http://www.newsinfilm.com/2009/11/12/zemeckis-directing-motion-capture-nutcracker/ The latest in movie news and reviews. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:32:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.newsinfilm.com/2009/11/12/zemeckis-directing-motion-capture-nutcracker/comment-page-1/#comment-2768 kennethe Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:47:00 +0000 http://www.newsinfilm.com/?p=31546#comment-2768 I support Zemeckis' performance capture. It's not a perfect technique yet, but I'll bet in 10 years time, many Polar Express-haters will be praising Zemeckis for his persistance.....<br>All praise aside though, I agree with you Jeff on this one. The Nutcracker is a pretty bad choice for Zemeckis. As you said, how much performance is actually needed to make a nutcracker's jaw go up and down? As for the mouse king, I can't see Jim Carrey OR Tom Hanks being able to play a character like that. (Maybe Andy Serkis....) I'd love to hear Bob Zemeckis' excuse on this one. I just wish he'd write more original stories and adapt THOSE into performance capture movies. I support Zemeckis' performance capture. It's not a perfect technique yet, but I'll bet in 10 years time, many Polar Express-haters will be praising Zemeckis for his persistance…..
All praise aside though, I agree with you Jeff on this one. The Nutcracker is a pretty bad choice for Zemeckis. As you said, how much performance is actually needed to make a nutcracker's jaw go up and down? As for the mouse king, I can't see Jim Carrey OR Tom Hanks being able to play a character like that. (Maybe Andy Serkis….) I'd love to hear Bob Zemeckis' excuse on this one. I just wish he'd write more original stories and adapt THOSE into performance capture movies.

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