spawnfreak Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 CAN YOU BELIEVE A MOVIE BASED ON BEOWULF IS GOING TO COME OUT? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER INFO ON THIS? I GUESS THE MOVIE INDUSTRY IS RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS FOR MOVIES WHEN THEY RESORT TO AN EIGHTH CENTURY POEM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tybalt Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Already sounds a whole lot better than movies based on 1960s or 70s television shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costellogirl75 Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 I wonder if they will omit Grendl, like they omitted the gods in Troy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 Please stop HOLLERING, spawnfreak! The recent movie Troy is based on Homer's Iliad from the 8th or 9th Century B. C. Maybe Epic poetry can compete with superhero comic books as movie source material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costellogirl75 Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 I was HOLLERING as you so eloquently put it, not spawnfreak. The gods play a very important role in the Iliad, therefore they should have been included in the film Troy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 Costellogirl75, I was making a bad joke about how spawnfreak used ALL CAPS in his post (according to Web Etiquette that is supposed to be like screaming). I hadn't read your post about Troy because I was composing my own at the same time. I agree that the Gods are essential to Homer's Iliad, but apparently of less concern to Hollywood and box-office calculations. My point was that just because Beowulf is "old", that doesn't mean adapting it is scraping the bottom of the barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costellogirl75 Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 bazooka, I totally understand your HOLLERING now! :: I just get uppity because I was a lit major in college and have read the Iliad and Beowulf a gagillion times. I am not at all against adapting books into films, but leaving out essential elements (like the gods) just rankles me. Personally I would rather see an 8th Century poem get turned into a move than rides at Disneyland. I guess that's why I don't work in the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielj Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 I'd say it'll be good. A bit gory... but good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tybalt Posted July 22, 2004 Report Share Posted July 22, 2004 A movie that will appeal to 13 year-old boys! What a unique new concept! [i'm not picking on you, Danielj. Just kidding around] I mean if Beowulf is movie business-as-usual, they will see some need to 'pump it up' with FX. And, if we're lucky, the writers may have looked at the Cliff Notes. But, on the other hand, I suppose an optimist could say there is some slight chance this might turn out to be a classic motion picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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