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Beowulf

Trailer

Looks good, I'll see it.

I loved the book and the movie with Chris Lambert. I'll be definitely seeing it.

One thing. Is it completely CGI?

Yeah, in any case it'll be a lot better than Beowulf and Grendel, that was possibly the most disappointing movie I've seen in a long time

Trailer is here - http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/beowulf/

I have to say, I'm not that impressed. It looks like a video game.
Robert Zemeckis is in love with this motion-capture technology, but for the money they're spending, it could have been done in live action and looked better.

Beowulf looks ok, I hope Angelina Jolie can save it, but I'm not so sure. I am see it first.

What was wrong with pathfinder apart from the bad acting?

Originally posted by DARKLORDCAEDUS
Beowulf looks ok, I hope Angelina Jolie can save it, but I'm not so sure. I am see it first.

I see she's recycling that transylvanian-like accent she used (to laughable effect) from 'Alexander'.

Why have they stolen the theme music from 28 Days Later??

Does look like a video game. Not impressed.

Originally posted by Deathblow
Why have they stolen the theme music from 28 Days Later??

Does look like a video game. Not impressed.

It's just for the trailer. It's a common tactic to choose music that's familiar with an audience, to give them a feel for the movie in advance.

Originally posted by roughrider
I see she's recycling that transylvanian-like accent she used (to laughable effect) from 'Alexander'.



That was a very bad accent, as is this one here. Well I have to rethink seeing this and maybe save my money

That looks flat out incredible.

I am can't wait to see this film too. I think that the look and feel of this shows you how far technology has come. What gets me really excited is the fact this one is going to be in 3-D. I mean the last time I saw a 3-D movie was when I was 5 at Disney world and saw the Captain EO movie This will be totally different, but still just as exciting all that action and in 3-D!

Holy Crap! Finally a movie that tricked me with it's CGI. It felt great.

I saw the trailers weeks ago and though it was real. I'm an avid CGI fan that's really into watching how real CGI looks in movies.

And yesterday, weeks after watching the trailer, i found out the whole movie is CGI. When i found out i immediately saw the trailer again and though OMG, i didn't catch that! And it felt great.

I swore that was really Angelina Jolie and it wasn't. It was just a rendition of her. I did think Lambert looked a little weird with the eyebrows there, but what a cool feeling...

Wow.. it tricked you?

I was watching the trailer today and I could blatantly tell the difference between what was CGI and what wasn't. The CG sceens in this move look like the crap you'd see in a PS2 game..

Originally posted by Blax_Hydralisk
Wow.. it tricked you?

I was watching the trailer today and I could blatantly tell the difference between what was CGI and what wasn't. The CG sceens in this move look like the crap you'd see in a PS2 game..

Yup. It got me and got me good.

I really thought that was Angelina Jolie the human. It was, after all, in a theatre and it was dark and i wasn't paying close attention to it perhaps, but it got me.

Looks great. It even covers all three Beowulf stories! I'm ready to watch Beowulf vs. Grendel!

The CGI got me too, I think it looks awesome. I'm really amped about this movie. I was just going through the website http://www.beowulfmovie.com/, and they have a gallery with a bunch of images, including Angelina Jolie, and personally I think the graphics look incredible. The fact that they are showing it in 3D is insane! I cant wait!!!!

Angelina looks hot in the film.

Originally posted by Scythe
Angelina looks hot in the film.


Yes she does, I may have to change my mind ands see this.

I wanted to see this until i found out it was cgi. I dont understand this movie. Why would you film a movie as though you are filming a live action movie and then go out of your way to make it look cgi?

I've always loved the story, but I don't think even that could save this film. Looks pretty sad. If it gets good reviews I might see it though.

It looks ok.
I wish it was real though.

Looks stupid to me.

Originally posted by Scythe
Angelina looks hot in the film.

