A true fantasy movie - at last!

Rating: 10/10 (4 December 2007)

For fans of CGI and fantasy, your dreams have finally come true. I have been a huge fan of the fantasy genre since I read my first fantasy book in back in 1990 (it was David Eddings "Belgariad" series). Since then I've read Raymond Feist, David Gemmell, Robert Jorden, Terry Goodkind - the list goes on. Each time I go to the cinema and see "Dungeons and Dragons" or "Eragon" I feel cheated, because the movie never comes close to the images I have in my head of a fantasy realm. Beowulf, like Lord of the Rings, changed that for me.
Without giving any details away, the atmosphere in Beowulf is exactly like the CGI rendered cut scenes for a lot of great Fantasy computer games. If you like watching the opening scenes for games like World of Warcraft or EverQuest II, then you will appreciate the beauty of this movie. At times it feels like you're looking at the real thing, most notably Angelina Jolie's face in most of her scenes or Brendan Gleeson towards the end of the movie.
I saw this movie in 2D and was extremely impressed by it, more so for the fast heavy beats (the music is awesome) that vibrated throughout the cinema and the excellent dialog that Beowulf delivers. I went back to see it in 3D two days later because I couldn't get it out of my mind - if you're able to watch this in 3D, it is far superior to the 2D version.
I watch a lot of movies, almost 1 a day and I very rarely watch the same thing twice. I've seen every movie on the IMDb top 100 list, and while Beowulf might not be a classic, it impressed the hell out of me and I loved it.