CGI Work in Progress

Rating: 6/10 (5 December 2007)

A lot of the audience's problems with The Matrix Reloaded, was the fact that the CGI was too cartoonish for a film in which it is supposed to be realistic. Personally, it didn't bother me in The Matrix Reloaded and I thoroughly enjoyed the film.
In Beowulf, the CGI is so close to realistic that I found it detracted from the film because I felt it was very off-putting. The CGI was trying too hard in my estimation. Every character was neither cartoonish or real. Other 3D generated films past (Toy story etc.) have stuck to keeping the feel of the movie more cartoonish.
In other elements, the film was interesting. I enjoyed it. It was very far from great and well above bad.
I think a mixture of CGI and Real life might have been served better - for the movie to look more authentic. As is, whether it be a technology/time/cost issue, this film (not the story) didn't deserve the high profile actors it had.