Beowulf trailer

Post by **o'dium** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:33 pm

All CGI...? I never knew, thought it was gonna be live action.

Looks a bit wooden in places

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount ... large.html

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:11 pm

that looked fucking terrible :/

Post by **DTS** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:34 pm

The first few bits looked like live action then later it looked like CGI.
Why did they do that?

Post by **menkent** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:42 pm

it's all CGI. it looks even gayer than that "Tristan + Isolde" that came out a couple years ago with James Franco (aka that guy from Freaks&Geeks).

Post by **sliver** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:03 pm

I'm sure it will all look a lot better by the time it hits theatres. Back when they were releasing trailers for The Matrix Reloaded, there were three successive trailers showing that high-angle reverse-zoom of the Twins' SUV exploding, and the first one was just the explosion as it was filmed, for the second one they had added a shockwave and a flying tire with CGI, and I think the third one showed the twins flying through the air.

Post by **Captain** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:07 pm

Any Angelina in there? I'm almost at my monthly cap.

Post by **l0g1c** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:41 pm

Neil Gaiman co-wrote the screenplay and it has Crispin Glover in it.

I'm excited

Post by **DTS** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:22 pm

Captain Mazda wrote:Any Angelina in there? I'm almost at my monthly cap.

Yes.

Post by **Captain** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:26 pm

Oh hell yes

Post by **TheRealZimbabwe** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:53 am

Why the fuck did they CG the REAL actors? seems like the most retarded idea ever. Obviously, the CG characters can never be as good as their reallife counterparts...

Now fans will sit in the theater and go: "That's SOO not how Angelina would have said that line!"

Worst decision ever.

Post by **Eraser** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:04 am

Bad bad bad.
CGI is still a loooooong way from making real people look real.

Post by **Jackal** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:11 pm

I think the CGI looks great.
I question making a movie about something like Beowulf though. I doubt that it will have anything to do with the poem at all.

Post by **Doombrain** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:33 pm

cgi looks good. i think they wanted the story book look and cgi was the perfect solution.
cgi aside, nerds, it's the story that counts.

Post by **menkent** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:50 pm

the story that counts??? it's a fucking film!

Post by **MaCaBr3** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:55 pm

Oh look it's Eragorn all over again.

Post by **Captain** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:56 pm

Ye...yes? And films have plots?

Post by **rgoer** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:14 pm

if they stay true to the actual Beowulf story (or if they even get within a few miles of staying true to it) there is no way this won't be incredible...

the visuals could be awesome, they could be terrible, it won't matter as long as it's actually Beowulf

Post by **Jackal** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:45 pm

rgoer wrote:if they stay true to the actual Beowulf story (or if they even get within a few miles of staying true to it) there is no way this won't be incredible...

the visuals could be awesome, they could be terrible, it won't matter as long as it's actually Beowulf

Huh?! Have you read the poem? It has virtually no action in it at all except for the killing of the mother and the killing of Grendel. Unless the go into the "previous heroics" of Beowulf I can't see how this translates to a film at all.

Post by **rgoer** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:01 pm

yeah, but "only" the killing of grendel is still an amazing thing

I remember it being a pretty big buildup when I read it for school, but I guess that was like twenty years ago so I guess I could be remembering it wrong

I just remember it being awesome

Post by **l0g1c** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:44 pm

Jackal wrote:
rgoer wrote:if they stay true to the actual Beowulf story (or if they even get within a few miles of staying true to it) there is no way this won't be incredible...

the visuals could be awesome, they could be terrible, it won't matter as long as it's actually Beowulf
Huh?! Have you read the poem? It has virtually no action in it at all except for the killing of the mother and the killing of Grendel. Unless the go into the "previous heroics" of Beowulf I can't see how this translates to a film at all.

Beowulf is an epic poem? I didn't know that.

Neil Gaiman is doing the screenplay. I think he'll do a fine job.

Post by **Anwulf** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 5:14 am

Jackal wrote:
rgoer wrote:if they stay true to the actual Beowulf story (or if they even get within a few miles of staying true to it) there is no way this won't be incredible...

the visuals could be awesome, they could be terrible, it won't matter as long as it's actually Beowulf
Huh?! Have you read the poem? It has virtually no action in it at all except for the killing of the mother and the killing of Grendel. Unless the go into the "previous heroics" of Beowulf I can't see how this translates to a film at all.

The original story is very slow, but it has it's moments. The three main parts are the fight with Grendel; the fight with his mother; and the battle with the dragon. There are various digressions as well, but some of them wouldn't make much sense in a cinematic version.

But to make a film which would interest a modern audience, Beowulf will need a certain amount of modification. There are some elements which could be expanded for their dramatic potential. Nor is there any love interest in the original, but the poem was written in the Age of Heroic Epic long before the troubadors started roaming around southern France looking for babes to serenade and shag.

Neil Gaiman is doing the screenplay. I think he'll do a fine job.

My take on Gaiman is that he's good at the art, but no writer. Perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised when the film comes out.

Post by **jayP.lq** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:45 am

Anwulf wrote:
My take on Gaiman is that he's good at the art, but no writer. Perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised when the film comes out.

Neil Gaimen is a writer, not an artist.

Post by **Anwulf** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:04 am

jayP.lq wrote:
Anwulf wrote:
My take on Gaiman is that he's good at the art, but no writer. Perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised when the film comes out.
Neil Gaimen is a writer, not an artist.

I thought he also did the art as well as the words for the Sandman series (graphic novel) and was more principally an artist than a writer. I know he's written several novels.

Post by **rgoer** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:33 am

Gaiman is a writer, he didn't do any of the art in The Sandman, they had a different artist for every story arc

his novels are quite good, Neverwhere and American Gods are both really enjoyable reads

Post by **ajerara** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:39 am

Neverwhere was made into a miniseries which is also good.