A noble -- but unsuccessful -- endeavor.

Rating: 4/10 (18 November 2007)

This should have been a great movie, a movie on a par with Ray Harryhausen's "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" and "Jason and the Argonauts".
Unfortunately it was a costly endeavor that only succeeded in proving that an all-CGI movie intended to look like reality can't be produced yet.
-- Or maybe the people who made "Beowulf" just didn't have what it takes. Tough to say.
The main problem with this movie (in addition to several lesser problems) is that it isn't realistic enough to convince the audience that it is not CGI, and it isn't stylized enough to make the audience glad it isn't just plain old reality.
Add to this the fact that the story is often dull (and it's never really great) and you've got a disappointing movie. The fight with the dragon was exciting -- but it would have been a lot more effective if the whole movie had been as great as should have been.