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06-14-2004, 07:48 PM
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Beowulf movie?
Its a bit early to begin talking about it perhaps, since imdb says it won't be out till next year sometime, but I was wondering if anyone had heard that they were making this movie? As a student of medieval studies and historical linguistics, I'm quite intrigued.
 Though it certainly has the potential to be absolutely horrible, like any adaptation of a literary or mythological work.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402057/ Edited to correct the link
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06-14-2004, 08:10 PM
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Sorry, Swifty - that link is taking me to somewhere that says "Campo Bravo"!
 Didn't Elwen mention this sometime ago? 
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06-14-2004, 08:29 PM
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Here's the correct link.
 Also, according to IMDb, there was a sci-fi version of the Beowulf story (excuse me while I  ) made in 1999 with Christopher Lambert, of Highlander fame. Apparently it sucked, which somehow doesn't surprise me at all.  Incidentally, the movie is starring Gerard Butler as the hero himself, and he is the one who is playing the Phantom in the upcoming Phantom of the Opera movie.Cully, I searched and didn't find anything about a Beowulf movie here in the Cineplex or by Elwen anywhere, unless she misspelled the title. EDIT: Whoopee, my 800th post! 
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06-14-2004, 08:33 PM
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Elwen misspelling the title? She'd probably go and chop her own head off if she ever did such a thing!
 I must be making it up, Námo (BTW thanks for that accent software - it's great because we've just been XPed at work and the old system I used no longer works). I did a search too and couldn't find anything...The director seems only to have done TV - lots of it in Canada...
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06-14-2004, 08:39 PM
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Have you read Crichton's 'Eaters of the Dead'? It was made into the movie 'The Thirteenth Warrior'. An engrossing read (no pun intended
) especially when I twigged to what Crichton was actually referring too!
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06-15-2004, 07:53 AM
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LOL! Well, well... my reputation proceeds me... bad spelling and the total nut for ancient things
Not my kind of ancient, though, although I am intrigued. I am pretty sure I didn't mention it before - but I am sure I read about it as well somewhere around here... in the Arthur thread? Well, a film about ancient NW European mythology (especially when based on a Germanic language, for some reason) is always in danger of ending up looking like Conan or something so I am somewhat apprehensive.Elwen
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06-15-2004, 01:39 PM
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I thought there was a mention of Beowulf in connection with The Thirteenth Warrior on the thread Elwen started about if you liked LOTR watch this - film recommendations list thread. That's not the name of the thread, and I'm too pushed for time to check - sorry!
Conan? Not sure I'd quibble as we run no risk of Arnie these days  (and I do like Conan the Barbarian  )
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06-15-2004, 02:48 PM
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06-15-2004, 05:57 PM
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 But I'd never been in that thread before now, so it may also have been mentioned in Arthur - when everyone was talking about the sudden rise of films based on ancient tales.
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06-16-2004, 01:52 AM
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Oopsie, sorry about the wrong link everyone.
Yes, I do realize that The 13th Warrior was based on Beowulf through Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead. I actually enjoyed that movie (*cough* hunky manflesh*cough* ), though I thought it must have been edited poorly, as some scenes had no connection to other scenes in the movie. I still have some hopes for this movie, though it is a bit early to tell either way I guess...
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06-20-2004, 12:16 AM
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well, just about anything has to be better than the other Beowolf with Christopher Lambert
that was bloody awful
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06-20-2004, 02:00 AM
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"I figure three inches is plenty long." "I want it hard! " "I didn't feel it squish!" "Well quit sucking on it; it isn't making it any better!" I'm not sure if it looks good smaller." "You have a big one!" "Give me a thrill ride!" "There! I elongated him!" "How did I get it bigger before? Oh! This is how I did it!" "I started playing around with it, and woooo!" "Well, how does it go in?" "It's this great big, humongous long thing!" "That thing doesn't look near as pretty from a distance as it does up close!" Look how fast that's coming up!! I can't get it in! "When it sticks out like that it's easy to break." "I can't stop bouncing!" -Nyliram, AKA Bambi, taken entirely out of context (\ /) ( . .) c('')('')
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06-20-2004, 02:40 AM
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Mmmmm....
Sounds quite delicious to me!
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07-20-2004, 09:35 AM
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Beowulf and Grendel
I'm so excited for this! I just hope they do it right!!
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 Gerard in the movie "Attila" another small article: Quote:
 
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07-20-2004, 12:49 PM
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They've already done a Beowulf...starring none other than masterful Christopher Lambert himself
. Hopefully this one will be a bit better...
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07-20-2004, 05:12 PM
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So this is what we were all muttering about in another thread. Thanks for the info, ~RiAnNa_D~.
