Sci-fi & fantasy. The concept of artificial life and resurrection was also discussed, and compared to similar themes in the 1914 book Locus Solus; the Phantoms in The Spirits Within were considered to be brought to life by various forces: by the alien planet's red Gaia and then by human spiritual energy. A scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms. "[12], While Square ruled out any chance of a sequel to The Spirits Within before it was even completed, Sakaguchi intended to position Aki as being the "main star" for Square Pictures, using her in later games and films by Square, and including the flexibility of being able to modify aspects such as her age for such appearances. The movie's working title was simply \"Gaia\". Her death led Sakaguchi to reflect on what happened to the spirit after death, and these thoughts resurfaced while he was planning the film, eventually taking the form of the Gaia hypothesis. The year is 2065 and Earth has been taken over by phantom alien forms. Sample of "The Phantom Plains" from the soundtrack album. Manusia yang tersisa hidup di dalam “kota-kota pelindung” di penjuru dunia dan berusaha membebaskan planet mereka dari para Phantom, sebuah ras alien. [19] The screenplay was written by Al Reinert and Jeff Vintar. Due to rising costs, the film greatly exceeded its original budget towards the end of production, reaching a final cost of $137 million; it grossed only $85 million at the box office. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within ... See, the Phantoms have an energy signal, and the scientists want to match the signal with the 8 spirits and overlap them in order to phase them out. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 computer-animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy franchise. Expand All Images | Collapse All Images. [6] It was Columbia Pictures' first animated feature film since Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation in 1986. [85], As of December 13, 2001, the film grossed $26.6 million in video rental revenue in the United States, equivalent to 83.4% of its box office gross in the country. Edit. [28], Director Sakaguchi named the main character after his mother, Aki, who died in an accident several years prior to the production of the film. 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[74] The Making of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, a companion book, was published by BradyGames in August 2001. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 computer-animated Science Fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the pimple-poppingly popular Final Fantasy series of role-playing games. Character movements were filmed using motion capture technology. [33] He concluded that Aki ended up being similar to him in almost every way, with the exception that "she's a lot cuter". "[61], Aki's appearance was received positively by critics,[62] with praise for the finer details of the character model such as the rendering of her hair. The Earth's Gaia is returned to normal as the Phantoms ascend into space, finally at peace. [40] Elliot Goldenthal composed the entire score, as well as the film's theme song, "The Dream Within",[19] which had lyrics written by Richard Rudolf and vocals performed by Lara Fabian. In 2065, Earth is infested by alien life forms known as Phantoms. The total cost of the film was $137 million, and the world wide gross only came to $85 million. [14] She gradually accustomed herself to the difficulty of working without the presence and spontaneity of real actors, and commented that the voice-acting work did not take much time, as she would just go into the studio "once or twice a month for about four months" with no need for make-up and costuming sessions. Aki, Sid and the Deep Eyes attempt to reach Aki's spaceship, their means of escape, but Ryan, Neil and Jane are killed by Phantoms. The surviving humans live in "barrier cities", areas protected by an energy shield that prevents Phantoms from entering, and are engaged in an ongoing struggle to free the planet. English: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within [83][84] Peter Bracke from High-Def Digest stated the DVD was "so packed with extras it was almost overwhelming", stating that Sony went "all-out" on the extra features in a likely attempt to boost DVD sales and recover losses. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Video vi715587865. This Phantoms concered much of the Earth, as weaponary is ineffective against them and contact with a living being cause the being's soul to be removed, killing them. [33] The model for Aki was designed to closely follow human appearance, with Sakaguchi commenting in an interview "I think it's OK to look at Aki and be convinced that she's a human. [70][71] In 2011, BioWare art director Derek Watts cited The Spirits Within as a major influence on the successful Mass Effect series of action role-playing games. [81] Two weeks before it was released the DVD version was listed on Amazon.com as one of the most-anticipated releases, and it was expected to recoup some of the money lost on the film's disappointing box office performance. [39], The soundtrack to the film was released on July 3, 2001 by Sony Music. The Whale-Phantom is a monolithic phantom only seen in the pre-production version of the. Notably, it did not perform any better in Japan, where the Final Fantasy franchise was created and is quite popular. [12] Ming-Na stated that she would be willing