Just plain awful.

Rating: 1/10 (9 March 2008)

If I wanted to see CGI characters, I'd rent Shrek. Second, well, it would behoove the director to actually READ Beowulf before putting together what he hears about it into a movie. Read the story. Grendel doesn't talk. Grendel's mother doesn't talk. Hrothgar was NOT a drunken half-naked buffoon/twit as we see him portrayed. Unferth was NOT Hrothgar's chief minister/right-hand man/lackey as we see him portrayed. Wealtheow did NOT have a major part to speak of (we see her only briefly in the story), and there was no sexual tension/romantic interest between her and Beowulf. None. I can't say enough bad things about this piece of trash. I want my money back.