I Agree is a very good movie.It is a movie that shows us different feelings through science fiction shows us an invaded world where the human species is in danger of extinction but in the end who is destroying the world are human beings that is why the planet defends itself from its depressants showing us some extraterrestrial beings where the whole plot is generated.Excellent for that moment and continues to surpass today many films of its kind.

I don't even know why the people who made this film bothered to call it "Final Fantasy", when it didn't have anything to do with that franchise of video-games: They could have name it only "The Spirits Within" and it still will be the same thing, since this is something completely different (But not in a good way) I just don't know why the director of this movie Hironobu Sakaguchi (Which is the creator of the games) decided to remove all the elements that make "Final Fantasy" so popular in first place (Such as the combination of magic and steam-punk technology, the mythological characters) turning what could have been a great epic film into a boring, dull and clichéd story about an alien invasion on earth.For me, that was the main reason why this movie flopped, rather than the Uncanny Valley effect that the hyper-realistic animation from this movie had: With a good story and interesting characters, this would have been a much more enjoyable experience.And while I don't hate this movie,the truth is that I found it to be terribly disappointing: Most of the time, this film feels flat and uninspiring. There are some good scenes and the voice acting is pretty good. And the animation...Despite the fact that most of the time the movements of the characters feel robotic and lifeless, with awkward expressions on their faces...It is still quite impressive to look at, even more considering that this was one of the first animated movies that could achieve that level of realism.Sadly, the most important thing, the story, was completely neglected in order to focus in the visual aspect from this movie. It is true that not all the movies need to have a very complex story in order to be good, but I think, that at least it could have been something more entertaining: This movie is way too boring, too predictable and too predictable to be enjoyable. While the incredible CGI made it a (somewhat) worth-watching experience, the story is a complete mess, filled with the most annoying stereotypes from Hollywood films, and the worst part of it is that is not even funny. All the "intense" and emotional scenes from this movie feel demotivated. The characters are one-dimensional, being most of them are just cardboard clichés from many other movies and television shows.It is true that there are some movies that could make a good use of clichés...Unfortunately, this isn't one of them. "The Spirits Within" is merely an exercise of style over substance, where the story only follows the same pattern that appears in every other story about alien invasions on earth, expecting it to work well only because the CGI used on it was good. At the end, this only serves to proof how the lack of a good (Or at least entertaining story) are enough to destroy what could have been great film.Anyway, I think that this movie was doomed to be a flop from the very first moment in which it decided to be anything like the video-games. that was guaranteed to disappoint the fans from the "Final Fantasy" franchise, but also, it failed to attract to all the people who never played the games.Even with the best CGI, if the story doesn't appeal to anyone, the failure is something unavoidable.

Final Fantasy, as many know, is a series of video games that has spanned over two decades and is arguably the most successful video game franchise of all time. Final Fantasy (the original) was released in 1987 and since then 13 games have been released, including one sequel as well as countless spin-offs and two in-development projects. Growing up with Final Fantasy I grew to love everything about the series. The stories, the game play, everything little thing. When Squaresoft (now Square Enix) released Final Fantasy VIII I was given a copy for Christmas '99. It was the first FF game that I played through entirely and since has been my favorite of the FF games. I've played em all, beat em all and loved em all.When I first saw the trailer for this film my first thought was (I was only ten) "OMG! MOM! WE HAVE TO GO AND SEE THIS!" On the day of its release, July 11th, 2001 I believe my mother took me to see this at the beautiful Cinemark in Moosic. Even at that age I wasn't deceived by Hollywood in that they merely took the name Final Fantasy in order to market a product that had no relation to its source whatsoever.The movie follows Aki Ross, a scientist in a future Earth inhabited by Phantoms. Phantoms are alien like creatures. Remaining survivors live in "barrier cities" as they struggle to save humanity and the planet. In certain Final Fantasy games, especially FF VII, saving a dying planet is the main problem you face. Oddly enough this is the only relation The Spirits Within has to the Final Fantasy gaming series. Also there is a power hungry military man named Hein who is dead set on using a space cannon to destroy the Phantoms. Problem with this is the cannon would cause extreme harm to the planet and probably kill it but he's from the military so we can excuse him for lacking intelligence or humanity.Like I said before, the creators of this film only took the name Final Fantasy to help sell this movie to fans of the series. As a stand alone film it is exceptional in its class of CGI/sci-fi blend. Unfortunately I have to give this film a low rating because of its failure to rely on source material or follow any story in the FF galaxy. Even the story to FFX (which IMO was the weakest of the games) would have served this film much better. I always think about Stephen King's novels when I watch this movie. King has written very, very great novels in his time but the majority that are made into films are just crap. Why, because they don't follow the story of the original and they try to make it "Hollywood-style" and it just doesn't work. If a book is a national bestseller, why change it for a movie? If a game is an international bestseller like FF, why make a movie called Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within if the film is devoid of any spirit that was within the games? A five for a film that is great on its own but with a name of something entirely different.

This movie was some serious eye-candy. Other than that, however, it was a waste of time. Too bad good movie making has gone out of style. It preached and nagged about gaia/mother earth to the point of making me sick. Go push your religion down someone else's throat. I'm sick of it. Anyway, that seemed to be the whole point of the movie was to convince me that the earth is some sort of living being. its a huge rock covered with water and air, okay? Volcanos are destructive to the environment and all life around them. Does that mean gaia is a wrist-cutting, self-mutilator? In that case, she needs rehab and counselling. In short, this movie sucked! ...but it looked good doing it.