Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

Directors:

Hironobu Sakaguchi
Motonori Sakakibara (co-director)

Writers:

Hironobu Sakaguchi (story)
Al Reinert (written by) ...
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Release Date:

11 July 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Unleash a new reality

Plot:

A female scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms.

Plot Keywords:

Scientist | General | Military | Soldier | Captain

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Ming-Na	...	Doctor Aki Ross (voice)
Alec Baldwin	...	Captain Gray Edwards (voice)
Ving Rhames	...	Ryan (voice)
Steve Buscemi	...	Neil (voice)
Peri Gilpin	...	Jane (voice)
Donald Sutherland	...	Dr. Sid (voice)
James Woods	...	General Hein (voice)
Keith David	...	Council Member #1 (voice)
Jean Simmons	...	Council Member #2 (voice)
Matt McKenzie	...	Major Elliot (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matt Adler	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Steve Alterman	...	Additional Voices (voice)
David Arnott	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Andrea Baker	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Andrea Taylor)
Cathy Cavadini	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Catherine Cavadini)
Lanei Chapman	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Vicki Davis	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Judi M. Durand	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Judi Durand)
Greg Finley	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jack Fletcher	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Julia Fletcher	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Barbara Harris	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Barbara Iley)
David McCharen	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Tracy Metro	...	Additional Voices (voice)
David Michie	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Richard Penn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
David Randolph	...	Additional Voices (voice)
John DeMita	...	BCR Soldier #1 / Space Station Technician #2 / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
John Di Maggio	...	BFW Soldier #1 (voice) (uncredited)
Alex Fernandez	...	Space Station Technician #3 (voice) (uncredited)
David Rasner	...	Space Station Technician #1 & 4 (voice) (uncredited)
Dwight Schultz	...	Scan Technician (voice) (uncredited)
Annie Wu	...	The Little Girl / The Fifth Spirit (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Motonori Sakakibara		(co-director)

Writing credits
Hironobu Sakaguchi		(story)
Al Reinert		(written by) &
Jeff Vintar		(written by)
Jack Fletcher		(additional dialogue)
Ramin Mebdy		Farsi adaptation

Produced by
Jun Aida	....	producer
Michael Hack	....	supervising producer
Daniel S. Kletzky	....	associate producer
Chris Lee	....	producer
Deirdre Morrison	....	line producer
Hironobu Sakaguchi	....	executive producer
Akio Sakai	....	producer
Katsuhiko Toyota	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Elliot Goldenthal

Cinematography by
Motonori Sakakibara

Film Editing by
Christopher S. Capp

Casting by
Jack Fletcher

Production Design by
Mauro Borrelli

Production Management
Hiroyoshi Hamada	....	production manager
Naoko Muldowney	....	computer graphics production manager
Kaoru Hiyama Rogers	....	production manager
Terri Sasaki	....	production manager
Kenji Takemoto	....	production manager
Christopher S. Capp	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Art Department
Kevin Bjorke	....	senior layout artist
Eric Lloyd Brown	....	concept artist (as Eric Brown)
John Fox	....	senior storyboard artist
Trevor Goring	....	storyboard artist
Ray Harvie	....	storyboard artist
Tim Holtrop	....	storyboard artist
Patrick Janicke	....	conceptual designer
Thomas Roland Johnson	....	conceptual artist
Tani Kunitake	....	conceptual director
Richard Mahon	....	concept artist
Tatsuro Maruyama	....	set & props lead artist
Mark Moretti	....	storyboard artist
Shuko Murase	....	original character designer
Yasushi Nirasawa	....	creature designer
Christian Scheurer	....	matte painter
Pedram Goshtasbpour	....	additional storyboards (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher Barnett	....	mix stage engineer
Chris Barron	....	digital transfers (as Christopher Barron)
Tim Burby	....	digital transfers
Brian Chumney	....	digital support
John Countryman	....	digital transfers
Jeff Darby	....	sound effects editor
Edwin Dunkley	....	sound: video transfers
Tony Eckert	....	foley mixer
Sean England	....	machine room operator
David Farmer	....	sound effects editor
Sue Fox	....	adr editor
Sue Fox	....	dialog editor
Andrea S. Gard	....	additional sound effects editor (as Andrea Stelter Gard)
Andrea S. Gard	....	foley editor (as Andrea Stelter Gard)
Jonathan Greber	....	digital transfers
Gabriel Guy	....	sound mix technician
Samuel H. Hinckley	....	adr assistant (as Sam Hinckley)
David C. Hughes	....	sound effects editor
David Hunter	....	digital support
Noah Katz	....	digital support
Dennis Leonard	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Lewis	....	assistant dialogue recording engineer
Stuart McCowan	....	assistant sound designer
Jim McKee	....	sound effects editor
Frank 'Pepe' Merel	....	foley recordist
Colin O'Neill	....	assistant sound effects editor
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Romanko	....	machine room operator
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound re-recordist
Christopher Scarabosio	....	additional sound effects editor (as Chris Scarabosio)
Dee Selby	....	additional sound effects assistant
Ernie Sheesley	....	dialogue recordist
Robert Shoup	....	additional sound effects editor (as Bob Shoup)
Mac Smith	....	sound design apprentice
Andrea Stelter	....	sound effects editor
Erich Stratmann	....	assistant supervising sound editor
John Taylor	....	mix stage engineer
Randy Thom	....	sound designer
Randy Thom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
James Twomey	....	sound recordist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Doug Winningham	....	assistant sound effects editor
Michael Kamper	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Andy Newell	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Kim Jongbo	....	sequence supervisor/lead animator
Masayuki Kasuya	....	system administrator
Koji Nagashima	....	senior programmer
Shinichi Soeda	....	production software supervisor
Shawn Taras	....	special effects programmer

