Would you pay to see ACC in theatres?

[GalvanizA]

Say a miracle happened and Steven Spielberg got linked to SQEX through EA after watching the original AC in his spare time. At this Private Party coming up it was announced that he would produce a theatrical release of Advent Children COMPLETE before it hit Blu-ray.

Would you go see it?

Bare in mind there are rumours going around that it will have a minimum of 30 minutes of new footage as well as scene changes.

[Kitmitsu]

Well I don't see why it would have to go through Steven Spielberg to get shown in theatres but yes I'd pay to see it.

[Rade]

I'd probably see it as well just to see it in large format with surround sound and shiz :aldo:

[Amleya]

I wouldn't wanna pay to see it at all cuz movies that started from games should be watched only at home where we sit on our butts, playing games!! We gamers barely get sunlight as it is lmfao :rolleyes:

[Naunen]

Nah... I'd rather download it before its release and send Square a check than hear kids yell advice at the screen and imitate Cloud with a paper Buster Sword.

[GalvanizA]

Well I don't see why it would have to go through Steven Spielberg to get shown in theatres but yes I'd pay to see it.

Well my point was really the name for the people who DON'T play games.

Imagine if AC had Spielberg's name on it. The mass media would have been all over it saying, "It puts Pixar to shame" and stuff like that.

Having his name on ACC, even just as Producer, would be really big. It may even land ACC an Oscar nomination due to how big his name is. I mean, epic real-looking animation that is WAY better than Pixar and Dreamworks plus Spielberg's name just equals at least one Oscar nomination.

[Little Miss Scarlett]

I love seeing films in the cinema, but I hate going by myself and I doubt I'd be able to get anyone to go with me. I couldn't go by myself. Not to mention how expensive it is now. I'd download it.

[Naunen]

This thread is slowly getting dumb with the Spielberg thing. What'd they do with Spirits Within? It was big with the Final Fantasy name but went down fast by not being related to the games. Would Spielberg ever make a movie like AC without his usual merit?

[GalvanizA]

This thread is slowly getting dumb with the Spielberg thing. What'd they do with Spirits Within? It was big with the Final Fantasy name but went down fast by not being related to the games. Would Spielberg ever make a movie like AC without his usual merit?

The point I want to make is his name as a selling point for non-gamers. It will pull in people that don't play games and having his name on it and the realistic animation with stunning stunts would really get it mainstream attention I feel.

But more importantly think what it could do for SQEX? As soon as they land an Oscar for this movie or even get Spielberg to Produce ACC they will officially have broken into the mainstream US movie industry.

They will be on par with Pixar and Dreamworks by brand name. Whenever they release a movie it will have "From the creators of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children" on the box. People will remember how Spielberg produced that and how it won an Oscar and go see it straight away. Eventually the SQUARE ENIX brand will get memorized too. Then after this Nomura drops the bomb and announces that KHIV is a movie!

Seriously, If SQEX get Spielberg to Produce ACC they are officially in Hollywood. I just hope EA have linked them both up by now...

[Bun]

Haha, no, I wouldn't pay the ridiculous amount of money it is to see a movie now a days, and certainly not this one. My 32" flat screen HDTV will suffice. It may not be a home theater, but it's better than what I had and I can live with that.

[Little Miss Scarlett]

I think the thing to remember is that this is a "What if" question. Realisticly this could never happen, but if it did it would probably do really well due to Spielbergs massive fanbase.

[Naunen]

The point I want to make is his name as a selling point for non-gamers. It will pull in people that don't play games and having his name on it and the realistic animation with stunning stunts would really get it mainstream attention I feel.

But more importantly think what it could do for SQEX? As soon as they land an Oscar for this movie or even get Spielberg to Produce ACC they will officially have broken into the mainstream US movie industry.

They will be on par with Pixar and Dreamworks by brand name. Whenever they release a movie it will have "From the creators of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children" on the box. People will remember how Spielberg produced that and how it won an Oscar and go see it straight away. Eventually the SQUARE ENIX brand will get memorized too. Then after this Nomura drops the bomb and announces that KHIV is a movie!

Seriously, If SQEX get Spielberg to Produce ACC they are officially in Hollywood. I just hope EA have linked them both up by now...

----There's no emotional value in AC at all for the nongamers. D; Unless they're fans of action, I don't think the nongamers would even know what's going on. The most memorable part of the movie would probably only be when Tifa lectures Cloud. I'm thinking this from a once-movie-fan view.

