Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - ProJared

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[@PSXfangirl]

Instead of 3 spirits, make it 4. Then make them represent each of the elements. Maybe make them look like crystals while your at it?

[@shawnfields2757]

(Insert Final Fantasy cartridge joke here)

[@sdani.]

there are 8 spirits

[@interdimensionalgoober8769]

ツ divide that by 2

[@mrmanjumac3454]

@@interdimensionalgoober8769 hold steady while I crunch the numbers

[@TheEnderLeader1]

Gee, an Epic RPG where you collect four crystals of the elements! Never heard that one before.

[@faciated5355]

To be honest, the CG was WAY too good for 2001.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

even compared to Monster's Inc and Shrek.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Devaseque 2001!? I’VE SEEN WORSE LOOKING MOVIES COME OUT NOWADAYS!

[@MoeRon004]

It was so good Tom Hanks was worried CG actors would take over acting

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

ゲイ But I still think Final Fantasy X has better CG. Idk

[@KillThad]

@@MoeRon004 Then he starred in The Polar Express 3 years later :/

[@Sameji]

I played Spirits Within, but I think my disc was broken. It just played all the cinematics.

[@laggy3099]

Yeah, everyone had the same problem. They must've shipped the wrong discs or something...

[@skyhazel6205]

Were you guys playing Disc 1? They accidentally mislabeled Disc 2 as the first disc; Disc 2 is just a compilation of the FMVs.

[@Whitefox789]

You think your so cute with that comment don't you? Your actually pretty fucking clever.

[@skyhazel6205]

***** Whoa, whoa, guys, come on. Keep it up, this is hawt. >:)

[@Whitefox789]

SkyHazel Why don't you mind your own damn business?!? I wonder how long this can truly keep going?

[@MineSpaceRanger]

"Talk to me sarge" "Ouch" 10/10 Voice acting

[@Underworlder5]

sounds like something you would hear in resident evil 1

[@coolguy02536]

He was almost a Sarge sandwich.

[@shawnfields2757]

@@coolguy02536 Was he also the master of unlocking? You know, before Jill. I just hope this isn't Chris's blood...

[@michalander2131]

Talk to me sarge. *OuCh*

[@Comkill117]

That meteor is filled with terrible demons... *OuCh!*

[@matthewshelley1365]

"No! Not..... Barret?" Honestly laughed out loud alone like an idiot there, perfect.

[@notcardlinsytaccount1355]

…ouch.

[@projared]

Thanks for watching! And thanks for liking and sharing the video!

[@andhelms663]

Yay a new video :)

[@Leonardo1989st]

OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT, A NEW EPISODE! *sees that it's about FF* HOHO, DIS IS GUNNA B GUD

[@eriks1736]

FINALLY dude you need a fourth hunter btw

[@hibubgames7667]

Dragon ball evaluation isn't a video game movie

[@SauceDaSauce]

😇😇😇

[@ZergrushEddie]

“Spirits aren’t real!.. Anyway, let’s blast the shit outta these phantoms!” Always cracks me up.

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

And now, their phantoms are *PISSED*

[@josephsmith1149]

She didn't see a bird at the end, she saw an eagle.

[@Marcelelias11]

Joseph Smith Eagles are birds.

[@coolguy02536]

Are you sure? I think she saw an eagle only.

[@shawnfields2757]

@Marcelelias11 That's like saying ghosts are phantoms. We know.

[@Marcelelias11]

@@shawnfields2757 Apparently he doesn't

[@shawnfields2757]

@Marcelelias11 Oh,okay then. When you say 'he', do you mean me, the commenter who I was replying to a few hours ago, or ProJared?

[@alvinderama3196]

a Final Fantasy with no crazy spikey hair and crazy looking armor is no Final Fantasy at all!

[@TungstenViper]

you haven't played the old ones, right?

[@TakuunX]

It's time to Play.. HOW MANY FINAL FANTASY GAMES HAD SPIKY HAIRED PROTAGONISTS! Spiky!: I [Fighter] V [Bartz] VII [Clod Strofe] NOT Spiky!: 2 [Firion] 3 [Luneth] 4 [Cecil] 6 [Terra] 8 [Squall] 9 [Zidane] 12 [Vaan] 13 [Lightning] HALF SPIKY!: 10 [Tidus] And the Winner is.. NOT SPIKY! Thanks for playing Spiky or NOT Spiky! And now the bonus round of.. WHICH GAME HAS THE MOST BELTS!?

[@TungstenViper]

TakuunX ahahahah XD how about how many characters wield swords?

[@TakuunX]

Mr.Mugen93 Lessee.. 1 is Warrior and Red mage, 2 is EVERYONE, 3 Everyone, 4 Cecil and maybe edge [Never really played it] 5 Everybod- Lets just sum it up: Just about Everybody except Squall, Zidane, and Lightning.

[@SenshuRysakami]

hmmmm I dunno about Squall and Lightning, it's a gunblade, and they're both used like explodey shooty swords. They're still blade enough to be swords right?

[@giuseppeianniello1998]

The thing that bugs me about this movie is Ming-Na Wen’s performance. She is a FANTASTIC actress (giving solid performances everytime!) I don’t know there was a time crunch or direction problems during production, but she stumbles into some strange line deliveries in this movie, as if she recorded everything in a day.

[@DavidHutchinson0713]

Well, Square DID want to push Aki as a CGI actress for multiple movies, so the flat delivery was more than likely an intentional direction for Ming-Na Wen (who IS a terrific actress, yeah; I enjoyed her performances in Mulan and Star Wars) to sell the character as someone that could be squeezed in multiple roles. But the decision was a grave error, for sure; it left the audience uncaring about what happens to Aki, and if there's anything an author very much needs to avoid, it's the eight deadly words of "I don't care what happens to (this person/these people)".

