Enjoyable enough

Rating: 7/10 (23 August 2018)

I'll start with the good of this movie. Zemeckis certainly brings an interesting adaptation of the classic viking tale, with an all-star cast featuring Sir Anthony Hopkins, Bendon Gleeson, and Angelina Jolie. He gives us an interesting twist too, along with how Beowulf's life was supposedly meant to symbolize the life of Christ. Luckily, he succeeded at the basis of the 'interesting twist' part.
The way he did it though, the only thing I could get out of it is that 'Men are the true monsters'. And when I say 'Men', I don't mean humans in general ;(. The way it was, whoever had sex with Grendel's mother and gave her a son, she would, in return, give them glory and power. So that explained where Grendel came from. And the dragon of the deep.
But, like I said, this movie is sexist, and I think that that's very unfair to portray the vikings like that all the time(that means you, History Channel). The Vikings are, to me, the most interesting people in history. Their leaders didn't fight each other, they traveled all over the world, and no, they weren't as bloodthirsty as people are led to believe. They were raiders, yes, but they were also traders and farmers, highly skilled millititians, craftsmen, blacksmiths, navigators, and yes ladies, new discoveries have proved that there were female viking warriors.
Despite the sexism , the movie is still plenty enjoyable. 'Beowulf' isn't the best movie ever, but it certainly isn't a bad one either. It depends on what you see in it.