Movie for the Uneducated

Rating: 1/10 (26 November 2007)

Frankly, the movie would be fine if it did not claim to be Beowulf. The film was entertaining if I had not known that the story was not only a little bit interpreted but flat out changed. The makers of this film bank on the fact that most people who see it will have no idea of the true story of Beowulf and will never take the time to see how much of a botch this movie is. Call it something else and change a few names of characters and you could have claimed it was a brand new idea. If you go to this movie, go knowing that it has little to no reference to the actual poems, and after seeing it take the time to read the story as it was written.
One final comment, to a person who was heard saying, "What a wonderful and original story!" Beowulf was written 100s of years ago. If writers want credit for writing a story, they could at least title it themselves and sell it based on their writing, not based on the fame of the name "Beowulf".