In a time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf slays the demon Grendel and incurs the wrath of its monstrous yet seductive mother, in a conflict that transforms a king into a legend. Beowulf is done with motion capture animation (a la The Polar Express) and features the voices of Angelina Jolie as Grendel's mother, Anthony Hopkins as the corrupt King Hrothgar, and Ray Winstone as Beowulf.
We saw this movie in digital 3D and it made it more of an experience than a movie. The 3-D effects were phenomenal and there were numerous points where I actually leaned back to avoid what was flying at me. It felt like something you would see at Universal Studios or Disney World. Unfortunately, the movie itself was kind of lame. Honestly, I probably wouldn't have liked it at all if it wasn't for the 3D effects. Its one of those high profile movies that you find yourself wondering why they spent so much money making this. The voices were good, but I'm not really a big fan of this motion capture animation. Its makes the people (especially in this 500 A.D. time) look really creepy.
I would have totally recommended anyone checking this out in digital or IMAX 3D. The experience was really cool. Unfortunately, outside of that I wouldn't really recommend this movie. And for those of you who think kids can see this because its PG-13, they can't. Its way too violent and they push nudity to the limit as far as possible too.
