Though I was alerted to four reviews to surface for Beowulf only one panned out. While attempting to discover some of the secret screenings for the film Warner Bros. was willing to admit that the film had been tracking well so far. So it's good, right?
Beowulf Reviewed
The only official review I could find for Beowulf appeared over at AICN. While it spends a good deal of time praising IMAX 3D and how good Beowulf looks on the format, it finishes by calling Beowulf the best Zemeckis film in "well over a decade."
Ray Winstone’s Beowulf is a powerful interpretation, and the sense of regret that he inherits from Hopkins is well-played. I love that he’s a braggart and a boaster, and that his own men seem to tolerate him at the beginning, but when faced with madness, he knows how to get his hands around it and fight. He’s one of the great fantasy heroes not only because his story has lasted longer than almost any other written hero’s tale, but also because of how greatly imagined he is. Beowulf is the source for oh so many other heroes who have followed in fantasy, the inspiration for an entire type. Monster-killer, flesh-ripper, terror and slasher, the teeth in the darkness. Strength, lust and power. Winstone plays it right.
Zemeckis is clearly re-learning his vocabulary as a visual artist with each of the movies he makes in this style, and he’s certainly refined it since THE POLAR EXPRESS. I have a feeling we’re never going to see him make a traditional live-action film again. I think he’s just found something that makes him feel free as an artist again.
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