Sex, violence and a side of story

Rating: 4/10 (7 March 2008)

I watched this recently on DVD in spite of all the bad things I had heard. In retrospect I really would rather had seen it in theater and ditched on the DVD. This is really meant for the theater or IMAX.
That being said here's the break down:
1. I really felt as if they didn't care about developing the story and characters, but more preoccupied with trying to shock you with sex and violence. I assume this is due to them trying to modernize it. Honestly I am totally fine with sex and violence as long as it has its place in the story, but once again it didn't.
2. The action and violence was cartoony and not smooth at all. I thought they could have made it live action and it would have been smoother.
3. By now you would think they would have the animation perfected, but in attempting to make it look really it still looks over polished. Also the movement still looks more puppetish.
All that said. The liberties that they have taken with the Beowulf story may have damaged it. I did liked the irony of 'the sins of the father' bit they added.
In the end they had a chance to create a story that added more emotion and detail to the characters than the book did--but they didn't. What you get is just another hero story.
If you're after animation films then skip this one and watch: Final Fantasy Advent Children or even Spirits Within.