FireDownBelow Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I watched this a few weeks ago but haven't posted about it cause I'm lazy. Moving along. Firstly, I can tell that Gaiman worked on this. There is a detail to Grendel that was prevalent in one of his short stories regarding Shadow and something similar. At first, I couldn't believe that he'd reused it, but on the other hand, it provided a plausible plot device. I didn't get the same sense of otherworldliness that I did from Mirrormask, but it was still an interesting movie. Secondly, I enjoyed the way they incorporated historical fact and the way the story flowed better. In the poem, if memory serves, the dragon at the end of his life, was not connected to Grendel at all. In many ways, it felt as if that was simply tacked on. As in: Oh yeah, I forgot this one thing that happened... It flowed better in the movie. I think, ultimately, I prefer Beowulf and Grendel (the live action with Gerard Butler) more. Though, I didn't find this to be a bad film. I enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Well, no. The dragon wasn't connected to Grendel or his mother in the original story. Interesting interpretation, though. Follows the fatal flaw of the hero well, and makes the monsters more interesting (I liked how they kinda Lilithfied Grendel's mother). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireDownBelow Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 It is an interesting interpretation. And one that hasn't much been made before, surprisingly. It gives the story a lot more depth. You know, I didn't think about Lilith, but come to think of it, there is a definite similarity. Perhaps hearkeing back to the poem's mention of Cain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signal08 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Ray Winstone was fucking terrible in that movie. "Oim 'ere ta kill your monsta'!" that was dead on man, I didnt like him much but the movie wasnt so bad. ...that whole scene was kinda off... one guard on a horse running up to the ship full of quasi-vikings armed to the teeth... 'one' guard with a american gladiator jousting stick (ok so it had an arrow on it) but still, "halt who goes there." "Uhm, wee germans with not so wee weapons who out number you 10 to 1..." If it were me, I wouldnt have even answered that lone ranger wannabe, I woulda beheaded his ass the second he was in range and bowled it to the kings throne with a post it note reading "Oim 'ere a kill yer monsta, and have wonderous unprotected sex with the hot tenticle octipussy bitch from the sea" well ok so the post it notes were more like post it scrolls back then, but you get the picture. Oh and damn, grendel was one nasty son of a jolie. That is why brad pitt opted for adoption. That warbeling/rippling shit with his ear when they were singing... wanted to make me jab the worlds largest q-tip in it and twist that bad boy til a fire started. Is ear wax flammable? drenched in gasoline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan_Snikt!! Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 you know, i went to see in 3-d and the only good thing about it was the 3-d. maybe its just the story. i never read the poem, but god i felt like the story was ....... horid. one thing the movie did introduce was the future of film. within fifty years CG will look so real, hollywood wont need live actors anymore. which is great, im sick of seeing all these gossip magazines over running our magazines stands rather than more improtant titles such as..... wizard for instance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Mnnnnnn.... I'd argue Wizard's relevance and/or standing in our lovely little comic-geek subculture, nut that's rpolly an arguement for a different thread. I guarantee you if actors/actresses are made obselete by CGI the tabloids'll still make a mint because the public(great stupid cashcow that it/we is/are) wants demigods and the like to watch. Greek mythology(or earlier- this is where Ly's smartarsery will come in handy) was as I see it the earliest form of soap opera, and that's how these hollywood scumfucks make their fortune. There was a movie or story I read about a CGI celebrity(simone? did that have Pacino?) who gets corrupted and blah-dee-blah. Point is folks'll make a story out of anything for entertainment, is the nature of the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Skeeter's inebriated ramblings are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Skeeter's sober as a judge, Bastardito. ASNd on what? The Pacino movie? My crude poke at social commentary? or my oh-so-sexy grammar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Didn't dig it. At all. I guess they only had poetry to work with, but rendering Grendel as one of the extras from the hills have eyes was a real letdown, and for my money dragons have never really done anything for me as a monster either. Beowulf was a great big c-word, Digital Jolie was hot though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 I loved this movie! It's bought on DVD! Beowulf's no Leonidas, though. Mainly because he was trying really hard to be Kratos... and failing I might ad. I can't have been the only one that thought the sea monster scene looked like a cutscene from God of War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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