A fun, if shallow experience

Rating: 6/10 (2 December 2007)

As a normal film, Beowulf clumsily falls downward due to the paper-thin script. But as a 3D IMAX experience, the violent, eye-popping work transcends it's simplistic tale to offer viewers a visually immersed experience unlikely to be rivaled until we see some more 3D-intensive work to be released in the next few years. Never mind a few unintentionally funny moments and some questionable pacing during it's midsection. Sit back, relax, and enjoy all the sugar-coated eye candy (as especially witnessed in the splendidly rendered climax) as we witness the current evolution of film technology morphing into something more akin to a theme park ride.