Visual Effects by
Ivy Agregan	....	CG production manager: lighting
Robin Akin	....	character animator
Takahiko Akiyama	....	visual effects art director
Mayumi Arakaki	....	visual effects coordinator
Yasuko Asakura	....	lead visual effects artist
Lisa Atkinson	....	development consultant
Remo Balcells	....	visual effects supervisor
Peter Baustaedter	....	visual effects
Jeffrey Benoit	....	visual effects
Robert Bourgeault	....	modeler
Robert Bourgeault	....	texture artist
Jon Bowen	....	senior compositor (as Jonathan Bowen)
Scot Brew	....	production software engineer
Troy Brooks	....	production systems supervisor
Bela Brozsek	....	digital artist
Ronnie Bushaw	....	digital matte painter (as Ronald Bushaw)
Sonia Calvert	....	compositor
Claudia Candia	....	texture painter
Daniel R. Casey	....	digital texture supervisor
Daniel R. Casey	....	lead artist
Andy Chen	....	visual effects
Benjamin Cheung	....	character technical director
Francisco Cortina	....	senior character artist
Paolo Costabel	....	technical director
Karl Coyner	....	CG artist
Cary Cremidas	....	photography plates
Tim Crosbie	....	senior compositor
James H. Dargie	....	CG artist
Matthew Davies	....	visual effects
Mark Andrew De La Garza	....	lighting artist: Square USA
Tim de Pala	....	visual effects coordinator
Christina DeSilva	....	production coordinator
Simon Dye	....	compositor
Angela M. Eliasz	....	lead lighting artist
Petronella Evers	....	visual effects
Michael Fadollone	....	visual effects
Jack Fletcher	....	motion capture director
Michael Sean Foley	....	lighting artist
Haskell Friedman	....	senior lighting artist
Michael Fu	....	rendering technical support
Eiji Fujii	....	sequence supervisor
Steven Galle	....	visual effects
Sergio Garcia Abad	....	visual effects CG artist
Roger Gibbon	....	digital matte painter
Bryan Godwin	....	digital artist
Kelly Hartigan Goldstein	....	character animator
Matthew Hackett	....	lead character animator
Jerry Hall	....	digital compositor
Udai Haraguchi	....	motion capture engineer
Andy Harbeck	....	lead artist
Toby Haruno	....	lead character animator: Square Pictures
Hiroyuki Hayashida	....	sequence supervisor
Tom Hendrickson	....	visual effects coordinator (as Thomas Hendrickson)
George Ho	....	lighting artist
Dave R. Howe	....	visual effects artist (as David Howe)
Feng-Yi Hsiao	....	compositor (as Feric Yi Feng)
Bret Hughes	....	rendering technical director
Lily Vasconcellos Ibbotson	....	compositor
Kenneth Ibrahim	....	digital artist: Square Pictures
Kenichi Isaka	....	sequence supervisor
Bruce Jurgens	....	CG supervisor
Kory Juul	....	compositor
Matt Karnes	....	motion capture engineer
Miku Kayama	....	lead compositor
Muqeem Khan	....	visual effects
Jae Hong Kim	....	digital artist
Lisa Kim	....	digital artist: visual effects & props
Takumi Kimura	....	sequence supervisor
Michael Kitchen	....	character animator
D. Flint Klingler	....	compositor (as Don Klingler)
Spencer Knapp	....	lead visual effects artist
Mach Tony Kobayashi	....	visual effects
Takashi Kubota	....	layout supervisor
Roger Kupelian	....	digital matte painter
Ryan Leasher	....	lighting artist
Derek Ledbetter	....	credits
Erik Lee	....	CG animator: Square USA
Hae-Jeon Lee	....	visual effects
Greg Lev	....	lead lighting artist
Rosa Lin	....	visual effects
Stephen Lunn	....	lead compositor (as Stephen R. Lunn)
Tetsuo Maeda	....	compositor
Richard Mahon	....	digital matte painter
Evans Mark	....	digital artist: photon element
Jeffrey Martin	....	visual effects
Will McCoy	....	digital compositor (as William McCoy)
