I liked the way they twisted the story a bit to fit more in the category of "myth". What do you guys think?
ill leave the trailer for you:
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Night[Mare
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I liked the way they twisted the story a bit to fit more in the category of "myth". What do you guys think? ill leave the trailer for you: | ||
So no fek
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He said it wasn't bad, but the best parts were Angelina Jolie. I'll probably just wait for it on DVD. | ||
Hot_Bid
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Badass theme music | ||
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DevAzTaYtA
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i only recommend watching it in IMAX. | ||
KoveN-
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On November 26 2007 13:52 DukE_ss wrote: Oh yeah Angelina Jolie was looking very good in the movie. As usual. I was bored and looking for movies to downlo.. er rent... er whatever. Saw this one had alot of seeders and leechers, will watch it tonight and give my highly valuable 2cents. | ||
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On November 26 2007 14:13 stuthedog wrote: that guy talking, was that the same dude from 300? when he started talking by saying "Tonight!" it sounded like he was gonna say "dine in hell!" Seriously, it was something like "Tonight we will feast!" or something like that. In 300 it was "This is Sparta!" and in Beowulf it was "I am Beowulf!" and he said it about 3 times throughout the whole movie. The movie was kinda bad.., but the CGI was great, but it looked a lot like Shrek except for adults. Some of the scenes had such bad transition and it was getting so annoying. An example would be in the beginning where they did a zoom out shot of the village and goes into the caves just to see that Grendal guy scratching his ear or something. Or when he runs back to his mom (Angelina Jolie) and it just cuts back to the village. I have a feel they'll be a sequel judging from the ending, but it's better off they just leave it since it'll be the same story. | ||
Cambium
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They honestly showed the best parts of the movie in the trailer. | ||
omgbnetsux
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I AM BEOWULF Very original. I'm waiting for DVD. | ||
kalami
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Rev0lution
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TONIGHT WE DIE IN HELL! TONIGHT WE'LL BE DIFFERENT! I AM BEOWULF! THIS IS SPARTA! | ||
imBLIND
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honestly, its like the madagascar/penguin thing going on with sony, disney, WB, paramount, fox, universal, etc etc they saw 300 did really well, so WB decided to make a ripoff and see how well it does | ||
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Rev0lution
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Can't these people make an original movie at least once every year? Stop doing fucking sequels god damn it. The matrix was good then they fucked it all up with huge dragonball Z esque fighting on the 3rd movie. Spiderman was good until they made peter parker fucking emo Just fucking stop. If they are not gonna put any effort and just pretty everything up with CGI then I'm not paying to see their stankin movies | ||
Waxangel
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The dialog is downright AWFUL. Good actors can't salvage an unbearably bad script. CG is okay, still very obvious it is CG though. Motion is still off at parts, even if they did use motion capture. Decent plot, but it's paced horribly with poor storytelling. List would get long if I went into more detail, I'll leave it at that. | ||
tiffany
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On November 26 2007 15:13 Rev0lution wrote: I can only begging to imagine those fat producers back at WB and universal and sony laughing their asses off walking to the bank thinking they made another shitty movie and it sold very well. Can't these people make an original movie at least once every year? Stop doing fucking sequels god damn it. The matrix was good then they fucked it all up with huge dragonball Z esque fighting on the 3rd movie. Spiderman was good until they made peter parker fucking emo Just fucking stop. If they are not gonna put any effort and just pretty everything up with CGI then I'm not paying to see their stankin movies you're right on most accounts, except i don't think this movie was made by a big production company. i could be wrong though. also, beowulf isn't a sequel, but i think i get what you mean. another shortcoming that hasn't been mentioned yet was the dissonant wailing; had to cover my ears every single time | ||
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citrus
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I never enjoyed the story anyways. | ||
HaXxorIzed
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On November 26 2007 15:14 Waxangel wrote: Horrid movie. The dialog is downright AWFUL. Good actors can't salvage an unbearably bad script. CG is okay, still very obvious it is CG though. Motion is still off at parts, even if they did use motion capture. Decent plot, but it's paced horribly with poor storytelling. List would get long if I went into more detail, I'll leave it at that. Exactly. It's difficult to appreciateany of the CG or eye candy when you're forced to wince at the utter absurdity of the poor script. Another perfect example of why a terrible script and poor execution can do to a movie. | ||
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DTDominion
