tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post3712284365269010376..comments2023-09-09T08:44:28.458+00:00Comments on film ick: Direct Download Links For The First Beowulf TV SpotBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-36437221891920218542007-09-11T12:41:00.000+00:002007-09-11T12:41:00.000+00:00Question: If Zemeckis isn't a great director of ac...Question: If Zemeckis isn't a great director of actors, and if he makes films using contemporary mediums and changes the original epic poem of "Beowulf" in the name of “much-needed context,” doesn't all that point to non-traditional methods, i.e. the opposite of conservative? Beowulf has a brief encounter with Grendel’s mother (A.J. wearing nothing but swamp mist) and sires Grendel. Why does Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17472085227453813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-20202651237835528872007-09-10T20:27:00.000+00:002007-09-10T20:27:00.000+00:00To be honest it probably just comes down to person...To be honest it probably just comes down to personal taste, but while Zemeckis always seems determined to try out new technologies, I'm not convinced they suit the films they serve. Are the splicing scenes in Forrest Gump really so much more impressive than those in Zelig, for example? You may disagree, but I think the effects in Zelig have actually aged better.<BR/><BR/>Using motion capture whenDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705608649134953830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-28652106128807392132007-09-10T17:39:00.000+00:002007-09-10T17:39:00.000+00:00I'm certainly full of reservations about this tech...I'm certainly full of reservations about this technology myself. But I don't understand, just speaking for myself, why you see Zemeckis as 'inherently conservative'.<BR/><BR/><B>Monster House seems</B> to have indicated (one of) the best path(s) forward for performance capture.Brendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-33244742640079909712007-09-10T17:34:00.000+00:002007-09-10T17:34:00.000+00:00Oh dear. Sorry Brendon, I don't share your love fo...Oh dear. Sorry Brendon, I don't share your love for Zemeckis at all, but even putting that aside, I have to agree with some of those who saw the earlier preview footage and say that this looks like a dodgy cut-scene from a video game. Motion capture is looking increasingly like a dead end to me, at least in the hands of such an inherently conservative director as Zemeckis.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705608649134953830noreply@blogger.com