Letters to the Editor
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Thank you for saying it
Thanks for pinpointing why I will avoid this film -- the faces and, well, whole bodies of the characters look creepy. Not just creepy, but creepy in a blank, stupid way.
I confess to having played a few videogames in my day. Many videogames have little cinematic "cutscenes" that advance the game's storyline. Those cutscenes have computer-generated people whose faces somehow seem less real the more they appear realistic. "Beowulf"'s faces remind me of those games.
Why is any of this necessary? I would love to see a well-paced, exciting "Beowulf" movie that was done with real actors and well-rendered digital backgrounds. Why pay for A-list actors and then digitally re-do their faces? Take Angelina Jolie for example. If she's in a movie I want to see her directly, not through pixellated gauze. What a waste of a face.
By the way, Stephanie Zacharek, I like you in funny mode.