Reviews of Beowulf

Why?

Posted : 2 weeks ago on 6 August 2008 09:50 (A review of Beowulf)

My major problem with this film wasn't the story--it's quite possibly the closest to the original tale I've seen, and the most interesting. They did a great job with showing the difference between the words the characters spoke, and what was actually being thought or said by them--a very different thing in this story.

No, the major problem with this film was that there was no reason for it to be animated. The animation still isn't fluid enough to feel real, and it distracts you and pulls you out of the film. Moreover, they use the faces of the actors anyway, so why bother animating them? You might as well spend the money (and far less time) costuming them and letting them act out the scenes. Computer animation hasn't progressed far enough to work for this sort of thing, and the story (and effects) weren't fantasical enough to warrent the whole thing being animated.

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Beowulf review

Posted : 4 months, 4 weeks ago on 25 March 2008 02:22 (A review of Beowulf)

Beowulf. No words can do justice to how great this movie was. The feeling, the work put into this feature was absolute genious, even though they animated it. Beowulf was more the hero than I thought he would be, and it touched me deeply.

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Beowulf review

Posted : 6 months, 2 weeks ago on 4 February 2008 08:50 (A review of Beowulf)

Disappointing... It's only worth watching for the quality of the animation and graphics. Personally, the closer they get to imitating humans, the creepier it all seems, though. As for the story, it's really rather forgettable. I watched it last night and as of this morning I really don't care. It's just sort of been filed away as "a movie I saw", never to be recalled again.

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O.K., but could have been much,much bett

Posted : 8 months, 2 weeks ago on 8 December 2007 12:44 (A review of Beowulf)

I was actually looking forward to this film. It did not look great, but it looked like a pretty good action/animation film. But the truth is, it is just not that good. The plot is a little off, it just starts off weird. And the scenes are all misplaced. The action was average. Overall, I thought this film was O.K. But kind of a wannabe "300" Film.

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