We'll see

Rating: Null/10 (16 November 2007)

We're seeing it tomorrow, but just a few points here. First, the tagline, which all by itself reveals that the writers didn't read the original. There is no "pride" in Beowulf, nor is it a curse. Beowulf is, in fact, self-deprecating. There are no lies about achievements, or greed (Beowulf gives the reward he was given to his king, and keeps none of it).
There are perhaps ten words describing Grendel, not enough to know what he looked like (he had scales and a claw, and that's about all the author felt we needed to know).
There is no sex or seduction. Grendel's mother is repulsive, she does not try to seduce Beowulf, he does not strip. He kills her, beheads the corpse, and swims back to his thanes. Period.
I'll let the commenter get away with calling Beowulf a Viking, although he was a Geat. Still, close enough, I suppose.
I'm not at all hopeful. In fact, I'm sure I will despise it. Everything I have read, including this comment, tells me the writers have no respect for the original, and have turned this into a roller coaster for 14 year-old boys. But at least they will have heard of Beowulf, even if every one of the impressions they get from the movie will have been false.