To be honest, I don't know that I can hold out much hope for many more epics - not after Troy and Arthur... Personally, I really want to see Noggin the Nog and the Ice Dragon make it to the big screen...
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07-20-2004, 06:43 PM
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hmmm Beowulf.... they better get this right, as far as i know, there is an even bigger number of purists for this tale
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07-20-2004, 07:22 PM
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What, MORE Beowulf purists than Iliad purists? I don't think so. Not the sort of purists who manage to raise a fuss on the web anyway
 And see how much the Troy people cared about the purists (or even moderate people like me who could deal with adaptations)... I hope the Beowulf fans fare better than us Iliad lovers, though.... fingers crossed... Elwen
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07-20-2004, 08:08 PM
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Well, you may be disappointed. I just read this press release. It seems like the studio has made a few changes in light of "Troy" being something of a let down. Anyway, here is an excerpt.
Beowulf. He's a medieval warrior. Grendel. He's a bumbling ogre with a 'tude. Together, they are cops making the forests safe for the peasants. Courtney Love is Morgana Le Fey, the woman who nearly comes between them. Special appearance by Anthony Hopkins as "Hannibal", Beo's and Gren's gruff but loveable commander. Coming this fall from the makers of "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "Battlefield Earth", with music by Glenn Yarbrough and animated sequences by Ralph Bakshi.
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"I figure three inches is plenty long." "I want it hard! " "I didn't feel it squish!" "Well quit sucking on it; it isn't making it any better!" I'm not sure if it looks good smaller." "You have a big one!" "Give me a thrill ride!" "There! I elongated him!" "How did I get it bigger before? Oh! This is how I did it!" "I started playing around with it, and woooo!" "Well, how does it go in?" "It's this great big, humongous long thing!" "That thing doesn't look near as pretty from a distance as it does up close!" Look how fast that's coming up!! I can't get it in! "When it sticks out like that it's easy to break." "I can't stop bouncing!" -Nyliram, AKA Bambi, taken entirely out of context (\ /) ( . .) c('')('')
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07-20-2004, 09:13 PM
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Mods are not supposed to make posters run screaming from their forums...
*Tries to drag Tim back into Chambers to undergo more moderator training...* Thanks, Tim
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07-21-2004, 12:51 AM
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Just a note: This thread could be merged with this one. EDIT: Wow. I can't believe I just used my 1,000th post to be a smartass and be a back-seat mod.
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07-21-2004, 03:12 AM
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Yeah, yeah, looks like someone is trying to earn their junior mod badge!
I forgot there even was another Beowulf thread. Oh well, there is only one noe.
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"I figure three inches is plenty long." "I want it hard! " "I didn't feel it squish!" "Well quit sucking on it; it isn't making it any better!" I'm not sure if it looks good smaller." "You have a big one!" "Give me a thrill ride!" "There! I elongated him!" "How did I get it bigger before? Oh! This is how I did it!" "I started playing around with it, and woooo!" "Well, how does it go in?" "It's this great big, humongous long thing!" "That thing doesn't look near as pretty from a distance as it does up close!" Look how fast that's coming up!! I can't get it in! "When it sticks out like that it's easy to break." "I can't stop bouncing!" -Nyliram, AKA Bambi, taken entirely out of context (\ /) ( . .) c('')('')
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07-21-2004, 04:02 AM
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Glenn Yarbrough!
YAY!!!  ELwen
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07-21-2004, 11:02 AM
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... so... PLEASEEE ... this is a joke right??? 
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07-21-2004, 03:58 PM
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Nah, that's Tim being sensible.
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07-25-2004, 12:09 AM
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Beowulf
A Beowulf movie? Let's see if their cinematic poeticism is any match for the original oral version, which I doubt.
I saw that version with Christopher Lambert, which I disliked. I don't know where it was made or who made it, but it looked like a European "B" movie that never got picked up by a distributor, probably because it wasn't good enough, and got farmed-out to the minor leagues, as it were, showing up in a video store to sucker people in to renting it because it had a flashy title. Of course, nowadays, I don't like any movie. Any new movies, that is.
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08-06-2004, 02:34 AM
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Sorry but, "first horror story"???
*sigh*
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08-27-2004, 06:34 PM
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Apparently the title is now Beowulf and Grendel. Interesting. I assume this means that the movie will be focused mainly on the first half of the poem rather than the whole thing (also since there doesn't seem to be a dragon).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402057/
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08-27-2004, 07:25 PM
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As to the Dragon according to the Director they are planning on making two films the second will be called "Beowulf and the Dragon" The Official site is http://www.beowulf-movie.com/ Sturla Gunnarsson's (the Director) comment can be found in the "Ask the Director" forum of the Discussion board there. He also has this to say when the film is compared to LotR. Quote:
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08-29-2004, 05:55 PM
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Thanks for the info, Mormegil!
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