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This serie is useless. As a Gundam fan, I can say it's useless.
Every Gundam series try to tell something, in the original trilogy, it's about the responsibilities of the first aggressor, the oppression of the new generation, the feeling of vengence, etc. In SEED it's about what's a human and that the most important are the feelings inside, in IBO it'll be about a life of battle that is better than a life of salvery, etc, etc.
What tells us THE ORIGIN? "Well, this is this guy and he is kinda crazy" Wow, awesome and you had nothing more? In this rich universe that is UC, ... there was nothing more? And this is the serie that is recommended by all these people to start the saga? Bullshit, you better use your time to watch the original serie or any other Gundam show that looks cool for you because this one is useless.
Plus, what is the point in making a modern looking serie for people who already don't want to watch old-style animation? Nah, just watch a modern Gundam, there's already plenty of them.

Could have been better but is worth watching.

It was very cool, to be honest. It's a film that assumes it's fan service and doesn't overdo it. It's true that it can be a bit dreamy to imagine the Miracle Generation reunited + Kagami in a final match.
On the other hand, as long as it's fan service, there was room for improvement. For example, I'd have liked to see Momoi and Riko more in the spotlight. We've only seen Kagetora a few times, and they're practically absent. Yet Momoi, as we tend to forget, is just as much part of the Miracle generation as the others. ... I'd have liked to see her united with Riko so that we could see their analytical skills combined, to see how that could have helped bring victory. It's wasted potential and it's a shame.
It's not helped by the film's bizarre pacing: it starts very, very quickly, the team is formed after 13 minutes and the match begins after 21 minutes. This leaves no time to see the preparation, how the players are going to work together when it's the first time (all the players have changed since Teiko + Kagami is there too), how they intend to beat the Jaggerwolk, it would have been a good time to highlight Momoi and Riko but no, the match has to start very quickly, too quickly. The film couldn't last any longer, so I'd have preferred 10 minutes less of the match for 10 minutes more of preparation.

One last thing that's weird is the Jaggerwolk themselves... They're just ***. No particular goals apart from winning, just pieces of shit who insult everyone (and eat pockies at the casino). They're just a pretext for fan service, but did they have to be hollow characters?

Still, it's not a bad piece of work, it's cool to watch, the tension is fairly well managed even if the match doesn't end in the most amazing way (nothing will equal the match against Aomine in season 2) and it ends pretty well the story we've been following throughout the series.