tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749077055847143193.post3924891503502813064..comments2023-11-03T10:19:18.187+01:00Comments on A Medium of Images: review: beowulf (robert zemeckis, 2007)Daniel Vellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02099442012010439440noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749077055847143193.post-46619249088007291942007-12-28T05:23:00.000+01:002007-12-28T05:23:00.000+01:00I have mixed feelings about Zemeckis as well, alth...I have mixed feelings about Zemeckis as well, although I suspect they are different somehow. Growing up in the '80s, he was the director of <I>Used Cars</I>, <I>I Wanna Hold Your Hand</I>, <I>Romancing the Stone</I>, <I>Back to the Future</I>, <I>Who Framed Roger Rabbit?</I> and co-creator of "Tales from the Crypt" in the time between my birth and my high school graduation. By no means a perfect record of brilliance, but a solid record with a brilliant streak under the surface.<BR/><BR/>Since then his record has been spotty to say the least. I hated <I>Contact</I> so bad, I felt like it made my brain bleed - Seriously, if he'd been standing outside the theater, I'd literally have punched him - and swore off his work permanently... which lasted until my girlfriend, at the time, turned on <I>Cast Away</I>, which wasn't exactly bad but didn't sway my general opinion.<BR/><BR/><I>Beowulf</I> I saw because of Gaiman and Avary and, well, because of the 3-D, which I absolutely did not miss. I basically agree with everything you said about the movie, although I will confirm that the motion capture is pretty cool in 3-D and I suspect, without having seen it without the 3-D, that it does indeed work better that way.Neil Sarverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02832804229444976459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749077055847143193.post-68837248546168276872007-12-24T11:45:00.000+01:002007-12-24T11:45:00.000+01:00I have a somewhat mixed opinion of Zemeckis. The B...I have a somewhat mixed opinion of Zemeckis. The Back to the Future trilogy, for me, are some of the high points of the blockbuster genre. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is almost as great, and I find Contact pretty underrated. Apart from that, though, I'm not a huge fan of Forrest Gump, and have been pretty underwhelmed by the rest of his output.<BR/><BR/>Beowulf is probably his best film since the Back to the Future trilogy, though.Daniel Vellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099442012010439440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749077055847143193.post-29278468467156870932007-12-24T09:31:00.000+01:002007-12-24T09:31:00.000+01:00hehe Zemeckis has been skewing the notion of block...hehe Zemeckis has been skewing the notion of blockbuster for years. Be it who framed roger rabbit, forest gump or polar express. I have a great admiration for him. Probably with the exception of Burton most contemporary directors cannot combine the weird with populist tendencies so well.bobbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10221997102897106322noreply@blogger.com