[@karmakgb]

Bad voice acting is almost always due to bad direction.

[@theplasmapro8343]

THATS NOT A BIRD IT’S A FLYING ANIMAL

[@allyn_x]

THATS NOT A FLYING ANIMAL ITS AN ANIMAL THAT FLIES

[@nooneimportant1244]

THAT'S NOT AN ANIMAL THAT FLIES! THAT'S AN ORGANISM!

[@rowletgamer2663]

THAT'S NOT AN ORGANISM! IT'S BIOTIC!

[@ilikecurry2345]

THAT'S NOT A HAT! THAT'S A HEADPIECE!!

[@krimsonhawk2355]

If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's probably a cat!

[@Vimdeklus]

9:59 Silly soldier, there's only one guy who can stab a phantom, and that's because he's created a special stabbing technique, and mastered the art. That guy's name... is Joof.

[@riddlerx994]

The fabled joof stab

[@thecannonball34]

Remember when Final Fantasy was all about knights and mages and kingdoms and shit? What the fuck happened, Square?

[@sinteleon]

Well, FF always had it's scifi elements too.

[@purpledawn2727]

I agree. I liked the mages and knights and all that old stuff. I also liked the more science fictionesque ff7, but I feel like square enix tries way to hard these days to make everything "new and fresh". I really hope FFXVI will be more about mages and knights again. we haven't got a ffgame like that since IX and that's sad.

[@sinteleon]

Purple Dawn Well, they've Bravely Default for that now.

[@purpledawn2727]

Psaakyrn GW so they say, but it doesn't feel the same. I dont dislike bravely default, but it does not replace final fantasy. People compare it to FF all the time, but I don't feel it. Next FF should go back to its roots. We've got 4 games in a row now that follows the new style. Time to try the old one again I think.

[@Assimandeli]

The very first game had ridiculous time travel bullshit in it that made no fucking sense at all.

[@willmistretta]

Ah, my favorite Final Fantasy location: Tucson, Arizona.

[@jamesmiller5331]

I remember spending six hours downloading a 30-second trailer for this in 1999

[@jimmyrolls37]

I had that trailer on a ps1 demo disc...with ultra low resolution

[@LorenHelgeson]

The part about this movie bombing that upsets me more than anything else is that Square was planning on taking all Final Fantasy games released up to this point (FF9 was the latest release) and porting them over to the PS2 with updated graphics and gameplay. However, they lost so much on the film's terrible box office return that they scrapped the project before it got too far off the ground.

[@gregbethscheider5912]

Wait a minute I didn't know that thanks for letting me know

[@Kreiser_VII]

... *Ahem* *Inhales* FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!

[@gregbethscheider5912]

@@Kreiser_VII what was that if u don't mind me asking

[@DrDolan2000]

That's bullshit!

[@alejandrosoto7736]

That could've given us an FFVII remake fifteen years before the actuall remake happened. Me sad.

[@pestulio07]

0:40 "Give me the chicken! Rar rar rar!"

[@projared]

*TRIGGERED*

[@jivanb.2492]

+ProJared hey pro bro is what is your favorite rpg?

[@sirius_raspberry]

+ProJared So, when's the Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub Zero video coming?

[@lukehagen7673]

you should know this! it is obviously chrono trigger

[@sirius_raspberry]

+TheDeathAssassin It's FFVI

[@FALG31]

Let's not forget that Max from Life is Strange (also a Square Enix game) actually loves this movie XD

[@CapnShades]

I forgot LIS was SE. Huh.

[@oddyquinn]

Well, to be fair, it's only published by SE. Dontnod developed it, and they aren't owned by SE. Their previous game (Remember Me) was Capcom and their next one (Vampyr) is Focus Home Interactive.

[@CapnShades]

Koncreet-Outfit Oh. Good to know. I thought it was strange they had anything to do with this game.

[@FALG31]

Koncreet-Outfit If that's the case, then why did Dontnod make Max a fan of the movie, if they're not owned by SE? As some sort of inside joke or something?

[@oddyquinn]

Fernando Langalú Because the game was published by SE. And like you said, as an in-joke. Dontnod isn't owned by Square Enix, as their newest game Vampyr is being published by Focus Home Interactive.

[@Fun_With_Google_Translate]

I remember watching this movie in theater with all my nerdy friends. It was so bad we just had to get knackered at the Applebee's across the street.

[@gothnerd887]

Where I come from "knackered" means "exhausted" so it sounds like you all went to Applebee's to sleep😴

[@MoffMuppet]

Okay, so I think I might have figured out why that phantom went all blue after touching Aki's... womb. See, when she and what's-his-name engaged in low-gravity bonking, they didn't use protection and she became pregnant. This created a new life within her, fresh from Gaia, which worked as Kryptonite and infected the spirit when it touched it. So yeah. Maybe that part makes a BIT more sense than it does at first glance. Still stupid, though.

[@franesustic988]

Was hoping to see some space banging to be amused by the uncanny-ness, but not even that.. Anyway, what you are saying is right and would be a cool twist, if only there was some logic in the movie, and a bit of consistency with the rules. This movie could have been really good, if it had someone that has done movies before at the helm, and anyone BUT the actress that voiced Aki in the role.

[@getthegoons]

MoffMupp So... Space abortion.

[@SonicDeeHedgehog]

The director confirms Aki was pregnant in the commentary on the DVD.

[@calebmarshall5739]

Final Fantasy: The Semen Within

[@halfling49]

Space condoms weren't part of the budget

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

Rest in Peace, General Heins, You were the best character in the movie

[@DarknessPrevails]

Why does her boyfriend look like Ben Affleck but is voiced by Alec Baldwin?

