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Blood Monster by Neil Gaiman6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Still, even the disquieting CGI people can't completely rob the fun from Gaiman and Avary's script, a wild, feral saga that expands upon the plot of the original "Beowulf" poem while at the same time subverting it, adding depth and shades of grey to both its heroes and villains in near-equal measure. 15 years later, the mo-cap human warriors, royalty, and half-human creatures in "Beowulf" have only grown more off-putting, which is too bad since the actors behind them seem to be having a ball, judging by their vigorous and spirited voice-work. It's plainly because Zemeckis' 2007 fantasy-adventure was part of his ill-conceived detour into mo-cap animation in the aughts, the results of which were three films (2004's "The Polar Express," "Beowulf," and "A Christmas Carol" in 2009) that are fundamentally hurt by their creepily life-like, yet still not convincing, CGI human characters. ![]()
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