![]() ![]() Some of the scenes in question were effective because they were an inversion of something the player had come to expect through regular gameplay. Avoiding any spoilers, the problem is not that these scenes are poorly presented in the film-though they are quite rushed-but rather that they don’t seem to fit quite as well within the condensed run-time of the movies. By and large, the most pivotal scenes in the game are some of the least interesting in the movie. Complete changes of tone and location happen without any explanation or attempt to smooth the transition-barring the characteristic calendar skip.Įven if context isn’t an issue, there is a problem for those who have played the game. ![]() Did they foreshadow this in the previous movies? Was I just remembering the corresponding developments from the game? For example, the movie opens with a visually striking fight scene, but none of the combatants or their motives are explained.Īdmittedly, most people watching this movie will have all the context they need, but this doesn’t make some of the later scene transitions any less jarring. This won’t be a problem for long-time fans of Persona 3, but on a couple occasions I wondered how I was expected to know something the movie took for granted. ![]() Some scenes basically demand that the viewers have played the game to completion before, while others expect that you’ve seen (and remember) the previous films. To start, Falling Down is not an easy entry point to the series-as one might expect. Falling Down treats the source material with even more love than the previous two movies, but forced storytelling drags the whole experience down. Falling Down is enjoyable, but the cracks in adapting a 100+ hour RPG while simultaneously developing complete stories are starting to show. ![]() Now, with its recent release on blu-ray, Persona 3 The Movie #3: Falling Down aims to continue on with an adaptation of one of the most critical parts of the game’s narrative. The second movie, Midsummer Knight’s Dream, was a solid follow up with a few issues. The first film, Spring of Birth, started the series off strong. From the very start, the Persona 3 movies have walked a tight line between adapting an extremely long game, and telling complete stories in 90 minutes. ![]()
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