The latest in the increasingly misnamed "Final Fantasy" franchise is also a ripping yarn, a blend of science fiction and fantasy created in the same basic way that James Cameron did Avatar (sans "real" actors) and Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson did with The Adventures of Tintin. It's a completely CG rendered film in which everything was created inside a computer except for the actors' voices and movements.
The story is kind of derivative, in that you've seen most of what's in it elsewhere even if it's only a shot or two here and there - to give them the benefit of the doubt I'll say the "film" is full of homages to other genre films. There's also a ridiculously blatant piece of product placement that's so egregious it threatens the suspension of disbelief - a CG Audi R8 driving through alien streetscapes in which every other vehicle (and some are really cool!) is a fantasy design. Even that doesn't spoil the fun, though, and at least they picked a cool real car for it.
