WoW Moviewatch: Divided Soul
by Moo Money 
Aug 31st 2008 at 12:00PM
Martin Falch is one such machinimator, with his story of love and friendship, Divided Soul. When Kareth and Sarlek meet under unusual circumstances, a bond is formed for what seems like a lifetime, but will eventually crumble. Martin takes us on a journey through their lives, leading us to the outcome, which, according to him, will possibly leave you scratching your head. We don't want to give it away, but he suggests looking at the name of the movie for further guidance.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jvelite Aug 31st 2008 12:21PM
Wow. That was some VERY good editing.
And the story was very good also, very.. orc-like.
Like the mother in the end... but I won't spoil.
gimnus Aug 31st 2008 1:11PM
ok can sombody eksplan what the ending tells. becouse i dont realy get the story
Skuling Aug 31st 2008 1:05PM
Awesome, for some reason i just loved the comment: I saved your life a hundred times over!
Cool ending too, it all started over! :o
But how did sarlek die? did he kill him self too? :S
Whom Aug 31st 2008 2:55PM
Spoilers in this post.
My interpretation was that they where the same Orc, with a split personality. They didn't kill each other, he killed him self, why? Crazy orcs do crazy stuff.
lolwutd Aug 31st 2008 1:06PM
1 word.
AMAZING!
Matazuma Aug 31st 2008 1:08PM
That was really good.
I just hope he keep making more.
wowiezowie Aug 31st 2008 1:23PM
reminds me of what i like about cowboy bebop
Eipuorgoom Aug 31st 2008 2:35PM
This is exactly what I thought. The editing during the anime battle sequence was pretty cool.
Hanako Aug 31st 2008 2:10PM
Spoiler Alert for people who seem a little confused:
It's not terribly difficult - again look at the title. The two "orcs" are aspects of the same person.
And it isn't the mother at the end calling Rein pathetic - it's *his* other, more vicious personality.
Ryan Aug 31st 2008 2:55PM
Great Editing!
And amazing story, Keep it up!
Rakashu Aug 31st 2008 2:58PM
Totally reminds me of Fight Club.
Vehar Aug 31st 2008 3:26PM
Spoiler! Yea fight club defintly but it seems this goes even more deeper like how he created it to train him....while the other created him for company...now heres the true question......who created who?
Radiophonic Aug 31st 2008 4:01PM
Wow, that was the most impressive script and voice acting I've seen in a WoW movie yet. Very, very worthwhile. Kudos to the author.
Core Aug 31st 2008 5:10PM
Spoiler alert!
Yeah it seems obvious to me that it was the orc in the lighter colored armor who created the orc in the darker colored armor. As the orc in the darker armor says "you were acknowledged" as he was the visible one to the public. It reminds me of the film Me, myself and irene.
As a boy, the orc needed something or someone to protect him, so he created this alter ego. When his life became more stable there was no need for this alternate personality. Until he had suspicions of his wife cheating on him, at which point the darker armored orc felt it was necessary for his character to be... more stern.
To me it seems the reason he killed himself was that he had no choice. he said that if he wins then his wife would live, and if she loses she would be given a swift death. as it was impossible to defeat his alter ego without first defeating himself, he felt it was best that the personality did not take over and destroy his family and instead chose to take his own life (which was essentially winning) to save his loved ones.
Raegn Aug 31st 2008 6:52PM
I've never been very much into machinima but this guy is incredibly good. If you want some majorly epic, movie quality, videos check out some of his Tales of the Past series. Tales of the Past 3 is an hour and half long and so incredibly well written and edited it's definitely worth the time.
Seriously, I doubt that there's very many people out there that could claim that this guy is much short of being about the best in the world for story-based epic machinima.
Again, this coming from someone who usually hates it. I thought I'd check out TotP3 for a couple minutes and got so sucked in I watched the whole thing.
Check it out at the stream here:
http://www.warcraftmovies.com/download.php?id=53953&mirror=5
Bravo. That's all I can say. Anyone else seen this?
Raegn Aug 31st 2008 6:53PM
Moo, can you ***please*** post some more from this guy? He deserves more kudos for his outstanding work.
Danger Dave Sep 1st 2008 1:01AM
Amazing! simply Amazing, I now love Machinima.
thank you very much!
Bromnir Sep 2nd 2008 5:35PM
This film has beautiful editing, genius camerawork, a riveting script that trounces 90% of the Hollywood movies out there, spot-on voice acting, and carefully chosen character artwork. It has already been praised a thousand times over for these and more in this thread and deserves every bit of it. When my entry loses the WeGame machinima contest to this, it will be an honor just to have faced against it.
But in addition, I want to praise this movie for something almost no other machinima I've seen get right: The Combat! This has, bar none, the best-choreographed fight sequences I've ever seen. The creator has found novel ways to use the limited number of animations available to convey a duel that actually looks choreographed and makes sense. Each action has a clear block, dodge, parry, or hit, the chain of which make up the narrative of the fight. There are no "caveman fighting" moments where they're just swinging at each other dramatically.
This first impressed me when they were sparring in the opening and they, wonder of wonders, actually batted each other's swords away when they made contact, but it also continued in the closing. Never have I seen a movie pay such careful attention to its combat animations. So many are content to just repeat the game's attack animations over and over or snap a few decent-but-not-great shots of swords clashing and slashes connecting and call it a movie. I've even heard it said that WoW's limited animations could never be used to convey a properly choreographed and believable fight sequence.
This is the movie that proves those naysayers wrong.