Product: Beowulf (1999)
Rating: 4.0
Only a good movie if you can understand it...
I give the movie 4 stars...more than it deserves really. I'm a big fan of post-apocalyptic themes, so I already came complete with a general understanding of what kind of world the movie might be describing. Most people will not get that from the movie, as the history behind the world is not even touched. One can only assume that with the presence of modern technology in the medieval world, that the world is post-apocalyptic. Having no real experience with post-apocalyptic literature would mean that the viewer would stay confused for most of the movie. Some parts of the movie were very well done. I particularly enjoyed the props, costumes, and weapons. However, there were some very bad things. I think the plot and the script need some work. The special effects were horrible :( I loved the soundtrack, but the creators kept putting the wrong music in for many scenes. Driving techno doesn't go very well with quite, non-combat, moments. The fight scenes would have been a lot better had the fights been longer and more bloody. There was very little blood in actual combat..even when people were cut up and decapitated. Other than that, the fight scenes contained some matrix-like fliping action...which I love. The real downfall to this movie is the script and special effects.