Very Sad Attempt

Rating: 1/10 (18 May 2008)

I had some hope for this film but within the first ten minutes those hopes were completely dashed. The dialog seemed to have been written by 14 year old boys. The "naughty comments" were so sophomoric I wondered if I was not watching Porky's 12 instead of Beowulf. The Characters were one-dimensional and their motivations were not only childish, but at times didn't even make any kind of logical sense. I sort of expected this from the trailers, but I was hoping for at least a decent visual movie. Sigh.
The CGI in this film was worst than a lot of video game cut away scenes. The hair looked painted on instead of flowing like hair should be. The characters had a very small range of expressions and the design of the film was mostly lacking. All in all visually it was dismal.
Last but not least, the story. I don't know if a lot of this film didn't end up on the editing room floor, but the story was not only sophomoric, it was choppy and badly cut.
Sony should really question their commitment to computer animated film after this abomination.