Audience reviews
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Memelissa18
There were some good character moments but the dialogue felt really cliche and none of the jokes landed for me. I did not feel the Final Fantasy vibes in this movie at all, with the exception of a couple songs. It honestly felt more like a Marvel movie than it did like a Final Fantasy movie. By the end I found myself just waiting for it to be over already. It does give some context to Final Fantasy XV so that's a reason to watch it just to have the background for playing the game. But I can't recommend it for any purpose other than that.
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A pretty, skippable, and forgettable movie. Knowing this move through a friend's recommendation and upon watching it I realized I must have watched it before, but not really a "re-watch" cuz I have zero memory about the plots which upon my 'second' watch yes they are very mediocre and very forgeable. The writing is not good but not offensive enough to be bad which means there is literally nothing memorable, right after my 'second' watch (now) the only name that I can recall is 'lucifer' which I believe is the name of the city where the movie has taken place (no need to correct me if I am wrong).
I believe this movie is for those who enjoyed the ffxv so much they want something more otherwise just avoid it.
Read at the sourceLucentRivers
This movie holds up really well both in terms of visuals and story. Nyx and Luna, and sometimes King Regis carry the movie in terms of character, as the others all come off as pretty cliche and just sort of pawns to the whole thing. There are some missteps and missed opportunities, particularly in how the film squanders some of its promising characters, but overall this film works as a big hype up to 15 so much that it made me hate 15. I was expecting way more than what we got. Sure, I haven't played 15 since it has ben bandaided by DLCs, but the product I played on release was pretty pitiful and incomplete in terms of story, and most of what's interesting about this entry to the FF series happened in Kingsglaive. Nyx is a way cooler and more interesting protagonist than boy-band wannabe e…
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With a plot made interesting with kingdom politicking and themes of faith, loyalty, and service; Final Fantasy XV: Kingslaive stands as a solid movie on it's own while also filling in a huge hole for the game. My opinion is definitely shaped by the fact that I'm nearly finished with the game as of the time watching this, but outside of a bunch of proper nouns this movie didn't seem to hard to follow.
The only criticism I have is that it does drag a bit towards the end, going for a bit longer than it maybe should have. But, I also can't complain about extra screen time for the top notch computer animation and awesome action scenes.
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Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
As far as this goes it has received some pretty harsh criticism which I honestly do not think is deserved. Yes, it is an advert to the game that was obviously going to be the case since it is based around that so heavily and the people that seem to be shocked by this need to take a step back.
The story can be a bit jumbly but it is at the same time great, it covers a lot and fills in pretty much everything I need to know. I do not finish this thinking that I have a list of plotholes at all.
The art is fantastic. It is a genuine masterpiece artistically with how CGI can be. It is crisp and lifelike. Some moan that the camera can move around too fast as such and makes it blurry and it is like what? like many live actions films do, absolutely it shoul…
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Every parent at some point in their life will be forced to watch a direct-to-dvd movie of their darling child’s favorite franchise, and don’t laugh at their suffering, Dear Reader, chances are you will know this fate as well. You know the ones I’m talking about. Let’s say for this instance: Bionicle: Web of Shadows. The flick gives little if any reason for someone unfamiliar with the franchise to pay exact attention or hold on, a monologue here; a slight explanation of this character there. The parent finds ways to get through this. Some shots are cool. Some fight scenes are pretty great. Even so, this is how these experiences usually end, the parent saying: “Well that was okay. Time to change the channel to what I want now.”
Why do I mention this? Because Kingsglaive is that movie. No ma…
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(Review originally posted on Letterboxd)
This movie tried really, really hard to be something special, something more than a tie-in prologue to a video game, and it got fairly close, but its execution was unfortunately not as good as its ambition.
