Comments on: Origin: Spirits of the Past

By: brandon

brandon — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:23:55 +0000

ok does anyone know who made this seris plot so maybe we could find away to write them email info to me at bwillms0999@hotmail.com

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:19:04 +0000

@ed, Origins feels like Nausicaa, but it really wasn’t even close. Nausicaa had a lot of effortless depth, this tried the same thing and failed.

I don’t think there’ll be a sequel, or at least I hope not!

By: ed

ed — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:59:24 +0000

I thought the film was ok. the animation was great and the scenery was fantastic. te story was a bit of a rip off of nausica of the valley of the wind but still really interesting. I watched it on the special two disc version and when i watched the original traler there seemed to be alot of scenes cut of maybe it was a trailer for a sequal. who knows any ideas?

By: DanDee

DanDee — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:19:29 +0000

Thank you Rachel for posting this review up, I looked at the beginning and whether or not you liked it and then commenced watching it. I actually thought it was one of the most epic love story’s ever told and it was still able to dazzle your mind with special effects and great plot telling, I was completely intrigued throughout the movie. For instance I had completely **** SPOILER ALERT*** no idea how he was going to kick the older enhanced guys ass but he surprised me that aspect of literally tying in what it means to be all “one” and the fact that they were becoming enlightened and the fact that becoming one with nature is having peace.

Seriously I thought it was great and my girlfriend is going to love this movie when I show it to her.

Thanks again.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:30:53 +0000

@Alex, I agree with you on all the points you make except for the story being appalling. I thought it was OK, not great, just OK. The premise was a good one, but they could have definitely given it more thought on the angle they took with it in the time frame available to them. Why it felt rushed was because they crammed so much info in the story without much thought as to whether it was a good idea to do so. That peeved me too. And I totally agree this woulda made a potentially fantastic series.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:10:17 +0000

Gotta disagree here. I thought it was really really disappointing.

The art was gorgeous, the budget was obviously ample. The animation was good, and the CG use fit well. The premise was good, but the story was appalling. There was next to no character development at all. It felt rushed and very incomplete.

I think it could have been a great 12 episode series. As a movie, it’s got some eye candy going for it, and that’s it.

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By: Fishdish

Fishdish — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:17:47 +0000

Well it does sound like an interesting story plot. I surely would like to see this. thx for the review.

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Haruna — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:19:07 +0000

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By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:35:39 +0000

@Spyhunter, Thanks! I wouldn’t discourage anyone from not seeing Origins, but it does fall a bit flat. It was pretty, and worth seeing for the landscape shots.

@watch free anime, the animation is really good, beautiful even.