Beowulf (2007) Review

Where should I begin with this horrific movie?

 My husband, a good friend of ours, our friend's girlfriend at the time, and I were hanging out one night and decided to go catch a movie. My husband and I are HUGE fans of the original Beowulf story and thought we should give this movie a shot. Plus nothing else we thought we might like was playing that night.

We thought it might be a decent movie compared to some of the other Beowulf movies. How wrong we were about that!

First off, my eyes hurt the entire time I was watching it in 3D. I had a headache at the end of the movie and not just from the horribly done translation to big screen. Angelina Jolie is an ugly woman and I did NOT appreciate seeing her naked! And the fact that she was digitally enhanced was even more disturbing. I don't want to see anyone naked, except my husband, much less THAT woman. It shouldn't have had a PG-13 rating.

Secondly, my husband and I are very critical about seeing a movie that's based off a book or short story. We didn't have to nitpick about slight changes to the original story. From the point Beowulf first meets Grendel's mother to the rolling of the credits was horribly inaccurate! Beowulf was NEVER seduced by her! This movie was crap! The original story was about honor and bravery despite the life threatening situations. Not some sexed up pervertion. And no movie adaptation has ever gotten Grendel right so I wasn't expecting much there. We were complaining the entire movie and only stayed to watch the whole thing to see how badly they screwed it over.

I could go on and on about it, but I would take all day.

Definately won't be recommending this trainwreck to anyone. It's a waste of time and money.