Geez, that Beowulf movie's gonna stink.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

I mean, yeah, that should be obvious.

But judging from the commercial, it's a complete rip-off of 300, and apparently it's targeting the Snakes on a Plane audience.

And it's starring Angelina Jolie as that hot, hot love interest- Grendel's mom.

[redqueen]

1. Is it animated?

I only saw one half of one commercial... but it seemed like it was.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Yeah, same way 300 was animated.

They use real actors in a sort of computer generated rotoscoping.

[DS1]

3. The backgrounds in 300 were animated, the people were live-action

this is fully animated, with cgi people as well

I'll take a half-naked cgi Angelina over no half-naked Angelina

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. No, the people in 300 were cgi... assisted.

That's why they're regular people in one scene, Hulk Hogan in the next.

[DS1]

6. first I've heard of it

in fact, I call shennanigans


link?!?! :evilgrin:

[redqueen]

7. Cool...

I thought the people were animated.

Good to know my eyes aren't *that* bad yet.

[NewJeffCT]

4. Just curious - how was the recent Beowulf with Gerard Butler?

If you saw it. I rented it, but only saw the first few minutes when I fell asleep from exhaustion... and, then I had to return the movie.

And, the cast seems terrific - Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn, Jolie...

[Broken_Hero]

25. Beowulf with Gerard Butler

I thought...was rather boorish. I bought it about a month ago, and on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the best, 5 being average, and 1 being sucks big time, I give it a 6....

I did like Stellen Skarsgaard though....

[Parche]

8. bornaginbeowulf

Isnt the main character gay in that movie :shrug: :shrug: :hi:

[Dr. Strange]

9. Nice post, Grendel.

Yeah, I have a sneaking suspicion that this movie's gonna exude great towers of suckitude.

[petronius]

10. I was excited when I saw the poster, but when I saw the commercial

I had to wonder what Beowulf they read, 'cause it sure didn't resemble the story I remember. It's gonna be suckalicious - "suck" for the overall suckiness, but "-alicious" for the inappropriately hot Grendel-mama...

[Rob H.]

11. It looks like one long videogame cutscene

and not a very well-animated one, at that. It doesn't look as if the mouth movements match the dialog all that well and the people seem to move like marionettes.

[renie408]

12. It's not even REAL Angelina Jolie, is it? Isn't it CG Jolie? n/t

[Radio_Lady]

13. Yeah, based on this trailer, I'm gonna try and MISS this one...

http://movie-buzz.livedigital.com/?cid=1725639

[AZBlue]

14. I'm planning on seeing it in IMAX 3D.

That should be cool.

[Mike03]

15. Anyone know who is the director?

Just curious. Is it a literal translation of the classic, or a post-modernish allegorical re-telling?

[Frank Cannon]

23. Robert Zemeckis

I'm hesitant to start hating now. Zemeckis has made some of my favorite movies of all time.

[Ivan Sputnik]

16. Based on the commercial

it doesn't seem much like the Old English epic Beowulf. Looks like they've sexed it up and dumbed it down.

[stuntcat]

24. Zactly

that's what I say. Nothing against chicks of course, but it's NOT what the book's about x(

[GRLMGC]

17. It's probably going to be like Troy in the sense

that it will have little to do with the actual story.

[AlCzervik]

19. Troy was also hilarious, like the "Airplane!" of swords and sandals movies.

[GRLMGC]

20. It's hard to resist a glorious bad movie nt

[AlCzervik]

21. indeed, my friend and i went to see at the theater and right when the line

"Helen, she's run off----- with the trojans!" i about just died from laughter.

[Redneck Socialist]

18. Screen play by Neil Gaiman. I'll see it based on that alone

Great cast too.

shrug. I'll go see it.

[mainegreen]

22. Yeah, but it will be a great source of great internet memes, like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZBA0SKmQy8

[knitter4democracy]

26. I'm so glad I'm not teaching anymore.

I had to do Beowulf one year, and I can just imagine all the stupid papers the teachers will be seeing that are based on this movie and not the actual piece. Ugh.