Fantastic !

Rating: 10/10 (6 December 2007)

There are some movies that just deserve the word FANTASTIC. For Beowulf, that's just not enough. Maybe one of it's many synonyms: "Unbelievably Great".
I saw the movie last night and, being in Bucharest, the only way to watch it is 2D. I was kind of disappointed that there's no IMAX 3D cinema in my country, but I went to see the movie anyway. And it was worth it. Beowulf is the best animation I've seen, and I am a big fan of this genre. It has the depth of a real life drama and the greatness of an epic poem. Some people complain it doesn't resemble so much to the original Beowulf poem. I've seen some people that even gave this movie the minimum rating just because of that. But I see it as an adaptation. It wants to be much more than an animated version of an epic story. That has been already done and undone. The story is flawless, the cameras are fantastic, and the CGI is the best of today. Comparing Beowulf to other animated movies, it has a huge advantage over them. It has real actors . It's not only the voices. The graphics are so good, you can actually see emotions on the character's faces. Their eyes show fear, courage, lust and deception. It's remarkable how you could tell by the animated hero's eyes that he's not telling the truth.
There is no point in saying how perfect Ray Winstone ,Sir Anthony Hopkins or any other actor in this movie plays his/hers part. They are , as always, extraordinary and this movie lets them shine.
The only downside of this movie is Angelina's accent, witch creep-ed me out in Alexander and now it's back to haunt me. But that's just not enough to scare the perfect 10 this movie deserves.