Beowulf is going to be a movie?

They already have a Sci-Fi channel Beowulf movie. Pretty cruddy.

This will also be cruddy.

 

aint that what 13 warrior was?

 

It'll be better than 300. That is all.

 

Yawn. I might rent it on DVD.

 

How many discs d'you think it'll be?


EDIT: For just the feature .

 

Angelina as Grendel's mother? When I read that part of Beowulf, I don't recall ever coming close to thinking the phrase "MILF."

It could be a good movie if they do it right.

 

Yep, the 13th Warrior was the Beowulf story by Michael Crichton, originally titled "Eaters of the Dead." I guess "13th Warrior" had a bit more box office appeal though. Good book, too.

 

From what I heard it is going to be an animated movie (like shrek), so Angelina is not actually going to play Grendel's mother, just her voice. Furthermore the script was co-written by Neil Gaiman, an author who I have much respect for, so we know that will be good.

All in all I am actually pretty excited about this.

(By the way, Eaters of the Dead was not about Beowulf, it was about Neanderthals)

 

A historically inaccurate mixing of Beowulf and Ahmad ibn Fadlin's stories.

 

Actually, there's already a Beowulf movie, "Beowulf and Grendel"; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402057/
it's not too bad, worth a watch even for teh stunning photography (it's a joint Icelandic/Canadian film I think, shot in Iceland).

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf#Films

 

The one that olps posted has Gerard Butler in it he was in 300. Good film.

 

Of course they'll screw it up.

 

Big population of optimists out there in Flanders, eh?

 

Absolutely

Come on, remember all the King Arthur movie disasters?

The only way this could work is if they'd use unknown actors and have it directed by Peter Jackson

Some more info
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0442933/

 

Won't work. Our conception of how a hero acts today is too different. They'll probably take out all of Beowulf's bragging and make him a humble, strong, silent underdog, or some BS.

 

Well, it wasn't a 100% accurate retelling but it was based on Beowulf. Here's the full explanation from Wikipedia.

BTW-It's a very good book, too.

"In an afterword in the novel Crichton gives a few comments on its origin. A good friend of Crichton's was giving a lecture on the 'Bores of Literature.' Included in his lecture was an argument on Beowulf and why it was simply uninteresting. Crichton stated his views that the story was not a bore and was, in fact, a very interesting work. The argument escalated until Crichton stated that he would prove to him that the story could be interesting if presented in the correct way."

 

wth is this beowulf u speak of?

 

Agreed. Achilles underwent a similar transformation for the film Troy...and we all know how that turned out.