[@pikapower_kirby]

Darkness Prevails I doubt even Ben Affleck could save his virtual look alike in this mess.

[@genericusername6893]

Pikapower Kirby i wish you were wrong.

[@starpaladingoldbug2282]

Oh hey darkness

[@Mk-it6cr]

Darkness Prevails hello darkness my old friend, what are you doing around here?

[@august2771]

Darkness Prevails why does Aki sound like Mulan

[@c-puff]

You know, in hindsight this movie perfectly forewarns the overwritten nonsense than Final Fantasy would eventually become.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

and the shift towards "science" over magic, FF7 and 8 really really started this too. FF15 might be good, but its basically so close to "realistic" stuff that it shatters what final fantasy is, now its just 4 dudes driving around in a sports car wearing suits.

[@c-puff]

ugh. I wrote a comment and lost it DX I don't think you can point to one specific thing in FF history and say "THIS is where it all went wrong." There might be games that introduced a larger amount of things but it's interesting to see in hindsight how things that people criticse in the modern games started showing up way earlier than I'd realised :) FF7 was a vast departure from the previous FF games, and it probably contributed to this too, but I myself at least consider FF7 to still be good as a story. And although complicated it wasn't so over written as the series eventually became. But I do agree it was largely responsible for the more "science" side of FF happening. But I don't think that's where the true problem lies :) the problem is the writing, not the setting. Although at this stage maybe Squeenix could try and do something more fantasy and less science just to break away from their rut. But we'll see what FF15 is when it comes out. I'm not holding my breath though. Sadly.

[@557deadpool]

Liezl Bohnen FFVII had a completely shit story XD

[@MG-nv4vu]

It always was...

[@Dracomut]

It had been like this since FF7 honestly

[@spoonman6256]

Final Fantasy: The Guosts Within

[@SnakeBP]

EpicLiamPaul Ghost

[@TheMamaluigi300]

SnakeEyesBP1980 whoosh

[@RatherBAnon]

The best part of this video was how you managed to match good Final Fantasy game's music up with what was happening in the movie. No really, it fit incredibly well to every scene you chose and I can appreciate that. Good job Jared!

[@bumpndump9643]

Lol, my mom watched the movie when it came out so when i was playing FFXV and she saw the name of the game she said ´´Hey, isn´t that the movie about the woman with the dreams?´´ :p

[@Heedfulconch3]

Honestly, Aki would have been a great character to wield Magic It's like with Final Fantasy 4 and 6 Magic is a foreign entity, stemming from the Phantoms, and since Aki is bound to one she could therefore wield Magic innately It seems like a natural fit, instead of having the Phantom just be a mystical cancer deus ex machina Missed opportunity there

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Just call them Espers instead!

[@micahbrunet5523]

I love how much respect Jared has for FF9. So much of the music he uses is from 9

[@Salnax]

Ghosts are Ghosts?

[@would-becanadian4896]

The hell you say?

[@arkan5000]

phantoms are ghost?

[@Salnax]

Thresh The Chain Warden It's like that popular cartoon from a few years about a shapeshifting ghost boy who has an etheral alter ego. "Danny Fenten" or something.

[@alexben04]

+Salnax you mean Danny phantom? loool

[@would-becanadian4896]

+alexben04 Fenton was the characters last name

[@randominternetsurfersurfin7595]

My favourite Final Fantasy game is the one where Ichigo puts a gun on his head and summons his stand.

[@laggy3099]

My favorite FF game was the one where Ness beats the shit out of evil dogs with a bat and yo-yo.

[@tracyblanchard7663]

My favorite FF game is the one where you have 12 classes, control 6 elemental creatures at a time, and build up a town with shit you find in a forest, a mountain, and a river.

[@medijate]

My favourite FF game was the one where you're a psychic space soldier with a katana and knight armor and shot raiders with afros

[@yourbrother7835]

My favorite Final Fantasy game is the one with Cory in the white house

[@tracyblanchard7663]

Wait a minute, my favorite Final Fantasy has 12 classes, 6 creatures and 3 locations?! That's a pattern of halves with things that are divisible by 3! FINAL FANTASY 6 CONFIRMED!!!

[@Kreinsamer]

Still better than _The Last Airbender_.

[@MiloTheMightyDude]

Nice.

[@Zalozis]

Ergggh... We don't talk about that film...

[@mightymallardz768]

not worse than dbz evolution

[@Arcanua]

No, they're tied honestly.

[@slenderminion2229]

Or rather: Not as insulting as The Last Airbender.

[@mr.sinjin-smyth]

As great a storyteller Sakaguchi is, this not one of his finest efforts. He was just out of his league in trying to craft a movie story running just under 2 hours, which is completely different from a video game story which unfolds through several segments and chapters. The movie was very slow with mostly boring dialogue and uninteresting characters. Any connection to Final Fantasy was almost nonexistent. Only the groundbreaking CGI effects and models is what kept this movie from being totally forgotten, for they have aged incredibly well, and will always be the movie's best aspect. Despite failing it's target audience (FF fan base), there's still a dedicated fanfare for the movie, and that's good enough to ensure Spirits Within will never be forgotten.

[@XanderVJ]

There is one other "Final Fantasy" staple, albeit this one is a bit subtle. The concept of Gaia, and the idea of the planet being alive with an identity, are themes that have appeared in several "Final Fantasy" games. The most well-known is obviously "Final Fantasy VII", which had its own version of this concept in the Life Stream. But yeah, at the end of the day this was a forgettable movie.

[@Konradix05]

I was going to say, this is just some lifestream crap renamed xd

[@DrakoVongola11]

The planet in FFVII is also called Gaia IIRC It's also the name of the planet in IX

[@MikoSquiz]

The first thing I think of when I think of Final Fantasy is spirit energy wibble-woo that no amount of droning exposition can really make much sense of. They had that part down.

