Comments on: Beowulf : Review http://starseeker.com/movie-review/beowulf-review/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:54:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: BRETTCHATZ http://starseeker.com/movie-review/beowulf-review/comment-page-1/#comment-127 BRETTCHATZ Tue, 20 May 2008 14:07:27 +0000 http://reviews.starseeker.com/beowulf-review/#comment-127 Beowulf is Robert Zemeckis’s’ return to the big screen. The master director has brought to life a grandiose project, steeped in legend and big on action. In this northern European medieval epic, the King (Hopkins) of Denmark seeks a brave warrior to rid his kingdom of an evil, man-eating demon. From across the high-seas a brave warrior named Beowulf (Winstone) accepts the challenge. He comes to the Kingdom intent on slaying the beast and claiming his prize. But this task comes with a heavy price. When the warrior makes a pact with the devil, the devil comes to collect in a terrifying way. Beowulf, the film, fails to translate the magical imagery of the book into a beautiful reality. The film flirts with moments of cinematic brilliance then lapses into shoddy acting, low-grade visual overlays and poor character development. For 100 minutes of entertainment it suffices, but it’s hardly the stuff of legend, the way the book intended. Beowulf is Robert Zemeckis’s’ return to the big screen. The master director has brought to life a grandiose project, steeped in legend and big on action. In this northern European medieval epic, the King (Hopkins) of Denmark seeks a brave warrior to rid his kingdom of an evil, man-eating demon.

From across the high-seas a brave warrior named Beowulf (Winstone) accepts the challenge. He comes to the Kingdom intent on slaying the beast and claiming his prize. But this task comes with a heavy price. When the warrior makes a pact with the devil, the devil comes to collect in a terrifying way.

Beowulf, the film, fails to translate the magical imagery of the book into a beautiful reality. The film flirts with moments of cinematic brilliance then lapses into shoddy acting, low-grade visual overlays and poor character development. For 100 minutes of entertainment it suffices, but it’s hardly the stuff of legend, the way the book intended.

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