Mediocre Movie, But Decent Adaptation

Rating: 4/10 (19 December 2018)

The 2007 film Beowulf is a good adaptation of the original text, making changes where necessary and tying up some lose ends. However, I the movie's style is quite peculiar. The entire time watching the movie, everything seemed out of place due to the animation style, bordering on the uncanny valley. Some of the movements were perfect, yet others seemed unnatural. Additionally, there were many unnecessarily long shots in the movie, that left me wondering why they felt the need to zoom out of the scene for 20 seconds, rather than just panning out for a shorter amount of time. The same effect is gained in a shorter time, and it just felt like padding for the movie. For all my gripes with the movie, Grendel was portrayed very well, they did an excellent job making him look disgusting and detestable. Beowulf's final fight with the dragon, while different from the story, offered a satisfying conclusion to the movie. Overall, there was nothing fantastic about the movie, and the odd animation style was off-putting for me, which is why I'm giving the movie 4/10 stars.