Anyone going to go see it? My friend said it looked like it might be awful but I'm going to drag him along anyway. I'm really suprised it's in cg. Thoughts?
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Anyone going to go see it? My friend said it looked like it might be awful but I'm going to drag him along anyway. I'm really suprised it's in cg. Thoughts?
I thought the story was pretty lame and it doesn't help that the movie looks like a playstation game XP
We read that in English class this year. I'd rather keep the story I imagined in my mind instead of someone else's interpretation.
hell yeah i'm gonna see it.
300 rip off. And I don't care how long the books been out...:rolleyes2
You mean there's a Beowulf movie? 'Bout Goddamn time, too. That story's warranted a movie since the beginning of movies. I just hope it does justice to the book.
There's been a few beowulf movies. Rengori thinks the main guys hot btw. I wanna see it though.
1300 years?Quote:
Originally Posted by TyphoonThaReapa
Yeah but Rengori's a pervert.
I'm so watching it. Robert Zemeckis yo!
I sincerely hope he was being facetious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Maxx Power1300 years?Quote:
Originally Posted by TyphoonThaReapa
Kind of like when people say they're buying the novelization of LOTR.
How is it a 300 rip off? It's about the battle between a mighty warrior and a monster thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by TyphoonThaReapa
Anyway, we read it in class this year, watched the movie that has Gerard Butler in it (called "Beowulf and Grendal") and we might go on a class field trip to see the new version in theaters.
Gotta love bein' in the "smart kids" class xP Field trip to the movies here we come!
Ah crap I misspelled it!
Anything with Angie getting naked CG or otherwise I'm on board with. So hell yeah I will!
OMG LOOKIT THAT ASS IT'S PERFECT..
wait, it's CG.
oh well!
HOT SHE HAS A TAIL
wait, it's CG.
oh well!
WHAT'S SHE DOING TO THAT DONKEY?!
oops wrong movie..
I don't know much about the actual story, but the movie looks horrible. But it's Zemmeckis, so maybe it'll turn out well. But I am skeptical.
Sorry, Dyslexi. Anything for Angie...:D :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Dyslexicon
Me= :screwy:
I'm not too familiar with the Beowulf story, but in terms of actual art direction and CG it looks completely horrible. They've wasted all their time and energy on trying to make such realistic graphics that in the end fall into the "uncanny valley" and lose a great sense of style.
There's a good reason why Spirits Within bombed outside of the Final Fantasy fan-base. In the end, they would have been far better off using the real actors.
;)
The original epic poem tale isn't very good for a movie. King makes monster mad. Monster kill King's men. Hero comes and kills Monster, make mommy mad, kills mommy, and then kills...a dragon? Que?
It might be doable -- but would suck. I personally enjoy the classics -- "Legend", and all that.
This is why english epics are :skull::skull::skull::skull:e...but they'll dress it up enough for it to be cool.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by TyphoonThaReapa
I know you guys are all "but Beowulf is totally different from the story of the 300 spartans!" but c'mon. Just look at it. It's totally trying to be the next 300 from its cinematic look to its catchphrase ("I am ripper, tearer..." etc. just sounds like it's trying to force itself into pop culture like "This... is... Sparta!" except while being totally lame).
It could turn out good but I'm not counting on it.
Yeah that stuff is just producers being morans, maybe. I dunno. Lemme check the producers.
Hmm...maybe not. Damnit!
I actually am glad that they are making it a movie. I read it last year in my English 12 class and it was wierd cause when we were reading it, I made the comment out loud how bad ass it would be to see it in a movie and in a game, and then about a week before the semester ended, our teacher told us that they were makeing a movie and a game for it. So, Im stoked!
Ok, I just have to say. It makes me physically CRINGE when that dude says "I am BEOWULF!!" in the commercial. The way he expels the word "beowulf" really annoys me.
Hey, that's Ray Winston you're bad mouthing! He's a national treasure in the UK. I've mounted a self-led campaign to get him knighted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miriel
I would like to see him protect the queen. THAT would be epic.
i much more enjoy my friend's mockery of the movie than I will enjoy the movie itself, if I even see it. For example:
Got Medieval: Beowulf: The Footwear
That's exactly why I said that. I have read Beowulf and all of his adventures. If you can't capture the originality the books have, then it's almost not worth it. It might be a good movie, but coping off of 300 is far from the originality from the book.Quote:
Originally Posted by HsuYes.Quote:
Originally Posted by TyphoonThaReapa
I know you guys are all "but Beowulf is totally different from the story of the 300 spartans!" but c'mon. Just look at it. It's totally trying to be the next 300 from its cinematic look to its catchphrase ("I am ripper, tearer..." etc. just sounds like it's trying to force itself into pop culture like "This... is... Sparta!" except while being totally lame).
