Beowulf (2007)

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

The first must-see film of the year.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

7 1/2Beowulf doesn't disappoint for the most part, delivering a mature and dark setting filled with demons and heroes broken by lust and desire for power. The graphics are still amazing to look at after more than ten years, and the score is definitely fitting.

I love this movie! The scene where Beowulf battles the Sea Serpents is STILL (10 years later) the best action sequence ever committed to film. BEEOOOOOWULF!!!! Along with sweet action, frame composition, artistry, and lovingly calculated swinging CG breasts, the movie has some great themes and lines. Like, "The Age of Hero's is dead. The Christ God has killed them all and left man kind with nothing but weeping martyrs, fear, and shame." Sure, CG Malkovich is pretty creepy and does not feel real, but I blame this largely on casting someone whom we know how they should feel. Most of the characters are very well done, especially for being way ahead of it's time.Zemeckis is the bomb, and this is him at his most fun...

Beowulf is a 2007 American motion capture computer-animated fantasy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary, inspired by the Old English epic poem of the same nameThe cast includes Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson, John Malkovich, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman, and Angelina JolieIn a legendary time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf battles the demon Grendel and incurs the hellish wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother. Their epic clash forges the timeless legend of Beowulf.

The people of the original tale were not Christians yet, so why are they being portrayed as wearing crosses and uttering Bible verses? Perhaps that was the fault of the original English writer of this fictional tale, but it's non-historical. It would have been nice if the movie actually reflected the history of early 6th century Sweden or anywhere in Scandinavia. The animation is beautiful and the acting good, but otherwise it doesn't even follow the original writer's plot line! The live-action version with Christopher Lambert is actually better. This is a long movie so watching it on a TV channel with commercials makes it 3.5 hrs long, so forget it as too frustrating to watch on anything but a disc or thru netflix. I gave this a 4 for the beauty of the animation alone.