Gustav Melich	....	lead visual effects artist
Stan Miskiewicz	....	lighter
John Monos	....	lead lighting artist
Rene Morel	....	character modeller/texturer
Hiroshi Mori	....	texture artist
Hiroshi Mori	....	visual effects
Heiji Morishita	....	compositor
Bo Mosley	....	lead artist: SquareUSA
Adam Moura	....	compositor: SquareUSA (as Adam K. Moura)
Craig Mullins	....	digital matte painter
Gary Mundell	....	CG supervisor
Meghan Nishimizu	....	computer graphics manager
Takao Noguchi	....	creature supervisor
Kevin Ochs	....	character technical director
Yasuhiro Ohtsuka	....	compositor: Digital Frontier
Tadao Okada	....	sets and props supervisor
Taiji Okusawa	....	character supervisor
Hideto Ozaki	....	compositor
Chris Paizis	....	visual effects manager (as Christopher Paizis)
Ron Perry	....	motion capture set designer
Claude Precourt	....	sequence supervisor
Steve Preeg	....	visual effects
Alex Sandor Rabb	....	visual effects artist (as Sandor Rabb)
Jay Randall	....	lead animator
Geoff Richardson	....	digital compositor (as Geoffrey Richardson)
Robert Rioux	....	set modeling supervisor
Frank Ritlop	....	lighting artist
Michael Rivero	....	visual effects
Ron Roberts	....	senior compositor
James Rogers	....	compositing supervisor
Jake Rowell	....	digital artist
Josh Saeta	....	digital compositor (as Joshua Saeta)
Kay Sasatomi	....	CG production manager
Christian Scheurer	....	digital matte painter (as Christian Lorenz Scheurer)
Jeff Schu	....	character animator
Andrew Schwartz	....	digital compositor
Remington Scott	....	motion capture director
David Seager	....	lighting supervisor: Square USA
Kerry Shea	....	visual effects post production manager
Kerry Shea	....	visual effects production manager
Tomoko Shin	....	digital compositor
Robert Shrider	....	visual effects
Shinichi Soeda	....	Production Software Supervisor
Sharmishtha Sohoni	....	digital compositor
Neville Spiteri	....	visual effects
Jeff Stern	....	lead lighting artist
Eric Sterner	....	CG artist
Cameron Stevning	....	computer graphics producer
Kat Szuminska	....	senior compositor
Suan Ching Tan	....	modeler and texture artist
Masahiko Tani	....	digital matte painter
David Tanner	....	lead visual effects artist
Don Taylor	....	lighter
Chikako Terashita	....	systems administrator
Joanne Thiel	....	lead visual effects artist
Semin Tho	....	CG artist
Linda Tremblay	....	digital compositor
Kazumasa Uchio	....	digital matte painter
Paul Van Camp	....	digital artist
Garcia Veronique	....	character artist
Carlos A. Vidal	....	digital artist: Square
Taku Wakisaka	....	motion capture engineer
Christopher Walsh	....	lead character animator
Kelly Walsh	....	rendering technical director: Square USA (as Kelly Cowles)
Eric Weiss	....	senior character animator
Michael Withem	....	CG artist
Yukiko Yamanaka	....	system administrator
Teru Yoshida	....	sequence supervisor (as Teru 'Yosh' Yoshida)
Masahito Yoshioka	....	creature effects
Yasuharu Yoshizawa	....	lead compositor
Laurent Ben-Mimoun	....	digital matte painter (uncredited)
Carlos Cabral	....	character technical director (uncredited)
Pedram Goshtasbpour	....	pre-production animator (uncredited)
Rick O'Connor	....	pre-viz animatics (uncredited)
Steve J. Sanchez	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
David Seager	....	sequence supervisor: Square USA (uncredited)
Randy Vellacott	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Colin C.L. Fong	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Kevin Bjorke	....	lighting supervisor