It could turn out good but I'm not counting on it.
Same here...Quote:
Originally Posted by Poetically Pathetic
Go see a better movie based off the same story: The 13th Warrior
Great movie, but like a lot others, you don't watch it for the compelling story >.> Although it does a have a fun story
Yup, plus it looks really cool imo. Anything that stars Angelina Jolie as a hot serpent-like monster is a must-see, really. Also, the whole thing with CGI designed to look realistic is quite interesting to me, and it'll be fun to see how far we've come in that department since The Spirits Within.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pureghetto
I think I've said this before, but I don't mind saying it again:
It's Neil Gaiman. I don't even need to see a trailer to tell you I'll be there. Nevermind the fact that I did see a trailer, and am equally dismayed by the visuals as most of you, but I'm seeing it anyway.
Dammit.
Just saw a new trailer for this, and it looks even worse than it did at first. Anyone who watches this based on the CG, either have no taste or will be extremely disappointed. It would have looked much better with real actors (it was perfect in 300, I don't know why they are changing from that).
Hate to say it, but they have completely wasted their time with trying to make realistic graphics, rather than something that is far more stylized with realistic lighting and shading.
There is a very good reason as to why Pixar (animation/3D genius's) do not aim for realistic art direction.
From the sounds of it, Beowulf probably isn't that great of a story to do a movie on, but I can see it doing well enough.
My friends have brought up the prospect of going to see it, I may or may not, depending on how much money I left over after hitting the mall tomorrow.
I was wondering when someone would mention Neil Gaiman. I think the art direction is complete crap and based on the trailers (which tell us nothing of how the story will actually turn out) wouldn't want to see it in a million years. That said though; Neil Gaiman is a genius and more than enough of a reason for me to see it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Germ Hamee
I couldn't be any less interested in seeing the movie to be completely honest. :jess:
I just got back from seeing it. The visuals are very hit and miss, but they did a great job with Grendel. I still don't understand why they thought CG would be better than live action, but meh. I got over it.
Other than the art direction, it was a really good movie. It was a fun spin on the original poem, and had a little bit of everything. Especially naked people. My goodness, I haven't seen so many CG butts in my life.
Yeah I really liked it, and I thought I would, but as you said the CG at times looked incredibly realistic (old people's faces) but other times (young people's faces) looked like...spirits within, which was awesome back then...
I do like the more personal twists to the story, it was all tied together quite well.
It looks smurfing amazing. I'll definitely try to see it.
My dad took me for free. I thought it was going to complete :skull::skull::skull::skull:, especially with the CGI motion capture. It was more dramatic than I was expecting which was good and bad. Grendel was awesome the effects in parts were amazing. I would have liked to see the 3-D version, knowing that some shots were there solely for use of 3-D it cheapened the movie experience.
I can't believe how they were able to transform Ray Winstone. WOW!
Does Ray winstone put on that stupid voice through the whole thing? if so i might not bother.
Blood and gore! Reason enough to watch it.:p
Stupid question: Does anybody know where the theme (trailer starting from 1:10 onwards) comes from? I sounds an awful lot like 28 Days Later theme.
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Originally Posted by blim
Well, ive only seen the trailer and when he says "i am Beowolf and i have come to kill your monster" or whatever he says it sounds really weird.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dyslexicon?Quote:
Originally Posted by blim
He does alter his accent slightly, though I'm not sure how they 'know' what kind of accent a Geat would have...meh it didn't sound like THAT throughout.
OMG! It is the same melody! It even sounds like the same recording with drums added. Compare:
Beowulf trailer
28 Days Later track
Hrm... any chance that it's not originally from 28 Days Later. *get this stupid feeling of not knowing something everybody else does*
"I *short breathe* am *short breathe* Beowulf!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Miriel
This movie looks like absolute :skull::skull::skull::skull: and every time I see the commercial I want to throw my dinner at the television in disapproval. I don't know what the hell was rammed up their ass when they got the idea of putting a whole movie in CG and then ripping the hell out of 300.
