A brilliant movie with a lot of action, yet a great deal of the saying "Blood is thicker than water".

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2007)

When I watched this movie at the cinema with my mother, I was really scared because I thought this was only designed to be a movie containing violence and horror. However, about an hour after the movie ended, I began to think about it. At first, I believed that almost the entire movie included mysteries. Then, I began to focus more on the beginning of the movie. Until Beowulf arrives in Heorot, many great mysteries are introduced and to that end, I ponder why all of that is the way it is.
This movie truly shows the influence of family bonds and how one's willpower can break those bonds. Plus, in my opinion, there is an invisible barrier which stops you from hurting your child, an inner force that tells you something along the lines of "You can not hurt the one who is part of you, if you do, then you are only hurting yourself." Still, with a lot of willpower you can overcome those bonds that prevent you from causing yourself limitless emotional suffering. (Look at the confrontation between Grendel and his father towards the beginning of the movie, as well as Hrothgar's plan to get Grendel murdered and Hrothgar's suicide.) Here, I would also like to add that I truly sympathise with Grendel.
At that point, I would also like to mention that, to me, the movie also poses the following question: What hurts one more, physical injury or the pain of having done irreversible emotional harm to one's own family? That question is truly the deeper moral of the movie and this deeper meaning of family bonds makes me think. On that note, I wish to say that this movie is really great with its basic and deeper meaning.