Review of Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016) by Ijl711 — 27 Nov 2016

My score for this movie is largely not objective. I am a huge fanboy for the Final Fantasy series. Overall, I did like the movie. The animation was done very well and my god were there a lot of flashy particle effects. One thing that really impressed me was the motion capture of the facial expressions. It's really difficult to capture those subtle nuances that really help a film.

The story was.... a bit convoluted and somewhat cliched. IT's probably a bit difficult to understand if you're not already familiar with Final Fantasy's history OR even some of lore behind FF XV (even though it's not been released). Never-the-less, I personally enjoyed it and it's nice to have a prologue to the game.

One of the things that annoyed me the most was one of the primary voice actors. The main protagonist could be a bit dull at times but this person was SO annoying to listen to at any time they spoke. That really dulled the experience.

Again, I did really like this movie. I can see how the experience could be subjective; more likely than not, it will be appreciated more by people who are already fans of the series and anticipating the game. Having said that, that subset of people are the ones that would be watching to movie anyway. So, if you already want to see the movie you'll probably enjoy it.