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From what I hear, the eyes in Beowulf are improved over prior efforts like Polar Express ... but it still seems as if the actors aren't really there, and imagining them as the animated characters they really are doesn't much help. It will be interesting to see if they come off as better characters than Muppets, who have no eye movement at all.
It's always amazed me that we accept the Muppets as true characters. But these Beowulf creations may do themselves in by being so close to lifelike and yet not lifelike enough. I have the feeling it will look like a really cool video game. That's not good enough for me.
And I don't care that they buffed up Winstone to the point of not even looking like him. JW Bear's creations notwithstanding, computer hotness just doesn't do it for me. I think the thing I will enjoy the most about Beowulf's fight in the buff will be the AustinPowersy ways they strategically hide his junk rather than the salaciousness of nude death fighting by a hunky warrior king.
BUT ... being that this one's probably best in 3-D, I will be seeing it in theaters instead of my customary Netflix wait for the type of film I'm merely MEH about.
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