Showing posts with label martial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label martial. Show all posts
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Final Fantasy VII: Avent Children (2005)
As I have mentioned before, I am an animation fan. Can't help it. I am an adult and I still like watching cartoons. Especially due to the fact that animation in whatever form it is allows for so much more spectacular story telling and effects. Live action is catching up, but when it has come to super heroes and the sci-fi/fantasy world nothing beats animation.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is based of the video game franchise of the same name. I was a bit distracted today, but this one was kind of a disappointment. The story was a bit fragmented and was hard to follow. Some of the story elements were kept in the dark about until the end. Even then I was confused.
I action was fun although seemed a bit repetitive. Multiple motorcycle chases and battles that seemed to be pretty much the same sequence each time. The final battle was cool though.
Watched this particular version with English subtitles and that could have been a part of the problem as well. Anyway, the main reason I watched this one was due to my enjoyment of the 2001 release of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. The version of that film that I watched was in English and I felt that the storyline was much better and easier to follow. There were times with Advent Children that I was just confused as to what the objective was.
Watched on Netflix. You might like this you might not. There are some good fight scenes. I could be wrong about my assessment, but just not really thrilled about this film.
Monday, August 11, 2014
Fightville
Alright MMA fans. This one is for you. Actually, anyone who has ever been curious about why people choose to fight. I caught the last 45 minutes of this documentary on one of the pay channels. Dustin Poirier is one of the featured fighters in this film. Poirier is currently a top ranked fighter in the featherweight division in the UFC and is about to have one of the biggest fights of his life on Sept. 27th, 2014.
Fightville shows what these fighters put themselves through and how hard it is to get into the upper ranks of the fight world. One of the other featured fighters had a bout coming up, but was not training. Once he came back to training a couple weeks out from the fight, he paid the price. Not just from being out of shape, but by having his head handed to him in a sparing session. Was a hard lesson, but a lesson nonetheless.
Fight fans who want to see the behind the scenes world of what makes a fighter will enjoy this film. I also recommend it for the curious about mixed martial arts and to those that would like to see a story about perseverance.
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