Bottom line: worth watching to men and boys and open minded females (no, Grendel does not marry in this one, though he comes pretty close) Helpful•1 2 siderite Apr 23, 2007 Permalink The Movie Was Terrible. Anyone Who Has Read "Beowulf" Knows That ...
Beowulf: Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Robin Wright, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Baker, John Bilezikjian. The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
GrendelLimiti dell’umanoCinemaZemeckisAs an epic poem Beowulf is a literary space of encounters, but in comparison to the Classical models, the Iliad and the Odyssey, it does not require the extraneousness of the place where the meeting or the clash happens. The threat is at the door. ...
The movie shows his attempts to slay Grendel as well as other adventures. At its best, Beowulf strikes me as a Lord of the Rings lite. I don’t mean that as a criticism, really, though it may sound that way. The flick clearly appears to use Peter Jackson’s epic as its blue...
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The story of Beowulf opens by recounting the career of Scyld Scefing, a king sent by God to the Danes. After Scyld's death the Danes prosper under his descendants. One of those descendants, Hrothgar, builds the Danes a great hall called Heorot. Heorot is soon invaded by Grendel, a half...
Grendel is splendidly brought to heartbreaking life by Iceland's biggest Star, Ingvar Sigurdsson. Interestingly, his 4-year-old son makes a very credible acting debut as the young Grendel, orphaned in no uncertain terms at the start of the movie and laying the foundation for the carnage to ...