I just saw The Origin at Sitges Film Festival 2022, and I'm so happy I chose to watch this movie.
Without getting into the slightest spoiler, the film takes place thousands of years ago, which makes makeup and costume designs incredibly important. Luckily everything looks great (aside perhaps from a haircut or two, but I'll let it slide, hence I'm no expert on the subject) and the acting is equally impressive. The actors all speak a makeup language, made solely for the film, and they still manage to come off convincing. The script is great - there's a few scenes we've seen in other film of the same genre, that being survival thriller/horror, but the film manages to stand on its own feet for the vast majority of the movie. The locations are beautiful and the camerawork is simply stunning. There's also a great core-message underneath and several thematics throughout the film.
Surprisingly for this type of film, the pacing is good for the entirety of the movie, and my only gripe is that there is a few cliches along the way as well as a message that regardless of importance is a bit too explicit towards the end.
8/10.
Without getting into the slightest spoiler, the film takes place thousands of years ago, which makes makeup and costume designs incredibly important. Luckily everything looks great (aside perhaps from a haircut or two, but I'll let it slide, hence I'm no expert on the subject) and the acting is equally impressive. The actors all speak a makeup language, made solely for the film, and they still manage to come off convincing. The script is great - there's a few scenes we've seen in other film of the same genre, that being survival thriller/horror, but the film manages to stand on its own feet for the vast majority of the movie. The locations are beautiful and the camerawork is simply stunning. There's also a great core-message underneath and several thematics throughout the film.
Surprisingly for this type of film, the pacing is good for the entirety of the movie, and my only gripe is that there is a few cliches along the way as well as a message that regardless of importance is a bit too explicit towards the end.
8/10.