if asked to continue voicing Aki. [6], Each character's base body model was built from more than 100,000 polygons,[31] plus more than 300,000 for clothing alone. [33] Sato perceived Aki's original look as a "supermodel", and subsequently removed her make-up and shortened her hair in order to give her a more intelligent look that would "convince people that she's a scientist. He lowers a shielded vehicle, with Aki and Gray aboard, into the crater to locate the final spirit. [9] In March 2012, CNBC considered it to be the 9th biggest box office bomb,[55] though Time's list of the ten biggest box office failures, which was released on the same day, did not include the film. The website's critical consensus reads, "The movie raises the bar for computer animated movies, but the story is dull and emotionally removed. The ghost is slowly consuming her soul. A group of artists, aptly named "The Phantom Team", created and animated all of the phantom creatures. Gray sacrifices himself as a medium needed to physically transmit the completed spirit into the alien Gaia. Aki Ross, Dr. Square intended to make the character of Aki Ross into the world's first photorealistic computer-animated actress, with plans for appearances in multiple films in different roles. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [60] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave a more negative review, stating that while the animation was brilliant, the "solemnly realist human faces look shriekingly phoney precisely because they're almost there but not quite", concluding "The story is adequate, if familiar, but after half an hour relapses into cliche. At first it was very lonely sitting in that booth and eerie to see (Aki's) lips move and my words coming out, but slowly I began to enjoy my time with Aki, and I became attuned to her. [29] Dan Mayers from Sight & Sound stated the film followed the same theme typically found in Final Fantasy video games: "A party of heroes averts impending global holocaust by drawing on their individual skills, gaining knowledge through challenges and emerging victorious with new-found love and respect for themselves and their companions. [66] Ruth La Ferla from The New York Times described her as having the "sinewy efficiency" of Alien franchise character Ellen Ripley and visual appeal of Julia Roberts' portrayal of Erin Brockovich. Aki Ross and Doctor Sid begin searching for the eight life forms who possess spirts capabl… By physical contact Phantoms consume the Gaia spirit of living beings, killing them instantly, though a minor contact may only result in an infection. A woman and a group of soldiers are attacked by phantoms and the humans fire weapons killing some (they scream, growl and disintegrate when they are hit). [87] Aaron Beierle from DVD Talk gave a positive review of the DVD, rating it 4½ out of 5 stars for audio quality, video quality and special features. Hand and facial movements were all done manually. [15] Aki's character model bears 60,000 hairs, each of which were separately and fully animated and rendered. In the 2065, humans are under siege by an alien life form that appear like apparitions, roaming the world in silent dreadful hordes. [67] In contrast, Livia Monnet criticized her character as an example of the constantly kidnapped female in Japanese cinema, further "diluted" by her existence solely as a computer-generated character representing "an ideal, cinematic female character that has no real referent. "[57] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 49 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". He noted that while he did not once feel convinced Aki Ross was an actual human being, she was "lifelike", stating her creators "dare us to admire their craft. The parody is set shortly after Douglas Hein inadvertently destroys the New York Barrier City's b… Sid finds the eighth spirit at the crater site of the alien asteroid's impact on Earth. Kinda like how a Metallica fan and a James Taylor fan will cancel each other out in a … [63] Entertainment Weekly named Aki an "it girl", stating that "Calling this action heroine a cartoon would be like calling a Rembrandt a doodle. Anime /. A scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms. Aki is concerned the cannon will damage Earth's Gaia (a spirit representing its ecosystem) and delays the use of it by revealing that she has been infected and the collected spirit signatures are keeping her infection stable, convincing the council that there may be another way to defeat the Phantoms. It received a mixed critical reception, but was widely praised for the realism of the computer-animated characters. Humanity has been decimated by an invasion of Phantoms, insubstantial aliens that extract and devour the spirits of … [18] The film consists of 141,964 frames, with each frame taking an average of 90 minutes to render. A 2001 film, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, was a breakthrough for photorealistic CGI humans. "[30] Writing in the book Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams, Livia Monnet stated the film remediated "the notion of life in the neovitalistic, evolutionary biology of Lynn Margulis and in contemporary theories on artificial life", going on to state that the film's exploration of the Gaia hypothesis raised interesting questions regarding the life and death process of both cinema and digital media, as well as contemporary life sciences, cybernetics, philosophy and science fiction. [41] The