Be stunned by Beowulf

It's an amazing movie adaptation, just as I thought it would be, Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf that is. Another one of 'let's-hurry-see-a-movie' rush date with my wife and we got the chance to enjoy this spectacle last night.

If I didn't have my glasses on, I'd think it's for real, but of course it's in digital 3D--not surprisingly it's one of Time Magazine's best inventions of the year. Minute details like flowing hair, splattering rain drops, shimmering torchlights, and the clinking of swords are as realistic as they can get.

Had I listened more intently to my English teacher (or studied harder I should say) back in high school, it would've been easier to appreciate this 1,000-year-old monster epic. I only remember this as a long and boring Old English heroic poem with which I can only recall the horrifying monster living in a cave haunting a village--but thanks to this movie, that's changed.

Oh, should you watch this movie, please don't bring your kids--otherwise you'll have a hard time doing a lot of explaining (...why'd he need to fight naked?) like the many parents that night we saw it.