Comments on: Beowulf Naked

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:54:11 +0000

I thought perhaps a few links dealing with the poem would be in order. If not, I understand if this comment is deleted.

http://www.lone-star.net/literature/beowulf/index.html

http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/beowulf.html

By: Mothmanfan

Mothmanfan — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:33:07 +0000

The Dragon looked kinda cool….

BUT HEY to tell you the truth i’ve never read Beowulf, though my mom sais its really good.

By: sausage1

sausage1 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:01:40 +0000

I like the 13th Warrior.

So. A Hollywood version of Beowulf, eh??

Don’t tell me, the ogre is a sociopathic upperclass Englishman, the terrified populace are all chubby, charming Celts with muddy faces, and they are all saved by Beowulf , the all-American hero (see Robin, Prince of Thieves, Lord of the Rings, Braveheart and other assorted crap ruining our literary legacy).

WOW! Bitter or what?

By: MattBille

MattBille — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:48:30 +0000

Well, it’s clear in the original epic that Grendel is hairy and smells very bad, which sounds familiar to cryptozoologists, but the poem also has a dragon and (I’m using Seamus Heaney’s wonderful translation here) “every kind of reptile, writhing sea dragons and monsters slouching on slopes by the cliff, serpents and wild things such as those that often surface at dawn…” We’ll have to see just what critters surface in the film.

By: sschaper

sschaper — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:37:29 +0000

What have they done to the poem?!?

By: Lesley

Lesley — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:24:21 +0000

Written by Neil Gaiman. A quick search of his blog at http://www.neilgaiman.com should give you all kinds of inside info on the film.

By: gridbug

gridbug — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:23:02 +0000

Nevertheless, the film is made in a fashion that makes it appear similar to 300 (out on DVD on July 31st), and mirrors that film’s artistic cinematic adventure but with dragons.

To be fair, the upcoming Beowulf feature has very little to do with 300, both stylistically and (of course) content wise. If anything, Beowulf looks to be more akin to Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, only with full CG as opposed to using live actors and bluescreen compositing.

Still and all, looking forward to Crispin Glover’s portrayal of Grendel… and a little Angelina Jolie is always a good thing.

By: fyrmnsflam

fyrmnsflam — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:42:42 +0000

Looks awful! The characters are almost comic-book like.

I really liked 2005's Beowulf & Grendel, with Beowulf played by a pre-"300" Gerard Butler.

By: Jason P.

Jason P. — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:29:43 +0000

Beowulf really wasn’t made in the same style as 300. Beowulf was shot using a motion-capture process. They filmed real actors who have sensors attached to them, and then used the data from those sensors to digitally animate the actors against fully-digitized backgrounds and settings. On the other hand, 300 used real footage of real actors, against a mix of digital and real settings.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:54:55 +0000

The 13th Warrior is a good alternative version of the Beowulf/Grendel saga that tips its hat to the possible Neandertal origins of the tale.

The 13th Warrior is a 1999 action film based on Michael Crichton's novel Eaters of the Dead, directed by John McTiernan and an uncredited Crichton, and starring Antonio Banderas as Ahmad ibn Fadlan and Vladimir Kulich as Bulywif (Beowulf)....In the original novel it is speculated that the wendol might be Neanderthals in an afterword.The 13th Warrior, Wikipedia.