"I am Beowulf!!"
"This is Sparta!!"
The second one wins and the first one sucks and it's lame.
hahahah
Don't prejudge it because of a poorly chosen scene in an ad...there have been other 'this is sparta' moments throughout history, i'm sure of it...
/looks for more.
I'm surprised there's so much anti-CG style. This goes right back to the attitude that all American animation must be for children. I support them making a 3-D animated movie aimed directly at adults. Except for the idea that the animation itself just doesn't look good, which is a fine enough opinion as any.
That said I don't think it looks very interesting, but when it comes out on DVD I'll probly see it.
Meh, strangely enough I think Spirits Within looked to a certain degree better and that was, what, 5 years ago? At least from what I can see from the preview the animations look more like Shrek than 300. I am optimistic when it comes to story though. It's hard to make it worse than "This is Sparta" in that regard.
I'm growing bored with people judging this movie on how it looks. Get over it. I've seen plenty of awesome movies that had terrible art direction. Spirits Within had considerably better CG and was a much worse movie.
And it's more the trailer trying to cash in on 300 than anything else. Considering the movie was written a few years before anyone had even heard of 300 (the movie, anyway). There's a few epic battle moments in the movie that remind me of it, but 300 is certainly not the first movie to be epic.
Spirits Within was awesome.:p
Seconded.Quote:
Originally Posted by Discord
no it wasn't
For starters, I've been told by my history major and english minor fiance that the "I am Beowulf" line is straight out of the original poem, so everyone can quit with the ripping off 300 crap. The trailer may make it seem that way, but I doubt a poem that's hundreds of years old was ripping off a movie released this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Genome
Anyway, a friend of mine who's opinion on movies I trust implicitly saw it last weekend and told me it was absolutely amazing. Therefore, I will be seeing this this weekend, and will likely enjoy it a great deal.
Also, wierdness factor of a CG Anjelina Jolie aside, I don't think they could have done it with real actors. Real actors with CG monsters has a tendency to look a little cheesie 90% of the time, even when very well done. The best movies mix live actors and CG monsters fairly sparingly, and from what I've heard, it just wouldn't have suited what they did in this movie.
Movie trailers often borrow tunes from other films. For example, there's a track from Requiem for a Dream that's often used for epic/action movie trailers, including the theatrical trailer for The Two Towers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Discord
Actual soundtracks may vary.
I plan to read Beowulf someday.
However, I'm an historical re-enactor in my free time, and I mainly do 10th century Norse. Film-makers' efforts to represent that culture on-screen usually end up making me cringe.
I'll honestly admit that I've never read anything that would even vaguely fit that category, though I can imagine it to be very interesting indeed. But, heh, if you are more or less proficient in any of the subjects discussed, pretty much everything looks stupid in Hollywood films. My father and a good friend of mine are both physicists. Watching Sci-Fi with the two of them (i.e. at the same time) is virtually impossible. I think that most of us would also agree that the hacking also looks rather weird in the cinemas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big DMovie trailers often borrow tunes from other films. For example, there's a track from Requiem for a Dream that's often used for epic/action movie trailers, including the theatrical trailer for The Two Towers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Discord
Actual soundtracks may vary.
I plan to read Beowulf someday.
However, I'm an historical re-enactor in my free time, and I mainly do 10th century Norse. Film-makers' efforts to represent that culture on-screen usually end up making me cringe.
so did anyone actually SEE the movie, can they give it a review for me please? might see it on friday
my friends said there was alot of action and no story,
another friend told me there was too much talkin and only 2 min of action
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The movie drags at some parts but I wouldn't say there are only two minutes of action. Let's see, there are one on one fights and larger scale battles, and I would say at least half an hour is devoted to them in total. Yes, there are conversations that set up the story. The action is over the top, but Beowulf is supposed to be an epic hero, so it looks and feels great. I saw the 3-D version but I know I would have enjoyed the normal as well. The animation seems less and less like a gimmick the more you watch it, but still left me feeling like I might have enjoyed it more if it were real actors.
Overall, the story was overhauled to bring everything together, which seemed to work pretty well.
I liked the movie and I recommend it to anyone who likes fantasy or action.
im there for the lots of action bit :cool: