beowulf be among the great and most well know epic tale of norse mythology and but it only take me five minute into the movie to realize that this film be not even close to a something grand . why . to my surprise and disappointment and this movie be animate . sure and animation isn not a big deal for a film along the line of shrek or ratatouille and but not for a story like beowulf . beowulf be a very serious tale that cover many topic such a vengeance and forgiveness and cruelty and mercy and curse and revelation . i admit and this movie have some of those aspect and but it rather focus on a corny and stylish animation work . the action and animation itself remind me of a teen rat video game rather than a masterwork . however and there be a couple of scene in the movie of which some of the up close of the actor face in certain scene look real rather than animate and particularly in the scene of where beowulf encounter grendel mother . i do not know if this be digitize or not and but either way and i felt like i be bring back to a normal film in these scene versus a silly cartoon . a with the story and rather than begin with king hrothgar murder grendel father and it open with the king have a party of drunkenness and very inappropriate nudity and particularly for an animation film . then the party be suddenly raid by the giant grendel . after this raid and which be quite bloody ( especially for an animated film ) and long end beowulf be finally introduce . now and the movie do not explain why grendel keep attack hrothgar . in the myth and it be because he be responsible for grendel father death . there be no sign or even an implication of this . a for grendel and well all i can say be he look like a giant mummy from the mummy return and love to yell at the top of his lung . i felt no pain for him and rather an urge to say and shut your gull . i do not want to even bother in try to explain the rest of the story . it be mainly a combination of beowulf two great tale smash together in under a two hour film . since the story wasn not really develop well and the actor do not have much breathing room to really act . the monster be evil and the good guy be hero . ray winstone a beowulf be pretty much like gerard butler be a king leonardis from 300. he have a muscle bound figure and love to kill thing and occasionally try to be civil in politics and love to walk around butt naked and shout drunkenly and i be beowulf . i can not help but think of and this be sparta . anthony hopkins and as great an actor a he be and be an old and senile and drunken fool who can not stride from one chair to the next . angelina jolie and well and she angelina jolie . she have a great body and speak smoothly with her accent from alexander . there nothing worthwhile in this film and just a wasted epic that rely too much on the cgi department and have vivid image of sex and violence . i be even more surprised that the great director robert zemechis of back to the future and forrest gump would direct this garbage . negative i wish i can get my money back .