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Beowulf details

Formats:	12 DVD, Blu-ray
Starring:	Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman, Angelina Jolie
Director:	Robert Zemeckis
Genres:	Action/Adventure, Horror - General, Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Fantasy - General
Studio:	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Collections:	100 Swords and Sandals Films, Lights Camera Action!, Once Upon a Time, Top 400 All-Time Rentals, Watch Online: Ray Winstone

Name	Discs
Beowulf	12 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 54 minutes
Rental release:	17 Mar 2008
Main languages:	English, English Audio Description
Subtitles:	English, Castillian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Italian, Greek, Arabic
Hearing impaired subtitles:	English, German, Italian

Name	Discs
Beowulf	12 Feature

Blu-ray Information

Run time:	1 hour 50 minutes
Rental release:	17 Mar 2008
Main languages:	English
Subtitles:	Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

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By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLM

Robert Zemeckis merges 3D and motion control to bring classic tale Beowulf to life...
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Sick beyond belief

By Sam4chat (4 reviews) from Spalding , 13 Mar 2008

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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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An animation masterpiece OR a yr 6's collage?

By MC101 (4 reviews) from Margate , 02 Aug 2012

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This film is not half bad you know.

Firstly without spoiling anything for those of you 15+, this film in know way is a 12. I don't know what the specifics are of the rating system but wow this one crept under the radar, maybe the animation allows for this, but my oh my its graphic.

Blood & Guts rule this animated film and whilst it is (in my opinion) required by the story, it is a bit OTT.

Anyway, as far as the story & acting goes...

Story: Generally the poem is played out here, i think changes have occurred that allow for cinematic artistry, as with most paper-screen adaptions, but that aside its a very good story of good vs evil and how evil is always sly and can poison even the stout of hearts.

The voice acting (Anthony Hopkins, Jolie, Malkovitch, Winstone and of course the always great Brendan Gleeson) is second to none. The graphics of the animation are so fantastically good that it holds up to almost every game available now, let alone most films now. Its so realistic.

Everything about this was pretty good. Except well the 12 rating. the film is a good film, and deserves a 3. 5/5 but the rating seriously needs re-evaluating.

Im yet to see an animated film better than this, but again this is different, the graphics make it unsurpassed in my book.

You need to see this purely to view the cinematic artistry of the animation style. Then make an opinion of the story based on what you hear as well as see.

Definitely an above average must see. (I cant believe i haven't seen it before today!)
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wrong rating

By MADA (1 review) , 22 Jul 2012

i strongly disagree about this film bring rated 12 , at least 15 to16 years old i would have said.
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DOnt bother

By a customer , 20 Jul 2012

Watched 15 minutes. No idea whats going on. Wouldnt bother watching it. Not suitable for 12's at all the bit that I saw!Watch 300, thats a great movie!
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It's a CGI film?

By DeathApeDisco (3 reviews) , 22 Mar 2012

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I liked it! It took 20 minutes for me to even notice it was CGI. the voice actors in it are great. Malkovich and Winstone are always great. You'll like it if you like that sort of thing, swords, mead, songs, guts, beasts, swords, mead and more mead. And Hopkins giving a rare Welsh accent. Did I say mead?
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brilliant film if you like norse mythological stories

By cheesekake (1282 reviews) from uk , 10 Mar 2012

this is a good film but you know have to know a little about norse mythology to appreciate the story.

I'm a big fan of Ray Winston so maybe I'm a little biased, either way thought the animation was very good and have loved the story since being a little girl, so enjoyed it immensely
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