I must admit that when mozart suggested watching Boewulf last night, I wasn't exactly doing cartwheels nor doing one of my crazy dances. Nor was I curious about Angelina Jolie's so-called naked scene (more on that later)..quite shocking for this not-so-closeted fan of La Jolie!
Adapted for the screen by Neil Gaiman (he of the Sandman comics) and Roger Avary, this rather ancient tale concerns the title warrior, who arrives in Denmark to do battle with a scarily-deformed monster, Grendel, who has been terrifying the Danish court. Here's the twist: Grendel happens to be the son of the Danish king who apparently did the deed with G's mommy, none other than Angelina Jolie mostly 'wearing' nothing but her birthday suit! Oh but wait! there's another twist to the earlier twist..but let's not get into that for the benefit of those who have yet to see the movie.
As entertaining as this movie was, Medulla and I agreed that this movie, what with the quality of the mind-blowing computer-generated animation, felt more like we were playing another adventure-seeking game on Playstation 3. Not that that's a bad thing considering that we had a huge screen and good surround system...what more can a game geek ask for??
And let's not forget the birthday suits some of the characters were donning, or rather lack of it, throughout the movie. Perhaps the authorities slept through the movie or thought that this was another harmless animated movie...but whatever happened to censorship?!? A thing of the past I suppose..
Adapted for the screen by Neil Gaiman (he of the Sandman comics) and Roger Avary, this rather ancient tale concerns the title warrior, who arrives in Denmark to do battle with a scarily-deformed monster, Grendel, who has been terrifying the Danish court. Here's the twist: Grendel happens to be the son of the Danish king who apparently did the deed with G's mommy, none other than Angelina Jolie mostly 'wearing' nothing but her birthday suit! Oh but wait! there's another twist to the earlier twist..but let's not get into that for the benefit of those who have yet to see the movie.
As entertaining as this movie was, Medulla and I agreed that this movie, what with the quality of the mind-blowing computer-generated animation, felt more like we were playing another adventure-seeking game on Playstation 3. Not that that's a bad thing considering that we had a huge screen and good surround system...what more can a game geek ask for??
And let's not forget the birthday suits some of the characters were donning, or rather lack of it, throughout the movie. Perhaps the authorities slept through the movie or thought that this was another harmless animated movie...but whatever happened to censorship?!? A thing of the past I suppose..
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