i have never have the experience of see a 3 d movie before on the cinema and the only experience i have have with a 3 d film and only courtesy of some 3 d glass come free with a dvd and be spy kid 3 d and a movie while mildly entertain isn not exactly the best film every to display the greatness of 3 d. so beowulf today be my first 3 d experience and i go in expect something good because of the 3 d and but i do not expect the movie itself to be superb . part of my reason behind this be because of the one and only experience i have have with zemeckis and his new way of make movie . that movie be unfortunately the polar express and a supposedly happy tail that actually freak me out more than most horror movie . so what an absolute delight to say that beowulf not only work because of it be in 3 d ( more on that brilliant factor later ) but also the movie be a genuinely brilliant movie anyway . the motion capture isn not remotely creepy this time round and actually it seem to make sense in some bizarre way a to why they do the movie like this . the actor surprise me big time and ray winstone deliver actually one of his best performance in a long while and angelina jolie play the slinky seductress to perfection and anthony hopkins be a joy to watch on screen . beowulf be an action pack and well write and entertain piece of popcorn cinema . just watch the dragon sequence near the end and every single person in my cinema be on the edge of their seat and look in awe . the action sequence just amaze and and the dialogue sequence surprisingly really work as well . unfortunately however if you see this movie in 2 d then you will not be experience beowulf in my eye and take off the 3 d this be a positive movie and with the 3 d it get the positive rating with a blink of an eye . a i have previously say the acting in the movie really catch me off guard . ray winston obviously be not the first actor who come to mind when play an ancient warrior . however when you see the movie and see the performance you understand why winstone be cast . sure his cockney act at first seem a bit bizarre come from the character and but after a while you see the subtlety of the performance and come the final half hour you realise he quite possibly the best thing in the movie . he deliver a heartfelt and genuinely brilliant performance . anthony hopkins not only look real in the movie and but he too deliver a performance truly worthy of anthony hopkins . sometimes hopkins can do a role for a sake of a role ( see mission impossible 2 ) and but here he seem to be have a blast a hrothgar and he have some superb moment in the movie . angelina jolie play the most interesting character of the movie and grendell mother and ala she appear very briefly . but her few scene stick firmly in memory and and her entry scene be one of the most beautifully piece of cinema i have see when watch in 3 d. crispin glover too have brief screen time a grendell and but he deliver a heartfelt performance and in fact i felt genuine sympathy with grendell . glover might not be recognisable and but his performance shine through in the early scene . john malkovich and robin wright penn too deserve considerably praise and a do a brilliant cast brendan gleeson . so a i have say the 3 d really make the movie have a cherry on top of an already beautiful cake . after they filmmaker get over the gimmick of chuck thing at the screen the 3 d be use less prominently and until any action sequence and and when the action sequence begin i doubt you will draw a single breath . grendell attack on a beer hall be the opening action sequence and and it be surprisingly violent for a 12a and also amaze to behold . but it the dragon sequence and late battle sequence that stick firmly in mind . i shall not spoil them and but those sequence really do make me wish that every action movie ever make from now will be in 3 d. the problem with the 3 d be so good be that the 2 d version seem like a cash in and in fact the movie rely so much on the 3 d at time that i doubt the 2 d version be worth watch . sword point at screen and the camera pan through tree and the multi layer effect it give off and in 2 d it just would not work as well and so my advice be to find a cinema that do play it in 3 d and you will get much more for your money if you do . the storyline and film making be also extremely effective . the subtle dialogue scene and especially the stuff between winstone and jolie really be some of the highlight . also the relationship between beowulf and his queen be touch . so be their any fault . a i have mention the 2 d version just would not be a good and but also the movie doesn not seem like it will be that good at the start . in fact at the beginning and for five minute and i be expect to be bitterly disappointed . thankfully that little slouch at the beginning be liven up with the arrival of grendell and and from that point onwards you will adore the movie . this be zemeckis best movie since back to the future and definitely one of my favourite film of the year . go and watch in 3 d and pray that more movie will be make like this in the near future .