Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on November 29, 2001 at 13:02:19

In Reply to: Too bad about the characters' complete lack of personality posted by brewthunda on November 29, 2001 at 10:26:42:

I think that we have a consensus about the biggest failing of Final Fantasy being the establishment of it's characters as people who we should care about. It's rather ironic that the animators succeeded in making the characters appear amazingly "real" while the personality aspect of their development received short shrift.

Taken as a whole, Final Fantasy is well plotted, nicely paced and visually stunning, which goes a long way toward mitigating it's deficiencies. The bottom line is that I'm willing to grant the film's creators a bit of latitude in the personality establishment department while agreeing with you that the characters should've been more involving. Their oversight, at least in part, may explain Final Fantasy's less than stellar performance at the box-office.

The "Toy Story" analogy is a good one.

Cheers,
AuPh