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So kehrli and I have a bunch of meat in our freezer thanks to the generosity of Keffy's family. Last night we cooked a whole chicken. This is a profound event for me, a rite of passage! Never before have I stuck my hand inside the chest cavity of a dead bird to rub it down with butter and garlic/pepper/salt. Using a combination of wisdom from my copy of The Joy of Cooking (which also graphically shows me how I could skin one of the squirrels that run across my roof) and advice from Keffy's dad, we stuck the chicken in the oven. Then, we took it out, poked it (juices ran clear) carved it, stuck it back in the oven when it proved pink, took it out, put it back in, and finally ate it.
And lo! It was quite yummy.

During all this, we watched Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
Can anyone tell me what happened in that movie? I even had someone who's played the game to attempt an explanation, but even Keffy doesn't know what's going on! What I got out of it is: Cloud is angsty and has a big sword, Sephiroth is crazy and has a long sword (and alas, no kaballistic symbolism), and the Lifestream is green and shiny.

EDIT: Keffy pointed out that In order to make something awesome, you inevitably have to make it stupid. (Case in point, big exciting motorcycle chases where Cloud can get shot point blank in the face, yet only have his goggles blown off.) The trick is to get the greatest amount of Awesome out of the smallest amount of Stupid.

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[fenmere.livejournal.com]

You forgot the fighting. There is lots of fighting.

There isn't much more to it than that.

Basically, Cloud is angsty but going along and living his life with his friends. Other guy (don't remember is name) is angsty and decides to do something about it. Other guy decides to be such a fucking jerk that he's able to reserect Sephiroth. In the process, this jerk and his friends pick on poor Cloud. Cloud fights back. Other guy becomes Sephiroth. Sephiroth summons monster and threatens people of city. Big fight ensues. During the fight, Sephiroth tells cloud of his plan to destroy earth to go find another planet. Cloud kills Sephiroth. Children are healed of their plague by the shiny lifestream. And everything is serene like falling petals.

It basically happens in that order, with a bit of explanation at the beginning, but I can't remember how much of the explanation was from the narration and how much was from my roommates.

I do remember an evil genius who invented Cloud and his angsty brothers, but he was pretty unimportant.

[criada.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's much clearer. :-)
I think Other Guy's name is Kadaj (something like that) There was a point about three quarters through where I suddenly asked Keffy if Crazy Silver-Haired Bishie #1 had a name.