The Critics Agree: Beowulf Is Very Entertaining, So Realistic It’s Borderline Unnecessary

The reviews for Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf can mostly be summed up as: “Mediocre! But with great effects!” One thing most the critics agree on, however, is that the 3-D digitalized epic (which opens today) is “viscerally gripping” and far less “creepy” than Zemeckis’ previous effort, The Polar Express.

And though many acknowledge that “the motion-capture animation style [total realism] leaves us with a couple of big questions, [m]ainly, ‘Why?’” they nonetheless insist the flick is meant to be viewed on the big-screen.

So why not enter to win free tickets to see the movie on the biggest screen of all (the IMAX)?

If not for its amazing 3-D graphics and groundbreaking computerized animation then for those of you who, like slightly-pervy film critic David Foucher, get a rush from discovering that “Beowulf took on Grendel in the buff.” Or because you can’t resist the allure of the gross, freeze-dried (but surprisingly addictive) movie theater nachos and cheese.