Sentences with phrase «motion capture performance by»

«The B.F.G.» — A good amount of fun, dependent on a thankless motion capture performance by Mark Rylance.

He's fully a CGI creation with a facial motion capture performance by Josh Brolin.

Instead of keeping in tune with such an origin, the film's primary primate, George (a motion captured performance by Jason Liles) is simply an albino gorilla who's best friends with a primatologist / beefcake named Davis Okoye (Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson).

Not exact matches

Okoye himself is introduced at the sanctuary, hanging out with George, an albino silverback gorilla (a fine motion - capture performance by Jason Liles).

Although it could use tighter editing — like most everything in this regrettably paced film — the third act reappearance of Gollum is terrific, and amplified by a go - for - broke motion - capture performance by Andy Serkis.

Director Rupert Wyatt gets an adequate performance from Franco and a rather hammy one from Olyelowo, and Pinto is primarily window dressing, but moments of brilliance from Lithgow and a truly astounding performance by Andy Serkis as the motion - capture - animated Caesar make rise of the Planet of the Apes worth seeing.

«The Square» is a wry and decidedly dark Swedish comedy about an art museum curator (Claes Bang) who is variously forced to contend with a stolen wallet and phone; with trust issues, particularly as they pertain to a one - night stand with a reporter (Elisabeth Moss); with a viral - advertising disaster; and with a formal dinner disrupted by a performance artist (motion - capture coach Terry Notary) who seems to have reverted to a primal state.

It's not just kind of latex and a costume; it would be a motion - capture performance of the monster — I can give away maybe not too much by saying there's more than one in our version — and then I would go to Europe, shoot the movie, do scenes with the real actors and I would be able to see the motion - captured monster in real time due to SimulCam, so yes that is our technological VFX paradigm for Frankenstein.»

As before, the film is anchored by a startlingly realistic motion - capture performance from Andy Serkis that fills the screen with complex emotions.

One especially unnerving scene places us at a swanky gala dinner that is interrupted by a performance artist — played, brilliantly, by the actor and stunt coordinator Terry Notary, whose motion - capture work in the recent «Planet of the Apes» films serves him ferociously well here.

Billed as an origin's story, this remake of the 1972 film Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, features motion - capture performances and CGI primates created by the digital wizardry of Weta Digital, the company behind the Avatar characters.

By far the Biggest of the Big Bads we have yet encountered, Thanos — a motion - capture performance from Josh Brolin — believes that if he can get all six stones and affix them to his «infinity gauntlet,» he will be able to destroy half of all life in the universe with a literal snap of his fingers.

As with Rise, the apes are all played by actors in performance - capture suits (most notably Mr motion capture himself — Andy Serkis), were every movement is captured on computer.

From the phenomenal visual effects that should garner an Oscar nod, to the jaw - dropping performance given by the legend of motion - capture acting, Andy Serkis; Dawn is one not to miss.

The Adventures of Tintin also offers some of the more effective usage of the motion - capture technique, which transfers an actor's performance upon an animated avatar, by bypassing the uncanny valley altogether and creating characters that are a hybrid of humans and artist Hergé's cartoonish designs (Only the hero and central villain weigh heavily toward the former).

But director Rupert Wyatt's take on the material was pleasantly surprising, with stunning visual effects work and a tremendous motion - capture performance by Andy Serkis.

As you may know by now, the events of the new film are set into motion when Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), attempting to take some of the world - saving weight from his heroic comrades, creates an army of technological peacekeeping drones controlled by the clever A.I. Ultron (voiced and performance captured with relish by James Spader).

Stephanie Merry of the Washington Post describes some Oscar categories the Academy should have included, like best opening credit sequence, best motion - capture performance, best fight scenes, and best performance by a child.

The film, directed by Andy Serkis, mixes motion capture performances with CGI.

In addition to its exquisitely crafted spectacle (artfully punctuated by Giancchino's heart - string - tugging score) and hefty themes (War for the Planet of the Apes deals in humanity's worst milestones, with allusions to the Holocaust and Slavery), War functions as a powerful vehicle for Andy Serkis, who redraws the lines of motion - capture performance's potential once again.

That critique comes to the fore in a brilliant, Buñuelian performance - art sequence that will lodge itself in your brain for days, built around a terrifying turn by Terry Notary, whose animal / creature motion - capture work you may have seen in «Kong: Skull Island» and the recent «Planet of the Apes» movies.

Mark Rylance is quite fine as the BFG (at least what we can see of his performance via motion - capture technology), although he is still given far too much gobbledygook dialogue to say by screenwriter Melissa Mathison (E.T.).

Though digital effects artists are behind most of the robots in the film, actor Tudyk created about 80 percent of lead character Sonny's performance by donning a motion capture suit on set.

Despite his excellent performance, though, it's undermined by the ropey CGI used to create the Beast's motion - captured face.

This prequel, half - Escape (with James Franco as Ricardo Montalban) and half - Conquest, is driven by a heartbreaking performance by a motion - captured Andy Serkis as a latter - day Clint Eastwood, breaking his cellmates out of their very own Alcatraz.

There's a strong story involving the relationship between two families who reach across the species divide, led by Caesar (Andy Serkis in a brilliant and rich motion capture performance), who is both husband and father to his family and benevolent leader of the simian tribe, and Jason Clarke as an engineer trying to repair an electrical damn to power the human reclamation of San Francisco.

«Writing and performance capture was just beginning,» he explained, continuing, «What followed was an intense year of motion capture clean - up, animation, camera work, set building, lip - synching, prop building, editing, sound and music, by a team of over 50 artists working across five different studios.»

Played by Mark Rylance in a motion - capture performance, the BFG is every bit as vibrant, funny, and lovable as the flap - eared, peaky - nosed creature of Quentin Blake's scribbles, speaking with glorious fluency in the half - nonsensical lingo proper to giantkind.

Johannson will probably be overlooked by the Academy for the same reasons that motion capture master Andy Serkis has been shunned (only her voice appears in the movie), but she delivers a heartbreaking and utterly believable performance as the zeroes - and - ones Samantha.

Thunderously voiced by a dynamite Josh Brolin in a motion - capture performance that radiates ferocity and unexpected feeling, Thanos is the menace that bonds the bickering factions of Avengers so they can once again act as one to bring him down.

«With exciting gameplay enhanced by full motion - capture performances, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist offers a highly cinematic experience that will immerse fans and gamers new to the series in an intricate, action - packed adventure.»

Thankfully, the voice cast does a phenomenal job keeping these characters as grounded and fleshed out as possible by delivering believable performances that are conveyed through impressive motion capture.

You'll also noticed that a few of the characters look familiar, particularly two that are actually motion - captured performances by actress Hayden Panettiere (Heroes, Nashville) and Rami Malik (Twilight).

Voice actor and motion capture performer Nolan North will be handed a Special Award by BAFTA in recognition of his outstanding contribution to performance in games.

New challenges await us as we seek to improve the game in every aspect and deliver an even more revolutionary experience by reaching funding stretch goals like multi-language voice acting, multiple puzzle solutions and performance motion - capture.»

World premiere of an immersive performance by Susie Ibarra and Souleymane Badolo featuring musicians, dancers, sound installation, and motion - capture software.