Review of Beowulf & Grendel (2005) by Matthew K — 15 Jun 2008

Eh...not really great, hard to follow, battle scenes aren't comparable to others like Braveheart and 300 and the like...

This review of Beowulf & Grendel (2005) was written by Matthew K on 15 Jun 2008.

Beowulf & Grendel has generally received mixed reviews.

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When Renaissance fair and drama geeks decide to make a movie....but since I'm sort of both, I liked it...perhaps I should rephrase: I got through…

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By Bobby L (492) on 28 Nov 2009

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By Mark S (2,772) on 06 Dec 2009

Despite being a little slow, I'm going to go out on a limb and say this was quite good…

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Nice periodic setting and costumes failed to provide a comprehensive story, the violence was shocking for sure but all the bad sound effects…

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