CG Beowulf Movie

[Haphazzard]

Not a lot of people die. Really.

Well.  That's kind of a shame.  Maybe I'll see it at the budget for like a buck after all the hype dies down.  I still have one of the classic rules running through the back of my head.  "No matter how hard you try, you can't un-see something."

[Elemental_Elf]

So, is it worth seeing? Or should I just stay home and watch Stargate reruns I haven't seen yet?

If you can afford going to the movies and actually want to pay to see the movie, then yeah go see it. Otherwise, wait a few months, find a friend that buys the DVD and watch it together, lol.

[Gnomemaster]

Ok, time for my interpretation. Am I the only one who feels that Gaiman was subtly poking fun at other similar movies? I mean we look at Troy, Hercules (the Disney Cartoon) and 300. In 300 we had those slow motion scenes where the heroes did something cool, or in the opening scene of Troy when Brad Pitt slides his sword into the shoulder of some bald guy. Beowulf had many of these slow motion scenes.

Then we come down to this whole "Pride is the curse" bull. No where in the story of Beowulf does it say he was prideful. However, we are so used to that hero showing up and singing "Now I am here to save the day!" and doing so. If I remember correctly, Beowulf wasn't considered boastful or a braggart because all the magical stories about him (such as his swim with Brecca) were true.

Now as a warning, this may have some spoilers... Oh who am I kidding, if you read the book in Senior English then you know how the movie is going.

There were huge inconsistencies in the original text (to pick it up, grab the copy as translated by Seamus Heaney) that lead to my Jesus-Beowulf Theory.

In the bible, we have Jesus as a young boy then BAM! he's a grown man. There must be some book that tells what happened between that. In the tale of Beowulf we have the opening story then BAM! Beowulf comes from no where, we know he has a legendary life (such as killing 9 sea while swimming for 5 days against Brecca). Then he kills Grendel, then he kills Grendel's mother, then 20 years go by and he kills a dragon and dies. I believe that there must be more to the story about what happens during those 20 years.

Now, the whole thing about Grendel being Hrothgar's son and the dragon Beowulf's I feel was just a way to set up the idea of the dragon. In the original text, the dragon came out of no where, and I feel Gaiman thought that would be too sudden and random.

Layman: "Where'd that dragon come from?"
Gaiman: "It's in the story."
Laayman: "That doesn't answer my question, what does it have to do with the plot?"
Gaiman: "Um... It kills him."
Layman: "Uhhuh, that sounds awfully convenient."
Gaiman: "Did you even go to Senior English?"
Layman: "What do I need English Class for? I already speak English."

So in closing, I feel that while I disliked some of the artistic license taken with the story, I understand why they did it. If anything, the part I hated the most was over the top violence, man-butts, and sex jokes. This movie is Rated PG-13, so is X-Men. However, the level of violence in Beowulf against the level of Violence in X-men is a huge difference. See, this was a movie that I was thinking "My nephew would love this movies, it's a cartoon and manly." After watching this movie I was glad i didn't bring him. He's a little too young to watch gold drip off of Angelina Jolie's naked body.

All in all it's a fine movie, I probably wouldn't see it again or buy it. But if this was a real life movie rather than a CGI cartoon, it would be Rated R. I wouldn't take your 13 year old brother to go see it.