Movie: Beowulf

Love or loathe the story of Beowulf, this incredibly beautiful version of the classic tale is going to knock your socks off. Screenwriters Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary and director Robert Zemeckis took quite a few liberties with the ancient story in order to make it accessible onscreen, but the basics are all there. Lush, gory, and action-packed, this Beowulf might not make reading the story in English Lit class obsolete, but as sort of a companion piece, it does make the classic tale infinitely more palatable.

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