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Adapted from the Anglo-Saxon epic poem, Beowulf, BEOWULF & GRENDEL is a medieval adventure that tells the blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior’s battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll in this provocative take on the first major work of English literature. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster. The monster, Grendel, is not a creature of mythic powers, but one of flesh and blood - immense flesh and raging blood, driven by a vengeance from being wronged, while Beowulf, a victorious soldier in his own right, had become increasingly troubled by the hero-myth rising up around his exploits. Beowulf’s willingness to kill on behalf of Hrothgar wavers when it becomes clear that the King is more responsible for the troll’s rampages than was first apparent. As a soldier, Beowulf is unaccustomed to hesitating.
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An “epic about men, women and demons,†(but mostly about Angelina Jolie’s gold boobs), Beowulf is inspired by the Anglo-Saxon poem written down sometime in either the tenth or eleventh century, AD. In the poem, Beowulf liberates neighboring King Hrothgar’s lands from a monster, becomes king of his own tribe (the Geats), and dies fighting a dragon. In the movie, he ... does those things. Naked. But the dragon isn’t really a dragon, it’s his demon-baby. And he hits it in public.
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Beowulf had an unusual name. It means bee-wolf. Some old English people (Saxons) called the bear a bee-wolf. A bear’s face was dog-like, or wolf-like, and it often nosed into beehives to eat honey. People thought it was eating bees, so they called it a bee-wolf. The man Beowulf became a powerfully strong fighter, so he gained that name too.
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Beowulf & Grendel has a lot of good performances, especially Stellan Skarsgård as the annoyingly depressive King Hrothgar (he seems to be channeling John Noble as Denethor in The Return of the King). And Gerard Butler, who starred as King Leonidas in 300, is an excellent Beowulf. The Scottish actor really seems to take to roles where he walks around outside without pants and hits things with a stick.
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Based on an old English poem about Kings, dragons and monsters, the legend of Beowulf come to life albeit with the help of CGIs and performance-capture devices. In this modern interpretation of the Anglo-Saxon literature, the film begins with a feast at the Hearot - the function hall of Danish King Hrothgar (a CGI of ANTHONY HOPKINS). The noises created by drunken men at the feast awaken the monster Grendel (voiced by CRISPIN GLOVER) who gatecrashed the party and started a killing spree, only to stop when confronted by King Hrothgar when he was about to kill Queen Wealthow (a CGI of ROBIN WRIGHT PENN). The Hearot was closed after the attack but it was not for long until a young Viking warrior Beowulf (a CGI of RAY WINSTONE) came to the rescue and killed the monster. However, the death of Grendel lead to another nightmare when his mother - a seductress with lizard tail (a CGI of Angelina Jolie) - took revenge and silenly killing the revellers in the Hearot. Beowulf now has to confront this seductress at her watery dent but lost to his temptation instead.
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Without Tolkien’s reassessment, Beowulf would have remained an obscure text read only by doctoral candidates in medieval English literature. Today it is widely read in high schools across the country. Tolkien not only revived the poem’s reputation, he imitated it in his own works. The Two Towers chapter, "The King of the Golden Hall," is lifted from the beginning of Beowulf. The fire-breathing dragon in Beowulf, who rises in anger after a thief steals his treasure, is mimicked in the climax of The Hobbit.
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