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Title: Beowulf
Post by: slinky on November 14, 2007, 09:00:49 PM
Is anyone looking forward to Beowulf? I want to see just how horrible the movie is compared to the book. The book was awesome, so the movie will most likely suck.
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: Towelie on November 14, 2007, 09:10:30 PM
Cool down on the posting :P. This isn't a race...
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: iago on November 14, 2007, 09:36:20 PM
I think they should have made a book based on The 13th Warrior, then made a movie based on that.

So far, we have Beowulf (poem) -> Eaters of the Living Dead (book) -> The 13th Warrior (movie). They should have kept going down that chain!
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: BigAznDaddy on November 14, 2007, 10:32:45 PM
Quote from: Towelie on November 14, 2007, 09:10:30 PM
Cool down on the posting :P. This isn't a race...
took the words right out of my mouth. but as for the movie the trailers seem similar to 300 "we are SPARTA"... "I AM BEOWULF"
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: Sidoh on November 15, 2007, 12:21:19 AM
Quote from: BigAznDaddy on November 14, 2007, 10:32:45 PM
took the words right out of my mouth. but as for the movie the trailers seem similar to 300 "we are SPARTA"... "I AM BEOWULF"

Haha, I thought that too.  It's a different director, though.  It looks pretty sweet, but I guess we'll see... :)
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: Armin on December 09, 2007, 03:09:31 PM
WARNING: Spoilers Included!


I really didn't like this movie. I don't want to go too far in depth, but I'm still amazed as to why it wouldn't show the CGI version of Angelina Jolie naked, but it would glorify violence, like the part where Beowulf cut off his arm so he could rip the heart out of the dragon... Very violent and gory, but no nudity.
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: slinky on December 09, 2007, 09:27:31 PM
Well, I must say that it was an OK movie, but being as I read the book first, the movie sucked. As is the case with all book movies.
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: dark_drake on December 09, 2007, 11:26:49 PM
Quote from: slinky on December 09, 2007, 09:27:31 PM
Well, I must say that it was an OK movie, but being as I read the book first, the movie sucked. As is the case with all book movies.
We all know how bad Silence of the Lambs, Lord of the Rings, and Fight Club turned out. Oh... wait.... ::)
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: Sidoh on December 09, 2007, 11:30:01 PM
Quote from: dark_drake on December 09, 2007, 11:26:49 PM
Quote from: slinky on December 09, 2007, 09:27:31 PM
Well, I must say that it was an OK movie, but being as I read the book first, the movie sucked. As is the case with all book movies.
We all know how bad Silence of the Lambs, Lord of the Rings, and Fight Club turned out. Oh... wait.... ::)

lmao.
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: Newby on December 09, 2007, 11:58:06 PM
Quote from: dark_drake on December 09, 2007, 11:26:49 PM
Quote from: slinky on December 09, 2007, 09:27:31 PM
Well, I must say that it was an OK movie, but being as I read the book first, the movie sucked. As is the case with all book movies.
We all know how bad Silence of the Lambs, Lord of the Rings, and Fight Club turned out. Oh... wait.... ::)

Don't forget Blade Runner! (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep... in a sense... never mind. I take it all back.)
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: rabbit on December 10, 2007, 10:11:43 AM
And don't forget Star Wars!
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: slinky on December 10, 2007, 05:31:42 PM
Quote from: rabbit on December 10, 2007, 10:11:43 AM
And don't forget Star Wars!

Star Wars rocks!
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: Kaleeko on December 10, 2007, 08:26:17 PM
I have to say, despite the fact that the rendition was pretty.. Well.. inaccurate, I enjoyed it. Depressing, but it showed that nifty truth in human nature that even "heroes" aren't perfect.

I don't remember where I heard this, but apparently, during the movie, every time that they did something that was off-kilter from the real storyline or wasn't included in the original work at all, it was actually mentioned by one of the characters saying something to the effect of "That's not how it will be written about"; is this true? Because, I actually do remember two occurrences of that being said, but I didn't know about it beforehand, so I wasn't really trying to listen for it.

I did try to count how many times "Beowulf" was said. I lost count pretty early in.

The whole "I am Beowulf" yelling thing wasn't as cool the second time of yelling. I mean, you can only make one Robot Chicken about it. And they already did it with 300; it's old news, now. :P
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: Joe on December 11, 2007, 12:39:01 AM
I am Beowulf vs I am Murloc (http://youtube.com/watch?v=PwD9bjGk1cY)
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: slinky on December 11, 2007, 10:19:49 PM
Quote from: Joe[ix86] on December 11, 2007, 12:39:01 AM
I am Beowulf vs I am Murloc (http://youtube.com/watch?v=PwD9bjGk1cY)

Joe you should be hogtied and hung from a tree branch for that
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: Kaleeko on December 12, 2007, 12:30:46 AM
I actually thought that the video was really amusing. XD
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: Armin on December 12, 2007, 12:55:53 AM
GIRL FIGHT!
Title: Re: Beowulf
Post by: slinky on December 13, 2007, 12:41:46 AM
oh theres no fight...just me being strongly opposed to i am murloc...stupid murlocs...