last song on the album and the second and final song to play during the film's credits (after "The Dream Within") is "Spirit Dreams Inside" by Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. [58], Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times was a strong advocate of the film; he gave it 3½ stars out of four, praising it as a "technical milestone" while conceding that its "nuts and bolts" story lacked "the intelligence and daring of, say, Steven Spielberg's A.I." Dann M Super Reviewer Nov 26, 2012 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Characters. A soldier shoots at a phantom and hits a barrel of flammable material that explodes and throws him to the ground. An easter egg shows the cast of the film re-enacting the dance from Michael Jackson's Thriller. [21] In order to keep the film in line with Hironobu Sakaguchi's vision as director, several script rewrites took place,[26] most in the initial stages of production. Other features included Aki's dream viewable as a whole sequence, the film's original opening sequence, and intentional outtakes. [72] In the first episode of the Square Enix published 2015 video game Life Is Strange, when the lead interacts with a TV, she mentions the idea of watching the film, and says "I don't care what anybody says, that's one of the best sci-fi films ever made. [5] In Japan, the film grossed ¥1 billion. [68], The merger between Square and Enix, which had been under consideration since at least 2000 according to Yasuhiro Fukushima, Enix chairman at the time, was delayed because of the failure of the film and Enix's hesitation at merging with a company that had just lost a substantial amount of money. It was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film and was the most expensive video game-inspired film until the release of Prince of Persia in 2010. [18] It is estimated that over the film's four-year production, approximately 200 people put in a combined 120 years of work on it. [50] The film achieved average to poor results at the box office in most of Southeast Asia; however, it performed well in Australia, New Zealand and South Korea.[51]. [10] The film's CGI effects have been compared favourably with later CGI films such as James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. When Aki awakens, she and Gray combine it with the other seven. Sid uses the seventh spirit to bring Aki's infection back under control, reviving her. Official Title: en verified Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within: Official Title: ja ファイナルファンタジー (2001): Type: Movie: Year: 02.07.2001: Tags: action Action anime usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. Aki and the Deep Eyes squad succeed in finding the seventh spirit as Aki's infection begins to worsen and she slips into unconsciousness. Now with Final Fantasy VII Remake reviving series interest, the question arises: what is The Spirits Within‘s legacy? [82] A single-disc edition of the film with significantly less special features was released on August 27, 2002. [18] By the end of production Square had a total of 15 terabytes of artwork for the film. These phantoms kill humans, supposedly in a ruthless battle for world domination. Phantoms, including three alive-Phantoms, make an appearance (along with the rest of the film's virtual cast) in a hidden Easter egg parody of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video created for the film's DVD release. The asteriod brought with it strange, ghost-like alien beings called Phantoms, ranging from vaguely humaniod to monsterously huge. If the ambitious mix of East–West, movie-game and anime-action doesn't pay off, we may still remember this as the moment true CG actors were born. [20] 1,327 scenes in total needed to be filmed to animate the digital characters. 87 out of 100, becoming the first fictional woman to ever make the list, additionally appearing on the issue's cover in a purple bikini. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) A scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a computer animated science fiction Film by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the kitten-stranglingly popular Final Fantasy series of role-playing games.. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Neil Shurley from AllMusic, who gave the album 4 out of 5, stated the album would probably have been nominated for an Oscar if the film itself had been more popular,[40] as did the reviewer from Soundtrack Express, who gave the soundtrack 5 out of 5. Fifteen featurettes, including seven on character biographies, three on vehicle comparisons and an interactive "Making Of" featurette, were also included. In the year 2065, creatures known as Phantoms have driven humanity to live in barrier cities protected from their influence. The Spirits Within premiered in Los Angeles on July 2, 2001, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 11. 179. Her dream reveals to her that the Phantoms are the spirits of dead aliens brought to Earth on a fragment of their destroyed planet. [84] Peter Bracke gave the Blu-ray version 4 out of 5 stars overall.[82]. [22] The film's final cost of $137 million,[5] which included about $30 million spent on marketing by the film's distributor Columbia Pictures,[27] escalated from an original budget rumored to be around $70 million. Aki Ross's voice actor, Ming-Na Wen, was selected for a perceived fit between her personality and Aki's. 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