![]() ![]() Yet they can be blasted to smithereens by the weapons of the Deep Eyes. They defeat a human not by physically attacking him, but by absorbing his life essence. Without revealing one major secret about their essence, I can ask how they seem to be physical and conceptual both at once. The aliens are strange creatures, made stranger still by the film's inconsistency in handling them. One of Aki's early expeditions is to find, rescue and tend for a tiny green growing thing that has survived in the wasteland caused (I think) when a giant meteorite crashed into Earth and released the aliens it contained. ![]() Bush's missile shield will find it easy to assign Aki and her friends to the environmentalists they believe the Earth's mantle sits above a Gaia-sphere containing the planet's life force, and that if the cannon destroys it, not only the aliens but all human life will die. Those who find a parallel between Hein's cannon and George W. Hein ( James Woods), who wants to blast the aliens with his high-tech orbiting space cannon. Her other teammates include the pilot Neil ( Steve Buscemi) and the fighters Ryan ( Ving Rhames) and Jane Proudfoot ( Peri Gilpin). Sid ( Donald Sutherland), her wise old teacher. Her allies include Gray Edwards (voice of Alec Baldwin), who is the leader of the Deep Eyes troop, and Dr. Humans live inside energy shields that protect some of the largest cities and venture out cautiously, armored and armed, to do battle with the aliens, who look like free-form transparent monster nightmares I was reminded of the water creature in ''The Abyss.'' The aliens can infect humans with their virus or essence, and Aki (voice of Ming-Na) thinks she can defeat them by channeling the eight ''spirit waves'' of Earth-or Gaia, the planetary soul. The story involves a struggle by Aki and a band of Deep Eyes (futuristic human warriors) to defend the survivors of an alien invasion of Earth. If Aki is not as real as a human actress, she is about as real as a Playmate who has been retouched to a glossy perfection. The first closeup of her face and eyes is startling because the filmmakers are not afraid to give us a good, long look-they dare us not to admire their craft. Her movements (which mirror the actions of real actors) feel about right, and her hair blows convincingly in the wind. She has an eerie presence that is at once subtly unreal and yet convincing. But we concede she is lifelike, which is the whole point. Not for an instant do we believe that Dr. It's worth seeing, and while it IS for the fans, it is perfectly accessible for people like me that have never played the games.The characters live in that cyberspace, too. So: fantastic graphics and animation, great voice acting, cool video game styled music, involving story and characters, and maybe some of the coolest fights you'll see in a while. You are an observer here, of something beyond your experience and undestanding. If a weird red lion thing that talks, turns up and starts kicking ass and taking names, and the other characters just say he's an old friend, accept it and move on you don't need a biopic flashback, or a tell-all sit-me-down. I like that approach you get caught up in the mystery and confusion that all the characters are going through. ![]() Watching the film is like being dropped into the middle of some grand saga, and having to put as much of the puzzle together as possible. There is a lot that isn't explicitly explained, and if you demand that it should be then you will probably be confused and irritated. I think though that if you pay attention, and accept what the film throws at you, it's quite easy to understand. I think it pays to be familiar with Role Playing Games in general knowledge of the genre kinda helps you grasp some of it better. ![]() This film is for the fans: "To those who loved this world once before and spent time with its friends, gather again and devote your time." Besides this ominous opening, the story was not very hard to follow, and Ihave never played a Final Fantasy game. The fights are fantastic and the magic is really cool! It's totally like a video-game in parts, with some amazing hand-to-hand combat in there. ![]()
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