who let this happen?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0442933/

 

Crispin Glover as Grendel???

And worse... Angelina Jolie as Grendel's mother?!?!?!

Have you seen the trailer?  It's... animated.

"I'm here to kill ya Monstah!!!"

That bit had DH and I rolling on the floor it was sooo funny!  Sorry, but this definitely isn't the Beowulf of the legend.  :\\\'(

Rent Beowulf and Grendal.  It was quite good.  Not very hyped though but sticks to the basic original story. 

http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/

Gerard Butler is Beowulf. 

"I'm here to kill ya Monstah!!!"

Chee-zee!  Although Neil Gaiman did co-write it, so it does have a teeny bit of cred.  Sadly, not enough.

Chee-zee!  Although Neil Gaiman did co-write it, so it does have a teeny bit of cred.  Sadly, not enough.

Yeah, I saw that.  But, as much as Neil is awesome and all, he is a fantasy writer.  And from the trailer, it has been made very fantastical.  Maybe I am a purist, but, Beowulf is one of those things that you just don't mess with.

Yeah, I saw that.  But, as much as Neil is awesome and all, he is a fantasy writer.  And from the trailer, it has been made very fantastical.  Maybe I am a purist, but, Beowulf is one of those things that you just don't mess with.

I'm with you, believe me.  I guess I'm just trying to find some way to justify it, you know?

  Maybe I am a purist, but, Beowulf is one of those things that you just don't mess with.

amen!!!

The only good thing I can see about this is it's making me want to drag my copy out of the closet and give it another read.

The only good thing I can see about this is it's making me want to drag my copy out of the closet and give it another read.

have you got seamus heaney's version? it's a masterpiece.

have you got seamus heaney's version? it's a masterpiece.

It's brilliant!  He was a guest lecturer at my Uni my last semester and I took his course.  Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant man.  Did I mention that it was brilliant?     

Honestly, I'll have to check. It's been in a box of books stacked up with other boxes of books for years. If not, maybe it's a good reason to buy a new copy

It's brilliant!  He was a guest lecturer at my Uni my last semester and I took his course.  Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant man.  Did I mention that it was brilliant?     

oh, i am jealous!

but what did you think of the book? 

Yeah, that's exactly what I did when I heard about the film (and saw the..GHASTLY trailer); scurried down to the bookshop and picked up a copy (mine fell apart quite some time ago).

I can't understand why anyone ANYONE would make a film of Beowulf. It's like kicking Bambi. You just don't do it. And does anyone else get a bit of a 300 rip-off vibe from it?

THIS! IS! SPARTA!
I! AM! BEOWULF!

I mean, really. 

I went to see it, my best friend's bf really wanted to he had to do a huge research paper on Beowulf at college. 

It wasn't that bad, but then I saw it in 3-D IMAX, so a lot of time I was ohhing and ahhing.