i wrote about the theatrical versio i had seen in the cinema when released, i was npt totally impressed overall, as so many obviously
disagreed i bought the 'director's cut '
i haven't entirly changed my mind with regards to the points i previously raised :- the computer imagery.
with the high-tec advances that have been made in this field in recent years, i do believe the imagery could have been better,
i point to films like 'pirates of the caribbean' in which the computer imagery was also used :- i.e ' davy jones' he and others had expression movement, whereas in 'beowulf' the character's were
expression-less in the main.
however this version is a 'step-up' from the theatrical offering.
the closing battle with the 'dragon' was brilliant.
i reccomend you choose the 'director's' cut.

Where the graphics and story are good, the overall product lacks any depth. It all looks rather comic with Grendel, some half man half demon and Beowulf, the naked fighter!!! Overall it was impressive but never lived up to the fuss!!

I avoided this for some time and only decided to pick this up recently, after watching for 5 minuets I was getting very dubious and started to think that this wasn't the movie I was hoping it to be, then Grendel pops up and its blood and gore everywhere and From there on it doesn't stop, there is some fabulously gory scenes that just cant be described, other talking points would have to be seeing the naked and pert Grendels mother who oddly looks and sounds like Angelina Jolie, For me that was probably worth the price of the DVD alone. The Story of Beowulf is not one I am familiar with but it was told well and I did enjoy watching it. My only gripe with Beowulf would be that even though the graphics are truly amazing the characters eyes lack any soul and this can be felt when the views move in closer to there face. When I mean soul I mean look at any Pixar animation and you can feel warmth coming from the characters eyes, Beowulf seems to lack this. This don't make Beowulf a bad movie and its worth adding to your DVD collection.

I had high hopes for this movie. Got to the cinema on release day, came away very disappointed. If you want to see this movie, don't buy it, rent it first.

Never in my time as a movie or a critic have I seen a movie that looks so organic in regards to the CG and how the characters act on screen.

Ray Winstone's voice was just perfect for the title role as he has the rough and gritty quality in his voice that compliments the character.

There are those that have given this bad feedback as they feel that it's not being faithful to the original story. I've never personally read the fable of the character. But, I enjoyed this adaptation of the story.

And hopefully you will too.

3D cinema version was amazing. However the technology does not exist in main stream to bring out 3D to blu-ray / DVD. (It would take two separate High Def sources to simultaneously provide the 3D matrix required). Maybe in a few more years!

This is a good film with good action sequence, and the CG looks superb. However not for Kids, took my son to see this at the movies, and was suprised at the amount of violence. it is wasn't a CG movie it would definety be a 15, possibly an 18 rating, so be careful if buying for 12's and under.

The movie is c.g. but do'nt let that get you down. Its not a finding nemo or Alvin and the chipmonks movie. you have sex, violence and gore. You have some excellant acters in it and you could swear there real when you see them.

Im not actully Beowulf, but this movie is really good! It had a great storyline and quite alot of action scenes, a nice bit of gore too! I went into the cinema not knowing much about this film, i didnt even know it was shot in CGI, but god how happy was i after coming out of the screen. Only one let down really, why didnt they bring out the 3D version to DVD?

There is some great action scenes in this story and the special effects are simply magnificant but it is just a tad overated. The idea's are good put the story does drag on a bit and gets a little boring. The violence is fantastic though but you should just maybe rent it first and see what you think because it is onloy for a certain type of audience.