[@PokeMaster22222]

The first things I, personally, think of are 'crystals' and 'Phoenix Down'. Oh, and 'turn-based and menu-based fighting system'. I'm not exactly thrilled that the last one is disappearing - my first-ever videogame was Pokémon Pearl, and the Pokémon main series games use a similar 'turn-based, menu-based fighting system'. As a result, I'm quite partial to this method of gameplay.

[@gurvmlk]

That's not really a Final Fantasy thing though, since many other games and such have also given the planet a spiritual essence, making that not so much a defining feature of Final Fantasy, as much as a general fantasy trope.

[@CurrieYT]

Still love projareds intro..

[@donkiwi4888]

we all do

[@PKspectre]

ye

[@KriccoletaBrown]

it's so catchy :D

[@fortunegaming1583]

Who doesn't?

[@HD_Dabnado]

The older one is better, but it's still awesome

[@tchukkelz2246]

12:08: Steve Buscemi? *looks up cast* Steve Buscemi. Niiiice.

[@russwaddel08]

Tchukkelz he is literally the best part of the voice cast.

[@MrFlame133]

How did Jared not notice this!

[@Sypher49SH]

He's legit the only part I remember about this movie

[@yongyea4147]

Tchukkelz I didn't realize he was so hot

[@c-puff]

Rewatching this. The way ProJared says "GWOSTS????" still cracks me up every time.

[@TheBloodswordsman]

THAT'S NOT AN EAGLE!! THAT'S A BIRD!! People, please help me meme this.

[@grog7856]

THAT'S NOT A WHALE, THAT'S YOUR MOM

[@natem.3336]

THAT'S NOT A CAT, THAT'S A TIGER!

[@shaowkra195]

THAT'S NOT A DOG! THAT'S A WOLF!! 🐶🐶

[@zackdevro5192]

+Shining Mudkip don't be alarmbe, it's just harambe.

[@Bluemangrup]

That's not Nesquik! That's cereal!

[@TerravancerYoh]

*says Final Fantasy VI is his favorite* *pulls out Final Fantasy III* EDIT: I am an idiot and do not know FF history.

[@tylerweadon1211]

But....it's the... Nevermind

[@DrakeDarkHunter]

FFVI was originally released into the west as FFIII.

[@josephdunn9538]

In America Final Fantasy 6 is Final Fantasy 3

[@bakakamille7805]

do you even america

[@TerravancerYoh]

Ah. My bad.

[@ryanmann1416]

16:35 “No fucking shit!! YOU’VE LITERALLY BEEN CALLING THEM PHANTOMS THE ENTIRE TIME!!!!!!!”

[@shawnfields2757]

You mean the phantoms we've been fighting this whole time have been... (dramatic reveal), GHOSTS!?? WELL, NO FUCKING SHIT, EINSTEIN!!

[@KillThad]

5:32 "Being a female lead in a sci-fi movie that wasn't overly sexualized" **cough** Aliens **unconvincing cough**

[@Nijwol707true]

KillThad Beatrix Kiddo from Kill Bill

[@pixelbomb97]

Ragnarox kill Bill ain't no sci-fi

[@Nijwol707true]

Drewmanian :P Oh...right

[@WILLROCA973]

KillThad With an ass like Ripley's, there's no possible way to sexualize her.

[@sirius_raspberry]

Pre-Episode 6 Leia?

[@Kektus1]

I don't remember the movie being this bland. Then again, I didn't remember 99% of it to begin with, so I guess that fact speaks for itself...

[@kyotheman69]

you forgot it, because you made yourself forget, this movie was so fucken BORING

[@Kektus1]

kyotheman69 Yep, sounds about right.

[@DRakshasa]

lol. Yeah, it was the same for me xD I often even forget that the movie exists.

[@Sabercat-ub9dc]

if only we all could be so lucky......

[@Jargas101]

Hah, saw this thing in theaters. The cool cgi at the time was the only reason to see it.

[@Gboy86ify]

To be honest I always felt that all FF stories were a bit overrated.

[@jekblom123]

at least they were all epic in scope.

[@Gboy86ify]

jekblom123 Bigger isn't always better.

[@jekblom123]

Bi$harp better than this movie.

[@luisumana1238]

I felt that way towards VII

[@scottydu81]

4 and 6 stand out as epic stories

[@LombaxOttsel]

I don't like how it took place on Earth. Kind of dumb.

[@arkan5000]

kinda defies the purpose of a FF game

[@marlyonama]

This is a major rule broken! In my review of this movie, I was fighting GHOSTS TOO!

[@SaurAuteur]

Don't you see? It had to take place on earth. How else would they get their product placements in?

[@billtenth5805]

*+Daniel F.* Seeing as the only product placement from this movie that I know about is Pepsi, they could have gone the clever wrought and made Pepsi an actual product in whichever world they created which served the same purpose as either potion or ether; yes, people would have said that they sold out, but at least they would have done something creative with it.

[@MrNexxxus]

With all the things wrong with this movie THAT's your complaint? That it's set on Earth?

[@MuradBeybalaev]

So, true story, this is how I encountered this pile myself: Had a PS1, played all kinds of Squaresoft games on it, including FFs. Didn't know about the ENIX merger soon to ruin everything yet, and didn't have a PS2, so Squaresoft was my idol, single-handedly making my childhood. Saw a DVD of this pile in a store randomly. Got a bit confused it's not a game instead. Watched it. CG was impressive to a point but otherwise I was left wondering what any of this was about and how it relates to FF. *ENDED UP THINKING THEY MISLABELED THE DVD BY ACCIDENT.*

[@spoonman6256]

I really miss medieval Final Fantasy

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Spoonman I don’t. Steampunk Final Fantasy is best Final Fantasy. I’m still wondering how they jumped from gas pipes, brown rusted out metal, steam trains, Mako reactors and stuff like that to Sci-if technology, spirits, and aliens in the course of the 4 years between FF7 and this movie though.