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On November 26 2007 15:13 Rev0lution wrote: The matrix was good then they fucked it all up with huge dragonball Z esque fighting on the 3rd movie. That was one of the only good parts of those movies. | ||
Pinselstrich
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There's another Beowulf movie that recently came out, called "Beowulf and Grendel"... that one is better if you ask me, because it's a lot more real and authentic. | ||
Rev0lution
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On November 27 2007 00:58 DTDominion wrote: Show nested quote + On November 26 2007 15:13 Rev0lution wrote: The matrix was good then they fucked it all up with huge dragonball Z esque fighting on the 3rd movie. That was one of the only good parts of those movies. I meant the third movie when neo and the detective go super saiyan on each other.. | ||
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uiCk
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go piracy! | ||
Eti307
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But I saw it in IMAX 3D and it's great. First movie I see completely in 3D for the whole duration. If you plan on seeing this movie, go see it in 3D. If you don't have any 3D cinema near you, don't go and wait for the dvd I guess | ||
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KarlSberg~
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Except for all the sexual trash talk, blood geysers and decapitations. Undoubtly the worst movie I saw this year. | ||
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Redcloak
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I really hate the use of CGI. Looks like a damn game (and not in a good way). You're some kind of special liar. This movie has fantastic animation, the only parts that really were flawed were the horses... the running just looked wrong. The rest of the animation was superb, and some of the parts were actually the best I've seen in this style. The movie itself isn't anything special, but it's an enjoyable watch in IMAX 3D. | ||
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Ghin
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Night[Mare
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TesisMech
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On November 26 2007 14:58 Rev0lution wrote: What a shitty movie, what a 300 rip off. TONIGHT WE DIE IN HELL! TONIGHT WE'LL BE DIFFERENT! I AM BEOWULF! THIS IS SPARTA! ripoff? You realize this movie was based on the Old English heroic epic poem between the 8th[1] and the 11th century right? -_- | ||
iNcontroL
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They fucked a lot of the story up too >_< Kinda risky considering anyone who has had an English class knows the story of Beowulf. | ||
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DTDominion
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On November 27 2007 02:06 Rev0lution wrote: Show nested quote + On November 27 2007 00:58 DTDominion wrote: On November 26 2007 15:13 Rev0lution wrote: The matrix was good then they fucked it all up with huge dragonball Z esque fighting on the 3rd movie. That was one of the only good parts of those movies. I meant the third movie when neo and the detective go super saiyan on each other.. That's what I mean. Most of that movie was overblown and boring. But the final Neo/Smith fight was one of the coolest things ever. | ||
CaucasianAsian
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+ Show Spoiler + beowolf cant kill the dragon with the sword, so he just throws the sword away and grabs it with his hand, when he cant reach it with his arm+sword. jesus I lol'd so hard. i give it a 1/5 the animations were good as hell, but the remake of the story was horrible also... + Show Spoiler + in the end, does he fuck her? I was so confused, I wanted to know if there was going to be another dragon guy to kill everyone, or if he was going to throw the gold goblet at the bitch or just walk away. i hate cliffhangers, especially in bad movies. sigh... waste of 2 hours and $6 | ||
Dr.Kill-Joy
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On November 27 2007 04:04 Ghin wrote: movie described in 3 words: digitally enhanced breasts So? The book has the movie beat yet again, they left out so much stuff. The only movie over a book I like was Lord of the Rings. | ||
Romance_us
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On November 27 2007 07:12 CaucasianAsian wrote: I saw this in theatres and lol'd at the part when + Show Spoiler + beowolf cant kill the dragon with the sword, so he just throws the sword away and grabs it with his hand, when he cant reach it with his arm+sword. jesus I lol'd so hard. i give it a 1/5 the animations were good as hell, but the remake of the story was horrible also... + Show Spoiler + in the end, does he fuck her? I was so confused, I wanted to know if there was going to be another dragon guy to kill everyone, or if he was going to throw the gold goblet at the bitch or just walk away. i hate cliffhangers, especially in bad movies. sigh... waste of 2 hours and $6 $6? Damn. Here it's $8.75. But anyway, some parts of the movie WERE cool. + Show Spoiler + Me and my girlfriend thought it was hilarious how in the first scene with Grendel, the soldiers always end up being impaled by something or on something. | ||
t0wel
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+ Show Spoiler + best part was when they had the beowulf grendel scene and he fights as a naked animation, then they put like 30 different objects to cover his dick. i was laughing so hard. also at all the crazy random one liners and cutscenes, what on earth? beowulf and the king dude are talking and the queen just says "Many have come to drink from my father's mead" and everyone goes silent...then they just keep talking again rofl.. | ||
