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@Blade

"In FF cutscene attacks are to look pretty but aren't canon"

Actually most are- I also wouldn't place Cloud and Sephiroth at SS powerlevels but the idea of "Special attacks are canon" is pretty grounded for Final Fantasy via the Ultimania's plus in-game conversations.

Take Zell for example- probably the most setting-breaking limit break in all of FF. How in the hell does anything pose a threat to him when he can do that?

The magazine that teaches him that move exists in canon, is referred to in canon, and it directly states in said magazine he is moving at a fraction of lightspeed- it even mentions the formula required to mathematically figure that out. (I didn't believe it myself when I first heard it and dug out my FF8 game to verify it- it's true). Meaning Zell is truly capable of reaching relativistic speeds.

"Advent Children is a good reminder of this"

Yes and no- because we see Cloud doing his thing and his attacks work pretty much the same- if not better than they ever did in-game:

Braver involves jumping into the air and slashing downwards

Blade Beam throws out energy and shiz

Finishing Touch defeats your enemy without hitting them

Omnislash is a series of strikes

etc.

The main thing people have an issue with is Tifa not destroying the building around her, which is a tad unfair as multiple times in the movie they point out they're not as powerful as they once were. Tifa in particular states that only Cloud is anywhere near the level he was when he was saving the world during FF7. Also, Final Heaven, the only move that people really imply has any special level of power, was not used in the movie at all.