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    JXM
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    The de-aged DeNiro definitely looked off to me. His eyes aren’t quite right and his face was too...smooth. It reminded me of the animated Beowulf that Robert Zemeckis made like 10 years ago....

    The de-aged DeNiro definitely looked off to me. His eyes aren’t quite right and his face was too...smooth.

    It reminded me of the animated Beowulf that Robert Zemeckis made like 10 years ago. Except that all of the characters in that were easier to accept because everything in the movie was animated. Here, it just stands out even more.

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      Douglas
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      It feels like there's either a delay wherein the head moves like a super-small fraction of a second before the face moves along with it, or I can just see where the head part end and the face...

      It feels like there's either a delay wherein the head moves like a super-small fraction of a second before the face moves along with it, or I can just see where the head part end and the face parts begins. Like spotting the old make-up effects where you could see the outline between the skin and the mask when everything went HD.

      It reminds me of Heavy Rain or LA Noire, where the face performance doesn't quite match what the body is doing.

      It never feels seamless, not even the Deep Fake stuff coming out-- but boy howdy is it getting eerily close.

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      1. mrbig
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        Just wait for the remastered version in 2029.

        Just wait for the remastered version in 2029.

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      tomf
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      yes! It's unfortunate. I was really looking forward to the film. The book was excellent. It just doesn't look right -- and while the cast is pretty good, I don't think the trade off is worth it....

      yes! It's unfortunate. I was really looking forward to the film. The book was excellent.

      It just doesn't look right -- and while the cast is pretty good, I don't think the trade off is worth it. De Niro's skin just doesn't have enough texture to it.

      Basically any time that was spent in post could have been spent on make up to achieve a better result -- but that ask would be on De Niro instead of the sfx group.

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        JXM
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        I wouldn’t be surprised if it looks slightly better in the finished product. I don’t think they’ve set an official release date, so they could keep working on it. The trailer just said “This fall”.

        I wouldn’t be surprised if it looks slightly better in the finished product. I don’t think they’ve set an official release date, so they could keep working on it. The trailer just said “This fall”.

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        1. tomf
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          I really hope so. screenrant is banking on November 27th, thinking that Netflix will cash in on the American thanksgiving weekend. It's too long to wait. :)

          I really hope so. screenrant is banking on November 27th, thinking that Netflix will cash in on the American thanksgiving weekend.

          It's too long to wait. :)

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