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Beowulf
2007
The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge. Read more
| Starring | Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn |
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| Director | Robert Zemeckis |
| Run time | 114 mins |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Gore-blimey! Employing a similar CG-animated motion control process to 300, but a far superior script, Beowulf is hearty sword and sandal fare and more 3D effects than you can shake a stick... read more »
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46 out of 50 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Sick beyond belief
This film should definately not be a 12!
It was way too gory and violent. From the very first scene it was just disgusting. I hated every moment of it and only stayed to watch it because we had paid to watch it at the cinema. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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Flawed masterpiece
This could have been a very special film indeed, instead its just a very good effort.
I'm slightly surprised at the 12 certificate, there is a bit of gore and violence(not over the top as some suggest) but also partial nudity (Angelina would be totally naked if this was live action) and mild swearing. I personally wouldn't let a child under 15 watch it.
I think above all, when compared say to LOTR, the biggest problem is that the movie and characters are slightly unengaging. This i would blame on the animated style of the movie. You just don't feel for any of the characters the way you would if it were proper live action, the actors talents are masked by the computer overlay.
But the film looks fantastic, the story is an old fashioned Norse myth( Based on the most famous saga of them all). Full of Demons, Dragons, tales of dare doing, and plenty of Mead drunk in mighty halls. The Grendel demon is trully Horrific and the Dragon is surely the meanest looking in Movie history. The whole thing just lacks a bit of heart.
Maybe if we had been given a film where the actors were seen as themselves, (and we could see the emotion in their faces) the movie would have grabbed me more. Leaving all the back drops and Monsters to the CGI would have kept the spectical and the mythical look, but with real people it would have had more emotional depth. The problem with this of course would have been that Ray Winstone's Beowolf would have been a stocky middle aged man and not the toned youthful Hero we see on the screen.
All in all i enjoyed it and thought it had the potential to be a very special movie, but removing the human face took the edge off it. -
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Beowulf premieres in LA
- 09 Nov 2007
Fantasy epic Beowulf premiered in LA this week ahead of its worldwide release this month. The movie, based on the legendary poem, stars Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler and Ray Winstone, among many other famous faces. Most of the cast attended the premiere, including Anthony Hopkins, who plays King Hrothgar and Alison Lohman, who stars as Ursula, while other celebs such as Brad Pitt and Nicollette Sheridan also turned out to watch the film. Beowulf uses a specific motion capture technique to alter Read more
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