[@nathanialfaer9409]

I do too ;-;

[@jonnelgabatan7369]

@@justanotheryoutubechannel Fuck you. We felt like we need to bring back the good old retro game that release from the NES and SNES games like collect the 4 crystals, turn base strategy RPGs, a medieval theme with a little of Sci Fi ish theme like Zelda Breath of the Wild, and some stuff from the MMOs. The problem is that the franchise disappear some roots from the game and turn into a generic Sci Fi RPG that more like a clone of Star Trek rather than Final Fantasy. And I HATE what happen to FF7 that Fuck up the Entire Timeline with some games related to 7.

[@BigCowProductions]

Same. IV and IX had some of the best settings.

[@MrBonessss]

Your in luck, 16 is coming to fix that problem lickity split.

[@TERMINATOR3900]

0:38 Dragon Ball: Evolution was a video game movie?

[@Carbonated__Milk]

supposedly.

[@RubberDucky757]

If you expect it to be bad then yes. If you expect it to hold more than slight references to the actual Manga/Anime then no.

[@TERMINATOR3900]

Rubber Ducky How does my expectations of the film make it about a video game?

[@RubberDucky757]

***** I read the comment completely wrong :P

[@standardcorrespondence4057]

Never saw it. Not sure if it was based even partially on one of the DB games, but the fact that there are so many of them makes me feel like they could have influenced the movie easily making it somewhat of a video game movie. I'm personally most familiar with Dragon Ball through the video games, by chance.

[@giak0000]

...this is a Final Fantasy movie? Where are the fantasy elements? Where are magic, wizards, swords and stuff like that? This isn't Final FANTASY, this is Final SCI-FI

[@Mayahiime]

Thank God im not the only one who noticed.

[@Underworlder5]

its not final fantasy if you cannot see at least one black mage

[@cyanmanta]

Some things you just can't dissociate from the franchise. If you're calling yourself Final Fantasy anything, at the very least you'd better have a goddamned chocobo in there.

[@giak0000]

+cyanmanta Not just Chocobos, but NOTHING from Final Fantasy is in this movie. Just like Jared said, if you went to a theatre and saw this movie without knowing it's a Final Fantasy movie, you would have NEVER guessed it is

[@Underworlder5]

Giak0 to me it resembles metroid more than final fantasy

[@zocdefmek]

That JonTron "WHAT" at the end gets me every time.

[@ChilluminatiPod]

Man I wished they banged not almost banged tho Update: They banged tho

[@JohnSmith-cw5hs]

hi mathas

[@Liveandlearn789]

They banged, okay?

[@Kurelia]

Love your videos man

[@abdulahahac1821]

Yo mathas what's up

[@Emi_Beauty01]

hi I love your videos

[@DuranmanX]

I don't care what anybody says, that's one of the best sci-fi films ever made.

[@eithanknife]

Nice reference

[@thefury770able]

+eithanknife reference to What?

[@eithanknife]

thefury770able Life is strange

[@drn000]

+thefury770able life is strange

[@natem.3336]

Hella, dude.

[@TheClaybones]

*Gwoasts?*

[@coolguy02536]

Ultralisk

[@SchrodingerDCatte]

When I put this in for the first time I thought this was a Mass Effect movie.

[@meyers0781]

tbh Mass Effect was inspired by this

[@IfJesusWoreAHat]

Dragon Ball Evolution The video game movie okay

[@mqfii8992]

Could be worse. Street Fighter: The Movie - The Game.

[@kfirshaked4390]

+Marcus Vinicius Quintas Filho street fighter the board game the movie the game

[@stephen2624]

GAME... OVER!!!

[@flashtras107820]

because the dragon ball franchise has video games and jared likes some of them so yeah

[@ct-hv1uz]

You mean, The Game - The Movie - The Game?

[@Ghost_Of_SAS]

Non-sexualized female protagonists and characters were actually very common in sci-fi movies before and around that time. Ellen Ripley from Alien, Trinity from The Matrix, Dana Scully fom The X-Files, Jodie Foster in Contact, Sarah Connor from The Terminator, any woman from Star Trek, Jamie Lee Curtis in Virus... In fact, you'd be more hard pressed finding any who _were_ sexualized, without going back to the early 80s or 70s.

[@dossombras]

Does this movie even have anything to do with the Final Fantasy series? Other than the name?

[@foxxjeh]

Fun fact: It's not even Cid, it's Sid.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

A completely over complicated plot?

[@MadMaximus31]

Every Final Fantasy game has some sort of underlying theme about nature and Earth. Some games have it much more noticeable (seven,) in others it is much more subtle (six.) This movie just brought the nature and Earth them front and center, as opposed to an underlayer within the plot.

[@cursedex]

I'm not sure if I remember correctly, but I think that the shot from the Zeus Cannon was called Ultima at one point. Either that, or the people who made the Spanish subtitles knew more about the game than the movie scriptwriter

[@Azhiru]

Does final fantasy have anything to do with final fantasy beyond the name? we have leather clad boy bands on road trips now.

[@garmaten3799]

I’ve seen like every ProJared video at least twice and this is one of my favorites, but nonetheless the whole ghost realization thing and Jared’s freakout in response to it n e v e r gets old

[@Leon14344_]

I loved this movie. Hell, I own it on DVD, Blu-Ray UMD and the paperback novelization.

