AngieBee1 December 19 Share December 19 The fantastical biopic about British former boybander, turned successful solo artist Robbie Williams, masterfully directed by Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman). Opting to depict the subject as an ape (because Williams has referred to himself as a performing monkey and, also, because Gracey feels humans have more sympathy for animals than their fellow humans and didn't want the fact that Williams was a celebrity to make people feel they can't connect to his story), "Better Man", on its face, is a film many don't want to take a chance on watching, but I think just writing it off because our protagonist is a CGI ape or because one is not familiar with Williams is a lost opportunity to see a spectacular film. Not only are the musical set pieces stunning, but the general story is achingly raw and beautiful. I would have never expected anything about Robbie Williams to be so amazing. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151147-better-man-2024/
One4Sorrow2TooBad December 19 Share December 19 This looks awesome and Robbie sounds great! 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151147-better-man-2024/#findComment-8536545
methodwriter85 Monday at 08:39 PM Share Monday at 08:39 PM On 12/19/2024 at 12:38 AM, AngieBee1 said: The fantastical biopic about British former boybander, turned successful solo artist Robbie Williams, masterfully directed by Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman). Opting to depict the subject as an ape (because Williams has referred to himself as a performing monkey and, also, because Gracey feels humans have more sympathy for animals than their fellow humans and didn't want the fact that Williams was a celebrity to make people feel they can't connect to his story), "Better Man", on its face, is a film many don't want to take a chance on watching, but I think just writing it off because our protagonist is a CGI ape or because one is not familiar with Williams is a lost opportunity to see a spectacular film. Not only are the musical set pieces stunning, but the general story is achingly raw and beautiful. I would have never expected anything about Robbie Williams to be so amazing. Is Williams doing the body and the voice work or just the voice work? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151147-better-man-2024/#findComment-8539435
AngieBee1 Monday at 11:03 PM Author Share Monday at 11:03 PM He is only doing the narration (which there quite a lot of). The actual dialogue and motion capture is done by an actor called Jonno Davies. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151147-better-man-2024/#findComment-8539505
One4Sorrow2TooBad Yest. at 04:47 AM Share Yest. at 04:47 AM Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151147-better-man-2024/#findComment-8539706
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