highly detailed 3D graphic animation with an excellent soundtrack

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2008)

I went to see Beowulf in 3D tonight and am very impressed. Superb big screen highly detailed 3D graphic animation with an excellent soundtrack.
The visual quality is easily on par with any of the IMAX 3D films. Even the very dark scenes work well. Being fully digital too means that there's not a blemish anywhere in the projection. The glasses fitted comfortably over my prescription lenses and it was easy to forget they were even there (something you could never do at IMAX.)
I hadn't even heard of Beowulf before this film was released, so I'm not at all sensitive to any deviations from the supposed traditional folklore.
There's lots of gore and even a few tits and bums. Enough pecs and abs - no where near the overkill in "300".
There's one extended scene of Beowulf preparing for a nude wrestle with the monster - and all sorts of props appear strategically placed to obscure Beowulf's manhood - very reminiscent of Bart's nude skateboard scene in The Simpsons Movie.
Beowulf worked for me as an action drama - and earned extra points for being such a state of the art 3D treat. You also get to see, and be impressed by, the 3D preview for "Journey To the Centre Of The Earth" (a live action feature starring Brendan Fraser).
Well worth the effort for this rare cinema experience.