She looks like how she does in everyday life. But isn't that the problem?
Why go through with all of this motion-capture CGI, only to have characters look like the actors? Why not just shoot it in live-action, and CGI certain effects where needed?
This approach is going to divide people. It's not real-looking enough, yet because it's animated some will think it's for the family, but the story of Beowulf is too scary for small kids. Who will make up the mass audience?
At least Frank Miller's 300 used real actors & some sets, to mesh with the ultra-stylized backgrounds.

Originally posted by roughrider
Beowulf And Grendel was a great film - I'll defend it against any criticism! It's an intelligent look at how the story could really have happened (hence the tagline: Behind The Legend Lies The Tale), with the theme about how systems of belief made us do what we do, the ending of the old myths with the encroachment of christianity, and how murky the line of good and evil is between opposing cultures.
I hated that they were talking like they were in modern day. All the acting imo was bs even Gerard Butler (whom I loved in 300) was crap in the movie. And I hated Grendel's cheap look, he looked like a barbarian, just like a normal person with overgrown hair in some places and fangs. He didn't look anything like the monster Grendel could've been. His mother at least appeared monstrous. Overall I found it to be a very poor film

Originally posted by DARKLORDCAEDUS
Yes she does, I may have to change my mind ands see this.
Why is your entire view of the film revolving around Angelina Jolie? She's a big name actress but it doesn't mean she'll make or break the film. The storyline alone, along with the characters are great. I think you'll be satisfied if you go see it. Looks like they've even added an extra creature to the film.

Wasn't Beowulf supposed to be blind and really young looking?

Originally posted by Blax_Hydralisk
Wasn't Beowulf supposed to be blind and really young looking? No.

Originally posted by Blax_Hydralisk
Wasn't Beowulf supposed to be blind and really young looking? I don't know who you're thinking of.

Originally posted by roughrider
The idea was, as the tale would be told again and again across different cultures, Grendel's legend would be exaggerated - the original poem was an oral one. So he goes from being a monstrous troll-like human to a demonic creature imagined as half wolf, half bear ( J.R.R. Tolkien credits Grendel & his Mother as inspiration for the Orcs.) Plus, the influx of Christianity would add elements like him being descended from Cain and thereby cursed; one of Beowulf's party hears Cain being discussed and doesn't see what it had to do with Grendel at all, remember.
In similar fashion, Beowulf's legend gets exaggerated with the tale over time; going from being one of the best warriors in Scandinavia to a figure of Herculean proportions, who wouldn't even use a sword against Grendel and preferred his own hands( as depicted in the poem.)
I say all this as one who's loved the poem & story since high school; I even have Jerry Bingham's Graphic Novel of the story from 1984. I just appreciated this different take on the story, and was proud the Canadian Film Industry showed they could do an epic-sized story.
Now, this new version seems to take all of the poem literally, but it's cartoony look isn't working for me. Songs by Glen Ballard? Why the hell do we need songs...?
Well you have your opinion. I really didn't like Beowulf and Grendel though. I was expecting a lot more from it, and it didn't deliver in my eyes. I never could've pictured Grendel like that. Physically and mentally. I'm not crazy about it being CGI either but it's not bothering me that much. I'm looking forward to it.
Originally posted by DARKLORDCAEDUS
Having a big name actor/actress will tend to make or break a film. Beowulf cost a lot of money, that is also a factor. Also I've read the Beowulf story countless times so I know that they took some liberties. Those liberties however I hope will be good and thus hopefully a better film. I also felt that they should have hired someone else to portray Beowulf, so I think that Ray Winstone has to do a bang up job.
Ah, I thought you were basing it solely off of Angelina, that's how it looked in your prior posts. Sorry for making quick accusations. I don't think I've seen Winstone in anything else

I'm not against any filmmakers taking some narrative liberties with the story. It doesn't have a structure that you can use for a film; you have to create a narrative line that connects Beowulf, Grendel & the Dragon from beginning to end. In the poem, these seem like random tales. That doesn't work on the big screen - you need a skeleton, a structure, subtext to bring it all together.

