An Early Preview of Paramount's 'Beowulf'
I am now intrigued
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I have always thought "Beowulf" was an extremely cool story and to think there hasn't been a truly great film based on the Old English epic poem is actually quite shocking. It looks like Robert Zemeckis is taking a worthy stab at it with his new motion-capture adaptation, which I will be lucky enough to get a digital 3-D preview of tonight at the San Diego Comic Con, so stay tuned for my complete recap of what I see.
However, as far as early looks go the LA Times has an early preview of their own including to looks at the film (one previewed above) and a description… check out this description of Angelina Jolie's character:
Angelina Jolie's lips look even fuller than usual. She's emerging naked from a pool of dank cave water, rivulets of gold streaming gently down her body.
"Giiiif meee sonnnn," she coos, in an Old English accent.
Her flaxen hair is braided down her back in a long tail that slowly undulates and slaps the dark pool around her. She continues to purr enticements about making babies as a virtual camera circles 360 degrees panning around her long limbs and waist. Gold dribbles down her inner thighs past her feet, revealing sharp stilettos merged with bestial hooves.
Zemeckis brought this same king of motion-capture technology to the screen with the oddly creepy Polar Express but from what it sounds like this is much more fluid and described as a "minimum PG-13" movie.
Beowulf is a hyper violent and highly sexualized tale of the warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone, pictured above) who must slay the monster Grendel (Crispin Glover). Later, Grendel's mother (Jolie) seduces Beowulf so that she can produce a replacement heir that will allow her to reestablish her dominion over the kingdom. (Hence, Giiiif meee sonnn.)
The most shocking statement in the article is when they say that some involved in the project have taken to describing it as " 'Lord of the Rings' meets '300.' "
We'll see in less than 24 hours won't we?
For the rest of the article click here. Beowulf hits theaters on November 16.
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