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Jeff Patnaude · November 12th, 2004, 08:34 AM

Just took my son to see Polar Express last night. Truely amazing.
I had been reading in the latest "Film & Video" magazine about the motion capture used to make it. Tom Hanks played most all of the charactors in the film.
I predict in 5 years, only an accutely trained eye will be able to pick out the difference between a real shot, and CGI.

It's some of the best animation I've seen yet. My hats off to Pixar.
My 2 1/2 year old son sat spellbound through most of the movie- quite an acccomplishment if any of you dont have kids.

Nice story line, interesting camera "movement". Little elves looked real! Great Sound FX too.

I highly recommend it for you and the kids.

Jeff Patnaude

Paul Daley · November 12th, 2004, 09:12 AM

It's not Pixar, dude. Not even close.

Jeff Patnaude · November 12th, 2004, 09:48 AM

My Bad!
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, and animation by Sony Pictures Imageworks team.
The same crew that did "Stuart Little" previously including Ken Ralston, Jerome Chen, and others.

Sorry-

Jeff P.

Yi Fong Yu · November 12th, 2004, 12:15 PM

my, my we have forgotten jar jar binks and gollum already =^). they used limited performance capture as well. so the technology isn't "new" as RZ and TH make it out to be.

November 12th, 2004, 08:34 AM	#1
Jeff Patnaude Major Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Duluth, Georgia Posts: 248	POLAR EXPRESS- wow. Just took my son to see Polar Express last night. Truely amazing. I had been reading in the latest "Film & Video" magazine about the motion capture used to make it. Tom Hanks played most all of the charactors in the film. I predict in 5 years, only an accutely trained eye will be able to pick out the difference between a real shot, and CGI. It's some of the best animation I've seen yet. My hats off to Pixar. My 2 1/2 year old son sat spellbound through most of the movie- quite an acccomplishment if any of you dont have kids. Nice story line, interesting camera "movement". Little elves looked real! Great Sound FX too. I highly recommend it for you and the kids. Jeff Patnaude

November 12th, 2004, 09:12 AM	#2
Paul Daley New Boot Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 6	uhhh It's not Pixar, dude. Not even close. __________________ Thanks, Paul Daley

November 12th, 2004, 12:15 PM	#4
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	my, my we have forgotten jar jar binks and gollum already =^). they used limited performance capture as well. so the technology isn't "new" as RZ and TH make it out to be. __________________ bow wow wow

November 12th, 2004, 09:48 AM	#3
Jeff Patnaude Major Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Duluth, Georgia Posts: 248	My Bad! Directed by Robert Zemeckis, and animation by Sony Pictures Imageworks team. The same crew that did "Stuart Little" previously including Ken Ralston, Jerome Chen, and others. Sorry- Jeff P.