Beowolf

lumberjim · 03-09-2008, 09:18 PM

I like the story. just brought the dvd home....

report at 11.

lumberjim · 03-09-2008, 09:26 PM

It's a cartoon?!

looks like shrek!

wtf!......stillll, i'm intrigued.

Hrothgar!

Elspode · 03-09-2008, 10:19 PM

Saw it in IMAX 3D...it was pretty cool that way.

Trilby · 03-10-2008, 04:59 AM

Lord how I hated beowulf. lord, lord. all that war preening. I rooted for Grendel.

DanaC · 03-10-2008, 07:19 AM

Oh I loved Beowulf! The poem not the film....haven't seen the film....am still scarred from '300'.....it's not good to study a period of history then watch a hollywood film of the same....not good at all :P

@ Bri. I've been reading a really interesting piece for my Medieval Queens and Queenship module, called 'The Lady and the Mead Cup', it draws on some of the Beowulf scenes to show the role of the Queen in the early medieval court. Very interesting. It's a field that's been sadly neglected by historians up until very recently. Kingship as a topic has been well studied, but queens have tended to be dealt with purely as individual biogs or in terms solely of their relationships with kings, not in terms of their office.

lumberjim · 03-10-2008, 08:23 AM

it was kinda cool, and kept my attention, but.....

if you're gonna make a movie to bring one of the oldest works of fiction to life for our enjoyment.....shouldn't you tell the actual story? not just make an action film with the same title out of it and change it all the fuck around? what happened to the waterfall scene? it's criminal.

hollywood sucks

Trilby · 03-10-2008, 08:41 AM

I'll have to check that out, Dana. I read a LOT these days and am heading for the library this afternoon.

it's snowy and dull here. need some good reads.

SteveDallas · 03-10-2008, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

Lord how I hated beowulf. lord, lord. all that war preening. I rooted for Grendel.

Did you ever read Grendel?

(Note: I read it for school in the Dark Ages. I remember practically nothing about it.)

Urbane Guerrilla · 03-19-2008, 01:02 AM

Yeah, Grendel, John Gardner. The literary conceit has it that to hear Grendel tell it, "it was just an accident he won! An accident...!"

Well, the videogame-graphics bits struck me as a bit dubious too, but didn't really damage the storytelling for me. I might reread my Seamus Haney translation this season. The climax, or "Beowulf, The Video Game" -- didn't hate that either. Updating the storytelling is not necessarily illegitimate. Hewing to the purist mode in something that rollicking can be very hard to actually make the story lively, and face it, the modern taste is not only for action, but for the action to be overstimulating. It was novel, yes, but not bad.

03-09-2008, 09:18 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Beowolf I like the story. just brought the dvd home.... report at 11. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-09-2008, 09:26 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	dude, wait, what? It's a cartoon?! looks like shrek! wtf!......stillll, i'm intrigued. Hrothgar! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-09-2008, 10:19 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Saw it in IMAX 3D...it was pretty cool that way. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-10-2008, 07:19 AM	#5
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Oh I loved Beowulf! The poem not the film....haven't seen the film....am still scarred from '300'.....it's not good to study a period of history then watch a hollywood film of the same....not good at all :P @ Bri. I've been reading a really interesting piece for my Medieval Queens and Queenship module, called 'The Lady and the Mead Cup', it draws on some of the Beowulf scenes to show the role of the Queen in the early medieval court. Very interesting. It's a field that's been sadly neglected by historians up until very recently. Kingship as a topic has been well studied, but queens have tended to be dealt with purely as individual biogs or in terms solely of their relationships with kings, not in terms of their office. Last edited by DanaC; 03-10-2008 at 07:28 AM.

03-10-2008, 08:23 AM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	it was kinda cool, and kept my attention, but..... if you're gonna make a movie to bring one of the oldest works of fiction to life for our enjoyment.....shouldn't you tell the actual story? not just make an action film with the same title out of it and change it all the fuck around? what happened to the waterfall scene? it's criminal. hollywood sucks __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-10-2008, 04:59 AM	#4
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Lord how I hated beowulf. lord, lord. all that war preening. I rooted for Grendel.

03-10-2008, 08:41 AM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I'll have to check that out, Dana. I read a LOT these days and am heading for the library this afternoon. it's snowy and dull here. need some good reads.

03-19-2008, 01:02 AM	#9
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Yeah, Grendel, John Gardner. The literary conceit has it that to hear Grendel tell it, "it was just an accident he won! An accident...!" Well, the videogame-graphics bits struck me as a bit dubious too, but didn't really damage the storytelling for me. I might reread my Seamus Haney translation this season. The climax, or "Beowulf, The Video Game" -- didn't hate that either. Updating the storytelling is not necessarily illegitimate. Hewing to the purist mode in something that rollicking can be very hard to actually make the story lively, and face it, the modern taste is not only for action, but for the action to be overstimulating. It was novel, yes, but not bad. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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