Beowulf Trailer

[The Red Hood]

The trailer looks awesome and even though as of recently John Murphy's In The House/In A Heartbeat (originally from 28 days/weeks later) has been used in several trailers (Death Sentence, I Know Who Killed Me) it syncs best with this I hear the makers are aiming for a PG-13 rating compared to the original NC-17 they have edited out foul language and changed the color of spraying blood from the original script to do so. There is a possibility of an unrated DVD though..
and now I see that Crispin Glover aka George Mcfly will provide the voice for Grendel

[mardigan]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramo...owulf/med.html
Looks great, but I hate Jolie

[Sec24Row7]

They just made Beowulf like 10 years ago... they are making another one?

[MoSpur]

Wow. I can't wait to see the movie.

[mardigan]

they just made Beowolf and Grendel in 05 with Gerard Butler, wonder why this is so soon

[Spurminator]

For tonight, we dine in !!!!

[peewee's lovechild]

It doesn't look bad, but I'm disappointed that it isn't live action. That kinda kills it for me.

Plus, "The 13th Warrior" was the best adaptaion of Beowulf.

[The Red Hood]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramo...owulf/med.html
Looks great, but I hate Jolie

Yeah that was kinda a letdown for me they made Grendels mom look exactly like her even all the other characters don't look exactly like the actors who do the voices and the trailer did focus to much on Grendels mom rather than grendel himself or even Beowulf

[Fillmoe]

i read the book years ago.....

[ObiwanGinobili]

I have a rule not to see movies after i have read the book.. it's always disappointing.

altho the one exception to that would be LOTR... sure they cut some fun stuff.. but you dont; feel like you miss it.

[desflood]

Plus, "The 13th Warrior" was the best adaptaion of Beowulf.

That was actually an adaptation of the book "Eaters of the Dead". It's a pretty good read.

[peewee's lovechild]

That was actually an adaptation of the book "Eaters of the Dead". It's a pretty good read.

But, it had many of the characters from Beowulf . . . including Grendel and Grendel's mother.

Still, the best Beowulfesque movie.

[L.I.T]

That was actually an adaptation of the book "Eaters of the Dead". It's a pretty good read.

Which itself was based on Beowulf; Crichton's attempt to prove the poem was interesting.

[midgetonadonkey]

It looks lame. I'd rather sit through The Chronicals of Narnia.

[Avitus1]

Looks kinda cool. I guess. I'll wait to see more, The dragon looked cool, much cooler then Draco from Dragon Heart.

[monosylab1k]

why the is it animated? stupid decision.

[peewee's lovechild]

why the is it animated? stupid decision.

Because Rober Zemekis is in love with that motion capture technology he helped to create.

[CharlieMac]

I never liked it.

[monosylab1k]

Because Rober Zemekis is in love with that motion capture technology he helped to create.

yeah true. his motion capture stuff looks stupid IMO because it's just CGI trying to look real. There's no artistic reason whatsoever to do that. The movie would look way better if it was just live action. Richard Linklater's animation in Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly is much more effective.

[peewee's lovechild]

yeah true. his motion capture stuff looks stupid IMO because it's just CGI trying to look real. There's no artistic reason whatsoever to do that. The movie would look way better if it was just live action. Richard Linklater's animation in Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly is much more effective.

You're right about the motion capture .

In The Polar Express, all the characters look like lifeless, souless puppets.

I'm not that crazy about it.

But, the animation looks a little better this time around.

[CuckingFunt]

You're right about the motion capture .

In The Polar Express, all the characters look like lifeless, souless puppets.

I'm not that crazy about it.

But, the animation looks a little better this time around.

I didn't watch the trailer when this thread was first created, but I saw it this evening at the theater.

The mo-cap is stewpid. If they're going to go that route, they should just make it look fully animated. Animation that's so realistic just comes across as... wrong.

And they ruined Angelina Jolie, which I didn't even think was possible.

Naked real Angelina Jolie coming out of a lake = pure, unadulterated hotness. Naked CG Angelina Jolie coming out of a lake = shiny, creepy, plastic looking.