Beowulf
I’ve seen the previews, and this looks like it could be an interesting holiday movie. It comes out in the US on November 16th. As for it being to the book or just based on or its just the name only, I don’t know. I suspect it will be like Troy, based upon the original epic tale from Homer about some hot guys naked ass. Or that is what Hollywood THOUGHT Homer put down on paper. I suspect the same Hollywood antics and figure it will be a good film but inaccurate and an insult to the original.
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie (Full Cast)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
The Plot: A hero (Winstone) saves the Danes from the indomitable monster Grendel (Glover), only to incur the wrath of the demon’s mother (Jolie), a wickedly seductive entity.
THE BUZZ: Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express) dares another motion-capture animation project, only this time he gets more classical with his source material and super maximo rad with his voice cast (we’re referring to Crispin Glover as Grendel). We still say it’ll be a tough sell for audiences; like everyone else who has seen the trailer, we don’t exactly get the true-to-life character renderings (well, everyone looks like their respective voice actor, save Beowulf himself), which are more distracting than the creepy epic myth itself.
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