Animation Department
Andrew R. Jones	....	animation director
Alice V. Kaiserian	....	lead animator
Yoshinori Kanada	....	layout artist
Yoshihiro Kitano	....	layout artist
Ben Rush	....	lead character animator: "Gray Edwards"
Roy Sato	....	senior animator
Cindy H. Yamauchi	....	animator (as Hideko Yamauchi)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	ADR voice casting

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter (as Gary Burrit)
Michael Hatzer	....	color timer (as Mike Hatzer)
Heather Elisa Hill	....	editorial department manager
Patrick Day Kennedy	....	assistant editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
William M. Steinberg	....	first assistant editor
Scott Anderson	....	editor (uncredited)
Peter McEvoy	....	digital cinema producer (uncredited)

Music Department
Dirk Brossé	....	conductor
Dirk Brossé	....	orchestrator
Robert Elhai	....	orchestrator
Vic Fraser	....	music preparation
Matthias Gohl	....	music producer
Elliot Goldenthal	....	music producer
Elliot Goldenthal	....	orchestrator
Joel Iwataki	....	music recording engineer
Joel Iwataki	....	music score mixer
Joel Iwataki	....	score recordist
Lawrence Manchester	....	assistant score engineer
Lawrence Manchester	....	music recording engineer
Richard Martinez	....	electronic music producer
Richard Martinez	....	score programmer
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music producer
Curtis Roush	....	supervising music editor
Dick Rudolph	....	music supervisor (as Richard Rudolph)
Elliot Goldenthal	....	music arranger (uncredited)

Other crew
Motohisa Adachi	....	senior programmer
Gerard Banel	....	senior programmer
Troy Boren	....	marketing department
Jay Carina	....	sequence technical director
Li-Han Chen	....	senior programmer
Francesco Chiarini	....	pre-production
Per Christensen	....	senior programmer
Jack Fletcher	....	voice director
Megan Fouts	....	client services
Andy Hsu	....	marketing department
Maya Zibung Jones	....	production assistant
Toshi Kato	....	senior programmer
Shiro Kawai	....	senior programmer
Nicholas Lam	....	production assistant
Mike Lane	....	client services
Jack Liao	....	senior programmer
Andrea Maiolo	....	layout technical assistant
Catherine Mitsunaga	....	rendering technical associate
Eva Napolean	....	client services
Gordon Ng	....	client services
Mari Nishikawa	....	marketing department
Hitoshi Nishimura	....	senior programmer
Patricia Pawlak	....	cloth simulation artist
Cheryl Rye	....	cloth simulation artist
Eric Salituro	....	technical director
John Torrijos	....	video services (as John 'J.T.' Torrijos)

Thanks
Jack Liao	....	in memory of
Aya Sakaguchi	....	special thanks
Eiko Sakaguchi	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Chris Lee Productions
• Square Company
• Square USA

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cascade Film (2001) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2001) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• DVD Service (200?) (Russia) (DVD)
• Fox (2006) (Japan) (TV)
• GAGA (2001) (Japan) (all media)
• Irib Studio (2004) (Iran) (TV)
• LK-TEL (2002) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2008) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• RTL Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2001) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2001) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Digital Frontier (additional production support)
• Itochu Techno-Science (additional production support)
• Kusanagi Co. (additional production support)
• Overload Co. (additional production support)
• Oz Company Co. (additional production support)
• Patrick Tatopoulos Design (creature effects)
• Photogenic Co. (additional production support)
• Photon VFX (additional digital compositing services)
• Polygon Pictures (additional production support)
• Shirogumi (additional production support)

Other Companies

• Abbey Road Studios  music recorded at
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  score recorded at (as Air Lyndurst, London)
• Bandai Co. Ltd.  partner of Square Pictures
• EFilm  laser film recording
• Global Music Service  music copyist
• London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)  orchestra
• London Voices  choir
• Manhattan Center Studios  score mixed at
• Screen Music Studios (SMS)  dialogue recording facilities
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Sony Classical  soundtrack
• Sony Corporation of Japan  special thanks (as Sony Corporation)
• Sony Music Soundtrax  soundtrack
• Watford Hall  score recorded at

