all effects - no substance

Rating: 2/10 (3 May 2008)

Considering the amazing acting skills assembled, Zemeckis has managed to suck any talent out of the actors and dispose of it..
I adored 300, and was really hoping this would be in a similar vein. I watched Beowulf from DVD on a wide screen TV, but I don't think a cinema screening could improve the lousy content.
There are times where the characters in the midground look like poor quality plasticine, and not all of the special effects work.
There is an amazing translation of Beowulf by Seamus Heaney, and a CD exists of Heaney reading his work. That is powerful and emotional.
On the contrary this film is utterly crude and bereft of creativity.