[@Leon14344_]

Actually, gotta say, the novelization is probably the best way to experience The Spirits Within. It sets everything up right from the beginning and doesn't leave too much up in the air.

[@Woodenfan]

I keep hearing that about novelizations, they're usually better than many, many shitty movies.

[@zackdevro5192]

How could you enjoy this movie? I felt like I clearly wasted my time purchasing it and watching it. It did so many things wrong and the only thing that was good was the CGI. The creators only tried to make it look "good."

[@Leon14344_]

+Zack Devro Idk, I guess I didn't go into it with too much expectations. I had a fun time with it, even when I saw it in theaters.

[@zackdevro5192]

+Matt (leon14344) It's just very mediocre. I didn't have any expectations for it either, but I have developed a solid opinion after watching so many movies and I can detect when the creators did not honestly care for big details when I'm watching any movie. They cared only about how it looked, not only that, when I could tell they strayed so far away from a typical Final Fantasy narrative to just another sci-fi flick I had to give up on it. I watched the majority of it feeling disappointed all the way to the end.

[@Psychospacecow]

1:27 Shots fired. Lightning is down.

[@TheGameforestguy]

"I am Gaia."

[@justinjamesmontague614]

Bless!!!

[@timothymckane6362]

[rumble angry Jeffing intensifies]

[@Haruka_May]

So it's really a Captain Planet movie!

[@StormDatIsApproaching]

How's your dad,the sun doing?

[@nthasu4602]

10/10

[@12isaac00]

>Cid isn't a spaceship engineer God Dammit

[@Roboshi2007]

he's not even a headmaster who looks like Robin williams either.

[@lnsflare1]

They call them Phantoms because they have physical properties similar to ghosts in mythology, not because they actually thought that they were ghosts. As far as they know, those are just some random energy beings ala Star Trek.

[@lnsflare1]

Also, while I agree that it's not very much of a Final Fantasy movie, other Final Fantasy elements it has are their Lifestream equivalent, Random Encounters, and the general New Age technobabble. Not to mention that the meteor is very reminiscent of the Northern Crater and Jenova (or really, the Terran invasion From FFIX, though I think that came after Spirits Within).

[@jayesper4390]

lnsflare1 There's also Cid (okay, here it's spelt "Sid" I believe).

[@NeoConker626]

And you can't tell me this movie has a lesser resemblance to its source than, say, Mario Bros. My god. I'd maybe argue Street Fighter, which kinda resembles its parent franchise via what looks like a host of cheap cosplay. At least that film is hilarious, though. And should I bring up Double Dragon?

[@fightingmedialounge519]

That's his point, they think that they're similar enough to ghost to call them phantoms, but don't consider that they may actually be spirts.

[@NeoConker626]

Kye Dysarthria but per his other point, they're inconsistent enough to think they are animals. They go corporeal at times, seemingly bleed at times, can be shot down (and eviscerated) with firearms. In most cultures folklore, your sidearm or rifle is in no way an answer for an actual ghost. But hey, this is Final Fantasy lol

[@jamesbevan9939]

10:17 - They're eating him... and then they're gonna eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

[@regeneratorkingalt]

"It's not an invasion." (Insert Earth barely devoid of all live) "Not an invasion" (Insert the massacre of humans by the hands of the phantoms) *"Not an invasion."* (Insert the fact that they're very hostile and attack everything on sight) *Not an invasion* "Invasion- an unwelcome intrusion into another's domain."

[@suddenlyentertaining2253]

I tried watching this once... I fell asleep within 10 minutes, so glad my mind didn't have to melt watching this. Even watching the watered down review was bad. ProJared deserves a freakin medal for throwing himself on this grenade.

[@Jamik96]

Damn i actually liked this movie as a kid, and now you showed how funny this shit really is lmao

[@dufftheduff7335]

same lol

[@GawrGurasBathTubPizza]

*the movie was garbage, which makes sense, it wasn't made by the actual japanese, this was some westernise piece of crap, if you watch the japanese version 'final fantasy advent children' which uses the most famous Final Fantasy series (FF7) it was amazing, cloud even uses his limit breaker move*

[@GawrGurasBathTubPizza]

*the japanese are better at animation, even when they made the 'appleseed' anime they were creative enough to use normal hand drawn animation and mixed it with CGI to make it amazing, DOA girls are hot because their 3D are better, hence why they made even MORE final fantasy episodes*

[@GawrGurasBathTubPizza]

*the japanese are better at animation, even when they made the 'appleseed' anime they were creative enough to use normal hand drawn animation and mixed it with CGI to make it amazing, DOA girls are hot because their 3D are better, hence why they made even MORE final fantasy episodes*

[@michaelm.2736]

See also, Ride to Hell, probably the most appropriately named game in existence.

[@GameAW1]

Personally, I don't think the rating is very accurate. Reason being is you just said a few minutes ago that the movie isn't even a Final Fantasy and has none of the staples of the series. XIII however, like it or hate it, does have these things. You get your Chocobos, Cid, your summons, your spells, and various other things that make it a Final Fantasy. I won't argue whether XIII was a good FF game or not, but it was a FF game. This was just a sci-fi movie with FF slapped onto it.

[@Codeninja676]

Well most people get the same amount of enjoyment out of this movie as playing Final Fantasy XIII gives them which is non at all because both are extremely boring and repetitive plus the game has almost as much player input as the movie does which is non at all since the goddam game plays itself it's literally a game on auto play.

[@GameAW1]

Brian Rodriguez Okay, People keep overexaggerating that. Sure, Autobattle played the game for you early on if you let it but later on, it was only useful for smaller enemies you are supposed to want to breeze through effortlessly to make grinding not as much a chore. By later bosses, it becomes a lose button. (Speaking as someone who beat the game twice and unlocked all achievements) Plus Chapter 11 onwards, you have a huge area to explore. That is gameplay. Just because people don't like the gameplay doesn't mean it isn't there, or that they can pretend it doesn't exist.