This movie, essentially the Rogue One to the recent video game Final Fantasy XV, is the story of some guardsmen as they deal with the impending collapse of their kingdom after a really long war. The movie opens with a fairly incomprehensible opening monologue and throws us right into the action with pretty much no explanation afterwards. Anyone who complained about Warcraft being hard to follow needs to watch this and see just how hard it COULD have been; I was thoroughly baffled for the first fifteen minutes at least. Though... I started to di…
Read at the sourceLucidDreamScape
TL:DR version: Pointless. Pretty, but pointless. Pretty pointless.
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV is the supplementary CGI movie prequel story to Final Fantasy XV, and if you don't know what Final Fantasy is, then I'm amazed how you were able to watch weeb trash and not know what the FF franchise is. Anyways, this film was made to tell the story of how the city of Insomnia fell and how the Kingsglaive (fancy super knights) and the King failed to save it, for in the game you don't witness the events personally. The real reason why this film was made was so Square Enix to get some extra cash for a game they've put so much time and development into, that if the game wasn't a financial success, the company would have been in the red by now. Also to reuse some scenes that were made for the game…
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I am not really familiar with the plot of Final Fantasy XV, nor did I have any particular expactations about this movie - I watched it pretty much on a whim, but I don't coonsider it a time wasted. While it lacked a lot of things - the lip sync was off, there were a few too many loopholes and unexplained plot developments, and the story WAS fairly simple. Even taking all this into consideration, it was rather fun and engaging watching this. I liked both the animation and the music. The action sequences were entertaining, but a bit chaotic, and it was sometimes a bit difficult to tell what's going on(altough I guess that's usually the case with action sequences). This is far from a must-watch, but I can't help but disagree with people that give this movie the lowest of scores, because while…
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Note: I wrote this review a few months after I saw it. I can't be bothered to watch it again but, I felt like my opinion on it was worth sharing. I try not to go into plot too much for people who are just looking for a general review without spoiling anything so I hope y'all have a good read and that I (somehow) Convince you to watch or not watch this movie.
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
The Story:
So the story takes place right after Noctis leaves. The only thing you really get from it in the game is that shit went down in the city and the movie shows what happened in the city while Noctis and the boy band were off on their magical boy adventure. Without spoiling a quick summary would be that the main character is in the Kingsglaive a group of people that protects the Crown City and t…
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When Final fantasy comes to mind, I can think only of killing monsters as I have played a few of the games and enjoyed them. However when it comes to this movie, that really isn't the case(mostly).
Story:6
The story itself was pretty basic. Lucis and the Niflheim empire have been at war for years. A magical crystal that protects Lucis manages to keep the empire out. Niflheim manages to break in but the Kingsglaive(The military taskforce)are there to stop them.
Characters:6
The characters too me didn't really stand out much. The majority of them didn't get much screen time so it's kind of understandable. The one that did get most of the screen time was Nyx. He was a total badass and voiced by the one and only Aaron Paul(if you watched the dubbed).
Sound:10
This is one of the movies stron…
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This review contains some spoilers.
I think that first of all, as a Final Fantasy fan, I have to say that this is the movie worst adaptated for this universe. I'm not saying that this makes it a bad movie, not at all, but only I wanted to clarify that. Advent Children and The Spirits Within were much more of a Final Fantasy than this one.
Kingsglaive is not a bad movie per se, but it doesn't highlight in anything. Of course, technical section is impressive and impeccable: characters (even if Nyx isn't that well drawn), lights, places... This all is made with perfection so the movie can really be enjoyed.
We have a movie that is divided in three acts: the first one is quite mediocre, as the script is capricious and the structure directly amorphous. We have two kingdoms fighting between…
Read at the sourceLuzuNatalia
Before watching Kingsglaive, if you've never followed the developments of FFXV I suggest you do a little research first about the characters and the story line. This is a prequel of the game so this is important.
STORY >>> The story, I say is quite good. Of course this doesn't shine away from crystals or the typical final fantasy themes of recent years but this has it's own charms and flair. There are a couple of scenes with cheesy lines (kind of, imo) but can be ignored. And the plot has its surprises.
ART >>> WOW! It's fantastic graphics, and shows how much the FF series has evolved.
SOUND >>> Nothing grandiose here but the sounds fits the scenes.
