Beowulf

Title : Beowulf

Author : Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary

Year : 2007

City : United States

Beowulf is a motion film based on Old English epic poem from the same name, directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film was released in 2007 in United States. Beowulf's story of a hero who slays monsters has become a fanboy fantasy that panders with demonic energy to the young male demographic, the story is about fight of Beowulf and Grendel because of power and glory. The protagonist is Beowulf, pretoyed by Ray Winston. The antagonist are Grendel and Grendel’s mother, are proteyed by Cripsin Glover and Angelina Jolie. King Hrothgar is portrayed by Anthony Hopkins, Unferth is portrayed by John Malkovich, Brendan Gleeson as Wiglaf, Beowulf's sidekick,Robin Wright Penn as Queen Wealtheow, Alison Lohman as Ursula, Beowulf's mistress when he is an old king, Sebastian Roché as Wulfgar, Costas Mandylor as Hondshew, Greg Ellis as Garmund.. I compared the poem with the film stating that, "If you don’t remember this evil babe from the poem, it’s because she’s almost entirely the invention of the screenwriters Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman and the director Robert Zemeckis, who together have plumped her up in words, deeds and curves. These creative interventions aren’t especially surprising given the source material and the nature of big-studio adaptations. There’s plenty of action in Beowulf, but even its more vigorous bloodletting pales next to its rich language, exotic setting and mythic grandeur yet the 3-D is necessary to the film only insofar as it keeps your eyes engaged when your mind starts to wander. Stripped of much of the original poem’s language, its cadences, deep history and context, this film version of Beowulf doesn’t offer much beyond 3-D oohs and ahs, sword clanging and a nicely conceived dragon. It's the Beowulf saga once again, and the movie becomes tiresome and trivial - well done within the narrow limits of its aspiration but not worth the inflated effort. To do Beowulf again, there should be some reason to do Beowulf at all. In 2005, for example, Beowulf & Grendel revisited the tale in order to present Grendel as a nice guy with his own point of view. That was a very bad reason to revisit Beowulf, but at least it was a rea