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MOVIE
REVIEW: BEOWULF
11/14/07
“It is not for the
gold, it is for the glory.” and this movie might reach both.
Beowulf 3D is based in the first English language epic poem
ever written, Beowulf. The story was originated between 700
and 750 AD, finally after 1200 years someone has been able
to make a movie worth to its origin. When I first saw the
preview of the movie I was exited since I thought it was
going to be like a mixture of 300 and The Lord of the Rings.
Well the movie is nothing like either of them, nonetheless,
it did not disappoints. It has everything that a good epic
movie should have: A hero, Monsters, Dragons, action,
adventure, even a little comedy, ah! and did I mention it is
on digital 3-D. There is just one thing I have to say about
this film: It is a most see in the theater.
It is 750 A.D, and Hrothgar, king of the Danes (Antony
Hopkins) has built the biggest mead hall, Heorot, where him
and his people drink and dance until dawn. Until one day, a
hideous creature, Grendel (Crispin Glober), comes to the
hall at night bother for all the noise the humans were
making and kill everybody but the king. This becomes an
every day event, forcing the king to closed the great hall
for good. He offers half of his gold to whoever kills and
free his kingdom from this monster. A great warrior from the
tribe of the Geats, named Beowulf(Ray Wingston) who is
brave, kind, strong and his obsession is not gold but pride
and power, comes to faced this creature and the creatures
Mother (Angelina Jolie). Little did he knows that he was
also facing himself.
The movie is well directed. I like the new approach they
took about this epic, many people who read the book might be
disappointed since it does not follow it, on the other hand,
this approach seems more real, makes sense and feels in the
gaps that the original version has. the cast makes an
excellent job portraying their character. Antony Hopkins
makes terrific performance as king Hrothgar, John Malkovich
impressed me as Ulfreith, and Jolie makes the perfect
Monster, it is a shame she did not have more screen time.
The voice of Grendal describe the monster and depicts the
time, but sometimes it was hard to understand. The special
effects could be disappointed for many people who thought
they were going to watch real actors like in 300 and Sin
City, but once you realized it is an animated movie, they
are excellent, in some scenes it seems like there are the
real actors, and the monsters are well depicted and defined;
they have no flaw in any scene. the 3D effects are just
icing on the cake, they really pull this off the audience
will feel they are inside the movie along Beowulf fighting
the monsters. The action scenes are energetic, realistic and
exiting with the 3D effects the audience see the best angles
and be on the edge of their seats. The only think that might
disappoint the audience is the final scene, since it is kind
of predictable.
Producer and director did a great job with the settings.
They were all well chose and displayed from the landscaping
in northern Denmark, the storms in the sea to Grendel
dungeon. They also did their homework in the mythology ,
mentioning the Nordic gods and different creatures, and
introducing the new emerging religion in society at the end.
As a High school student I did not paid any attention to the
book, I found it hard to read, understand, and boring.
Beowulf 3-D completely changed my perspective of this
legendary epic. With a talented cast a good director and
great special effects Beowulf 3D is an enjoyable,
fascinating, unique and mystical experience that might
innovate animated movies.
Review
By Milo
milo@smartcine.com
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Beowulf
Brecca |
80 |
Beowulf wasn't what I
thought it would be but I must say in
3-D it was kinda cool. It was a good
movie to see. As for Angelina's
part.....she got at least 10 to 20 mins
of fame. |
Tim |
90 |
I totally agree... it
wasn't exactly what i was expecting but
i enjoyed the changes in the plot....
the 3D added a nice effect too
(especially durring the battle
scenes)... i would totally recomend this
to anyone |
Clarisa |
50 |
I don't really care about
what effects they use. It's just that I
would prefer the literature than the
movie. We are discussing the epic in our
English class and based on what we read
and understood, the story of the epic
will only be really praised when you
read it because in the movie, they
changed the other scenes especially the
scene with Grendel's mother. She was
KILLED by Beowulf using a magic sword he
found in the sea. It's up to you to
decide BUT make sure you READ the epic
first before you WATCH the movie to
avoid confusions. ^^, |
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Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writer: Neil Gaiman
Roger Avary
Genre: Action
Adventure Fantasy
Duration: 1hr 54mins
Staring: Ray Winstone
Anthony Hopkins
John Malkovich
Robin Wright Penn
Brendan Gleeson
Crispin Glover
Alison Lohman
Angelina Jolie
Producer: Steve
Starkey
Robert Zemeckis
Jack Rapke
Distributor: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Rating:
PG-13
Release Date: November 16, 2007
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