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...after Darrow is kidnapped by the crreeeppy “28 Days Later”-esque natives of Skull Island as a sacrifice for their God, Kong, who is computer generated version of computer captured movements of Andy Serkis—the same process used to make Serkis into Gollum in “Lord of the Rings.” After many action sequences set amongst Skull Island’s monstrous inhabitants, Darrow is rescued, Kong is gassed and brought to New York. The stage is set for the famous final battle...
Different computer trickery created The Polar Express, which might also be called Gollum: The Movie. The same technology used to create the The Lord of the Rings wretch brings this supertrain adventure to life. That, plus Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis...
Sonny, in the tradition of Jar Jar Binks and Gollum, was created by painting computer graphics over an actor (here, Alan Tudyk). It's a suave simulacrum that makes Sonny the film's most complex and human character--granted, by default--and sets him apart from the killer "can openers" in pursuit of Spooner. There's a nifty car chase, with the cop (in an Audi, its logo prominently displayed) set upon by a vicious android posse. Even if the scene is not up there with the 14-min. freeway free-for-all in the second Matrix movie...
...Robots boss (Bruce Greenwood) says, "You would have banned the Internet simply to keep the libraries open." Spooner focuses his skepticism on a prototype droid named Sonny, the only creature in the room with the inventor when he died. Sonny, in the tradition of Jar Jar Binks and Gollum, was created by painting computer graphics over an actor (here, Alan Tudyk). It's a suave simulacrum that makes Sonny the film's most complex and human character - granted, by default - and sets him apart from the killer "can openers" in pursuit of Spooner. There's a nifty car chase, with...
...everything," he says. In the film, his detective, Del Spooner, has reason to be wary--he's pursuing a robot suspected in a homicide. Some of the robots are portrayed by actors whose expressions are then digitally replicated on the faces of computer-created characters, as was done with Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. "There's a real natural human element that I think people are going to be very pleasantly surprised by," says Smith. Maybe it's time for a new Oscar category--Best Supporting Automaton...