http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/beowulf_movie/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/beowulf_movie/comment-page-1/#comment-89413 Matt Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:47:46 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/beowulf_movie/#comment-89413 I reread the poem before going to see the film and thought that I'd missed something somewhere while trudging through the Old English. I didn't think I was that dense. In this case, it's a bad idea to tweak the story that much -- because it's no longer "Beowulf" if the hero is sullied by being so unherolike. "Lord of the Rings" is still "Lord of the Rings" without Tom Bombadil; Beowulf having a dragon-child with Grendel's mother? That's not "Beowulf." I reread the poem before going to see the film and thought that I’d missed something somewhere while trudging through the Old English. I didn’t think I was that dense. In this case, it’s a bad idea to tweak the story that much — because it’s no longer “Beowulf” if the hero is sullied by being so unherolike. “Lord of the Rings” is still “Lord of the Rings” without Tom Bombadil; Beowulf having a dragon-child with Grendel’s mother? That’s not “Beowulf.”

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/beowulf_movie/comment-page-1/#comment-88274 Parker Posey Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:14:58 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/beowulf_movie/#comment-88274 Honestly, if you like the book, DON'T go see the movie. They butchered the story so much I was expecting to find out that Grendel was the love child between Grendel's Mother and King Hrothgar... oh wait, actually, that DID occur in the movie! Honestly, if you like the book, DON’T go see the movie. They butchered the story so much I was expecting to find out that Grendel was the love child between Grendel’s Mother and King Hrothgar… oh wait, actually, that DID occur in the movie!

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/beowulf_movie/comment-page-1/#comment-87916 Rebecca Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:54:38 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/beowulf_movie/#comment-87916 I'm quite hesitant to see the movie because I loved the book so much! I’m quite hesitant to see the movie because I loved the book so much!

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/beowulf_movie/comment-page-1/#comment-81885 Book Club Articles » Blog Archive » Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: The Book V. Movie Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:50:04 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/beowulf_movie/#comment-81885 [...] Original post by Rebecca [...] [...] Original post by Rebecca [...]

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