Looks like a new trailer for 1-18-08 is gunna be in this movie

I heard that the 1-18 preview is going to be shown before the movie too, which is really cool.....

I totally think that the storyline alone is going to make it fantastic... but having big name actors/actresses like Angelina Jolie is def not going to hurt... and lets not forget there are so many other talented actors in it... ahem Anthony Hopkins....and personally I love Ray Winstone and I think he is going to be able to pull off the Beowulf character....I actually watched him in Sexy Beast yesterday and was really impressed!

I saw the clip shown on Yahoo - still looks like a video game. And Winstone's voice is too rough & gravely.

But isn't his voice supposed to be like that, I mean he is a warrior... what's wrong with "rough & gravely?" I don't know, I'm still excited to see it

Originally posted by roughrider
I saw the clip shown on Yahoo - still looks like a video game. And Winstone's voice is too rough & gravely.
I think it looks great. When I first saw it it looked like real people. Only a few points didn't look that great. Doesn't look like any video game I ever played.

This film looks great, Has anyone read the poem?

I read the poem in high-school but I don't really remember it that well. Did anyone else have to read it??

I came across this today http://www.cinemablend.com/new/13-Beowulf-Clips-6875.html The clips are really bad ass, so stoked!!!

FYI tickets are already on sale on fandango for Thursdays premiere, just got mine!!! YAY

Originally posted by Scythe
Angelina looks hot in the film.

agree with you Scythe..Her naked lizard body which is full of gold...Nice animation...

Originally posted by gingercaily
agree with you Scythe..Her naked lizard body which is full of gold...Nice animation...

Too bad there's no nudity in it.

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
I wanted to see this until i found out it was cgi. I dont understand this movie. Why would you film a movie as though you are filming a live action movie and then go out of your way to make it look cgi?

I agree.

To me it's simply a massive waste of money, and to me personally it makes it less cool.

I probably won't see this film in theaters.

(PS: some of the screenshots remind me of Blizzard's cut-scene animation from Warcraft 3).

I don't understand why making it in full CGI would make it less cool. If anything the stimulating visual effect is going to be amazing, and unlike anything we have seen before. I have been reading a bunch of reviews on this and so far the consensus is that the movie is incredibly aesthetically pleasing! All I know is that Thursday couldn't come any sooner!

Originally posted by ariwin
I don't understand why making it in full CGI would make it less cool. If anything the stimulating visual effect is going to be amazing, and unlike anything we have seen before. I have been reading a bunch of reviews on this and so far the consensus is that the movie is incredibly aesthetically pleasing! All I know is that Thursday couldn't come any sooner!

The character faces still look like mannequins. It's not real-looking enough.
The best way to use CGI is for things that are virtually impossible to realize in live action. Trying to imitate what a live-action actor can do...it still looks as fake as it was in FINAL FANTASY.

It looks like a good film.

Originally posted by Scythe
Too bad there's no nudity in it.
there is.

See I thought that it looked really realistic, I thought it really was Angelina Jolie when I first got a glimpse of a clip way back when. I just think the revolutionary film making is super captivating, and the fact that it is going to be in IMAX and 3D in CGI .. I mean come on.. and as for nudity.. Angelina is going to be completely naked.

shocking

I doubt they'll show CG nudity. They'll barely glimpse anything, and will work around her boobs.

Originally posted by Scythe
I doubt they'll show CG nudity. They'll barely glimpse anything, and will work around her boobs.
I doubt it'll show her downstairs, but you do for a FACT see her boobs nipples and all. It's been well known for quite awhile now. Kinda weird from what I saw, but then again that was just on youtube.

I'll catch in 3d IMax. The movies looks good, to me.

I love when he goes "I Am BeoWulf!"

God damn he looks so real when he said that through that cracked door with blood stains oon his face. That's the most realistic C.G.I. face i've ever seen when he said that.

