Beowulf
Okay, so Artlan and I saw Beowulf yesterday in 3D. I figured I'd write here what I thought of the movie just because I am trying to waste time. WOO!
The graphics were great. I loved how everything looked...was well done, though the fight scenes tended to get a little too jumpy and you sometimes couldn't tell quite what was going on. As for the characters...The majority of the people seemed...flat. Beowulf himself for most of the movie came across as a egotistical playboy...He grows up near the end and such, but I can't say I really ended up caring for Beowulf in this...because everything was due to his own idiocy and hunger for power.
The main thing about the characters is that they really didn't spend much time at all developing them beyond face value. Beowulf grew a little and his wife changed a bit...but neither of them by much. So I really didn't feel much sympathy for anyone in the movie which means I really didn't care what happened to any of them. The only one I kinda cared about was the wife. The main reason for the lack of development I think was that it was clearly a fan service movie. I could tell it would be from the very start. It stopped being a fan service movie towards the end, but the chance for more character development was lost by then.
As I said though, the graphics were outstanding and the creatures were wonderfully made! Angelina Jolie's character was very interesting looking and the dragon was extremely cool looking!
I'd say over all that this would be an okay movie to see in theatres for the sake of seeing the graphics. See it in 3D if you can. Makes things a bit better in my opinion.
The graphics were great. I loved how everything looked...was well done, though the fight scenes tended to get a little too jumpy and you sometimes couldn't tell quite what was going on. As for the characters...The majority of the people seemed...flat. Beowulf himself for most of the movie came across as a egotistical playboy...He grows up near the end and such, but I can't say I really ended up caring for Beowulf in this...because everything was due to his own idiocy and hunger for power.
The main thing about the characters is that they really didn't spend much time at all developing them beyond face value. Beowulf grew a little and his wife changed a bit...but neither of them by much. So I really didn't feel much sympathy for anyone in the movie which means I really didn't care what happened to any of them. The only one I kinda cared about was the wife. The main reason for the lack of development I think was that it was clearly a fan service movie. I could tell it would be from the very start. It stopped being a fan service movie towards the end, but the chance for more character development was lost by then.
As I said though, the graphics were outstanding and the creatures were wonderfully made! Angelina Jolie's character was very interesting looking and the dragon was extremely cool looking!
I'd say over all that this would be an okay movie to see in theatres for the sake of seeing the graphics. See it in 3D if you can. Makes things a bit better in my opinion.