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A- |
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| Story: |
B- |
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| Acting: |
B+ |
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| Direction: |
B+ |
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| Visuals: |
A+ |
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Great movie! but let's look at all angles here....
by Rae (movies profile)
Jun 30, 2008
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There are a few things I would like to say about this film, in an attempt to make this as unbiased as possible. The film was great, but not epic.
This film is loaded with action, blood, velocity, and sexiness. You did not know what was going to happen next in the film, which is something lacking in a lot of new productions. The storyline is about Beowulf, let's not deny that: powerful and confident; however, the film does not parallel the original classic text on any grand scale.
The visuals were amazing, and some people may criticize it being done with 3D animation. Whenever there is a film with live actors, antagonized by a computer animated monster, there is a detachment from the real actors and the monster: it is like their worlds do not parallel. With the whole film in 3D animation, you are not taken from the living world to the computer animated one; rather, you are stuck in a visually stunning and mythical world. The one of Beowulf's time.
The visuals were absolutely amazing. The character detail, environment physics, and texture of the film are enough to make you feel as if some of those places are real.
For my only criticism: the storyline. While the story in the film is actually very good, for those of you wanting it to parallel the original text fully and wholly, you will not find this. IF the film KEPT all that it has right now, and then ADDED about 20 more minutes throughout the film to incorporate original text storyline and dialogue, I feel that the film would have been a truly epic and classic piece of film making.
Do not be turned away by this, however, because the film is still great, the characters and monsters are based off of a great literary work, and there is nothing that should stop you from seeing this film if you enjoy the original Beowulf story.
One more thing: PG 13? The characters in this look almost real! The violence, gore, sexuality, and intensity of some scenes are very life like, shocking, and emotional. It is a personal choice, of course, but I do not consider this to be a children's film by ANY means! |
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