First cartoon to give me the horn since Jessica Rabbit

Rating: 9/10 (13 May 2008)

Excellent film for fans of swords, heros, monsters and beautiful demons.
The Angelina Jolie character is sooo sexy. The scene where she seduced Beowulf was excellent.
The violence is NOT cartoon-like and this film cannot be recommended for any young children - it WILL give them nightmares.
The CGI is very realistic, except for the eyes.
Bad things - the accents/voice acting was a bit weird - you had Grendel doing the Old English thing, Beowulf sounding like he was about to ask why Grendel hadn't bought his tool to the fight, etc.
I also query why they got squeamish about having Beowulf fight naked, but not show his todger. Either let him wear pants, or let it all hang out... the Austin Powers-like covering his naughty bits with other objects all the time was just silly - having the hero fight naked worked perfectly in the recent Eastern Promises, with Viggo Mortensen giving his all. If he can do it, I don't know why a virtual Ray Winstone has to be shy.
Overall, a good film, and well worth a look.