Another performance capture from Zemeckis

Rating: 6/10 (12 July 2011)

I like Robert Zemeckis as a filmmaker. Who framed Roger Rabbit and Forrest Gump were excellent and Back to the future was creative. Yet he has become obsessed with performance capture. I think it looks rather silly, like it does not know whether it is live action or animation. After his children's' story The Polar Express, Zemeckis takes on the Dark Ages Poem Beowulf, casting Ray Winstone as the title character. Winstone acted, but his appearance is changed to make him look more buff. Incorrect portrayal of the ancient poem's story, (I guess Zemeckis was counting on no one having read the poem or understood it) and the performance capture has made strides, but still fails as a dramatic medium. I wish that Zemeckis would have chosen literacy over visuals here.