Beowolf

[josie48]

I watched this last night whie I was doing the ironing. Did anyone find it differed from the book? The witch was a sea monster in the book yet in the film it was an Angelina Jolie lookalike,also was the dragon her son by Beowolf? Great animation but some of it unlike the story. Confused of Wales.

[EngTeach]

Hi josie,
I saw the film in the theatre, (Took my ninth graders on a school trip.) The dragon was her son from Beowulf , to replace the son Grendel he killed and also in exchange for his greed to be great. It has been a long time since I read the real story, we only read a short, simplified portion in class, so I am not sure of the differences. I do know that Beowulf was supposedly a "Christ-like" literary figure, much like Arthur, so the idea of him 'selling' himself seems off. Even the students picked up on that. perhaps AB has a more scholarly academic than myself who can shed more light. (Or we could both read the cheat notes) LOL
ET

[Ice.Maiden]

This epic story is debated within literary circles, and although both the films Beowolf, and Beowolf & Grendel depict what's possible to squash into the film time, of course they're never going to be exactly like the original poem itself, which consisted of several thousand verses, and dates back to around the 4th or 5th century.