If you have graduated high school then more than likely your have read the fantastic epic poem Beowulf. I wish I could say the same for the movie.

I went into this movie thinking it was going to be a war type movie, because I have never read the story.
The movie starts off with Grendel killing local villagers and them sending out a message for people to kill Grendel. This is where Beowulf comes in. He is supposedly the best demon hunter there is in the land. So he shows up all cocky and what not. Now, I haven’t read the story in school yet, but I am sure that the movie is NOT accurate with the story. I can safely say for this movie that Hollywood yet again, has killed a classic story that had a chance to be a great film.

The use of motion capture and CGI was unnecessary, in other words it would have been better with real people and live action. Your probably saying “How would they do all the different types of monsters?” well look at 300 and Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Both had tons of CGI without being totally CGI.

Beowulf is like a mixture of Shrek’s animation mixed with the atmosphere you wanted in 300. The only reason I didn’t fall asleep during it, is because I went to see the 3D version.

I know my review may seem a little harsh, but I am tired of Hollywood destroying dare to be great movies.
Entertaining? Yes. But nothing more.

Written by: Optimus Rob (OC Movie Reviewer)