Liquid`Nazgul
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beowolf cant kill the dragon with the sword, so he just throws the sword away and grabs it with his hand, when he cant reach it with his arm+sword. jesus I lol'd so hard. rofl yeah that was amazing which director with shit for brains thought of that | ||
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Dr.Kill-Joy
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On November 27 2007 08:49 Liquid`Nazgul wrote: Show nested quote + beowolf cant kill the dragon with the sword, so he just throws the sword away and grabs it with his hand, when he cant reach it with his arm+sword. jesus I lol'd so hard. rofl yeah that was amazing which director with shit for brains thought of that Errrrr I guess you didnt watch the same Beowulf I watched, because he stabbed his shoulder to dislocate it for a further reach. Plus the sword was knocked out of his hand, he did no throw it away. | ||
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On November 27 2007 07:20 Dr.Kill-Joy wrote: Show nested quote + On November 27 2007 04:04 Ghin wrote: movie described in 3 words: digitally enhanced breasts So? The book has the movie beat yet again, they left out so much stuff. The only movie over a book I like was Lord of the Rings. i think if you truly respected the story, you would call it an epic, not a book. also, the movie was not meant to be an exact manifestation of what was written; it would not have been as marketable and as entertaining - this much the producers have admitted. | ||
ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
On November 27 2007 12:10 Dr.Kill-Joy wrote: Show nested quote + On November 27 2007 08:49 Liquid`Nazgul wrote: beowolf cant kill the dragon with the sword, so he just throws the sword away and grabs it with his hand, when he cant reach it with his arm+sword. jesus I lol'd so hard. rofl yeah that was amazing which director with shit for brains thought of that Errrrr I guess you didnt watch the same Beowulf I watched, because he stabbed his shoulder to dislocate it for a further reach. Plus the sword was knocked out of his hand, he did no throw it away. Haven't seen the movie but this sounds badass. | ||
Dr.Kill-Joy
United States627 Posts
On November 27 2007 12:15 tiffany wrote: Show nested quote + On November 27 2007 07:20 Dr.Kill-Joy wrote: On November 27 2007 04:04 Ghin wrote: movie described in 3 words: digitally enhanced breasts So? The book has the movie beat yet again, they left out so much stuff. The only movie over a book I like was Lord of the Rings. i think if you truly respected the story, you would call it an epic, not a book. also, the movie was not meant to be an exact manifestation of what was written; it would not have been as marketable and as entertaining - this much the producers have admitted. I really didn't want to see this movie for that reason, but my dad did and I went with him so he would be by himself. | ||
Raithed
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On November 27 2007 07:12 CaucasianAsian wrote: I saw this in theatres and lol'd at the part when + Show Spoiler + beowolf cant kill the dragon with the sword, so he just throws the sword away and grabs it with his hand, when he cant reach it with his arm+sword. jesus I lol'd so hard. i give it a 1/5 the animations were good as hell, but the remake of the story was horrible also... + Show Spoiler + in the end, does he fuck her? I was so confused, I wanted to know if there was going to be another dragon guy to kill everyone, or if he was going to throw the gold goblet at the bitch or just walk away. i hate cliffhangers, especially in bad movies. sigh... waste of 2 hours and $6 youre a fucking idiot. + Show Spoiler + he lost the sword, he cut his arm so that he could go into the dragons heart deeper. when the dragon tried to go wtffirepk he burned beowulf's hand thus losing the sword. yeah the end was fucking gay. On November 27 2007 12:20 Dr.Kill-Joy wrote: Show nested quote + On November 27 2007 12:15 tiffany wrote: On November 27 2007 07:20 Dr.Kill-Joy wrote: On November 27 2007 04:04 Ghin wrote: movie described in 3 words: digitally enhanced breasts So? The book has the movie beat yet again, they left out so much stuff. The only movie over a book I like was Lord of the Rings. i think if you truly respected the story, you would call it an epic, not a book. also, the movie was not meant to be an exact manifestation of what was written; it would not have been as marketable and as entertaining - this much the producers have admitted. I really didn't want to see this movie for that reason, but my dad did and I went with him so he would be by himself. you went with him then ditched him? | ||
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Jibba
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EDIT: Obviously there's lots of animation in it, I just mean the character acting isn't animated. | ||
Folca
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Servolisk
