Not a great movie if not for the 3D

Rating: 9/10 (1 December 2007)

I loved this movie. I was smiling for almost all of it. The visuals were absolutely stunning and I cannot wait to see what the future has for this new type of movie making. The story was actually pretty weak and the writing was surprisingly bad considering I really like Neil Gaiman. It was not paced well. The dialog was lacking and the story was just not that good. I am not a fan of how Grendel's mother was a beautiful demon. I would have loved to have seen a story following Beowolf making a name for himself and them having the movie end with a battle with Grendel and then his mother. The other thing that I did not like was the who the nudity was handled. It reminded me and it seemed like most of the audience of the Austin Powers scene from the first movie. I think they should have just made an R-rated version and let the man meat be out there instead of using stupid props to cover it up. Even with the fact that it was not a great movie it looked so good it makes up for it. I actually flinch more than a few times at things coming at me or from behind me. I actually felt tempted to turn around occasionally to make sure a tree branch wasn't going to hit me in the back of the head. The faces did not show all of the emotion that real actors could, but it was still stunning. One of my favorite parts was a rather quite part of the movie where it was snowing on a little bridge. One can really see all of the snowflakes and how they actually looked layered. I describe say how cool the action sequenced looked and they must be seen for themselves. In all honesty this movie would have gotten a 6 or even a 5 without the 3D, but with the 3D the movie was a pure pleasure and is a once in a lifetime experience. I do want to mention it took a few seconds for my eyes to get used it, but after about 5 or 10 minutes my mind bought it and it only came up when I away from the screen.