A movie on Cúchulainn

[Genava]

Here:
http://breakthrufilms.co.uk/uk/films/hound/

The movie is in development, it will combine several methods of 3D modeling already used in 300 and in LotR. The actors will be real, only the universe will be virtual.

Productors: Tamsin Lyons & Hugh Welchman
Realisator: Paul Bolger
With the support of the Irish Council of the cinema (Bord Scannán na hÉireann).

Personally I am very skeptical, the summary shows a history reinterpreted and I think that will be very different from the myth. I hope that they will not use weapons of the Bronze Age or worse.

Two pictures:

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[bobbin]

Is that Colin Farrell playing Cuchulainn? I bloody hope not! but i suppose at least his irish accent will finally fit in now (Alexander)

[oudysseos]

Look like a gratuitous piece of merde, alright, although, to be honest, none of these green-screen movies like 300 or Sky Captain were any good. It turns out that special effects aren't enough to make a good film.

There was a brilliant graphic novel done a couple of years ago, An Tain.


However, it's in Irish, which may limit its appeal somewhat.

[Genava]

Is that Colin Farrell playing Cuchulainn?

I don't know.

It turns out that special effects aren't enough to make a good film.

Yes, I agree. Beowulf for example was a really bad movie.

There was a brilliant graphic novel done a couple of years ago, An Tain.

Thanks Odysseos. Personally I know this comic, very different from the myth but interesting.
http://www.oghme.com/cuchulainn/post...=en&navlang=en

[Tux]

Yes, I agree. Beowulf for example was a really bad movie.

The animation of the actual movies(Beowulf & Grendel or Beowulf )?!

I found the animation and the last quite ok...

[ziegenpeter]

I don't know.
Thanks Odysseos. Personally I know this comic, very different from the myth but interesting.
http://www.oghme.com/cuchulainn/post...=en&navlang=en

Well you seem to be the expert of Celtic graphic novels ;)

So what's the difference between the myth and the comic?


Beowulf&Grendel was quite good - Leonidas as Beowulf ;) - the animated one was OK and the Christopher Lambert thing was utter püllschitt.

[oudysseos]

"The Myth" is not quite as monolithic as all that- there are a couple of different recensions of the Tain, and lots of little individual parts that are traditionally grouped with it. Kinsella's translation, although a true masterpiece, went a long way towards enshrining the notion that there is one and only one Tain, which is not quite the case.

Also, let's not forget that the Tain is not history, nor is it really the end result of a long oral tradition, so don't look it for accurate information about Late Iron Age Ireland. Barry Raftery is the man for that (Pagan Celtic Ireland).

Which is why, I suppose, people feel free to do their own versions of the Tain in film and comic. There's lots in Kinsella's version that wouldn't translate well to the screen- although, the version that Genava linked to looks like a truly epic piece of crap. It's a shame, as I think that there is a really good Cuchullain movie that could be made.

[Genava]

Well you seem to be the expert of Celtic graphic novels ;)

Yes I like the comics and the novels

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The animated movie of Beowulf was bad for me. I don't like Angelina Jolie and the history was ridiculous.
The history of Beowulf&Grendel was better, the costumes too but why there was no action? They run everywhere for nothing in this film But I like this version.