Also Known As:

"Fainaru fantaji" - Japan
"Fantasía final: El espíritu en nosotros" - Colombia
"Final Fantasy" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"Final Fantasy" - Argentina
"Final Fantasy" - Greece
"Final Fantasy" - Sweden (imdb display title)
"Final Fantasy" - Brazil
"Final Fantasy - Die Mächte in dir" - Germany
"Final Fantasy, les créatures de l'esprit" - France
"Final Fantasy: A harc szelleme" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Final Fantasy: Esence zivota" - Czech Republic
"Final Fantasy: Spiritele ascunse" - Romania
"Final Fantasy: Wojna dusz" - Poland (imdb display title)
"Final fantasy: La fuerza interior" - Spain
"Final fantasy: Les créatures de l'esprit" - Canada (French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37629) | Malaysia:U | Japan:PG-12 | South Korea:All | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG

Company:

Chris Lee Productions

Trivia:

During preproduction, the script went through 50 incarnations. In one such form there was a small child named Meg, who had a much larger part in the overall story. In the final version of the film the fifth spirit was drawn from a terminally ill child. This is the only reference to Meg left in the final version. Other characters that didn't make the final cut include a boy named Daniel and a fifth member of the Deep Eyes Squad called Robert.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Aki removes the phantom particles from Gray, she picks up a canister that's hovering in the air, when she originally placed it on the table further away.

Quotes:

Ryan:PLEASE tell me we're risking our lives for that little plant.
Jane Proudfoot:I wouldn't even call it a plant; I'd call it a weed.
Neil:I wouldn't even call it a weed.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora (2010) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Spirit Dreams Inside

Most will be impressed, some disappointed, but it's worth the price of a ticket for all...

I've waited for this one for quite a while, as have most of Square's fans. There is a lot riding on this film, including the future direction of CG in movies, the proud heritage of a name brand, and the chance to release a worthwhile movie during a string of bad summer flicks. So, does Final Fantasy live up to it's hype?

Mostly.

First, the bad. No, it has nothing to do with the games other than name, but then the majority of the storylines of the games had nothing to do with each other, either. The plot is not necessarily original, with marauding aliens nearly vanquishing humanity while a desperate band of outsiders hold the key to winning (tired sci-fi, to be sure) and even the animation has it's faults, mostly with the mouth movements and a few emotions lacking, as the eyes and lips, and even hair had detail but no-one's cheeks or throats moved, giving the characters a bit of a puppetry feel at times. The movement of humans in CG is still not quite fluid, but getting much better. Also, the movie slows down considerably during the last twenty or thirty minutes, which is perhaps necessary for the plot, but the change in pace was notable, even with the awe that the movie's end was aspiring too.

But enough nit-picking.

The Good. The imagery in this movie is startling, imaginative, complex, even awesome at times. It's amazing that while the machines, vehicles, and mechanics in the movie are so realistic and detailed, so too are the organic forms such as the alien presence (sometimes seemingly more fluidly animated than the humans!) and the incredible landscapes. It is obvious how much imagination went in to so many aspects of this movie. The soundtrack, while not exceptional, is very complimentary and captures the dark feel with the fast action and triumphant climaxes. The characters were distinct, like-able, and voiced very well (even if the digital mouths don't quite match up most of the time). The emotional scenes, while certainly not perfect and a bit awkward, should be given grand credit for achieving the level they do convey. If you let yourself go, it's not impossible to be entranced by all that this movie actually manages to pull off. If nothing else, then the effects alone are worth seeing, if the somewhat hokey spiritual elements of the plot turn you off. (If you consider the Force to be hokey, don't bother.)

The Surprising. Well, I was a bit put off by the simplistic way the characters would look at each situation and then spell it out to the audience, though there is more to the plot than casual sci-fi fare. Because of this, the dialogue was a bit goofy at times, but at least it usually fit the characters. But every good thing you've heard about the quality of the CG work in this movie is true- it really is a site to behold, if nothing else than for the effects. As I mentioned earlier, if you consider how much this movie is trying to do, it's amazing that it pulled off everything nearly as well as it does.

So, I think that most will be pleased, some will critique it heavily on the negatives and not be as impressed, but the bottom line is that it is definitely worth seeing. Quality work in most areas, even story and screenplay in my opinion (though that's certainly the most debatable point.) I left the theater without being disappointed, something I cannot say for the majority of cinema fare.