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Author: Terrence BriggsTerrence Briggs Date: Nov 15, 2007 20:38
Quick hits for now, since I'm saving my complete thoughts for
fpsmagazine:
Beowulf is no monster, but animation fandom seems to be welcoming it
as if it were Grendel itself.
It's a serious animated drama. With screenwriters Neil Gaiman and
Roger Avary brandishing their fine ears and imaginative pens to
complement Zemeckis' cinematic sense, they bring brains and soul to
this ancient story.
What the performers lack in physical hotness, they make up in
emotional presence. Unlike Tom Hanks in
Polar Express, the actors don't have to pantomime excessively to get
the performance across.
Yes, computers have once again made the difficult and cumbersome tasks
of craft more accessible, and art-lovers everywhere should be
cheering.
An Iron Giant fan told me that he loved the film "because it was
directed like a live-action movie." That individual will plotz when
he sees Beowulf.
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Author: Derek JanssenDerek Janssen Date: Nov 15, 2007 21:08
Terrence Briggs wrote:
> Quick hits for now, since I'm saving my complete thoughts for
> fpsmagazine:
>
> Beowulf is no monster, but animation fandom seems to be welcoming it
> as if it were Grendel itself.
>
> It's a serious animated drama. With screenwriters Neil Gaiman and
> Roger Avary brandishing their fine ears and imaginative pens to
> complement Zemeckis' cinematic sense, they bring brains and soul to
> this ancient story.
I haven't seen the foreign live-action "Beowulf & Grendel" version from
two years ago, that's being trotted out on disk now for obvious reasons,
but that's starting to get some surprise good reviews, too.
No babes-with-tails, but reportedly a good serious head-on appraisal of
the epic.
Derek Janssen
ejanss1@ verizon.net
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Author: Patrick Joseph Mc NamaraPatrick Joseph Mc Namara Date: Nov 16, 2007 10:05
"Derek Janssen" nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> I haven't seen the foreign live-action "Beowulf & Grendel" version from
> two years ago, that's being trotted out on disk now for obvious reasons,
> but that's starting to get some surprise good reviews, too.
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Author: Terrence BriggsTerrence Briggs Date: Nov 17, 2007 08:14
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Author: Pete BPete B Date: Nov 18, 2007 16:29
> Quick hits for now, since I'm saving my complete thoughts for
> fpsmagazine:
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> Beowulf is no monster, but animation fandom seems to be welcoming it
> as if it were Grendel itself.
It's funny, because I've seen things looking like many times before as
intros to computer games, the carved out of botox not quite like human
mannequins skating about. Though it was mercifully shorter. Perhaps
movie reviewers do not play games.
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Author: Terrence BriggsTerrence Briggs Date: Nov 20, 2007 16:54
On Nov 19, 12:33 pm, Paul S. Person ix.netscom.com.invalid>
wrote:> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:29:03 +0100, Pete B _someething.com>
> wrote:
>>>> Quick hits for now, since I'm saving my complete thoughts for
>>> fpsmagazine:
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>>> Beowulf is no monster, but animation fandom seems to be welcoming it
>>> as if it were Grendel itself.
>
>>It's funny, because I've seen things looking like many times before as
>>intros to computer games, the carved out of botox not quite like human
>>mannequins skating about. Though it was mercifully shorter. Perhaps
>>movie reviewers do not play games.
I do, but I'm not professional :-)
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