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It all starts, predictably, in the mead hall. King Hrothgar (Anthony Hopkins) rolls up on a litter, drunk and belchy and draped in a half toga. His smooth, CGI buttocks sway and waggle like white hams. Then, just in case you didn’t notice how fabulously Dionysian he is, he hollers, “Let’s hand out some treasuuuuuuure!!!” and pelts his drunken warriors with gold. Then they perform a medieval rap. Up on a mountain somewhere, a Garbage Pail Kid named Grendel (Crispin Glover) has no skin, very sensitive ears, and major beef with Hrothgar: the Old English equivalent of “CAN YOU GODDAMN KIDS PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN!?” He hates the rapping. He kills everyone. Eventually, Beowulf shows up (you know it’s him because he never stops yelling, “I am BEOWULF!”) and things get homoerotic: “There have been many brave men who have come to taste my lord’s mead.” A bit of sensual chain-mail unbuckling later, and Beowulf is naked—I mean fully nude, for no reason, in front of the queen—and fights Grendel with his bare hands. John Malkovich contributes a sarcastic slow clap. Then Angelina Jolie’s golden boobz come out of a lake. Then Beowulf bones her. Somewhere, your college English professor gnaws his own face off, and Robert Zemeckis unwraps a single, sticky, delicious prune. http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=440707 | ||
Jibba
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"Beowulf, Robert Zemeckis’s retardedly modern, 3-D, motion-capture reworking of Ye Olde English yarn, uses technology to murder the shit out of entertainment." | ||
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On December 02 2007 14:40 Jibba wrote: Aha nice review. "Beowulf, Robert Zemeckis’s retardedly modern, 3-D, motion-capture reworking of Ye Olde English yarn, uses technology to murder the shit out of entertainment." ahahahha best. review. ever.. | ||
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stuthedog
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the 3D made the action scenes even cooler. it was awesome seeing the fine detail on characters faces, especially in important scenes theyd go in for the character profile close up. they didnt exploit it to its fullest but that might also be because of its limitations of 3D. oh and some of this has been said but these were the coolest parts: - beowulf stripping in front of the queen - beowulf knocking the shit out of grendel's head - beowulf cutting off his own arm to reach dragon's heart - beowulf ripping dragon's heart with his bare hands - grendel ripping people in two and eating their heads - to be more literal, the theme of sins of the fathers being visiting on their sons - this was a man's movie. what they eat, who they sleep with, how they talk, what men do. no surprise coming from roger avary and neil gaiman. those two are geniuses. | ||
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Waxangel
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On December 08 2007 15:05 stuthedog wrote: this movie rocked. saw it in 3D. its everything 300 wasn't - full of testosterone, rapid-fire plot, action was so awesome it made me laugh out loud many times, and who is more man than beowulf? he kills sea monsters, dragons and grendel AND he has two wives AND they think its cool that the other exists cuz well, they live in beowulf's world. the 3D made the action scenes even cooler. it was awesome seeing the fine detail on characters faces, especially in important scenes theyd go in for the character profile close up. they didnt exploit it to its fullest but that might also be because of its limitations of 3D. oh and some of this has been said but these were the coolest parts: - beowulf stripping in front of the queen - beowulf knocking the shit out of grendel's head - beowulf cutting off his own arm to reach dragon's heart - beowulf ripping dragon's heart with his bare hands - grendel ripping people in two and eating their heads - to be more literal, the theme of sins of the fathers being visiting on their sons - this was a man's movie. what they eat, who they sleep with, how they talk, what men do. no surprise coming from roger avary and neil gaiman. those two are geniuses. if this is not sarcasm, I might ban you for incredibly bad taste | ||
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TheFoReveRwaR
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On December 02 2007 14:02 CharlieMurphy wrote: The book sucked in middle school, why would the movie be any different? You honestly feel like you had the ability to judge good literature in middle school? I mean do you even read now? What was the last book you read? Harry Potter? If you think about when the book was written and under what circustances, it's an excellent piece of writing that reflects the values of the society the author lived in. As a historical piece of literary fiction it is remarkable. | ||
TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
On December 08 2007 15:05 stuthedog wrote: this movie rocked. saw it in 3D. its everything 300 wasn't - full of testosterone, rapid-fire plot, action was so awesome it made me laugh out loud many times, and who is more man than beowulf? he kills sea monsters, dragons and grendel AND he has two wives AND they think its cool that the other exists cuz well, they live in beowulf's world. the 3D made the action scenes even cooler. it was awesome seeing the fine detail on characters faces, especially in important scenes theyd go in for the character profile close up. they didnt exploit it to its fullest but that might also be because of its limitations of 3D. oh and some of this has been said but these were the coolest parts: - beowulf stripping in front of the queen - beowulf knocking the shit out of grendel's head - beowulf cutting off his own arm to reach dragon's heart - beowulf ripping dragon's heart with his bare hands - grendel ripping people in two and eating their heads - to be more literal, the theme of sins of the fathers being visiting on their sons - this was a man's movie. what they eat, who they sleep with, how they talk, what men do. no surprise coming from roger avary and neil gaiman. those two are geniuses. Looks like they were successful in reaching their target audience: Complete idiots. Perhaps you could go suck on some balls? I hear they are full of testosterone too and you seem to love that. I'd say go ahead and give him the ban. "- to be more literal, the theme of sins of the fathers being visiting on their sons" What the FUCK? Are you literate? At all? And you're aware that Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman didn't write the book the movie was based off of right? | ||