I want to see it in IMAX 3D.

Originally posted by ariwin
See I thought that it looked really realistic, I thought it really was Angelina Jolie when I first got a glimpse of a clip way back when. I just think the revolutionary film making is super captivating, and the fact that it is going to be in IMAX and 3D in CGI .. I mean come on.. and as for nudity.. Angelina is going to be completely naked.

Then you're easily impressed. Making unreal-looking characters, like Gollum or the Silver Surfer, come to life with motion capture tech excites me a lot more than watching characters who look like a cross between mannequins and soap stars; give me real flesh-and-blood actors. This look was unique when Zemeckis was doing 'The Polar Express' because he was trying to achieve the look of the actual storybook on screen. For this story it's pointless.

And for a female, you seem very excited to see Angelina Jolie naked.

Just purchased tickets for tomorrow's the 7:30 Imax show for $11.50.

Damn, i haven't been to Imax since Matrix Revolutions but i trust this will blow me away cause it'll be in (digital) HD-3d. I think it'll be a hell of a visual experience watching it on an eye enveloping, stories high screen with the movie in C.G.I., as well.

haha what can I say I love Angelina Jolie!! FirstOfThe North couldn't agree with you more I am soo amped about it.....

I saw Beowulf last night at a special screening. Sometimes at my job we get special passes. This movie is awesome! I saw it in 3D, it was so kick ass. Here's my spoilers, and they are tame, so I won't really be giving any plot elements away if you want to read them.

For those of you who want to see Angelina's CG boobs, they barely show some nipple, it's like as if gold paint is being poured down her body, but it really doesn't leave much to the imagination. She may as well have just been naked. The showdown with the dragon at the end is sick, one of the best action sequeces I've ever seen, it even blows away the scene in Two Towers where Gandalf falls into shadow fighting the Balrog. Another awesome scene is near the beginning; the camera pulls back from the townsfolk as they drink and party in some wooden building, the camera keeps pulling back further and further up a mountain as it gets quieter and quieter and you end up in a cavern where Grendel is scratching at his head so hard that it bleeds, it's totally disgusting and awesome in a creepy way that sets up the tone of the film's first encounter with Grendel.

And the 3D is sick, so don't see it unless it's in 3D, it wouldn't be as good IMO if it weren't in 3D, it adds so much to the experience.

. . . f*** it was awesome! Just go see it, if you are not sure you'll dig it, go see it anyway cuz I wasn't sure and I saw it and it blew me away. See the 3D version, it's meant to be seen that way for sure. It wasn't a movie, it was an experience!

Doesnt open here till tomorrow! ranting

Originally posted by =Tired Hiker=
. . . f*** it was awesome! Just go see it, if you are not sure you'll dig it, go see it anyway cuz I wasn't sure and I saw it and it blew me away. See the 3D version, it's meant to be seen that way for sure. It wasn't a movie, it was an experience! llawll ill just see the ps3 version

I saw it and it was decent but didn't live up to what I was expecting.. much like all the other movies I've seen for the past year and a half.

Roland wants to see that..

I will see it eventually..

watched the trailer for it last night.

I read the poem

how do you say beowulf?

and all will go just to see jolie naked anyway.

i have no desire to see it, ive seen previews and it looks awful

Originally posted by Punkyhermy
how do you say beowulf?

and all will go just to see jolie naked anyway.

It's animation Jolie

which she posed for nude.

yeah but it's still just animation..

erm so is what do you call'ems...? anime porn?

animation is just another medium.

yeah I don't get anime porn either..

I don't get how animation turns people on but whatever.

Originally posted by =Tired Hiker=
. . . f*** it was awesome! Just go see it, if you are not sure you'll dig it, go see it anyway cuz I wasn't sure and I saw it and it blew me away. See the 3D version, it's meant to be seen that way for sure. It wasn't a movie, it was an experience! Originally posted by Baylin
Doesnt open here till tomorrow! ranting Originally posted by MR.Grum
llawll ill just see the ps3 version Originally posted by Swimming Bird
I saw it and it was decent but didn't live up to what I was expecting.. much like all the other movies I've seen for the past year and a half. Originally posted by Piggle Humsy
Roland wants to see that..

