Nobody seems to think that a movie can look good and have substance, so when a visually stunning movie comes along there's all of these people that whine about how its all flash, no substance no matter how much substance there actually IS ::cough:: Sin City, 300 ::Cough:: Beowulf is full to the brim of visual goodness, and its also full to the brim with mature, intelligent themes and a wonderfully complex not-so-typical lead character.
This is by no means sugar coated in any way, and pushes its PG-13 rating pretty close to the breaking point.
I love that they didn't make Beowulf some uber sexy thing that the girls would swoon over, instead we got a physique that fit the character instead of played off women's fantasies of a swashbuckling romance novel hero.
I've read some comments that the movie "drags" in some places, which simply isn't true if you're actually listening to what going on and not just waiting for the next action sequence. Apparently if nobody is bleeding, the movie is dragging...ugh.
I've also read comments that the eyes are "lifeless." I must have been watching a different movie, because the emotion held in each character's eyes was pretty dang flawless, definitely not wooden.
Long story short: Come for the visuals, stay for the story.
This is by no means sugar coated in any way, and pushes its PG-13 rating pretty close to the breaking point.
I love that they didn't make Beowulf some uber sexy thing that the girls would swoon over, instead we got a physique that fit the character instead of played off women's fantasies of a swashbuckling romance novel hero.
I've read some comments that the movie "drags" in some places, which simply isn't true if you're actually listening to what going on and not just waiting for the next action sequence. Apparently if nobody is bleeding, the movie is dragging...ugh.
I've also read comments that the eyes are "lifeless." I must have been watching a different movie, because the emotion held in each character's eyes was pretty dang flawless, definitely not wooden.
Long story short: Come for the visuals, stay for the story.
