There's been lots of talk over the past couple months about Andy Serkis's performance in RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. We were huge fans of the movie and put the film on each of our respective Top Films of the year lists. Most agree that the movie is such a success hangs on Serkis's performance as Caesar. Even James Franco wrote a piece championing for Serkis for Deadline.com
Today, Hitflix posted an exclusive video showing a CG-free Serkis as he performs the emotional scene of Caesar saying goodbye to Franco's character. The first half of the video is Serikis with just the sensors on his face and body, and the second half shows the finish product that was seen in the movie. If there was any doubt of what he brought to the film, this clip will put that to rest.
Oscar nominations haven't been announced yet, but I hope that academy members realize that this is the future of movies, and we will probably be seeing more and more performances that use this type of motion capture.
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