• Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
    8·
    6 months ago

    I have been watching various movies, readings and videos of Beowulf and about Beowulf. ( I read the book a long time ago, before Heaney’s translation ) Here are some.

    Beowulf by Robert Zemeckis. Whyyyyyyy. It could have been awesome but it looked like crap. 2 hobbits

    Beowulf , documentary by Michael Woods, 4 hobbits

    History documentary by some academic poetry chap, 3 hobbits

    Beowulf 1998 animation with Derek Jacobi, 3 hobbits

    The Hobbit , for following Tolkein’s texts on Beowulf and the book The Hobbit and for general awesomeness in heroic story telling, 6 out 5 hobbits. I love it even more now,

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
        3·
        6 months ago

        The 1998 one is 30 minutes and on youtube ✅

        the series with William Hurt was so bad I didn’t even review it

        I yelled at the zemeckis movie, what a waste of actors

        Michael Woods is always good, it made me want to travel all over England and see these places

    • shiny_idea@aussie.zone
      1·
      6 months ago

      Is “Bea Wolf” on your radar?

      It’s an illustrated children’s book about a children’s party in a treehouse.

      But apparently somehow it’s an adaptation of the ancient epic?

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Monarch of the Glen by Neil Gaiman (a novella in his short story collection Fragile Things) sort of includes Grendle. It also serves as a small sequel to American Gods. I like his take.

    • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Apparently Grendel Grendel Grendel is awesome but I’ve never been able to find a copy.
      EDIT: it’s now on Prime.