I will see it eventually..

watched the trailer for it last night. Originally posted by The Grey Fox
I read the poem Originally posted by Punkyhermy
how do you say beowulf?

and all will go just to see jolie naked anyway. Originally posted by Mr. Bacon
i have no desire to see it, ive seen previews and it looks awful Originally posted by Piggle Humsy
It's animation Jolie Originally posted by Punkyhermy
which she posed for nude. Originally posted by Piggle Humsy
yeah but it's still just animation.. Originally posted by Punkyhermy
erm so is what do you call'ems...? anime porn?

animation is just another medium. Originally posted by Piggle Humsy
yeah I don't get anime porn either..

I don't get how animation turns people on but whatever.

Yeah.

Originally posted by Punkyhermy
how do you say beowulf?

and all will go just to see jolie naked anyway.

Srrsly?

Bay-Oh-Wolf

Originally posted by Punkyhermy
and all will go just to see jolie naked anyway.

Negative.

I could go see it at midnight, but I'm too lazy

Originally posted by Punkyhermy
how do you say beowulf?

and all will go just to see jolie naked anyway. Bay-oh-wolf

Originally posted by SelphieT
Srrsly?

Bay-Oh-Wolf Originally posted by Reverend Axel
Bay-oh-wolf

Wait... how do you say it?

Originally posted by Bloigen
Wait... how do you say it? Test - Ick- uhls

Originally posted by Bloigen
Wait... how do you say it?

SKEL-E-TOR

Originally posted by Bloigen
Wait... how do you say it? .Ka-Ril!

Originally posted by SelphieT
Srrsly?

Bay-Oh-Wolf

Thats kind of like me except I'm more of a boy-oh-dog...

Now that I look back, it did have some boring parts.

Why would anybody be anxious to see Angelina's animated golden reptile nipples?

Weirdos.

Because people are sick.

Golden?
Reptile?
Nipples?

Giggetti gigetti goo.

Sorry, I just entered this thread cause i heard nipple. Hmm... this movie seems to be getting some mixed reviews. Guess i should check it out.

i was suprisingly entertained with this one. love the acting. CG was top notch. jolie in 3D is way hotter than the real jolie. grendel is f*cking hideous man. that mo fo looked like he got beaten up by an ugly stick while falling face first and hitting every branch of the ugly tree on the way down.

the close ups in the movie will fool you to think that it' s live action. it's almost like madame tussaud's wax museum come to life.

can't wait till some body splices beowulf's screams with leonidas and put it on youtube.

"this is sparta!"
"i am beowulf!"

I thought it was a great movie. The animation didn't bother me (and the response I heard after the movie was the same from other viewers). As for Jolie being nude... hmm.... not really. The forms there but no detail. It was slow in some parts, but maybe that was needed to slow the pace down after the major action scenes. The creature animations were brilliant.

I hope that this movie will inspire audience members to read the epic poem. Beowulf was JRR Tolkien's other passion.

just came back from BeoWulf imax3D. i likewd the movie but i'll give a review of it later. Right now it's time for beddy bye bye.

Saw it in IMAX 3D. Other then the intese pain of going cross-eyed for two hours, it was visually amazing. I liked the movie a lot, too.

