The six minutes of footage on display was decidedly mediocre._ While the animation was crisp and clear, the mouth movements were terribly mismatched and the voice action was B-movie level._ And not intentionally.
The filmmakers, including returning director Makoto Kamiya, have improved the animation and overall design of the film, but what should have been a thrilling battle between Leon and a Licker feels stilted and slow. _At times, it even felt like an early ‘00s cartoon from Mainframe entertainment. _And the dialogue is even worse. _The puns per minute ratio would make for a good drinking game, but it didn’t work for this sober writer.
Much more fun was the bizarre and often bilingual Q&A session._ Here are some of the highlights.
1. Rebecca, star of resident evil zero will not be back in Resident: Evil Damnation.
2. Leon is still the star, but Ada Wong is now back in the mix.
3. When one fan sheepishly asked if_Milla Jovovich’s Alice might make an appearance in a future animated film, the crowd erupted into derisive laughter and heckling. __Kamiya waved off the question with a joke, noting that Jovovich’s asking price is too high for these low-budget features.
4. This film will be released theatrically in 3D in Japan.
5. The movie is set between games five and six.
6. The filmmakers worked closely with the game developers to ensure perfect continuity between the two. _Obviously, there is no continuity between these films and their live action brethren.
7. All of the humans were motion-captured in order to improve animation._ However, the Lickers are still fully computer created because their limbs are not analogous to humanoid forms.
8. The filmmakers went out of their way to make sure that fans would see Lickers in bright, well-lighted locations. _A change from the games.
9. All of the filmmakers are open to making more films, but there are no specific plans.
10. Kamiya said that if fans want to see another entry, “If you and maybe ten of your friends go out and buy the DVD, I think we will make enough to produce another film.”
Truth be told, sounds like we're getting yet another meh product from Capcom. Oh well.
Like Biojex, I loved Degeneration, and people said the same things about voice acting & mouth-syncing of that. So I'm not worried about this being "meh".
I just wish I could see this at the movies
I seriously need to plan a trip to Japan.
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