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Kris P Lettus
10-24-2007, 10:27 PM
http://www.beowulfmovie.com/

I've never read this book, I prolly should..

:drool:
Boondock Saint
10-24-2007, 10:45 PM
It's actually a poem :roll: C'mon, common knowledge here. Seriously though, it's a cool story.


But yeah, I think it looks badass but people I've talked to have no interest in it, sadly.
Kris P Lettus
10-24-2007, 10:49 PM
So can I get it in scroll form??
Jon Kano
10-24-2007, 10:50 PM
There is a film called Grendal/Grendle, I dunno, but think its based on the same poem/legend/myth. Has Ralph Feinnes in it. LOL the beast is the worst CGI, has anyone seen it?

Think this will be pretty good, I like Winstone, kept my eye on this for a while.
Evil Vito
10-24-2007, 11:21 PM
<font color=goldenrod>Looks pretty badass. I'll be seeing it despite never reading the story.</font>
HeartBreakMan2k
10-25-2007, 06:44 AM
The story is phenominal - looks like they're taking a God of War approach with the movie too :y:
Funky Fly
10-25-2007, 05:16 PM
The amount of CGI makes me doubt this film's quality. I actually read the poem in high school, and aside from the archaic English, it was pretty good.
Nervous Ferret
10-25-2007, 05:45 PM
There is a film called Grendal/Grendle, I dunno, but think its based on the same poem/legend/myth. Has Ralph Feinnes in it. LOL the beast is the worst CGI, has anyone seen it?

Think this will be pretty good, I like Winstone, kept my eye on this for a while.Grendel* :'(. That movie sucked, but it had Leonidas in it

Had to read Grendel twice and Beowulf three times in my life so yah I guess I am your guy for this
OssMan
10-25-2007, 07:34 PM
ye i just read beowulf like a month ago in english class. grendel supposed to be some mad fiend not crispin glover.
OssMan
10-25-2007, 07:35 PM
TPWW Kenning thread
Kane Knight
10-25-2007, 08:01 PM
Grendel sucked ass.

Anyone see the version of Beowulf with Chris Lambert in it? I hear it's terrible.
ClockShot
10-25-2007, 08:34 PM
Grendel sucked ass.

Anyone see the version of Beowulf with Chris Lambert in it? I hear it's terrible.

Yeah. I did. It wasn't that great. It had Gotz Otto in it and the chick who played "She" was pretty hot.

Anyway, Sci-fi channel made like two or three of these movies. Just reading the book is awesome enough.


I'm gonna pass on this.
Jura
10-25-2007, 10:12 PM
Grendel sucked ass.

Anyone see the version of Beowulf with Chris Lambert in it? I hear it's terrible.
Yes. And I kind of liked it. Although I have a penchant for bad movies. The newer one on Sci-Fi I couldn't pay attention to and watched something else.
Kane Knight
10-25-2007, 10:48 PM
Yeah. I did. It wasn't that great. It had Gotz Otto in it and the chick who played "She" was pretty hot.

Anyway, Sci-fi channel made like two or three of these movies. Just reading the book is awesome enough.


I'm gonna pass on this.

I wouldn't compare Sci Fi, maker of "Mosquito," and "Mammoth" to a real movie house. Sure, it probably won't live up to the epic, but Sci Fi's so bad it's almost self parody.
Kris P Lettus
11-14-2007, 11:04 PM
FRIDAY
RP
11-16-2007, 10:20 AM
This thing looks retarded.
Kris P Lettus
11-16-2007, 10:37 AM
Put your cock up, RP..
ct2k
11-16-2007, 02:52 PM
This looks good, but with it all being computerised it also looks like the kinda thing that may look dated in a decade
Shaggy
11-16-2007, 07:16 PM
It looks great but it seems like for the past 5 years a new movie based off Beowulf has come out.....

This one definently looks more epic than all of them...
TerranRich
11-16-2007, 09:10 PM
I love it. Beowulf's been around about 1300 years, and nobody cares until they make it into a flashy CGI movie.
Kris P Lettus
11-16-2007, 10:41 PM
Get mad about it..
Lock Jaw
11-16-2007, 10:47 PM
I love it. Beowulf's been around about 1300 years, and nobody cares until they make it into a flashy CGI movie.

