Review of Beowulf & Grendel (2005) by Ali M — 15 Dec 2008

This movie is like one big pile of long empty shots about nothing, with as a redeeming quality that it features some beautiful scenery, which really fits the Beowulf story. The movie was entirely shot in Iceland, Oscar nominated Icelandic director Sturla Gunnarsson's native country.

Problem is really the movie its script, that just never knows to pump any excitement into the movie. You could really say that "Beowulf & Grendel" is for most part a boring movie, in which just nothing happens for a long while. Of course there are some moments of action but it's so incredibly small scaled and fast cut off and above all things the movie more lays its emphasis on its scenery and (very dark) sets it seems. The actually story also quite differs from the original old poem about the Beowulf legend. It's of course OK to differ, though only if it is for the best of the movie and its story. Can't really say this is the case with this movie.