4/5 Review for the regular edition of the DVD
  by Matthew Dickinson
Beowulf sucks. He can't fight worth a damn, and I don't know why he's the hero. The monster Grendel and the dragon are pretty cool. I thought Neil Gaiman's writing was bad, but maybe he wrote some of the visual stuff, too (the ideas). I think maybe the reason why they went with 3D and CG was because they wanted to get around the nudity problem and still have it PG-13. Pretty clever, but I think nudity should be in PG-13 movies too. You have to be 13 to write a review here ,which means you're not a kid. I disliked a lot of the attempts at "humor" in this movie. BUt the scene at the end -- chapter 13 -- all that with the dragon, that was great, and the religious information in it, was interesting too. I think they should have made the fights more physically believable. They're not even trying. The fights in Lethal Weapon 4, while fantastic, are almost always physically believable. I think. From what I saw.

I didn't like the music in it (Beowulf) at all. What's with all the fairy Enya stuff? They should have used music by Windir.

5/5 Incredible!
  by NM (Central California)
When I saw this film was computer generated I thought it would be cartoonish but it was amazing! Great story compared to the other Beowulf movies I have seen. This one was the best by far. Very moving, incredible computer effects. Grendel was horrifying and actually gave me nightmares. The ending was sad though.

4/5 Beowulf
  by D. Jack (Virginia)
This is a one of a kind flick, the animations is off the charts and the sound is very detailed. If you like warrior movies i would recommend this flick.

4/5 'Techie" Version of Old English Epic
  by Loyd E. Eskildson (Phoenix, AZ.)
Beowulf, an epic poem, was written in the early 8th century. Now we have Beowulf, the semi-animated, techie film, which was made in 1999.

It has an excellent cast: Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovitch, Robin Wright Penn, Brenda Gleeson and for a treat Angelina Jolee plays the merciless mother.

The plot of the poem is that the mighty warrior Beowulf slays the demon Grendel. This causes devastating revenge by the monster's ruthlessly vindictive, but beautiful mother. Beowulf becomes King and then dies while fighting a dragon.

Beowulf is a challenge to interpret into something commercial that all will enjoy. Artistic license was taken and some parts of the original poem were changed. The movie honors the poem in many ways, and reveals respect for the time of heroes. Some parts do not match the poem at all, but you give the writer's creative credit for trying.


4/5 Not Bad
  by R. BERTRAND (Texas, USA)
I was actually surprised by this movie. I read the book many many years ago. The computer graghics were quite good. This is a good action/adventure/fantasy movie if that is the correct classification. It seemed like a mixture of a movie to me.