It's Not Actually A Wolf At All

Rating: 8/10 (30 November 2015)

I'm a senior in high school, and we recently just finished reading the book "Beowulf". After we finished it, our teacher showed us this movie. Now, I had seen the movie once before, back when I was only in elementary school, and as a result I had a preconceived idea of the story of Beowulf. Reading the book, and then watching the movie, I could see that there were a myriad of differences. Some of those include Wulfgar being a very minor character in the books, as opposed to being Beowulf's best buddy, and Welthow hardly appearing at all. One of the much larger changes would be the much heavier involvement of Grendel's mother, however I understand completely as to why the director and producers decided to make these changes. Adapting an ancient epic poem to be exactly the same as the source to a modern day audience would probably see a box office flop. All the changes made sense to me to work for a theatrical film, and I really enjoyed the movie. Granted, there were some flaws in certain parts, but they all remain personal, for example I wasn't the biggest supporter of Grendel's design, but as I said, it's personal. Overall, the movie had plenty of ups, and very little downs, and I thoroughly enjoyed some of the voice acting and nods to the book. Easily recommend to anyone.