Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Depending on who you ask, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is either an abomination or an underappreciated gem. The animated film wore the Final Fantasy brand but is pretty removed from any RPGs that spawned it. Spirits Within was praised for its animation in 2001, but beyond that, it’s generally considered an incomprehensible mess. It bombed so hard at the box office that Square shut down its Square Pictures branch, though it still lives in the hearts of some who consider it a cult classic. Also, damn, looking at the cast list, it had a pretty stacked line-up. Ming-Na Wen? Alec Baldwin? Donald Sutherland? The Spirits Within is wild to look back on. — Kenneth Shepard