[Rade]

I don't think a film would be nominated for an Oscar purely for the fact that it has a famous director attached to it who didn't do anything with the film aside from stick his name on it. If AC was good enough to win an Oscar it would do that all by itself.

[Fenryr]

I'd go dressed as REDXIII with a Buster Sword on my back and a tub of popcorn in the other shouting "Don't just spam attack, try some magic! Have you got any materia equipped onto your Buster Sword?"

Maybe one day hmmm... 8D

[Pain Clone]

Id only wont to see it to see if they get clouds hair right lol.

[Desi]

Not at all. I already seen the movie. The only thing they are getting out of me is a blu-ray purchase since I don't own it already.

[Rade]

Id only wont to see it to see if they get clouds hair right lol.

They're not talking about a live-action movie numbnuts.

[GalvanizA]

----There's no emotional value in AC at all for the nongamers. D; Unless they're fans of action, I don't think the nongamers would even know what's going on. The most memorable part of the movie would probably only be when Tifa lectures Cloud. I'm thinking this from a once-movie-fan view.

Tell me about it in terms of English script...:rolleyes:

But really, this film has an amzing feel but the choices for the English script are terrible. Somes scenes are so emotional yet because of the words they chose for the English dub they come off so flat. I have some examples I'll post soon.

I don't think a film would be nominated for an Oscar purely for the fact that it has a famous director attached to it who didn't do anything with the film aside from stick his name on it. If AC was good enough to win an Oscar it would do that all by itself.

I don't think so. I think having a well known Director on this film just by name only will get it mass media attention before release. Something AC could never hope for due to the background of the film. At the LA premier of AC all the voice actors of the film kept saying "It has a cult following. I hope they like it.". You know the word "cult" just shows that AC was nothing but an art house effort for a small selection of people. Yet in Japan, Shinji Hashimoto was saying that the movie surpassed expectations and that families were buying it and watching it together, even some that had never played a Final Fantasy game.

Having Spielberg on it would get it recognised like the best of Pixar and Dreamworks in the US and Europe I think.

Not at all. I already seen the movie. The only thing they are getting out of me is a blu-ray purchase since I don't own it already.

You do know that there will be completely new scenes and rumoured to be like over 30 mins of new footage as well as changes to existing scenes?

I'd see it on the big screen. Just to get that big screen feel of a perfected version of the original movie. But hey, that must just be me. :)

[Naunen]

I'll pretend I never read the thread topic and only read just the title then. No. I wouldn't pay to see it in theatres at all.

[Larsa]

Say a miracle happened and Steven Spielberg got linked to SQEX through EA after watching the original AC in his spare time. At this Private Party coming up it was announced that he would produce a theatrical release of Advent Children COMPLETE before it hit Blu-ray.

Would you go see it?

Bare in mind there are rumours going around that it will have a minimum of 30 minutes of new footage as well as scene changes.
Steven Spielburg wouldn't be my first choice to make the movie, but I guess he might be good, but I'd still see it no matter who made it. And w/ S.S. directing it it would become even more overrated.

[GalvanizA]

I'll pretend I never read the thread topic and only read just the title then. No. I wouldn't pay to see it in theatres at all.

What made you change your mind?

[Naunen]

What made you change your mind?

----That you don't get what some of us mean and we know what you're meaning.

[GalvanizA]

----That you don't get what some of us mean and we know what you're meaning.

Umm...I think I know what you're saying.

OK, the point of this thread is saying imagine that the ACC being made by Nomura right now got a theatrical release thanks to SQEX being magically linked to Spielberg through EA. He's making games at EA right now and we all remember the Square EA publishing days right?

I ain't talkin' bout live action people. I'm just saying ACC playing a theatre near you but also with Spielberg's name being the selling point for the mainstream.

Would you go to see it? Do you think it would do better than the Spirit's Within?

[Rade]

I don't think so. I think having a well known Director on this film just by name only will get it mass media attention before release. Something AC could never hope for due to the background of the film. At the LA premier of AC all the voice actors of the film kept saying "It has a cult following. I hope they like it.". You know the word "cult" just shows that AC was nothing but an art house effort for a small selection of people. Yet in Japan, Shinji Hashimoto was saying that the movie surpassed expectations and that families were buying it and watching it together, even some that had never played a Final Fantasy game.

