Customer Reviews
Gaiman at his (almost) best and a visual stunner! - By: jav, 05 Jul 2008 
I truly can't believe there are snobs that trash this movie because of its lack of fidelity towards the original story! Hello, this is the 21st Century. No one would beleive, or like, a story about a perfect arquetipical heroe nowadays.
Those of us who love Sandman & alll of Gaimans work know that this is precisely what he does best, adapting old legends & story's to the complexity's & shades that todays public expects & demands. He does a deliciouse job of it, as is his custom. The caracters are multidimensional & their interactions also.
It is also extremly beautifull to watch! Ok, the computer generation is still not good enough to capture extreme subtlety's of expression on the actors faces but its still an enormouse advance over other movies. The facial gestures are expressive and, unless you get too fickety, totaly belivably. You find yourself at first, marvelling over the visuals & finallly, forgetting its not the real thing. Its sooooo beautifull!
A fantastic cast, great story, fantastic action scenes & a totallly enjoyable experience. Surprising on many levels. Enjoy!
Entertaining but not Extraordinary - By: Dismal Angel, 16 May 2008 
Some of the effects in this film are incredibly realistic to the point where you'd almost believe it was live action film. Some of them are also a little questionable looking. Some great action sequences but I have to suggest this movie has a bit of violence & a few references to sex - don't just ignore the 12 rating & let your 5 year olds watch this.
Also one thing that did slightly annoy me is that Grendel (while following from the stories speaks in Anglo-saxon tongue) was very hard to understand unless you replayed it back over & over again. There should have been some subtitles.
It's a story of legend, heroism, lust & greed. If those are your four favourite qualities in a movie I'd say go for it.
ENTERTAINING... - By: Adam Jackson, 11 May 2008 Look it's no masterpiece BUT it's enjoyable! The CG animation while still yet to achieve photo realism is excellent & it is action packed!
The Grendel monster is REALLY well done & the climactic battle with the Dragon is probably the best of its type since 1981's Dragonslayer!
Probably the best animated character belongs to Anthony Hopkin's King Hrothgar. Actuallly looks like Hopkins!
Visuallly it is stunning & as a whole it's certainly better than many of it's peers. It's surprisingly gory in parts with some risque, adult humour as well - Definiteley NOT a kid's film!
I'd recommend buying this along with Beowulf & Grendel starring Gerard Butler as you will get 2 very different but worthy versions of the same story.
If you liked Lord Of The Rings, Pathfinder or 300, I honestly can't see you not liking this.
Distracting animation - By: David L. Davies, 06 May 2008 
The computer aided animation was distracting from the storyline making it very difficult to watch. the story was very difficult to follow anyway. Didn't watch to the end.
More of an experiment than a real movie... - By: Paulo Jorge Matos, 24 Apr 2008 I still can't understand why they used real actors & then animated them... The story is not bad but it only gets worse when they animate them. I would say, for a movie of this quality, don't get a special edition, get a 1DVD edition & do not pay more than a fiver!
