Faneditor: Gekko   Fanedit Type: FanFix Fanedit Release Date: 1st December 2007 Fanedit Runtime: 1h:20m:0s Time Cut: 0h:26m:0s Time Added: 0h:0m:0s Genre: Sci-Fi Original Title: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)    Original Release Date: 1st January 2001 Original Runtime: 1h:46m:0s
FFTSW has some interesting concepts, but the flat attempts at humor and cliched romance made the movie drag. All the mumbo-jumbo about spirits and phantoms didn’t help either. This edit trims some of the subplots so the main story progresses at a quicker pace. Less dream sequences, cheesy one-liners, and convoluted dialogue makes it a more straight-forward, action-oriented sci-fi movie.
Intentions:
FFTSW has some interesting concepts, but the flat attempts at humor and cliched romance made the movie drag. All the mumbo-jumbo about spirits and phantoms didn’t help either. This edit trims some of the subplots so the main story progresses at a quicker pace. Less dream sequences, cheesy one-liners, and convoluted dialogue makes it a more straight-forward, action-oriented sci-fi movie.
Change List:
- Moved first dream sequence to later. - Removed monologue by Aki after first dream. - Trimmed Aki’s search in Old New York City. - Removed second dream sequence. - Removed Aki and Cid talking in hallway about spirits. - Removed Aki and Gray stuck elevator. - Combined first and third dream sequence. - Removed Aki getting shot by soldier. - Removed fourth dream sequence (how many dream sequences do we need?) - Trimmed fifth dream sequence. - Removed Gen. Hein and Maj. Elliot talk in hallway. - Removed Gen. Hein talking about wife and daughter. - Removed random people getting killed by phantoms. - Removed some of Neil’s one liners. - Sped up Gray’s jump in slow motion. - Removed Aki and Gray consoling each other. - Removed Gen. Hein about to commit suicide. - Removed Gen. Hein reconfiguring Zeus system. - Replaced ending song. - Several other minor edits for better pacing.
Additional Notes:
Remove some of the cheesy humor and redundant exposition about the spirits.