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[Film] Beowulf
21 Nov 2007 11:21 amwas good, a classic story well told, I think. I haven't actually read the poem (I had bought a new translation a few years ago but it disappeared) so I can't comment on how many liberties were taken with the plot etc. but I've read at various places that it's a very good adaptation of the material.
It took me quite a while to suspend my disbelief, though. CGI has come a long way but even with motion capture, humans and animals still move unnaturally. There is a certain quality to the movements (too fluid and exact, in a way) that makes it look a bit off. I don't have a problem with this in films like Shrek etc. because it's cartoon characters who you expect to move oddly but this film is otherwise pretty photorealistic so these things distract at first.
Characters aside, the rest of the CGI is very lush indeed.
Various people commented that it was very brutal for a 12A but I didn't think it was any more brutal than the LotR films (which doesn't mean that I think 12A was a bit low for the level of violence in LotR). The (implied) nudity got through, too, amazingly but I guess that was due to the lack of nipples and pubic hair. On that note, I'd like to know how many liberties they took with Angelina Jolie's body because it's obvious they did with Ray Winstone's. ;o)
So yeah, go and watch it. It's a good yarn and just not too long (just under two hours).
It took me quite a while to suspend my disbelief, though. CGI has come a long way but even with motion capture, humans and animals still move unnaturally. There is a certain quality to the movements (too fluid and exact, in a way) that makes it look a bit off. I don't have a problem with this in films like Shrek etc. because it's cartoon characters who you expect to move oddly but this film is otherwise pretty photorealistic so these things distract at first.
Characters aside, the rest of the CGI is very lush indeed.
Various people commented that it was very brutal for a 12A but I didn't think it was any more brutal than the LotR films (which doesn't mean that I think 12A was a bit low for the level of violence in LotR). The (implied) nudity got through, too, amazingly but I guess that was due to the lack of nipples and pubic hair. On that note, I'd like to know how many liberties they took with Angelina Jolie's body because it's obvious they did with Ray Winstone's. ;o)
So yeah, go and watch it. It's a good yarn and just not too long (just under two hours).
