtrack performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra featuring an appearance from FINAL FANTASY XV composer, Yoko Shimomura.
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beautiful music, really glad I found it before it went live
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