Viewed in
2007
Premise
Based on the poem, Robert Zemeckis continued with his love for motion-capture animation.
Who should watch
Teenage boys who can afford IMAX 3D tickets.
Thoughts
This was only worth it if you watch it in IMAX 3D. The action and animation in 3D made it an enjoyable experience.
As expected, the animation was top-notch. The actors were more than a voice and handled the motion-capture technology seamlessly. The uncanny valley will always be there, but I got used to it. I was a bit surprised by how much nudity was explicit and implied throughout the film, and I don't mean just Angelina Jolie. Speaking of her, I wonder what she thought of her luscious, computer-rendered body?
Everything else about it pretty much blew. There was not enough story to make it nearly two hours long. At times it bordered on WWE or 'Shrek' or 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' territory, and that was not meant as a compliment.
If it wasn't for the IMAX 3D experience, this would have been a poor American challenge to Japan's 'Final Fantasy Advent Children'. If you want to see where motion-capture-computer-animation can take you, check that out.
What I would change
I would have given it an R rating. There was too much computer-rendered gore, dismemberments, nudity and disturbing images.
