John Dekker (dekker) wrote, @ 2007-11-17 10:54:00

Beowulf!
I've mentioned Beowulf on this blog before, and now the film is about to be released:




Laura points to a brilliant review on the Slate website, where Dana Stevens puts her comments into verse. I don't normally reproduce my blog comments here, but I submitted my own feeble response:



Seeking to please, these movie-makers fierce
Fill a film with action, with blood and gore
Which is but right, yet they forget
(Wilfully, it seems, their sins will find them out)
The place of the Lord of Heaven.

For Beowulf, brave warrior, slayer of foes,
Gives thanks to the Geats' great God,
Acknowledging his lordship, grateful for victory.
It is therefore something bravely to be hoped
That Zemeckis would include this in his film.

Join the conversation on Laura's blog, and give your own opinion.

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