Contrived story and very bad graphics

Rating: Null/10 (12 May 2008)

This film is about a hero called Beowulf in ancient Denmark, who kills monsters that plague the kingdom.
I was hugely disappointed with the animation. Many scenes are so badly faked that they hurt my eyes. For example, the scene where a soldier challenges the old Beowulf on the beach, the whole scene is so fake that it looks as if it is lifted off a badly animated video game. Lighting is bad and uniform, movements are unconvincing and faces look like plastic mannequins.
The bad animation already turns me off. It is not helped by the ultra simple story line. Many scenes are laughably contrived, such as John Malkovich's character challenging Beowulf and then makes up.Or old Beowulf's girl begging Beowulf not to go, and the girl runs away after Beowulf refuses.
People say "Beowulf" is visually fantastic and fascinating. My friends were thrilled about the film, but I did not feel the same way.