Beowulf

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Summary: This Film Was a Waste of Time
Review: I agree with the reviewer who said, "Read the book." Or better yet, see Thirteenth Warrior, which is another fanciful rendition of this myth.
Yeah, it's a B movie. It even has glimmers of interesting character development and plot line in it. But it's also-as one reviewer recognized--a pseudo video game, an imitation of an imitation of a life. It's a hostile, cretin, pubescent violence fantasy, festering in a cracked mirror. Beowulf, in the original tale, saved people from the monsters and nobly sacrificed himself. In this moronic film, he is a sociopathic "swiss-army-knife" who wants us to feel sorry for him. BEOWULF, the film, is gratuitous violence run amok. Who is the real monster in this film? Who really cares if the main character gets et? Everybody, not just mostly everybody, should have died in this film. They were all despicable.

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Summary: Don't know what it is about this movie
Review: Ok, I'm not sure exactly why I like this movie so much. I think it has to do with the cool soundtrack, and just the general idea of the movie (hated reading the boring book in HS). I'm the only one out of all the people I know that actually really love this movie. Definitely not for everyone though. True it could have been better, but what film couldn't have been better? I recommend renting this movie first then deciding, I know Blockbuster has it, thats how I first saw it. Anyways for me this movie absolutely rocks, even though most people won't think so :).

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Summary: Cool action movie!
Review: The movie takes the classic tale of Beowulf and sets it in the future, where Beowulf, played by Christopher Lambert, travels in search for evil to battle. He comes across a battle outpost that holds Grendal, a monster that only Beowulf has a chance in defeating. Some pretty cool special effects and action sequences make this movie enjoyable to watch. Lambert does a decent job playing Beowulf, and the f/x used to create the monster are neat. If you are a sci-fi/action movie lover like myself, then this movie is definitely worth checking out.

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Summary: Well I loved it.
Review: It's everything I want from a B movie. Nothing intelligent, just cool costumes, cheesy lines and dodgey looking monsters. Although he's perfect in the role, I do think it's a shame Christopher Lambert's career has come to this.

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Summary: Not bad
Review: I only saw this movie because Patricia Velazquez is in it. Lets put it this way her small scene in the beging is really the only scene worth watching. I think Christopher Lambart is a first class actor the story is wonderful and so is the sets and music. The audience has to almost help make the story because it seems like the movie is either in future of in the past its hard to say, the movie is based on a 18th century poem and the way people dress and the way they live seems to be from the past but then there is the little thing of having zippers, lighters, and so on and so. I don't understand either that only one person in the movie has an english accent shouldn't they all? In all i found the movie hard to understand you have to watch it a couple of times and read allot about it on the internet to undertstand it.

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Summary: A fun, welldone movie!!
Review: Okay boys and girls this is the deal, this is pretty much a b movie; so like any b movies if you want to enjoy them you have to go into it w/ a clean slate and take everything w/ a grain of salt, if you do, its a good show, a fun show. Now I must refute one reviewer who fancies the rest of us as vulgar and stupid if we actually enjoyed the flick. He goes on and on comparing it to the original poem, well this isn't the poem; this show, like any remake, is done very loosely on it. Being a b movie if they made an exact duplicate of the poem its doubtful it'd be so enjoyable. To that end one other reviewer didn't like the blend of the dark ages, being confused why such things as bifocals and other modern implements appear, there's a reason. If the reviewer had read the back of the movie box it says its sent in the future. Hey if somehow tech was erased and we plunged into another dark age, they'd probably would integrate these things in their societies.

Okay as a b movie its cool. Chris Lambert does his usual kick butt job, portraying a character that looks, and fights something very similar to Dante from the ps2 game devil may cry. The fights and costumes are wonderful, very clever stuff; the outpost castle is crumbling and shaped so wonderfully weird that you have to like it (unless you're after a show that has a line by line translation from the poem). Lambert is great, pretty much unkillable, kind of a dark past, but he's not a total brooder, the girl he meets does change him, or at least changes his mind. Lambert has what seems like a billion weapons on him and as he fights he twists and pulls and on existing weapons, and other weapons appear. He's like a walking swiss army knife, unscrew the shaft on this, twist that, hey another a mace and chain.
The monster grendel is pretty well done, that is for a b movie. The reason that I liked is that the makers of the show were smart. I mean how many times have you seen a show where the big bad monster came into the light and he looked like a latex wreak? Exaclty. A b movie doesn't have the budget to make a totally cool monster so how do you fix it? Grendal stays in the dark and shadows, the darkness effectively hiding him somewhat, then to make it better, the film makers added purplish waves that surround him like an aura that kind of hides any blemishes, that's why I felt it was well done, because theres no way that thing would be scary if it was completly shown.

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Summary: Read the poem, don't watch this worthless movie
Review: This movie is absolutely horrible. I don't know if the director was trying to place in it in a post-Apocalyptic scenario or what, but it is nothing like the real Beowulf. The poem creates so much imagery by itself the director could have just put that on screen. Instead, he has to make some horrible thing with fight scenes that make no sense, a plot that bears little resemblance to the poem (when one can figure it out), and stupid added elements have no place in the Dark Ages of Europe (like elevators, bifocals, leather pants etc.) Even the monsters are bad. Grendel is only a 6 foot tall, corpse with teeth, when in the poem is a towering demon-giant. Beowulf is 50 years old and still able to do nonsensical flips with an easily recognizable stunt double. Herot is a rusty outpost, when it should be a palace of gold. This movie would probably only appeal to uneducated people who only like blood, gore, and sex scenes featuring horny monsters. If you want to get the full experience of Beowulf, read the poem. However, these other reviewers were right, the music is cool at some points.

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Summary: THE SOUND TRACK IS THE BEST !!
Review: THE MOVIE WAS GOOD IN ALL SENCE OF GOOD. IT WAS DARK AND HAD A KILLER SOUND TRACK THAT I WANT TO GET. THE FILM COULD OF USED SOME MORE GORE. IT HAD GREAT ACTION AND A GOOD PLOT. BUT THE SOUNDTRACK IS WHAT DEFINETLLY MADE ME WATCH IT FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH TIMES.

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Summary: Christopher Lambert is excellent
Review: Strangly, although he seems to play the same characters over and over, dark, unkillable men who apparently give off some kind of hormone that attracts every woman in a 50 mile radius, Chris Lambert does something else too ...he makes it believable.

I find it unusual to watch Highlander, and then Beowulf, the characters of which are very similar, and still believe in the Beowulf character. Very few actors can pull that off and Chris does it with absolute believability.

If you like dark films, with good effects, The Matrix, Spawn, X-Men ...any kind of "anti-hero" dark, brooding type film, you're going to love this one.

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Summary: Does Anyone Read?
Review: I'm sitting here reading these reviews and wondering if anyone even read the description on the back of the box about this movie. Over and over people are commenting on the technology that is present in the movie. Well, if certain people had takent the time to read the synopsis on the back cover, one would find that this moves takes place in a futuristic setting. There are some remanants of technology left, but most of it has been left behind in a "muted past".

I didn't find this movie to be a masterpiece, but it was enjoyable for at least a night's rental. Christopher Lambert is just wooden throughout and does his best job at being Mad Max, but just does not pull it off. The character Kyra is tough and really is the only believable person in the movie. What I did like about the movie was the setting, the costumes, the weapons, and overall bleak post apocolyptic vision of the future.