But it does have a cult following. It's not a mainstream franchise like Pixar or Dreamworks movies are. At the end of the day, Advent Children is a film for fans. Even if Speilberg was attached and everybody went to see it, that doesn't mean it will be liked by everybody. It probably wont be liked all that much because people will say 'What the heck is going on here? Who are these people? This film has no plot.' because they didn't play the game. And because the film has become commercialised and put into mainstream cinema it will probably be even more disliked because you'll have critics and movie-goers trashing it for those reasons.

I like that it has a cult following and isn't mainstream and that I'm part of that cult. It makes it feel more special.

[GalvanizA]

But it does have a cult following. It's not a mainstream franchise like Pixar or Dreamworks movies are. At the end of the day, Advent Children is a film for fans. Even if Speilberg was attached and everybody went to see it, that doesn't mean it will be liked by everybody. It probably wont be liked all that much because people will say 'What the heck is going on here? Who are these people? This film has no plot.' because they didn't play the game. And because the film has become commercialised and put into mainstream cinema it will probably be even more disliked because you'll have critics and movie-goers trashing it for those reasons.

I like that it has a cult following and isn't mainstream and that I'm part of that cult. It makes it feel more special.

I especially love the last line of your post but maybe what Nintendo is doing has rubbed up on me...

How they believe, "Showing others what they love so much" was one of the desires to expand the gaming population and reach out to the mainstream. The shit is working that's for sure.

I understand your points as they are solid and I can't refute them but I want to bring up one thing in my defense.

Before the LA premier some woman of IGN was interviewing Rachel Leigh Cook (Tifa voice actor) and she was saying how she has never played a video game before and she was really worried that she put on the right voice for Tifa. After the movie was finished she said thanks to the director, Tetsuya Nomura for the “beautiful piece of art”. She said it was “stunning” and she’s a “fan (of Final Fantasy) as of today”.

You see that? Conversion right there. She may not play any games but she really liked the movie. :)

[Rade]

I especially love the last line of your post but maybe what Nintendo is doing has rubbed up on me...

How they believe, "Showing others what they love so much" was one of the desires to expand the gaming population and reach out to the mainstream. The shit is working that's for sure.

I understand your points as they are solid and I can't refute them but I want to bring up one thing in my defense.

Before the LA premier some woman of IGN was interviewing Rachel Leigh Cook (Tifa voice actor) and she was saying how she has never played a video game before and she was really worried that she put on the right voice for Tifa. After the movie was finished she said thanks to the director, Tetsuya Nomura for the “beautiful piece of art”. She said it was “stunning” and she’s a “fan (of Final Fantasy) as of today”.

You see that? Conversion right there. She may not play any games but she really liked the movie. :)

The key word phrase there is 'beautiful piece of art'. This is really more of an art form, and therefore I don't think it can be appreciated as much with mainstream, casual movie goers. I understand what you're saying and that it could be more popular and sure, it probably would get more fans, but I think the negative reaction will be stronger than the positive, and negative reactions tend to be louder than positive ones, so at the end of the day it's just going to end up making the whole world know what Final Fantasy is, and thinking it's a big pile of crap just because of the reaction to this one film, and we wouldn't want that.

[Whiplash]

What else would she say? "Shit, this is the worst thing I've ever been involved in and, if you don't mind, I'm trying to get as far away from it as possible".


Would I go? No.
No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Yes, I mean, no.

This thread makes baby Jesus cry.

[Desi]

You do know that there will be completely new scenes and rumoured to be like over 30 mins of new footage as well as changes to existing scenes?


Please tell me you actually understood my post? I said I have already seen the movie and would not pay to see it. I did not pay in the first place. But I will pick it up once it hits blu-ray which would include much more than the theater version. Extra bullshit cut scenes, commentary, music, and whatever else they throw on it.

[steve]

id pay to c it just to c how much better the graphics will be.

[Naunen]

Hmmm.... Even the Japanese voice actor for Tifa said that it's a beautifully rendered work of art because the people looked like people and it looks so realistic.

[Whiplash]

Substance over style for movies Nau. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was a stylish film and beautiful work of (visual) art too.

[Slipstreamer]

I'd pay.

ACC should be awesome. I want more Elena.

[ceru]

Absolutely not.

[Kaiwa]

Nope I wouldn't but simply because i don't get my demo in the theatre _O_

[TakuyaHyuga]

i would definitely go and pay 10 dollars to see it. Who wouldn't really, Omg, that'll be so cool, to see it in the big screen.:w00t::w00t::w00t: