Beowulf

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews November 21st, 2007 |

Movie Reviews


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Starring:
Brendan Gleeson, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone, Robin
Wright-Penn…
Review:
I expected the film version of the epically tedious Old English
poem to be a craptacular. Director Robert Zemeckis used the same
motion-capture process in 2004′s The Polar Express and
turned live actors into digital humans who looked invaded by body
snatchers. Boy, have things changed. The eighth-century Beowulf,
goosed into twenty-first-century life by a screenplay from sci-fi
guru Neil Gaiman and Pulp Fiction’s Roger Avary, will have
you jumping out of your skin and begging for more. Be sure to see
it in 3-D. I can’t vouch for the flat version, but the 3-D
Beowulf will debut on a record number of digital screens
(1,000, and 90 in IMAX). Put on those plastic glasses and ride,
baby, ride. I’ve never seen a 3-D movie pop with this kind of
clarity and oomph. It’s outrageously entertaining….


Rating: 3 Stars

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