Beowulf - CGI monster fest

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I didnt get to see this in 3D, and i’m told it massively improved the film…

For anyone who knows the story/poem of Beowulf, it may be an irritating movie (it was for me), because they changed the story somewhat, a story which really does not need to be changed.

Once you get over the strange plasticity of the CGI faces, and the dead eyes ,and the wierd mouths - then its a great fun romp. Good manly soundtrack and some absolutely superb monster design.

However - it would have been a far superior movie if they had a) stuck to the original story and b) made it live action and kept the CGI for the monsters. The horses looked like they were made of lego, and as there is with CGI still, it just was too clean, even when they try to make it look dirty.

Still, I enjoyed their visualisation of Beowulf who in the old english poem is described as being head and shoulders taller than other men and having the strength of 30 - and they strangely chose for him to fight the beast Grendel naked (meaning they had to strategically place objects all through the scene so the kids didn’t get a view of his danglies). There was the odd nice joke (not many) and the final fight is edge of the seat stuff.

although they went down the route of 300 and people yelling - this time it was ‘I AM BEOWULF’ - which he doesn’t do in the poem!

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right now, go back to the theater and see it in 3d. theres absolutely no justification for even showing it in 2d, not to mention buying a 2d ticket. the only reason for seeing it in 2d is if you only have 1 eye.

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LOL, well if only it were that easy. I don’t have the choice i’m afraid, as the closest cinema is about 5hrs away. and if you knew how expensive petrol/gas was here, you’d not even contemplate it!

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Yeah, it was totally worth it to see in 3-D. While not the poem, I still enjoyed it very much so. It was pretty, lots of pretty blood! Oh, and there were some kids in front of me who were all like yay it’s 3-D that’s so cool! Then Grendel started tearing people apart and they stopped, it was hi-larious. :slight_smile: