I'm a Warhammer 40k fan and, having heard there was a film in the pipeline set in the Warhammer 40k universe, I was eager to see it. I was expecting something along the lines of a Lord of the Rings production - live action, mixed with CG and a great story line into a film that rocks your perceptions and leaves you aching for more.
Instead what you get is an amateur production, entirely CG, with some good voice actors but awful visuals. And I mean awful. Muddy imagery combined with the sort of pre-rendered visuals you'd expect from the cut-scenes in a game made 5 years ago (I kid you not!) combine with key-framed animation (i.e. NOT rotoscoped fluid animation, but the most basic sort of animation anyone could manage with a couple of hours practise in Maya or 3DS Max) to create a film that is painful to watch.
I was hoping for something that would kindle interest in the Warhammer 40k universe from people who may never have considered it before watching the film.
Instead you're left wondering which Dawn of War games they lifted the cut-scenes from to make a film that I would be embarrassed to sit with my partner and watch and say, "This is Warhammer 40k - isn't it cool?!" Avoid.
Instead what you get is an amateur production, entirely CG, with some good voice actors but awful visuals. And I mean awful. Muddy imagery combined with the sort of pre-rendered visuals you'd expect from the cut-scenes in a game made 5 years ago (I kid you not!) combine with key-framed animation (i.e. NOT rotoscoped fluid animation, but the most basic sort of animation anyone could manage with a couple of hours practise in Maya or 3DS Max) to create a film that is painful to watch.
I was hoping for something that would kindle interest in the Warhammer 40k universe from people who may never have considered it before watching the film.
Instead you're left wondering which Dawn of War games they lifted the cut-scenes from to make a film that I would be embarrassed to sit with my partner and watch and say, "This is Warhammer 40k - isn't it cool?!" Avoid.