Rating of
3.5/4
I AM BEOWULF! ..well I wish.. but this movie rocks
Epic Fan - wrote on 03/03/08
What a great film. I dunno the reception this seemed to get by those on message boards seemed a bit luke warm. I went into this movie not expecting much but I was pleasantly surprised to find a wonderful and beautiful action movie here. One of my other fears was that since it was CGI I was afraid it was going to be another sugar coated kids film and it's definitely not. Sexual themes and incredibly gory this movie hold no punches. A great classic story re packaged in a more action packed way. You will question such an arrogant man like Beowulf but quickly realize he does not lie..maybe only exaggerate. The CGI is absolutely beautiful and you can see that a live action version of this movie would have been quite hard to pull off during some of the scenes. It could have been done but this way gives the movie it's own flavor. I only dock it a point due to a disappointing voice acting performance by John Malkovich, who is another wise wonderful actor seemed very forced and fake at times during his lines. He doesn't seem to be cut out for voice work. A great epic feel of a movie will watch many times to come.