I thought it was decent my expectations were a tad bit too high for this film. I'd give it a 7/10 overall. If you classified this film in the way the poem was with acts 1,2 and 3. I'd say act 3 was the best and act 1 was a close second. The whole Grendel's mother sequence (aka act 2) was rather dull
I mean it was about the only part without action and it was a wee bit drawn out. I mean the first act is a lot of action and yelling, adrenaline rushing stuff. We see Beowulf give his grand introduction, Grendel rip apart Danes and a some Thanes. And his trials against Breaker. All great stuff and then act two is like...okay. We pretty much see Grendel's mother weeping over her shrunken suns body. Beowulf walk around for a bit, Grendel's mother hide from him. Then she takes a few minutes to seduce him. Then they make the deal, he goes back and Hrothgar decides he wants to go ahead and die, so after a speech he jumps off the side of the castle and ends his life. I just felt there should've been more to it, than that. It was basically building up for the rest of the film. Also the movies ending sucked, I wasn't at all satisfied with it, I mean did he join her, or what? I had hoped he would've tossed in the horn and walked away but it just ended with them staring at each other.
As for the graphics, they were odd. The men were all incredibly done, except for one or two. There faces I could've sometimes easily mistook for a real persons especially in act 3. They were beautifully done. When Beowulf is dying on the beach next to his son, and the water is on his face, he looked like a real person. It was incredible. Same with Wigluf. But then there were the women, they weren't near as good as the men. There dresses and hair were terrific but then there were there their faces. They weren't like the men's. The men's had lines and wrinkles while the womens were almost manikin like. They never really had much but some freckles, it was almost like Feona from Shrek(in her human form obviously) except the hair and articles of clothing were a lot better. As for the horses I mean AH! They sucked. Horses do not move like that, they had them hopping almost it was hideous looking. They didn't even show their muscles or anything it was ridiculous and looked incredibly rushed. And Angelina at the end when she's in the water looked like crap.

Anyway that's what I think of this film. Most of the stuff was minor and didn't really ruin the movie. Oh and special note to people planning to see it, be ready for some ass. There's a lot of butts in this and they play hide the penis with beowulf for like 20 minutes. It got kinda ridiculous. But I still recommend it, just don't go in with really high hopes.

Also something else I had a question. The dragon was given a name in this movie. What was it? I didn't know a lot of the characters names so it's hard to find.

I thought BeoWulf was one of the top and most visually stunning films I've ever seen. And I've seen alot of 'em but i asked myself, would i have enjoyed this movie if it were live action? The answer i came up with is "na, i don't think so."

The 3d was good but it wasn't anything to die for. I still think CGI has a ways to go but it's definitely done well in some aspect in this movie. Especially with the faces, with Beowulf's looking the most realistic.

Beowulf CGI techs have shot the bar up graphically and have made the human face as realistically as naturally possible.

Now that skins have come close to looking near perfect, CGI techs should now work of mastering the fluidity of natural human movement. There's still that rubber chicken/plastic stiffness that needs work

After that, CGI the should fix the "uncanny valley" problem that come up with these human characters they create. Once CGI fixes these 2 problems, imo, CGI would be perfect. And it'll happen...sooner than we think.

I didn't know Crispin Glover played the role of Grendal. The guy who played George McFLy (Marty's father) in the "Back to the Future" films, also directed by Robert Zemekis. He did look like Glover with that nose and just the look.

Originally posted by whiterose
Okay so i'm curious, what animated flick that has to limit their running time under 3 hours that will deserve your 10/10???
None. Actually looking back I'd probably give it an 8/10 instead of 7/10. But what I said in my review still stands. Those are the reasons why I can't give it a ten. The ending SUCKED. I can't have a movie end like Beowulf did, I was thoroughly disappointed by that. And some of the anmiation sucked. Mostly the women Angelina at the end, and the horses. Which looked rushed. I mean you see the dog early on and you can see every bit of fur on him, it looks great and the horses just outright sucked. Their movement was choppy and there was little detail. And I felt at some points it got draggy. Otherwise it was good.

Should've stayed true to the story... I wanted Beowulf to be over the top ass kicking.

It gunna rock!!! angolina is so hott!!!

Lol, already a thread for this man.

