Beowulf Videos

Here's the thing about Bob Zemeckis and all his newfangled motion-capture outings. When put to more mythic use in Beowulf, I was more drawn in by the adventure and less distracted by the characters. However, between The Polar Express and A Christmas Carol, I couldn't help but be re-struck time and time again but that unfortunate uncanny valley, especially when the characters look so much like the real thing (see: Gary Oldman as Cratchit) that I'd just as soon watch them give live-action performances that would then go surrounded by countless effects (you know, the way they used to make movies). That disappointing truth, combined with last weekend's good-not-great opening for Carol, isn't getting Zemeckis down, though. According to Pajiba, he's pursuing The Nutcracker as his next holiday adaptation to be 'enhanced' by mo-cap technology. (I think it's fairly safe to assume after Carol and Express that this will likely end up in 3-D as well.) The site says that he'll be working from E.T.A. Hoffman's original novel over the Tchaikovsky ballet, "a period piece, set in 19th century Russia, which will explore how the cursed Nutcracker character came to be and the battle between the dolls and the mice." Well, that shows how much I remember of the original tale (a war between dolls and mice?). Personally, I just want this one to go on the busy man's back burner if it means getting that Roger Rabbit sequel done sooner. At least the bunny doesn't creep me out with his lifeless eyes...Filed under: Animation, Deals, RumorMonger, Family Films Permalink | Email this | Comments

In this video, we take a look at the offbeat career of Oscar Award Winning writer and director Robert Zemeckis.

Bookbabble Episode 41 Part 1: Poetry Revisited Recorded 3 Aug 2009 Babblers: Bjorn, Renee, Lone, Marcel, Donny and guest Liam Brannelly Synopsis:  Renee and Marcel have been itching to talk poetry for a while now, and having rescheduled this topic for several weeks, it’s like the floodgates have finally been blown to bloody bits.  For this show, Marcel brought along a nice, intelligent fellow, Liam, who’s a student of medieval literature in New York City who guzzles Beowulf and Chaucer for school and fun. This show brings together poetry lovers, casual poetry readers, poets and students of poetry all mixed in a heady broth.  There’s appreciation, recitation, and babbling incoherence (oh wait, that’s me). Oh, did I mention there’s a famous German poem recited in this episode? This show broke all previous records for show length, and has been broken into 2 parts.  This is Part 1.   Show Length: 49:24 mins   Mentioned in show: Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon Edward Lear Home Page Søren Ulrik Thomsen, and here   Poems Mentioned in show: Into Mexico, Mona Van Duyn Homo Will Not Inherit, Mark Doty Troilus and Criseyde, Geoffrey Chaucer Michael Strunge Ode on a Grecian Urn, George Keats   There are many many more! These guys really laid it out!  I’ll get to them in Part 2’s show notes!

Author: TheSitcomNYC Keywords: James Rich Amy Dixon Beowulf Jones Devon Ragsdale Shawn Amaro Taylor Orci The Sitcom Added: July 16, 2009

Dominiquie Vandenberg's "Beowulf" choreography rehearsal.

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Après 300, GERARD BUTLER incarne un nouveau héros mythique aux cotés de STELLAN SKARSGARD (Anges et Démons) et de Sarah POLLEY (L’Armée des morts) dans cette superproduction, au croisement du 13e guerrier et du Seigneur des anneaux, tournée dans des paysages islandais magnifiques. Sortie DVD : 25 août Danemark, Vie siècle. Le roi Hrothgar fait appel à Beowulf, un guerrier réputé invincible, pour se débarrasser d’un troll nommé Grendel qui sème la terreur et la mort dans le royaume. Mais Beowulf réalise rapidement que Grendel n’est pas forcément le monstre que l’on croit et que le roi cache une partie de la vérité… Author: metropolitan_filmexport Tags: 300 Beowulf bande annonce héros mythe Grendel Seigneur des anneaux 13e guerrier viking Posted: 24 June 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

I supposed to sing in this piece until I realised that I dont have what it takes to be a heavy-vocalist :D... So, I made it Instrumental. If Someone likes to try singing this one... just contact me. I have played all the guitars. Everything else (bass, keyboard and drums) are made with Fruity Loops Studio 7.

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Leah D'Emilio drops by Santa Monica-based Image Metrics, a motion-capture company on the cutting edge of rendering realistic faces, used on feature films ("Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix") and video games ("Grand Theft Auto 4"). Leah dons on the headcam used in performance based facial animation and discusses the Uncanny Valley. Uncanny Valley Robotics Animation For more, see http://mahalodaily.com

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Beowulf, private eye, is hired to "make the hit" on mob boss Grendel by rival boss and club owner Hrothgar. But Grendel's forces are numerous and cunning, and Beowulf is ultimately forced to make the decision of accepting their offer and betraying Hrothgar or face death.