A travesty.

Rating: 1/10 (6 July 2008)

I almost understand some of the horrid changes from the text the writers made. Isn't it more interesting to make the kings the fathers of monsters? Make a monster mom a hot chick? Leave the hero in one place so as not to confuse the dummies going to see it? NO! As a teacher with Beowulf in her curriculum, I feel personally offended by this mess of a film. I'm thoroughly disgusted by the sheer audacity these nuts have in creating what they call Beowulf; clearly they've done a terrible job of conveying the real meaning of the poem. I was so excited when I heard about the movie, because I thought it'd be a great supplement to the text we had just read. I mean, seriously, when was the last time you taught a text and a brand new film of it came out? The only redeeming quality of the film was when my students were sitting the theater saying, "Hey, that wasn't in the book!" throughout most of the film. Whatever happened to Grendel's mom being gross? Beowulf being a legitimate tough guy? Anglo-Saxons wanting glory AND gold? You know what? I don't even want to talk about it anymore.