If they wrote it in 3-D then people would have cared about it.
Kane Knight
11-17-2007, 10:59 AM
This looks good, but with it all being computerised it also looks like the kinda thing that may look dated in a decade

Already looks dated, TBH. There's better, less dated CG out there.

I mean, I don't care, but I'm not a graphics whore.

I'm more concerned about trying to turn an epic into a blockbuster. They can't even do it with contemporary literature. :p
TerranRich
11-17-2007, 05:12 PM
I hear Jolie appears nude in this... or at least a 3D mockup of her does.
Kane Knight
11-17-2007, 10:29 PM
I hear Jolie appears nude in this... or at least a 3D mockup of her does.

Showing nothing, of course.
YOUR Hero
11-18-2007, 04:43 PM
I don't fancy the look of it. I'd never be able to get into it... to suspend belief if you wheeeeeel.
ct2k
11-18-2007, 05:18 PM
I'm just not entirely sure why this is all so CGI orientated, It has its uses but it seems like it takes away some of the realism if you go too far
ct2k
11-18-2007, 05:19 PM
Although having said that the great thing about mythology is that its not realistic


shut up ct2k
Kane Knight
11-18-2007, 05:58 PM
Yeah, shut up CT.
TerranRich
11-18-2007, 10:25 PM
People love 300 for its effects, yet shake their heads at Beowulf for doing nearly the same thing.
Kane Knight
11-20-2007, 09:45 AM
People love 300 for its effects, yet shake their heads at Beowulf for doing nearly the same thing.

:lol: Amazing.
Lock Jaw
11-20-2007, 12:04 PM
Actually saw this yesterday in 3-D and thought it was alright. I really enjoyed the experience. My first 3-D movie since I was a young lad. The visuals and graphics (especially in 3-D) are great.

Few things:

- The CGI is incredible... but only on the men it seems. Like the males were all like... photo-realistic... liver spots... subtle eye movements and everything. While the females in the film seemed to be made out of plastic and rarely changed in expression.

- If you see it, see it in 3-D. I admit that I probably wouldn't have liked it as much if it was a 2D movie. Especially since occasionally it fell prey to throwing things in there for the sake of the 3-D, like slowly zooming out to reveal an object in the foreground that has no relevance at all (like branches or something).
wwe2222
11-20-2007, 02:25 PM
saw it last week...Didnt want to see it and figured I would really dislike it...but by the time the movie was over, I really enjoyed watching it. I agree with the comment about the CGI being better on the guys...but an almost fully nude Jolie was pretty nice to look at as well
Blitz
11-20-2007, 09:09 PM
Was alright. The CG was really odd, in that sometimes it looks nearly photorealistic, and sometimes it looks just horribly fake. Before I saw this, I was kinda like wtf at casting Crispin Glover as Grendel, wondering why they'd need a name actor for a creature. But he was perfect, and Grendel was the best thing about the movie. I understand that it was meant as kinda campy, but even so the script seemed a bit over the top at times.

I dug it though.
Kris P Lettus
11-21-2007, 06:26 PM
I wanna see it in 3-D..

Might go toniiiiiiiiiiiiiight..
YOUR Hero
11-22-2007, 09:33 AM
People love 300 for its effects, yet shake their heads at Beowulf for doing nearly the same thing.

I haven't seen Beowulf, but I did see 300. In 300 the actors were not CGI, there was actual people delivering the dialogue.

Also, never say anything remotely negative about 300 again. Even if you don't mean to. You'll be thrown down a well if you do.
Pinnacle Charisma
11-22-2007, 06:52 PM
I saw the CGI on the ads and it looks really bad but i have heard good things about it so may give it a go.
TerranRich
11-28-2007, 09:58 AM
I haven't seen Beowulf, but I did see 300. In 300 the actors were not CGI, there was actual people delivering the dialogue.

Also, never say anything remotely negative about 300 again. Even if you don't mean to. You'll be thrown down a well if you do.

I wasn't trying to be negative! I swear! I'm sorry... :'(