five thousand shades of blue
Thursday, August 16, 2001
Went to see
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within last night and I have to say, it was a lot better than I was expecting. I was enthralled by Aki's hair (except I thought it wasn't floating around nearly as much as it should have been in zero-g). Dr. Sid was the most amazing animation of all, because he was so modelled and so interesting and so
irregular that he looked real. I think once they can get in more random irregularities (the freckles were a nice touch but can we get a crooked tooth?) and get the bodily movements to be less fluid and more weighted with gravity (Aki didn't walk down the gangplank, she glided), it might be hard to tell the difference. Something about the eyes (too dark/glossy) and the teeth (either too far forward or too receded to my eyes, and too darn perfect) kept distracting me. But there were moments in the movie where I forgot I was watching animation.
Then after the credits began I remembered that a friend of mine worked on sound engineering so we watched for his name and cheered when we saw it, even though there were only 5 people left in the theater.
is
this just not enough…?