CHARACTER >>> The characters are nice and for mostly an action packed film there's character development for the main cast.
ENJOYMENT >…
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Final Fantasy's developed a bit of a problem. Their stories were always quite simple, with evil empires, noble rebels, wizards, demi-god opponents, and monsters. Their strengths were the way they combined them to create emotional plots and unique characters. The problem with the recent installments is that they've buckled down on the exceedingly basic nature of their plots while dramatically increasing the complexity of their descriptions. While previous installments would be content to simply state that people are using a mana cannon, for example, its abilities to be demonstrated in game, more modern ones would feel compelled to describe the nature of the mana cannon, the means by which it draws its power, the construction of it, the strength of its blasts, some metaphysical conundrums ra…
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Don't listen to the critics, they usually have no idea what they are talking about. This movie is fantastic. The world is beautiful and the CGI is breath-taking. This is an amazing action film which a really great story that has a lot of lore to add to Final Fantasy 15. If your a fan of Final Fantasy you are sure to love it. The story shows the war between the Kingdom of Lucis and the Empire of Niffleheim and I am really looking forward to seeing which parts of the movie will be mentioned or be expanded upon in the upcoming game. The fight scenes were some of the best I have seen in an animated movie and the characters really incorporating the warping magic into their fighting styles. Overall this was a really enjoyable movie and I recommend any Final Fantasy fan to see it. I rate this an…
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I have been a Final Fantasy fan since the old days and although it's my favorite video game series of all time, I have to admit that the animations and movies based on the series are not always up to par and some times even horrible, but thankfully this is not the case with this movie. It is definitely worth 2 hours from your daily routine just for the visuals alone.
Looks/Animation:
This is the strongest part of the movie. The graphics used are some of the best if not THE best you have ever seen. The characters look realistic to the point that sometimes you confuse them with real actors (although there will be times that you will spot an occasional weird looking guy, but it's rare). The backgrounds are majestic and immersive in such a way that makes you wish that you could live there. F…
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The visual & audio appeal in this movie is off the charts. The CGI is mind-blowingly amazing while the story offers nothing deep or surprising.
There is a crap-load of jam-packed action scenes occurring at least every 10 minutes throughout. I'm talking like a Kraken on an AIRSHIP fighting teleporting knights, or Pacific Rim scale battles while ANOTHER dragon ball like battle is happening between two people WHILE at the same time the two GIANTS are fighting eachother... INCEPTION!
Seriously though, don't go in thinking there is a great & meaningful story to be told here. Although, I can gladly say the story of Nyx (the MC) was presented in a mature and refreshing manner. It avoids typical cliches or cringe-like moments common in fairy-tale like stories.
One should be able figure out th…
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"I went in expecting nothing and still got disappointed". This sentence sums up Kingsglaive succinctly and accurately. Of course, for a more detailed explanation of why this movie is somehow worse than that cash grab that is Advent Children, I'll be spoiling the film below. If you care about the story and/or have no qualms paying 10 bucks or so for a ticket, go ahead and watch it. Otherwise, welcome, dear reader, to another episode into the dark spiraling hell that is my review.
Spoilers start here.
The movie begins promisingly enough, a simple prologue that explains the world and its inhabitants well enough. However, after that comes a poorly shot fight scene. This fight scene is a prime example of one of the movie's greatest downsides. As pretty (and I mean pretty) the CGI is, the fran…
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Being a Final Fantasy fan who has been following the development of Final Fantasy XV pending its release, I decided to watch Kingsglaive as soon as it was released in the theaters. I will try to give my impressions of each individual aspect of the movie while withholding spoilers, thus keeping this review short. To sum it up - there is nothing that will blow your mind out of the water in this movie besides the animation, but it is definitely worth a watch if you're planning to purchase and play the game - it stands as a decent prequel to the game, although not so much as a stand-alone.
There is no shadow of doubt that the strongest point of the movie lies in its animation . Rather than engaging in redundancy by attempting to describe the animation in words, watch the official trailer on…
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