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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 26, 2007 20:52:10 GMT
Fairly poor film, mostly on account of the use of motion capture animation (which makes the characters look lifeless compared with live-action or hand-drawn animation), and wooden dialogue.
However, the "Real D" digital 3D experience laid on by Cineworld was pretty impressive, and the second half (with its less-than-heroic hero and outstanding dragon battle sequence) was much better than the first. Also, the film didn't deviate too widely from the sequence of events in the original poem, which makes a nice change.
The two 3D trailers - for a 3D re-release of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the live-action 3D Journey to the Centre of the Earth, starring Brendan Fraser - promise to deliver more complete 3D entertainment than Beowulf.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 26, 2007 20:56:02 GMT
They've...remade Journey to the Centre of the Earth?  ?? But that's just wrong, unless Doug McClure has been brought back from the dead. -Ralph |
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Post by legios on Nov 26, 2007 21:00:03 GMT
Fairly poor film, mostly on account of the use of motion capture animation (which makes the characters look lifeless compared with live-action or hand-drawn animation), and wooden dialogue. Martin I was wondering about that when I saw the trailer. Motion-captured animation seems to me to be a technology that is about five years or so from being really ready for primetime. I remember the trailer for "Polar Express" looking somewhat "inhuman", and in the recent version of "Appleseed" it was a technique that seemed to yield good results some of the time but look somewhat stilted and awkward on other occasions. The trailer for Beowulf suggests that the technology is still advancing but has a little way to go yet. From your description I take it that the film itself is perhaps not quite worth my five pounds and change ? Karl |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 26, 2007 21:07:42 GMT
Not unless you're particularly interested in seeing motion capture animation at a work-in-progress stage. Or you're a huge fan of the poem Beowulf. Actually, it'll probably be more than five pounds plus change, if like Cineworld they charge more for a ticket for a 3D show than for a normal show. (Cost of glasses?) Beowulf is definitely not worth seeing in non-3D. Journey to the Center of the EarthMartin |
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Post by legios on Nov 26, 2007 21:38:52 GMT
Not unless you're particularly interested in seeing motion capture animation at a work-in-progress stage. Or you're a huge fan of the poem Beowulf. Actually, it'll probably be more than five pounds plus change, if like Cineworld they charge more for a ticket for a 3D show than for a normal show. (Cost of glasses?) Beowulf is definitely not worth seeing in non-3D. Martin Hmmm. I think I shall be skipping this then. The trailer already had me swaying towards not bothering and I think you have sealed its fate with me. (I must confess to not being terribly familiar with the poem - I recall the general outline but the specifics have long since faded from my mind). I'm fairly sure my local multiplex is a Cineworld. Even if it wasn't - given that it is Falkirk - they will certainly have taken any excuse to charge a bit more money. Think I might chalk this up in the miss column. Karl |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2007 16:45:24 GMT
Not unless you're particularly interested in seeing motion capture animation at a work-in-progress stage. Or you're a huge fan of the poem Beowulf. Martin Yes. and... I would have liked to have made it into a movie... (I'm sudying "Digital animation and production") |
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?? But that's just wrong, unless Doug McClure has been brought back from the dead.
