Beowulf

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i liked it u morons!!!

April 5, 2011

johnealexander1

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this movie really stink the only good part is with Anglina Jolie the movie was so bad it put me to sleep i had to skipp some parts of the movie so i can stay awake the guy who made must been drunk or ... on drugs Full Review

May 22, 2008

srg5991

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Previous reviewers are correct in comparing this to a video game. That is about its speed. The graphics were cheaply done, the story line was non-existant and the characters were poorly realized. O... verall, a rip-off. I was bored after the first ten minutes. Full Review

May 22, 2008

leader745

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Despite the opinions of learned AP high school kids and rabid fans of the groundbreaking Shrek trilogy, get to IMAX as soon as you're able. This movie will not win an Oscar or even a Golden Globe. And... even though it has a PG-13 rating, you might have to leave the preacher at church and the infant at home. It is a beautifully violent experience, more akin to a thrill ride than a movie. True, the film is not accurate as per the original manuscript, but why should you care, as both versions represent two disparate mediums. The movie is more of an homage to the original story than a retelling of it. The plot is not the tightest, but honestly neither was the plot of the written version. Both tellings make their bones with action and Beowulf's unchecked badassery. So, if you're too pretentious or too stupid to enjoy Beowulf (the 3D version) maybe you internet dorks can hope to find a more accurate production, with Olde English verbage and a linear story, somewhere on YouTube; produced by, directed by, written by, and starring some 15-year-old blogger/filmmaker/retard. Full Review

May 22, 2008

obladidi

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I was not impressed. I thought Shrek would make a cameo.

May 22, 2008

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Zemeckis springs so many pow 3-D surprises you'll think Beowulf is your own private fun house.Full Review

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Beowulf is a solemnly gorgeous, at times borderline stolid piece of Tolkien-with-a-joystick mythology.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Not all of it works - and not all of it works the way the target audience of jacked-up young males might want it to - but the movie is hugely provocative fun, and I'm pretty sure that's on purpose.Full Review

Ty Burr

Boston Globe

We are not looking at flesh-and-blood actors but special effects that look uncannily convincing, even though I am reasonably certain that Angelina Jolie does not have spike-heeled feet. That's right: feet, not shoes.Full Review

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Beowulf couldn't be less faithful to the original epic poem, and that's actually a good thing for moviegoers. It's a lot more fun than the mythic adventure most of us read in school.Full Review

Claudia Puig

USA Today

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