Is the Beowulf movie bad?
Is the Beowulf movie bad?
Beowulf is a hugely disappointing miss from Zemeckis, reflecting his creative decline and epitomising Hollywood’s trend towards empty spectacle over engrossing storytelling. It’s not a total failure, with a number of interesting if irrelevant ideas and enough in-your-face action to please fans of mindless escapism.
What is the movie Beowulf all about?
In the age of heroes, a mighty warrior named Beowulf (Ray Winstone) arrives at the court of King Hrothgar (Anthony Hopkins) and offers to rid the kingdom of a vicious demon called Grendel. He successfully slays the beast but thus incurs the wrath of Grendel’s mother (Angelina Jolie), a creature as vicious and vengeful as she is seductive.
Beowulf/Film synopsis
Is Beowulf a good film?
While it looks seem to be made for the younger ones, the story is definitely one for adults. And also the movie features quite an amount of graphic violence. But of course a movie is not all about its looks. The story of Beowulf seems like a pretty entertaining and strong story on its own.
Is Beowulf a horror movie?
“There’s a very strong case that ‘Beowulf’ is the oldest horror story in English text,” Wheaton College Professor Michael Drout said. “Everyone thinks of the focus of the story as the heroes and the battles, but the prime core is the haunted hall of Heorot.”
Is Beowulf a Shakespeare?
Beowulf, as generations of students can attest, is the earliest surviving Old English poem, dated between the eighth and eleventh centuries, by an unknown author. And the traditional author of the Shakespeare works, the man from Stratford upon Avon, could not have read it.
What is the best Beowulf translation?
The following three translations are a good place to start:
- Beowulf: A Dual-Language Edition – Howell D. Chickering, Jr. ( 2006)
- Beowulf: A Verse Translation for Students – Edward L. Risden (2013)
- Beowulf: A New Translation – Maria Dahvana Headley (2020)
