Grendel (2007 TV Movie)
8/10
Good movie, bad CGI.
13 January 2007
Warning: Spoilers
The only bad thing in this movie was the CGI.

The Director did a good job for the most part. Didn't get the best acting out of his actors, but no one here was truly bad. The music felt like it belonged in the film. It did its job and nothing more. The set design was okay in some parts and TV like in others.

The movie was somewhat different from the poem. In this version, our hero Beowulf has this primitive high-tech bow and arrow. It actually has a sniper scope on it. The arrows shoot out of it with this blue light...exploding on impact once it hits something. A little high-tech for the time period.

The script isn't bad. It's not entirely true to the poem, but it's better than your average Saturday night Sci-Fi Channel TV flick.

I enjoyed this movie. Going into this movie...I hadn't heard too much about it. I knew it was coming out, but didn't really bother to watch it. I figured maybe it would be cheesy in a good way, but it wasn't. It wasn't cheesy at all in my opinion, but it was a good low budget movie.

Overall, a 8/10.
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