[@Codeninja676]

GameAW Wow you actually played trough the game? i got bored by my 3rd hour of auto play and just replayed FInal Fantasy X for the 5th time.

[@projared]

Listen to the words I say before the rating. That's the metaphor, not "because chocobos".

[@sirius_raspberry]

It's because both this movie and FFXIII are garbage. (Btw +ProJared, when are you going to talk about Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub Zero. I've been waiting for it since the Mortal Kombat Kartoon video)

[@jimmyzeke13]

This is one of those movies that I'd always see on the shelf at the video store, and I was always like "Nah... that can't possibly be good". And it wasn't.

[@spectruh3387]

3:40 is one of my favorite movie quotes of all time because it caught me so off guard when I first watched it. I busted out laughing

[@Drephin]

Am I the only one who likes advent children? It's not great but the final fight seen was awesome!

[@cloud154532]

I'm pretty sure most people only like Advent Children for Cloud vs Sephiroth :P

[@CimyrRazely]

Certainly not, I really enjoyed Advent Children, as you said it's not the greatest movie but, the action scenes were excellent.

[@darnit16]

The only reason to watch Advent Children really is for the few fight scenes. They're well animated and choreographed, but nothing else really sticks. I never understood what was going on (as someone who hasn't actually played FFVII through), and mostly just seemed like emo fluff to get to the good stuff.

[@sugarfrosted2005]

Advent Children was one of the worst films I had ever had the displeasure of watching. Granted I hadn't really played FFVII prior to that. So the fanservice, which is the only thing anyone could potentially like, did nothing for me. (Also I suspect if I knew who the characters were their motivations would have made some sense to me.) Basically, I can see why people might like it, but it's awful as a movie because it makes no attempt to be accessible.

[@Codeninja676]

The original version of the movie is bad but the other version titled Final Fantasy VII:Advent Children Complete was decent the fight scenes were fleshed out more the story was a lot more cohesive and in all honesty as long as you knew most of the Final Fantasy 7 story you where set i watched it only having played FF7 Crisis Core and having watched a rundown of the FF7 plot online and i loved it.

[@rhiannonbamford8741]

Friendly reminder that the heavy focus on this movie's production meant that Xenogears Episodes I-IV and Episode VI were never made and most of the Xenogears staff left to form their own company.

[@bluelfsuma]

I saw someone say this is the best sci-fi film ever. I worry for that person.

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

That person obviously never heard of the Final Fantasy franchise, or play them before. And probably that someone and me isn't aware how inconsistent the plot was.

[@Rob_Thorsman]

Was it Max Caulfield?

[@bluelfsuma]

@@Rob_Thorsman Dunno who that is. Coulda been.

[@Rob_Thorsman]

She's the main character of Life is Strange. There is a dumb moment in the game when she says The Spirits Within is one of the best sci-fi movies.

[@bluelfsuma]

@@Rob_Thorsman Oh, haha. No, it was someone on Twitter, under a "cancellable movie takes" thread.

[@RegalPixelKing]

The worst thing about Aki being sexualized is not just that she was objectified. It's that Aki was named after and somewhat based off of Hironobu Sakaguchi's mother who passed away a few years before that movie was made.

[@HydraSpectre1138]

I know the death of Sakaguchi’s mother was what inspired the Aerith death twist in Final Fantasy VII.

[@gothnerd887]

😢

[@mrr_edits_]

-OMG Talk to me sarg - *impaled by a metal bar* Ouch This movie must be written by geniuses

[@Biwitch187]

The dialogue sounds just as boring as grinding in Destiny.

[@WILLROCA973]

Discord214 1 The entire movie is just as boring as Destiny.

[@rinnychor]

Cool story bro. Now wear that beanie, go outside and be productive instead of staining the internet with your sob story that probably no one would care.

[@Mqstodon]

@@rinnychor sob story???

[@JoshtheOverlander]

Show me your stuuuuuuff!

[@DCBiscuit]

@@rinnychor What?

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

For everyone yelling about guns and spaceships in Final Fantasy, they have those in 6 onward

[@gurvmlk]

Earlier, even. in Final Fantasy 4, you literally fly to the moon. And have people seen how technologically advanced the interior of the Tower of Babel appears?

[@eartianwerewolf]

yep amen. lol

[@Z7Games]

The thing is, FF always had the "technology from an ancient culture" at some point in the game. In FF6 technology and its combination with magic was part of the plot and even then, said technology was not common, only used by the rich and powerful. After that it just got mainstream, filling the games to the brim with technological advancements just because they "looked cool" with absolutely no regard for how it would affect the story.

[@EX7Sonic]

Not really. Only 7, 8 and 13 had "advanced tech." 9 returned to the medieval with ancient tech, 10 had some advance stuff but it was a plot point and kinda in tone with the story. 12 was more or less like 9 and classic FF. 14 is kinda the same. Haven't played 15 but looks like it's another advanced tech or at least modern. So that's like 4 out of 15 games, and to be fair, even in those games, the technology felt in tone with the rest of the game so not really sure what you mean by having no regard for the story.

[@Marcelelias11]

WARMECH.

[@patrickchaney]

As someone who has never played Mass Effect, this looks more like a Mass Effect movie than a Final Fantasy movie.

[@kaldrake2167]

"NO FUCKING SHIT!" Oh my god I rewatched that part five times!

[@jdmking4776]

Is it just me or does it seem like this video was pretty unscathed from trolls?

