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I'm here to kill your monster. (Beowulf)

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edited July 2007 in Social Entropy++
The First Trailer

Co-Written by Neil Gaiman, Directed by Robert Zemeckis and a cast that includes Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich and Crispin Glover as Grendel.

If you don't know the story of Beowulf go wiki it or something, I'm not explaining it here.

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    i think i was the only one in my english class who liked beowulf when i read it

    i also liked crichton's eater's of the dead

    maybe i'll rent this movie...or something

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited July 2007
    Oh holy shit there's a trailer out fuck I'm excited.

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  • mcpmcp Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Crispin is a silly name.

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    There was the 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later song in that trailer.

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Looks like they're aiming to make 300 II.

    The saturation was turned way up on some of those shots.

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  • ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Everyone looks kind of fake

    and shiny

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    That's because it is fake.

    It's 100% Computer Generated.

    EDIT: Well, it was mo-capped of course, and it's actually going to be released in an un-CG'd format sometime using the footage they shot.

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  • ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    That's because it is fake.

    It's 100% Computer Generated.
    Oh

    well shit.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Kill the wabbit, kill the waaaaaabbit

    note: Yes, I realize they're different, but man, who doesn't love that bit?

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
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  • rizriz Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Yeah I really really don't get his fetish for the computer-generated actors. They look decent but still, why NOT just have the real actors and then CG effects/monsters on top? Meh.

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    100%? Really?

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    riz wrote: »
    Yeah I really really don't get his fetish for the computer-generated actors. They look decent but still, why NOT just have the real actors and then CG effects/monsters on top? Meh.
    Because a cast of CG Actors makes the movie somewhat unique and allows it to stand out in the crowd?

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  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Wow. Uncanny Valley etc etc.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    Monkeybomb wrote: »
    100%? Really?
    It's basically The Polar Express 2.0.

    They filmed everything and then went to town with the computers.

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    It's funny because the CGI Angelina Jolie looks realer.

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  • SpongeCakeSpongeCake Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Uncanny Valley is totally unsubstantiated you guys.

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Oh yeah, I just watched the rest of the trailer. The later shots are obviously CG.

    What a weird direction to take the movie in.

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  • mcpmcp Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    riz wrote: »
    Yeah I really really don't get his fetish for the computer-generated actors. They look decent but still, why NOT just have the real actors and then CG effects/monsters on top? Meh.
    Because a cast of CG Actors makes the movie somewhat unique and allows it to stand out in the crowd?
    I'd prefer it if good acting and a good story line would make it stand out from the crowd.

    That would be pretty unique now-a-days.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    mcp wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    riz wrote: »
    Yeah I really really don't get his fetish for the computer-generated actors. They look decent but still, why NOT just have the real actors and then CG effects/monsters on top? Meh.
    Because a cast of CG Actors makes the movie somewhat unique and allows it to stand out in the crowd?
    I'd prefer it if good acting and a good story line would make it stand out from the crowd.

    That would be pretty unique now-a-days.
    Well it looks like it will have that too. So, Merry Christmas.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited July 2007
    i was like "this looks kind of fake, but maybe it's just a bad quality trailer"

    and then it started naming the actors and i was like "holy fuck this is all CG."

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  • rizriz Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    mcp wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    riz wrote: »
    Yeah I really really don't get his fetish for the computer-generated actors. They look decent but still, why NOT just have the real actors and then CG effects/monsters on top? Meh.
    Because a cast of CG Actors makes the movie somewhat unique and allows it to stand out in the crowd?
    I'd prefer it if good acting and a good story line would make it stand out from the crowd.

    That would be pretty unique now-a-days.
    Well it looks like it will have that too. So, Merry Christmas.

    Or the "omg CGI!" will detract from a movie that would otherwise be notable for its good acting and storyline.

    I thought Polar Express was fucking creepy, though, so that might be part of why I can't get into this one's style either, even though it looks a lot better.

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    Never would have figured Ray Winstone as Beowulf.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited July 2007
    i paused it at the first clear shot of Beowulf's face and god damn it doesn't look like CGI but it doesn't look like Ray Winstone either it's fucking crazy

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited July 2007
    God I've been looking forward to this for so long but I haven't been keeping up or anything.

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    some of the shots do look really good

    but even then, the eyes

    CG artists still can't get the eyes right

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    Beowulf was a really good read.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Has Angelina Jolie ever been in a good movie?

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    Butters wrote: »
    Has Angelina Jolie ever been in a good movie?
    Sky Captain, The Good Shepherd, (Hey, I liked it.) Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited July 2007
    Tomb Raider 2

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  • BerkBerk THE BUDGIE SMUGGLER Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    Has Angelina Jolie ever been in a good movie?
    Sky Captain, The Good Shepherd, (Hey, I liked it.) Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

    Has Angelina Jolie ever been in a good movie?

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    Berk, why you gotta do that?

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  • Captain HeavysteinCaptain Heavystein Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    Has Angelina Jolie ever been in a good movie?
    Sky Captain, The Good Shepherd, (Hey, I liked it.) Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

    My boyfriend sat me down once to see Mr. and Mrs. Smith because he thought it was a truly romantic movie.

    So I figured if I dressed up in leather and killed some people that would appease him.

    Apparently not. What a finicky man!

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    They were originally going to title it Good Will Hrunting.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    Has Angelina Jolie ever been in a good movie?
    Sky Captain, The Good Shepherd, (Hey, I liked it.) Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

    Didn't see the Good Shepherd but those other two were fucking shit.

    Sky Captain? Are you kidding?

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    Butters wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    Has Angelina Jolie ever been in a good movie?
    Sky Captain, The Good Shepherd, (Hey, I liked it.) Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

    Didn't see the Good Shepherd but those other two were fucking shit.

    Sky Captain? Are you kidding?
    I loved Sky Captain.

    It was old-school pulpy sci-fi, which I love.

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  • M.D.M.D. and then what happens? Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Girl, Interrupted?

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  • rizriz Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Berk wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    Has Angelina Jolie ever been in a good movie?
    Sky Captain, The Good Shepherd, (Hey, I liked it.) Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

    Has Angelina Jolie ever been in a good movie?

    Many considered Girl Interrupted to be a "good" movie. I think that's it though.

    Edit: DAMN IT. That's what I get for going to check whether I was forgetting something.

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  • VothVoth Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Butters wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    Has Angelina Jolie ever been in a good movie?
    Sky Captain, The Good Shepherd, (Hey, I liked it.) Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

    Didn't see the Good Shepherd but those other two were fucking shit.

    Sky Captain? Are you kidding?

    Gia was pretty good. The critics seemed to like Girl, Interrupted. The Gone is Sixty Seconds remake was dumb fun, but she was only in it for, like, 20 minutes.

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