Abiogenesis
Abiogenesis
| 29 September 2011 (USA)
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In this breathtaking science fiction spectacle, a strange mechanical device lands on a desolate world and uses the planet to undergo a startling transformation, that has profound implications for an entire galaxy.

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Laikals

The greatest movie ever made..!

GarnettTeenage

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

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Joanna Mccarty

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

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Ezmae Chang

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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Imdbidia

Abiogenesis has awesome visuals, as good as those you see in blockbuster science-fiction movies or in well-developed expensive video-games. the film is great depicting the unknown planet where the action happens and, especially, in the mechanics of the robots. The fluidity and creative transformation of these mini-transformers, the almost natural transformation of the machine into animated forms is one of the things I liked the most in the imagery.Abiogenesis means "the original evolution of life or living organisms from inorganic or inanimate substances." Another term for spontaneous generation. This is the theory of the origin of the Universe, which is contradicted by creationists and still being discussed by scientists because we really don't know much about it, that is how life sprouted from nothing. The story in this film offers a sort of possible origin of the natural life on a given planet beginning from nothing. We don't know if it is Earth or an imaginary planet, something that rests power to the story because depending on which one is the case the story has conceptual ramifications that can be dramatically different. We see an exogenous element, a space capsule, arrive from outer space, collecting material, mixing it, spreading it, and creating certain circumstances and conditions until it makes flora sprout on the planet, and then the spaceship leaves. That is it. Nothing else. The question is, who sent the transformer-spaceship? What was first the chicken or the egg? Is that is the point, well, not really well explored.

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bluefox01

The deeper theme of this short film seems to me the joy of creation. It plays magnificently with transformations of mechanical and biological forms.It tells a story about seeding (or supporting) lifeforms on a barren planet. So, I have to disagree with the previous reviewers, that there is no story. What do you expect to see, before you label something a story - talking faces?? At several points in the film I ask myself: Could this be possible? From a chemical/biological standpoint I have to say "no, that's not how it works". Nevertheless, the visual ideas are inspiring and the sound is equally good!

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Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de)

"Abiogenesis" is a 4-minute short film from 2011 and so far the only directorial effort by filmmaker Richard Mans from New Zealand. I think the story was okay at best and that already takes into account how this is such a short movie. At 6 or 7 minutes, it certainly would have been a drag. However, the animation is nicely done without being magnificent, however. All in all, this is a fairly mediocre outcome as there are so many more movies, especially when it comes to animation. I would like to recommend it, but taking into account also how this film takes itself so seriously from start to finish, I just can't. I wonder if Mans will ever make another film, but if he does, I really hope he can step thing up until then. Thumbs down.

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Hellmant

'ABIOGENESIS': Two and a Half Stars (Out of Five) This 5 minute New Zealand animated short was screened with the 2013 Oscar nominated animated shorts in theaters and billed as 'highly commended'. It's a science fiction tale directed by Richard Mans and tells the story of a machine that lands on a lifeless planet and brings it it's first life. The animation is beautiful but the story is almost nonexistent and there are no characters to speak of. You can get something almost this cool in a lot of video games nowadays. Still, it's pretty cool while you're watching it. Is it worth the 5 minutes? Sure. Is it something you'll remember? Probably not.Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6yq7kwUUDQ

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