be a huge fan of the game series and this be bar none the big let down of the year . well and there isn not much that need to be say about this film that hasn not be and except perhaps for represent please and please and those of you who aren not into video game and do not judge the series by this movie . this movie give the entire series a bad name . maybe the most useful way to stress this point be by give a few and hopefully non spoil example of how this movie fail to live up to the standard set by the video game . i have honestly think this be the movie that be go to change the way people look at video game movie ( have there be a good one ) and but the wait continue . anyway represent1 ) character some of the most memorable character i have ever encounter have be from final fantasy game . vivi ( ffix ) be a classic black mage and one of the most memory character i have ever see . barret and aries . . . how could i forget them . and not to mention the main character and squall and zidane and cloude and cecil . . . all very deep and intricate character and with mystery and compassion . i grow to relate to these character a great deal . in the movie and apart from aki and perhaps and there be nothing but cliched character and who only fit a general description of a character rather than a true character . we have the wisecracker and the big black guy who like gun ( remind me of barret actually ) and the woman who more like a man and and a villain who be just there for the sake of have a villain . 2 ) story the game be classic fantasy . they take you into another world and let you look around . gaia ( the life force of the planet ) be a common theme . most of the story revolve around somehow save the life of the planet and although you do not usually realize that until a way into the story . the story build slowly and gradually the impact of the main character become more drastic . in the film and it felt like it be try to prove that this fantasy be actually our reality ( i. e. set it on earth and preach about gaia and etc . ) . fantasy doesn not work that way you need to allow the viewer and reader and or player and to suspend their disbelief . i mean and who do not cringe when they try to explain away the force in the phantom menace . i just doesn not work if you try to explain it . the pace wasn not too bad in this film it start slow and mysterious and work towards something more important but it get bogged down by some ridiculous explanation and debate scene . 3 ) villain the game have and bar none and the best villain ever . i do not care what any of you say and with the exception of fviii and those be the best villain ever . mysterious and evil and powerful and manipulative . kafka and sephiroth and kuja all very and very memorable . um . . . in the movie there be a sort of villain and one who be so obviously there only for the sake of have a villain that we can only shake our head . he have no motivation and no personality and no intrigue or apparent history . . . he be just there . i have forget his name already . anyway and please and do not just the game on the movie . matty j .