i have read beowulf a couple of time . it great northern european mythology and and mandatory reading when you be young in my opinion ( along with norse and greek and roman mythology as well ) . and though the movie want to re write some of the epic and you will need to separate the hollywood version from the beautiful measure of the original work . be a work of cgi and you will also have to allow for the flaw of pure cgi work . very stylized and beautifully color and it be an epic adventure that elevate zemeckis previous work the polar express to a new level . polar be beautifully model after chris van allsburg illustration for his book and but zemeckis adaptation to the story go a little over the top when it become a musical . even though most of beowulf story line be answer here and it do make me pause and wonder representwhy do not robert zemeckis just direct this thing in real life instead of virtual . with the capability of drop in cgi into real life action and this telling of the story could have have so much more of an impact if the expression be more poignant . look what he do with who frame roger rabbit . zemeckis be fully capable of it . also and to add to this and when you have cgi character like jackson gollum and king kong to compare note with and the modeling here just isn not up to snuff . i felt the entire movie come off like a gigantic cut scene to a video game than a full featured animate project . i can only give this a little good than a good and hence the exclamation . i do this sadly . you really should see this in a theater and big than life . the dragon be excellent and the ugly v or s the beautiful be wild and the sequencing be uneven and though at the end it take you on a great ride . oh and and for you people that want to go see angela jolie nekkid . it cgi . i have see hard stuff on fox network . see my wife and i saw this a a matinée and the crowd be on the sparse side and there be literally no kid present . i couldn not get a solid feeling from the audience though most people a they leave seem genuinely happy with their experience . i be sure it be pg13 would because of the sequence with angela and otherwise it would be a solid pg . i wouldn not suggest this for a kid under 8 .