I haven't actually seen it, but the trailer is hideous. What's the point of having realistic (although the motion capture certainly didn't achieve that) animation if you're going to remove all artistic appeal from it? Wouldn't it make more sense just to have a live action film with CGI at that point? Thank god this bombed, I don't want more movies that look like this.
shareI think you'd understand if you watched the movie; which I'm not saying in a nasty way, I'm just saying it as a statement of fact. Basically it enables them to save heaps on CGI. They go to Mars and when they get there they move around a lot - on a spaceship, on the planet, in the buildings, and 'under the planet' - I don't want to give any spoilers - and do things which would be very expensive if the movie was live action and the 'stunts' had to be done in front of a green-screen etc. The way they've done it means that they can basically do a Toy Story animation without the animators having to do all the work that's usually involved with hair and facial expressions etc. All the really hard stuff in other words!
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Do you see what I mean?
I think if they keep on going with that method of film-making it will eventually produce great results and will enable them to create really good movies using this hybrid style; which in turn will make the technology more readily available and start to allow every-day people to use it. I look at modern computer games and think that one day games like Grand Theft Auto will look exactly like reality - right down to the people's faces - and that the day will come when you and I can basically make a full-length feature film with our iPhone XXIV. So while this movie looks a bit crappy, I'm hoping that it will lead to a new way of making films that will eventually filter down to us...
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