Today's post will be talking about the new movie that is in theaters, Alpha and Omega. This movie is about two wolves that get transported to a wild life reservation, and they have to find their way back home before a rival wolf pack attacks their pack. So the story line is somewhat interesting, but that's not what i have a problem with....it's the friggin' wolves. They look really awkward to me.
I think the problem is that they tried to make the wolves look too human in the face, and so the transition from the body to the face just looks really strange.
Look at this web page below and just watch the trailers...
http://teaser-trailer.com/movie/alpha-and-omega
They're movements are very strange looking no? I think this may also be caused by the fact that this is Crest Animation Production's first attempt at a 3D movie after doing only 2D before. I think they tried to put in the over exaggerated qualities of a 2D animation into this and it just didn't work.
Not only that, but the overall design of the wolves was strange, and I wonder how it got approved as he final design. They look really weird, especially the faces. I think they tried to put too human of faces and anatomy on them. Like in the clip with the reddish and white wolf, did you notice how stumpy their necks looked? Last I checked wolves had a neck. It really looks like they tried to do the anatomy of a human on the upper part of their body, and it just doesn't look right.
Also the detail and texturing is uneven on the wolves. Their bodies are all fuzzy looking, while their faces are all smooth. Also if you didn't notice look at their jaw lines.....smooth....nothing.. usually wolves have furry tufts on their cheeks and jawlines that blends into their neck fur.
This is what I think they should a bit more like...pardon the cruddy quality of my drawing as I was laying down on a bed and wasn't in the mood to do anything, but had to anyways....
See? I still think they could've done something like this and still managed to catch some of the human facial expressions..but noo~, they simplified them and made them really cheesy looking.
Now enough ragging on the design of the wolves, and onto something else- the animation.
I don't know if you guys noticed, but on the clip with the deer running, the two wolves below when it shoes them running towards the camera they look really...out of place. The speed they are running and the speed the ground doesn't seem to match very well, so they look really fake and just kind of slapped in there. Maybe it's just me, but i don't know..they look a little strange to me.
In the same clip towards the beginning when it shows the side angle if the girl wolf running...wtf is up with her crazy legs lumbering. She looks like she's kind of spazzing out and falling down at the same time.
Now that you are all probably sick and tired of me ranting about this movie, I will say that the other animals in the movie look fine, it's just the wolves.....if you see the trailer in theaters, that bear looks friggin' bad ass. I'm just saying. And just so you guys know, I will probably go see this movie anyways.
But anyways, I'm pretty much done talking about this movie, so until next time when I talk about a movie that I think was pretty much the worst fail ever. Fare thee well.
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