One of the best fantasy/action adventure movies ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (10 June 2005)

A lot of people have posted very negative comments about this movie. I can only assume they don't understand it.
First, it is a modernized version of Beowulf, just for that fact alone this movie is worth seeing. The story is told as it might have happened, instead of the monster Grendel the heroes fight a tribe of primitives who dress and behave like bears(maybe they're Picts?) It's easy to see how primitive people would have mistaken the eaters of the dead for monsters and changed and exaggerated the story over centuries.
The story, dialog, action sets, costumes. actors, and everything else involved in this movie is flawless. I only wish there were more movies with the actors who played the warriors.
Probably the most important reason that this movie is so good is the relatively poor quality of other movies of the genre. I consider this a fantasy movie even though technically there are no really fantastic elements in it, no real dragons or magic. The only other fantasy movies I know of that can be compared to this are The Lord of The Rings and Excalibur. I challenge anyone to think of a better fantasy movie that was made before this one.