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CharlieMurphy
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On December 08 2007 19:48 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: Show nested quote + On December 02 2007 14:02 CharlieMurphy wrote: The book sucked in middle school, why would the movie be any different? You honestly feel like you had the ability to judge good literature in middle school? I mean do you even read now? What was the last book you read? Harry Potter? If you think about when the book was written and under what circustances, it's an excellent piece of writing that reflects the values of the society the author lived in. As a historical piece of literary fiction it is remarkable. The story is lame. And no I don't read harry potter. I've read more nonfiction books. I've honestly tried to read a lot of fiction books but its just too annoying because it takes so much longer to read a book (compared to a movie or whatever) and once I get 50-100 pages deep and realize the book is shitty it pisses me off. The last couple fiction books I read were: Slaughterhouse V, The Mist (Skeleton Crew), Memnoch The Devil. All 3 of them were shitty and I only finished slaughter house v because my friend always talks about how great a book it is and I wanted to argue with him properly. | ||
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stuthedog
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On December 08 2007 19:55 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: Show nested quote + On December 08 2007 15:05 stuthedog wrote: this movie rocked. saw it in 3D. its everything 300 wasn't - full of testosterone, rapid-fire plot, action was so awesome it made me laugh out loud many times, and who is more man than beowulf? he kills sea monsters, dragons and grendel AND he has two wives AND they think its cool that the other exists cuz well, they live in beowulf's world. the 3D made the action scenes even cooler. it was awesome seeing the fine detail on characters faces, especially in important scenes theyd go in for the character profile close up. they didnt exploit it to its fullest but that might also be because of its limitations of 3D. oh and some of this has been said but these were the coolest parts: - beowulf stripping in front of the queen - beowulf knocking the shit out of grendel's head - beowulf cutting off his own arm to reach dragon's heart - beowulf ripping dragon's heart with his bare hands - grendel ripping people in two and eating their heads - to be more literal, the theme of sins of the fathers being visiting on their sons - this was a man's movie. what they eat, who they sleep with, how they talk, what men do. no surprise coming from roger avary and neil gaiman. those two are geniuses. Looks like they were successful in reaching their target audience: Complete idiots. Perhaps you could go suck on some balls? I hear they are full of testosterone too and you seem to love that. I'd say go ahead and give him the ban. "- to be more literal, the theme of sins of the fathers being visiting on their sons" What the FUCK? Are you literate? At all? And you're aware that Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman didn't write the book the movie was based off of right? you have the ability of analysis of a 12 year old. you think just because a movie is created around awesomeness unlike all those oscar contenders and classic novels youre forced to read in high school and therefore must love, it sucks. yes, im aware that its a freakng adaptation. youre an idiot if you think 99 percent of the population doesn't know. but hey at least i gave solid points for why i liked the movie. the only thing you said is its an adaptation so it sucks! youre the real idiot. and i think its a shame that if one expresses his opinion contrarily to a mod, the dick in mouth response is "ban!" i think tliquid is a funny place -- its populated by teens going through growing pains where movies like 300 are praised despite all of its faults - lengthy, unrelated v.o.; staccato pacing; action scenes that never climax - and thumb their low-class noses at gems like beowulf which was made for htem. | ||
IdrA
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On December 08 2007 19:48 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: Show nested quote + On December 02 2007 14:02 CharlieMurphy wrote: The book sucked in middle school, why would the movie be any different? You honestly feel like you had the ability to judge good literature in middle school? I mean do you even read now? What was the last book you read? Harry Potter? If you think about when the book was written and under what circustances, it's an excellent piece of writing that reflects the values of the society the author lived in. As a historical piece of literary fiction it is remarkable. being remarkable for its time and standards doesnt make it a good story or good piece of writing by today's standards. | ||
Liquid`Drone
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i'd much rather watch the golden compass, which i might do. (might not though. ) | ||
tiffany
