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Beowulf Movie Comparison

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When I heard about a naked Angelina Jolie, I, as any 18 year old would, had my interest peaked. Regardless of your spot on a sexual orientation continuum, or your gender, you’re more than likely already wanting to see this movie too. But honestly, it’s probably not worth your time. The movie is comprised of awful CGI and Beowulf (Ray Winstone) continually yelling “I… AM… BEOWULF” at a deafening level. Now, the CGI quality may be a result of this movie being 11 years old, and other movies coming out since then that absolutely put this to shame, but it was honestly just extremely creepy. There was no denying the resemblance of the characters as the actors who played them. That wasn’t the issue. It was more so the slightly off appearance of every …show more content…

The plot is quite simple. Beowulf, the great warrior of the Geats, goes to the kingdom of the Danes to help them slay the monster, Grendel (Crispin Glover), that has terrorized their lands. He talks with Hrothgar, the lord of their lands played by Anthony Hopkins, and then is challenged by John Malkovich as Unferth. Beowulf proves his strength by battling Grendel naked and gains the respect of the Danes. So far, nothing unexpected. The CGI is still slightly unnerving in all the characters, but Grendel is possibly the most extreme example of this. Grendel is just an oversized, underdeveloped, slightly deformed fetus with the most obnoxious shriek I’ve ever heard. He is absolutely disgusting and the CGI that slightly resembled claymation, did not help with his frail, yet somehow droopy body. It was not a quality decision by director Robert Zemeckis to have Grendel so awfully depicted. The most major difference in this act from the epic is that Grendel’s attack, in the movie, comes with more casualties than it does in the epic. In the epic, only one of Beowulf’s comrades die, but in the movie all except Wiglaf (Brendan Gleeson), perish in the …show more content…

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT keep reading this if you have yet to see this movie, because there are some spoilers; however, I don’t really think they matter because I wouldn’t say that the film is worth your time. In the epic, Beowulf’s victory against Grendel is followed by ceremony and then a wild party followed by a night in which Grendel’s mom, Angelina Jolie, comes to the hall that her son was slain. She kills some warriors and steals Grendel’s arm back before she retreats as warriors awaken. Beowulf tracks her down and kills her in her cave the next day. But the movie has quite a different twist on the plot. First, Grendel’s mom never steals the arm back from Herot, the mead hall in which it was hung. Next, Beowulf challenges Angelina Jolie to a fight, yet is not capable of resisting her impressive body, completely covered in a scintillating gold plating. Nobody can blame Beowulf for his lust getting the best of him, but that has nothing to do with the story. Then Beowulf travels home, lies to the king about his feat, is told that he will be crowned the future king of the Danes (when he is supposed to be king of the Geats), and then Hrothgar kills himself. Now, I get that sex sells but what the hell was Zemeckis thinking? This plot twist doesn’t just alter my view of this movie, but plagues the entire piece with a smog of a new toxic circle that could curse all Danish Kings to

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Soon after, Grendel’s mother wanted vengeance for her son and begun to kill more men in Herot. Beowulf found the mother’s home and killed her and Grendel at once. Towards the end of the epic poem, he also defeated a dragon with the help of Wiglaf. Other soldiers went to the cave with Beowulf but when he needed their help, they all cowered away while Wiglaf went to help his king. The scene showed how not everyone can face the same bravery as Beowulf once did.

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Beowulf took on both Grendel and his mother with the intentions of saving the Danes, whether he survived or

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The film and epic poem Beowulf may seem alike because of their similar plots and characters, but when looked at deeper, it is clear that their cultural differences set them apart. Traditionally, epic poems are lengthy stories that praise the deeds of heroic warriors whilst reflecting the brutal reality of life. They expressed cultural pride and teachings, while telling everyone that we are hopeless in the hands of fate; that all human ambition ends in death. In our modern world today, movies are made to entertain, but more importantly to sell and make a profit.