I definately would've been happier if he'd had clothes on during the Grendel fight. It seemed to take away from the over all badassness of the fight

i also felt that naked beowulf drew a lot of attention AWAY from the fight. i kept trying to see if the animators actually had put a penis in one of the frames. plus, riding grendel bareback has got to be double tough on his package. lol...

I can't wait to see it. The book is hard to understand.

Has anyone else noticed the humour in Beowulf's name? My sister told me about this about a week ago. It sounds like you're saying, "Bear-wolf," only like a little kid says it.

This movie was alright. Didn't blow my mind or anything, but it was entertaining. I still find it harder to relate or sympathize for CGI characters.

No matter what changes they made to the text, or the performances of the actors, it all added up to nothing in the end because of the technique. I sat in my seat for nearly two hours with a nagging feeling of disbelief, because it's an animated movie trying to pretend it's live action, and IT'S FAILING TO CONVINCE ME. Nearly every actor looks encased in a wax seal, because the CGI cannot pick up the subtle movements & facial ticks (or it does them in too exaggerated a fashion) only a live actor can do. Actual animated films that use the medium for it's strengths can be filled with real characters that you can care about - the PIXAR films, the better Dreamworks films, even old 2-D works of classic Disney and the animated DC Universe. All of them filled with much more life than this; the Denmark Playhouse of Frozen Expression.

Tens of millions of dollars wasted, just to give the SHREK filmmakers ample material to parody for their next film - just watch!
In fact, instead of Crispin Glover's Grendel ( disappointingly resembling a deformed Ent), it would have been refreshing to see Shrek come through the door instead - "What's all yer problems, eh? I'm just lookin' for the fast food counter fer me clan back inna swamp."

I doubt they were actually trying to convince you with the CGI. But I liked it.

Originally posted by Blax_Hydralisk
I doubt they were actually trying to convince you with the CGI. But I liked it.

I believe that's exactly what they were trying, just like the makers of FINAL FANTASY six years ago, when they claimed they were going to make CGI actors as real as living ones. But they failed then, too.

I understand that to push technology, you have to make projects like this, so one day you could have CGI actors as real as living ones - maybe. That might take as long as having robots possesing true A.I.
Until then, CGI works best to create characters nearly impossible to do in real life, like Jar Jar or Gollum. George Lucas, Peter Jackson & others still have the right idea on using this tech.

Eh, I'm actually glad it was all/i] CGI.

Because it was obvious (Yet awesome) CGI, it made the whole movie not look cheesy. A lot of scenes like the ride on the dragon would have looked fake and disappointing if it was live acrion and some CGI.

Originally posted by Blax_Hydralisk
Eh, I'm actually glad it was all/i] CGI.

Because it was obvious (Yet awesome) CGI, it made the whole movie not look cheesy. A lot of scenes like the ride on the dragon would have looked fake and disappointing if it was live acrion and some CGI.

None of the creatures in the big scenes of LOTR or King Kong looked cheesy, because they were blending CGI with real actors and real sets.

The monsters in King Kong did look cheesy.

Worst film of last year.

This movie shows the weakness of a man...

Originally posted by Faith27
This movie shows the weakness of a man...

Yes, that's part of the plot & theme. Still doesn't mean it's good.

Well most of the guys don't know how to handle temptation

I never knew what the reason was for Beowulf being done completely in C.G.I.

I mean all of it could've been done with live actors and green screens.

Perhaps the movie was partly a visual update on how far C.G.I. has come technically.

Originally posted by Faith27
Well most of the guys don't know how to handle temptation

Do you have experience in tempting men?

I think they want to show hi-tech movie for viewers...

The CGI was great but I think its more ok if they used real actors/actresses instead of CGI....

I like watching this animated films, it looks so realistic.

This movie was trash. Here they had the perfect opportunity to make one of the best adventure films in years, and they screwed it up with sex jokes and ridiculous subtext. The CGI was good, but everything else was awful. The only parts I liked were the sea monster scenes and the dragon scene.