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On December 09 2007 00:23 IdrA wrote: Show nested quote + On December 08 2007 19:48 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: On December 02 2007 14:02 CharlieMurphy wrote: The book sucked in middle school, why would the movie be any different? You honestly feel like you had the ability to judge good literature in middle school? I mean do you even read now? What was the last book you read? Harry Potter? If you think about when the book was written and under what circustances, it's an excellent piece of writing that reflects the values of the society the author lived in. As a historical piece of literary fiction it is remarkable. being remarkable for its time and standards doesnt make it a good story or good piece of writing by today's standards. if that were true every kid in school would not be forced to read it growing up. either way this is completely subjective, and we have only learned one fact from this short discussion: Charlie doesn't read very much, possibly stemming from his aversion to books he was forced to read in grade school. | ||
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IntoTheWow
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On December 09 2007 03:12 tiffany wrote: Show nested quote + On December 09 2007 00:23 IdrA wrote: On December 08 2007 19:48 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: On December 02 2007 14:02 CharlieMurphy wrote: The book sucked in middle school, why would the movie be any different? You honestly feel like you had the ability to judge good literature in middle school? I mean do you even read now? What was the last book you read? Harry Potter? If you think about when the book was written and under what circustances, it's an excellent piece of writing that reflects the values of the society the author lived in. As a historical piece of literary fiction it is remarkable. being remarkable for its time and standards doesnt make it a good story or good piece of writing by today's standards. if that were true every kid in school would not be forced to read it growing up. You are told to read the book to analyze books with clear points in what your teacher whats you to learn. There are a lot of books regarding Knights and that king of stuff, in school most kids are here are told to read The Lay of the Cid because its easier to follow. While on that subject kids could be asked to read Don Quijote de la Mancha which approaches the same subjects with parody and in more depth, but its a longer book and a lot harder to understand. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On December 09 2007 00:23 IdrA wrote: The significance isn't that it was remarkable for its time and standards, it's that it is a rare historical piece of old English and is an epic poem, in the line of the Iliad and the Aeneid.Show nested quote + On December 08 2007 19:48 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: On December 02 2007 14:02 CharlieMurphy wrote: The book sucked in middle school, why would the movie be any different? You honestly feel like you had the ability to judge good literature in middle school? I mean do you even read now? What was the last book you read? Harry Potter? If you think about when the book was written and under what circustances, it's an excellent piece of writing that reflects the values of the society the author lived in. As a historical piece of literary fiction it is remarkable. being remarkable for its time and standards doesnt make it a good story or good piece of writing by today's standards. I thought it was a pretty good story and "good piece of writing by today's standards" means what? Easy to read? Although it does seem pretty stupid to have middle schoolers reading it. It should probably be taught within its historical context before you move on to middle English (Chaucer) and the students really start hating everything that isn't modern. | ||
CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
On December 09 2007 03:12 tiffany wrote: Show nested quote + On December 09 2007 00:23 IdrA wrote: On December 08 2007 19:48 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: On December 02 2007 14:02 CharlieMurphy wrote: The book sucked in middle school, why would the movie be any different? You honestly feel like you had the ability to judge good literature in middle school? I mean do you even read now? What was the last book you read? Harry Potter? If you think about when the book was written and under what circustances, it's an excellent piece of writing that reflects the values of the society the author lived in. As a historical piece of literary fiction it is remarkable. being remarkable for its time and standards doesnt make it a good story or good piece of writing by today's standards. if that were true every kid in school would not be forced to read it growing up. either way this is completely subjective, and we have only learned one fact from this short discussion: Charlie doesn't read very much, possibly stemming from his aversion to books he was forced to read in grade school. Are you trying to cheap shot me? I only said I don't read Fiction books. I've read plenty of nonfiction books as well as reading this site/bnet/subtitles. I'm pretty sure I read 95% more than your average 23 year old not in school. | ||
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On July 03 2020 17:55 Jose Ramirez wrote: This movie is pretty cool. I really liked it. The plot of the film is very interesting, and the graphics and animations are simply incredible. I also read the book "Beowulf" and I can say that it is even better than the movie. You can just click for more and read a lot of interesting things. And I highly recommend reading this book, because it is not for nothing that it is the oldest of all the national epic poems of medieval Europe. Medieval Europe has interested me always. Thank you for the source, I would even use it for school topics and homework | ||
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