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Beowulf is injured in the fight, and he dies along side his defeated

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Beowulf, born in the land of the Geats, makes the voyage over to the Danes upon hearing the problems troubling the Danes. Even though Hygelac told Beowulf not to, Beowulf went on ahead and he proves his worth, both to his king and the Danes’ king. In the time of crossing the waters, Beowulf kills Grendel, Grendel’s mom, and then a dragon and he inspires one young man named Wiglaf. Wiglaf makes a valiant speech to get Beowulf’s men hustling in the line of defense, but ends up fighting alone. “He picked us out from the army deliberately, honoured us and judged us fit for this action, made me these lavish gifts- and all because he considered us the best of his arms-bearing thanes”

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Beowulf is the main hero in the poem, and he travels to the land of the Danes to help King Hrothgar get rid of the monster Grendel. After having slain Grendel, there is still a huge crisis present. Grendel’s mother comes to the Hall of Heorot to avenge the death of her kinsmen by killing Aeschere. Aeschere is one of Hrothgar’s most trusted advisors, and his loss bear’s heavy on Hrothgar’s heart. In the culture displayed in Beowulf, the bonds of friendship and kinsmanship are very important to the characters.

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The movie is really horrible especially the scenario when Beowulf and Grendel fought each other. They are both naked because Beowulf wants to have a fair battle. But for me, it is still not fair since Grendel is a giant monster and Beowulf is just only small but vigorous man. I really like the climax of the movie which is the battle of Beowulf and the Serpent.

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In the movie the dragon, which is Beowulf’s son, get angry when a slave finds the dragon cup that Beowulf had given Grendel’s mother. In the movie Beowulf and Wiglaf go to face the dragon alone; when they get to the cave Beowulf enters alone the dragon chases them back and there is a bunch of men shooting at it. Beowulf eventually kills the dragon because he found a spot on the throat of the dragon that was told to him by the former king years ago. The movie and the poem of Beowulf had very many differences. There are a lot more differences between the two that you would have thought.

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There were many differences between the book and the movie. The main difference is in the book Beowulf kills Grendel's mother and in the movie they sleep together. A second difference is Beowulf did not have a son because he kills Grendel’s mother before he could sleep with her. Also in the poem, another difference was that Beowulf kills her with a giant sword. Another difference between the movie and the book is that Beowulf didn't cut his own arm off to kill his only son.

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In the book, Beowulf actually strangled Grendel’s Mother, and he did it with his bare hands. In the movie, though, he went to Grendel’s Mother with the task of killing her, but instead, he fell in love with her. Another example of how there is much contrast was when in the movie, Hrothgar was actually the father of Grendel, while in the book, Cain, was the father of Grendel. A third difference was when in the book, Beowulf decided to go back to his beloved home in the land of the Geats after he had killed the hideous mother of Grendel, but in the movie, instead he stayed in the kingdom of Hrothgar, in the land of the Danes and became their king. One final example of the discrepancies between the two plots was when in the book, Beowulf goes against the mystical fire-breathing dragon who was just another beast that Beowulf had to kill.

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The movie and poem Beowulf share many differences, attack of Herot Hall, death of Grendel and his mother, also tragedy death of Beowulf. In the movie, Grendel began attacking Herot Hall; however, in the textbook, he started off attacking the people whom lived in

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There are many differences that stood out in both the epic poem and movie. Such as, in the poem Beowulf tracks Grendel’s Mother down in a lake and commences fighting her in armor and with the sword. During the fight Beowulf’s sword breaks, and Grendel’s Mother tries to stab him, but Beowulf’s

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In the Beowulf poem and the movie, there are similarities and differences in, Beowulf 's behavior, how Grendel 's mother is portrayed, and the themes of both movie and poem, which reflect both Anglo Saxon and modern society. After comparison of the poem and movie, we see that the way certain characters act in the poem has different characteristics in the movie. Beowulf transforms from a wise, brave warrior, to a cheating man whose spirits died at a young age. Grendel’s mother was seen as just a female out for revenge, but alternated from being a mother to a seductress concubine, as well as a gold digger. Since these two main characters have has a drastic transformation the theme of the poem has had its transformation as well.

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