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Beowulf Images Appear OnlineBy Rafe Telsch: 2007-07-25 11:05:22
Comic-Con attendees will have a chance to see Robert Zemeckis’s motion-capture animated adaptation of Beowulf in action over the weekend. For those of us not attending, The L.A. Times has gotten hold of some images from the upcoming movie, giving us a first look at the animation Zemeckis is using for the film.
The stills feature Ray Winstone’s title character standing ready, and another with Anthony Hopkins’ king. The animation is pretty dead on for the actors, making me wonder why Zemeckis wants to bother with all of the animation – why not just hire the actors to act, and film this as a standard movie? I guess the answer will probably come in the form of Crispin Glover’s Grendel as well as Angelina Jolie’s character, Grendel’s mother, none of whom have really been seen before. Still, couldn’t those motion-capture animated characters been inserted into live action footage the way most movies do it? Then again, would the fifty-year-old Winstone really be able to play the mythic hero? The article discusses some of the story, adapted by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary. In some regards it sounds like they are being incredibly true to the text. For instance, Beowulf fights Grendel stripped down to the nude – a pivotal part of that fight. In order to maintain a PG-13 rating, the nudity is obfuscated by shadows and items blocking the camera shot. On the other hand, the scene described in the article also mentions Grendel’s mother attempting to seduce Beowulf to replace Grendel after his death. I don’t remember that part in the Epic poem. To be fair, Neil Gaiman also shared my doubts about the project after the creepy little performances in Zemeckis’s Polar Express. He describes watching the motion capture session as, ”like watching the cast of 'Tron' performing bad Shakespeare in the round.” But the writer saw footage last week and is convinced this is the way to go. Also mentioned is a possibly unrated version of Beowulf (most likely a DVD idea). This would allow more nudity to work into the story, and, Gaiman’s interest, more swearing. If you’re not registered with the The L.A. Times and just want to see the pretty pictures, head over to Shock Till You Drop who has higher resolution versions of the same images.
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