That is definitely cool. I hope it pans out. I am very curious the way they're going to attempt to tell the story. But with Zemeckis at the helm I have plenty of faith.
The novel "Eaters of the Dead" by Michael Crichton, in which the movie is based on, was I believe supposed to be a historically accurate account of the story of Beowulf. I'm not sure how accurate the movie is to the novel. I do know that Tolkien was also inspired by Beowulf for some aspects of his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
I have to say, a movie supposedly based on Beowulf made by Robert Zemeckis, using motion capture and starring Crispin Glover as Grendel sounds hilariously awful.
The other version (with Gerard Butler) seems to be more of a demystified version of Beowulf. Apparently Grendel will now have motivation (I think the King killed his dad or something).
Just saw the movie on DVD. Felt it was fairly mediocre, especially compared to the 13th Warrior (now when that movie looks good.....). The accents are what did me in, everybody seemed to have a different one.
Now the sea hag, is that supposed to be Grendel's mother?
Is that a joke? I honestly don't remember. It's been a long time since I read Beowulf, though I have read it at least twice. I didn't know this version was out. I saw the Gerard Butler one, and it was OK, but Sarah Polley is too modern to fit in that kind of story, and the addition of a love interest for Beowulf was a hard to take.
I'm sure the noise thing is true, but it's a really petty reason.
Not that it matters, but my post seems a little out of context today. It was stated at a different time. Long ago, back in 2005, we had been subjected to a gajillion different movies which were seen as demystifications of old legends such as Troy which sucked the Gods out of the Illiad and King Arthur which put the old Arthurian myths in a more realistic setting.
John, I'm thinking Garrett is referring to the Gerard Butler movie since the Robert Zemeckis one is still in production and isn't available on DVD. Of course, maybe Garrett just has connections.
Here's some production art for ROBERT ZEMECKIS' Beowulf that was posted on Aint-It-Cool-News and was then removed by the studio. Looks pretty great! And I'm glad they're keeping the mystical side of everything.
Meh, I dunno, the trailer isn't doing much for me. Then again, I don't really know the Beowulf story since I seem to have been the one person on earth to get through high school without having to read it.
It does seem their process has gotten past the "zombiefied" look that plagued Polar Express, but it still feels fairly clinical - i guess - compared to something from Pixar. And I will never understand why they insist on making the models look like the actors that are playing the parts.
I don't know. Ray Winstone looks nothing like Beowulf.
I think there are a lot of key details that we aren't seeing in this trailer (like characters speaking) that could make or break this film. Overall, it is promising, and there are still a few months of tweaking going on.