Not fulfilling if your a fan of the original story

Rating: 5/10 (20 November 2007)

If you have ever read the famous poem written by an unknown author and are expecting this movie to follow it and give you a good visual interpretation then don't hold your breath. Although it is a unique interpretation and the visual effects are amazing yet at sometimes overly dramatic and unnecessary, Beowulf disrespects the themes of glory, pride, and loyalty that are displayed in the original poem. Some of the faults are making the father of Grendel Hrothgar, while in the story Grendel's father is not mentioned. Even more disrespectful is making Beowulf a flawed hero in his pride, lying about killing Grendel's mother when in reality in the original story, he does kill Grendel's mother and cuts the head from the dead Grendel to bring back to his people. Beowulf never becomes King of Hrothgar's kingdom or marry Wealtheow, and Wiglaf is supposed to be only have Geatish and make an appearance as Beowulf's rescuer in the end of the poem rather then follow him throughout the entire movie. Beowulf's band of warriors are supposed to be loyal and respectful instead they are lude and cowardly. i am normally a fan of Zemekis' work but this one does not pay tribute to a classical piece of literature.