And that worked out great with Lord Of The Ring's Gollum, so why doesn't Robert Zemeckis & Co. see the light?This means the actors must ACT with their bodies as much as their voices, and the animators must be allowed to tweak peformances to produce better animation where needed.
Beowulf
- AV Forum Member
- Posts: 823
- Joined: February 22nd, 2007
- Location: Belgium
- AV Founder
- Posts: 25714
- Joined: October 22nd, 2004
- Location: London, UK
...Which is why I say get the mo-cap ARTISTS to act out the movements and leave the "acting" to the vocalists.
And I also can't see how Final Fantasy, over ten years later, still looks better than all this fakery. How can they get it so right with Gollum and Kong and still come up with a mess like this?
Oh yeah...three words: Sony Pictures Imageworks. Never have I seen a convincingly animated human figure from them.
And I also can't see how Final Fantasy, over ten years later, still looks better than all this fakery. How can they get it so right with Gollum and Kong and still come up with a mess like this?
Oh yeah...three words: Sony Pictures Imageworks. Never have I seen a convincingly animated human figure from them.
- AV Forum Member
- Posts: 1347
- Joined: January 23rd, 2006
- Location: The Middle of Nowhere
Finally saw this at the campus theater over the weekend and I just have to say, wow. After Polar Express and Monster House, I had pretty high expectations and I'm happy to say that they were met (although these idiots behind me kept laughing through it and that kind of spoiled things). I hadn't read the story since high school and I didn't remember much about it, so I was able to judge it on it's merits as a film and it passed with flying colors. Visually amazing, well written, well acted (for the most part) and the music was especially good (who was singing those harp tunes? they were beautiful!). One of Silvestri's best scores in years I'd say. Funny thing, after watching the movie I wanted to read the story again but when I went to the bookstore today, they were fresh out of copies. I guess I wasn't the only one with that idea.
The Official Lugofilm Ltd Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/bartsimpson83
- AV Forum Member
- Posts: 493
- Joined: November 11th, 2007
- Location: NY
Funny that this topic is brought up again. I am currently watching this movie for one of my classes and comparing it to the original story. In about 2 hours I will go finish the movie. From what I have seen so far it's not that bad but it's not that great.
At times the animation is really believable and other times I feel like it is below some poor video game animations (which aren't bad themselves but I'm not sure if they fit a feature length film).
I am a little confused, so the whole movie was animated using motion capture? So no film was integrated? Were any figures or models made from scratch?
At times the animation is really believable and other times I feel like it is below some poor video game animations (which aren't bad themselves but I'm not sure if they fit a feature length film).
I am a little confused, so the whole movie was animated using motion capture? So no film was integrated? Were any figures or models made from scratch?
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/Foxtale/almostthere_signature_smaller.jpg[/img]
- AV Forum Member
- Posts: 493
- Joined: November 11th, 2007
- Location: NY
That's impressive. The movie at times did seem eerily real. It wasn't a bad film but it wasn't a great film either. From what I'm finding out they really changed the story a lot from most translations of the original.
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/Foxtale/almostthere_signature_smaller.jpg[/img]
- AV Team
- Posts: 6707
- Joined: February 8th, 2005
- Location: The US of A
- AV Founder
- Posts: 25714
- Joined: October 22nd, 2004
- Location: London, UK
- AV Team
- Posts: 6707
- Joined: February 8th, 2005
- Location: The US of A
- AV Founder
- Posts: 25714
- Joined: October 22nd, 2004
- Location: London, UK
Yep...this is the one to go for. The extra blood 'n' guts doesn't amount to much - again, not even added shots, just shots that had to have stuff removed from them to get the lower rating.
Unless you ran them side by side, I doubt you see a difference. But, yes, the Director's edition is the one with the extras.
Unless you ran them side by side, I doubt you see a difference. But, yes, the Director's edition is the one with the extras.
- AV Team
- Posts: 6707
- Joined: February 8th, 2005
- Location: The US of A
Re: Beowulf
Okay. This sounds like it could be pretty amazing.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 236054832/
I actually quite dug Bob Z’s Beowulf (honestly a lot of the visuals have held up incredibly well), but this could be a very cool new take.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 236054832/
I actually quite dug Bob Z’s Beowulf (honestly a lot of the visuals have held up incredibly well), but this could be a very cool new take.
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift--that is why it's called the present."
- AV Founder
- Posts: 7389
- Joined: October 23rd, 2004
- Location: SaskaTOON, Canada
Re: Beowulf
I was just thinking of giving Bob Z's film a rewatch, as my son just read Beowulf in school. I recall liking the film a lot (differing greatly from Ben), and said so in my HD DVD review.