No doubt C.B. DeMille, another director with a knack for turning Hollywood stars into robots, would have been entranced.
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Beowulf (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 183
Fresh: 130
Rotten:53
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Consensus: Featuring groundbreaking animation, stunning visuals, and a talented cast, Beowulf has in spades what more faithful book adaptations forget to bring: pure cinematic entertainment.
Theatrical Release: Nov 16, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $82,161,969
Synopsis: Director Robert Zemeckis mines the epic Old English poem for his latest action adventure to feature performance capture animation. The medieval tale was adapted for the screen by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avery, and no doubt it bears little... [More]
Starring: Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Reviews for Beowulf
Top Critic A feast of imagery coupled with magnificent drama, a rare cinematic marriage that is destined for box office gold and deservedly so.
01/15/08
Top Critic The film is aimed at young males, and this target market will thoroughly enjoy it %u2013 probably several times
11/22/07
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10/18/08
...the initially impressive visuals are ultimately negated by the annoyance of the technology.
10/18/08
A worthy cinematic adaptation, with interesting and provocative mythic ideas of its own, and suprisingly lyrical images to match. [Blu-Ray]
08/11/08
The bane of English majors for 1,300 years makes it back to the big screen, now with 75 percent more hostility toward Christianity!
08/07/08
The story contains plenty of action and great-looking graphics, but it hasn't much heart.
07/28/08
At one point Beowulf climbs through the bulging eyeball of a sea monster with all the nonchalance of getting out of bed. Respect is due.
05/24/08
Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf is so rousingly entertaining that you'll feel guilty for not reading the epic poem all the way through when you were in ninth grade.
05/01/08
So much is right about Beowulf that one longs for the darker, grimier version that might have been in live action.
04/03/08
Robert Zemeckis' take on Beowulf is a marvel visually but eye-popping effects are still no challenge for good old-fashioned human emotion.
03/10/08
At the end of it all, if you take away the violence, the defiantly in-your-face nudity, and Angelina Jolie, you will find very little story underneath.
03/10/08
This is not the future of films, but it is a future, especially for the action genre.
03/04/08
While the film's mission to enrapture teenage boys (and other fans of grand adventure) is accomplished, I'd have to suggest to Mr. Zemeckis that it may be time to abandon this form of animation.
02/16/08
Those who remember the 3000 line epic from 8th grade English will be pleasantly surprised to learn they've scrapped the original plot altogether.
01/29/08
It's a bland and lethargic piece of Hollywood tripe that not even the presence of Ray Winstone could salvage...
01/27/08
And one more bonus, the technology almost convinces us Angelina Jolie can act. Revolutionary, indeed.
01/18/08
If we must have mead halls, let them be populated by rogues like John Malkovich.
01/18/08
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