TimeLordMechanic Reviews

Beowulf (2007)

Disgraceful that they should call it Beowulf

[1/10 · 14 December 2009]

I understand that when a piece of literature is translated into a movie that changes have to be made. Indeed, considering the source material it would be understandable why the director might make significant changes. In fact, it is my opinion that movies such as this should not be a page by page copy of the original, but should by the directors own vision and interpretation of the story. It may even by OK to add to the story to bring greater depth and complexity to the characters.

Overall, it doesn't matter how similar the plot is with the original poem, but how well it represents the themes of the original. Therefor, Beowulf(the movie) is probably the worst adaptation of any piece of literature ever.

The Beowulf of the poem and the Beowulf of the movie have little in common when it comes to their characteristics. In many ways, this movie was a betrayal of the original. in the original, Beowulf was a role model of Anglo-Saxon society, but in this version he was responsible for the dragon and doesn't kill Grendel's mom. the themes represented in this version are nowhere to be found in the original.

This movie is altogether not the story of Beowulf, it is a completely different movie. Robert Zemeckis took an entirely different story,and made some changes to make it sound like the poem probably so that it get more publicity.

Disreguarding the fact that its supposedly the story of Beowulf, the story wasn't that bad, though it could use room for improvement. this would probably have been a better movie had they not been trying to make it into Beowulf. The CGI is OK, but it still doesn't beat the real thing. I would have given this a 6/10 if it wasn't for the fact that they lied by naming it Beowulf, which in my opinion dishonest and Extremely disrespectful of the poem it was "based" off of.

Therefor its a 1/10

Iron Man (2008)

Another super hero movie

[6/10 · 14 December 2009]

Personally, I could care less whether or not I ever see another super hero movie again. To me, they all follow similar plot lines and are therefor rather predictable. Furthermore, I could really care less what happens to the main character. As for the action scenes, there are enough movies out there with huge explosions and whatnot that it just doesn't interest me anymore. The fact that I've never had much of an interest in super heroes and comics is probably the main reason why this film didn't interest me at all.

If your like me and your sick with all these super movies that have come out over the last year, then you could skip this movies.

But, if you liked Spiderman and Batman and found them entertaining, by all means go see Iron Man because you'll enjoy it. The only serious flaw with this movie that I had was that it didn't use the song of the same name by Black Sabbeth until the end credits.

9 (I) (2009)

Too short

[5/10 · 14 December 2009]

This movie had potential but in the end it fails to deliver. It certainly looks good, and they did a great job of creating a post-apocalyptic looking world. I also liked the idea that each of the different characters represented a different part of the human soul(leadership, memory, curiosity) and therefor had different roles. The idea for the story was interesting but overall the movie is too short. I certainly would have liked to see more character interaction in between all the action scenes. Take the movie WALL-E for example, despite the fact that the little guy almost never talks, there is enough time spent in the beginning of the movie where we get a sense of his personality and the world he lives in.

Overall, this film focused to much on the action and visuals than on plot and character development. And as for the ending, well, I felt that it came too quickly and without enough explanation of what was going on.