"Beowulf"

We saw Zemeckis's Beowulf on Saturday night. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about turning into CGI versions of themselves the likes of Ray Winstone(1) as you-know-who, Anthony Hopkins as Hrothgar, Robin Wright Penn as his wife, and Angelina Jolie as Grendel's mother with the deadly tresse(2). There were times where the technique lacked realism, but even then it fitted in with the legendary feel of the script by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary. The story suffered a bit from the Krull Syndrome(3) and, after another wave of carnage of the local warriors by Grendel, I'd find myself wondering where they'd found the new batch of people to dine & wine in Hrothgar's Hall.

So?
Was it any good?
Well, I liked it(4).
Of course, your mileage may vary.

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(1) Remember him in the mid-1980s's cable show Robin of Sherwood?

(2) Yes, this is the second time I can think of her in a CGI movie. Or have you forgotten about Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow?

(3) From 1983's infamous fantasy movie Krull where a castle would be in the middle of nowhere without another habitation in the neighborhood, and without any field for peasants to be oppressed into taking care of.

(4) My wife thinks it's sadly symptomatic of the pitiful kind of person I am. Well, that's not really how she puts it, but I get the message. Sniff.