[@Felix-nc9br]

They only really did the more recent vids

[@firestarr5812]

Felix And the oldest ones.

[@LordTyph]

to be fair, a lot of people bought the accusations since they were initially pretty convincing. honestly, I think the movie is just that horrible that it scared people off from coming to meme comment in here.

[@firestarr5812]

Lord Typh Well said.

[@thatdankguy5140]

I dont think they were trolls they just believed the only info we had on the situation.

[@ken131]

I remember being so excited for this movie and going to see it with my FF fan friend. The disappointment we felt was a dull emptiness I'll never forget... :(

[@GreatAwesomeReviewer]

I never got why they didn't just base this move off one of the games. I mean, take 6, and turn THAT into a movie. Or did Square somehow think that a movie about a ragtag group of rebels lead by a youth with super powers as they fight off an evil empire that's trying to rule all of existence through advanced technology wouldn't sell?

[@samuellopes3935]

FF6's story is too long to adapt to a single movie.

[@joeyweirdo4023]

GreatAwesomeReviewers | StarDust Studios Now that the plot is put into simple terms, I now realize FF7 copied the shit outta FF6.

[@kuronoroux8864]

Joey Weirdo Erase Advanced Tech- scratch that, put it that way it's the plot of FFII.

[@bobbyh2720]

GreatAwesomeReviewers | StarDust Studios Six is too long, as is many of the others. If any were to be turned into a movie I'd say 4 would be the easiest to condense provided they be given a two and a half hour run time

[@jayesper4390]

Well some stuff would have to be excised. That's no different than book adaptations.

[@handlessuck589]

Hein and the Zeus Cannon is my favorite romance movie of all time

[@javipok]

"7th spirt!? I didn't know we were on disc 4 already" fucking died

[@MovieMan1710]

Steve Buscemi. What are you doing here!?!?

[@nightsong81]

Dying pointlessly, like in most of his movies. I think it's in his contract.

[@MovieMan1710]

+nightsong81 poor Donny.

[@nightsong81]

He was out of his element.

[@MovieMan1710]

+nightsong81 wouldn't have lasted in Vietnam.

[@vaultstar168]

+Tallguy He should've shut the fuck up like Walter told him to.

[@dylanmcdonald861]

I was home sick from high school and I went to watch this movie. It put me to sleep before the end of the first dream sequence.

[@reloadpsi]

The whole "these phantoms are actually ghosts" thing must've been a funny headache for the people who had to translate this film for the international market. In some languages there's not even that many words for them.

[@kyugull]

FINAL FANTASY 13 IS A GOOD GAME

[@randominternetsurfersurfin7595]

no

[@lordofthepizzapie9319]

if you love hallways.

[@Arcademan09]

Nice try SquareEnix

[@DanielLearmouth]

Eh, there are worse games. There are still much better games, though.

[@Forever_Zero]

is a good game, bad as a Final Fantasy game, but a good game itself

[@halleyscomet0867]

I might have an explanation. When they get touched, the spirit disappears. They can’t eat it. To eat it, they need to grab the spirit, which is harder.

[@darkhero-3097]

You have to admit, this movie looks great. Also, I loved this movie the one time I watched it when I was a kid at my grandparents house.

[@SlitherLament]

My marathon of rewatching, liking, and commenting on every Jared video continues. Video 38

[@invisiblehand13]

HELL YEAH! WELCOME BACK JARED!

[@WillieManga]

Sort of. I'll say that when he makes another Projared video. Which hopefully will be Final Fantasy 5.

[@DevonCosmos]

Before I EVEN clicked it. The first thing I said was, "Wow... Jared, I'm sorry, man." We'll see how sorry I am.

[@DevonCosmos]

Nope. I still wasn't ready for how sorry I was.

[@CrasherX2000]

I gotta say Even though this movie is bad, the animation is VERY impressive for its time I swear, that’s some of the best CG I’ve seen in my life

[@Keele1986]

You provided better acting than everyone in the movie. :D

[@Underworlder5]

PHANTOMS ARE GHOSTS!?

[@FallionSuka]

I loved Final Fantasy Advent Children Yes it has flaws and could be better but I found it very enjoyable

[@DrCandyStriper]

7:10 where's Chell? I thought she was the president of the being alive club.

[@calistoyew1313]

She’s the past president

[@lasmirandadennsiewillja9435]

Rewatching this years later, The Spirits Within feels more like a new Mass Effect than Andromeda.

[@TheGamersState]

Can you imagine Jared's reaction if they made a Monster Hunter Movie and it was bad?

[@vanadium8865]

That would be hilarious!

[@TheGamersState]

Oh my gosh! It actually came true!

[@regeneratorkingalt]

Welp, your wish came true. Not only is there a Monster Hunter movie, but they gave it to Paul Anderson (The same guy who put a Mary Sue OC in Resident Evil). Projared is gonna be very pissed.

[@vanadium8865]

Regen King I can feel the anger...

[@TheDapperDragon]

Oh boy, the pictures coming out..

[@bathoryaria4127]

Going through a bit of a rough patch, and this channel has just totally brightened my mood. Thank you, sir, for all the laughs and great content ✌

[@dhoffnun]

So true... so true... I do hear that James Woods is actually a very nice person despite having a perfect villain voice, though.

[@tavoknaza7086]

Empty Spaces And that does what?

[@RageUnchained]

Yeah, but most folks from Utah are nice, too bad his hometown is a meth filled shit hole

[@WildsevenMusic]

There is only two things I like about this Movie: 1. The Phantoms: I liked the idea of them ripping out the spirits of the human. I don't need them to have a reason (though maybe just go with the "hunger" thing) 2. Their Plane/Ship/Thingy: Man I love the look of that thing. Had it as a toy back then....so cool.