Beowulf

Movie

2007

1h 55m

PG-13

English

Adventure, Action, Animation

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6.1

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A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.

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Beowulf

PG-13

Movie

2007

1h 55m

English

Adventure, Action, Animation

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A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.

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Cast

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Ray Winstone

Beowulf / Golden Man / Dragon

Grendel's Mother

Hrothgar

Unferth

Wealthow

Wiglaf

Grendel

Ursula

Musician #1

Musician #2

Musician #3

Gitte

Sharisse Baker-Bernard

Hild

Estrith

Cille

Garmund

Eofor

Wulfgar

Yrsa

Aesher

Young Cain

Drunken Thane

Scylding's Watch

Hondshew

Olaf

Directed By: Robert Zemeckis

Written By: Robert Zemeckis, Roger Avary (Screenplay), + 1 more

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wambie says...

7 years ago

Just not my cup of tea. The animation was a little creepy. Not quite Scanner Darkly but still a bit strange.

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dunpealhunter says...

13 years ago

Great movie. I don't see why this movie has only 45% rating here on trakt. A rating somewhere in the 70% would be more fair in my opinion. I enjoyed watching it. This movie does have its faults. The story is not entirely true to the original poem, its been Hollywoodnized. But really, how many people can say they read the original 12 centuries old poem before they saw the movie? The main character Beowulf lacked emotion and character and only in the end when he is dying on the beach do we get to see a glimmer of emotion when he realized he killed the only son he had. Still if you compare this movie to the other one made by Robert Zemeckis earlier with the same technique called Motion capture, The Polar Express than this one is better in my opinion.

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Oddy_GG says...

a month ago

Had a decent time catching up on this movie. I'm surprised how well the animation is holding up. the slight uncanny valley even contributes to the unsettling atmosphere of this movie. I don't mind the re-writing of the oldest known poem, but at least they could've put some more effort to the ending part. [spoiler]Angelina Jolie[/spoiler] was underused and the conflict resolution unsatisfying, to say the least.

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siggi963 says...

2 months ago

Tells the classic legend of Beowulf in a top of the line 3d rendered movie for the time. Worth the watch

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JPRetana

2 years ago

Beowulf hasn't aged well; it looked like crap when it was released in 2007, and it looks like old crap 15 years later. This movie plays like someone made a videogame based (loosely, natch) on the epic poem, then took all the cutscenes out and edited them together into feature length. Now, if only Be More

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GenerationofSwine

2 years ago

It was just too much...but to be fair I saw it in 3D. The none 3D version may have actually been better, but honestly I have no way of knowing.

At first it was, well, it was wow. I had never actually seen anything in 3D, being far too young for for the first round of popular 3D movies to hit the More

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Wuchak

3 years ago

_**Entertaining and thought-provoking, even moving**_

"Beowulf" (2007) is an animated version of the epic poem of antiquity featuring Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie and Robin Wright Penn. It uses live action motion capture animation, which was previously utilized for “The Polar E More

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