Beowulf
August 31, 2007
I’m not sure if I’m excited for this or not.
But I love Beowulf. And this could be a pretty cool movie. Could. It could also be a cheesy misrepresentation of the English language’s first true work of art.
(Sound is quiet. Turn up the sound a little to hear it better.)
And if it sucks? Well, I can turn away, back to the epic itself. To the Seamus Heaney translation, which is, to date, the best I’ve read.
I have no doubt that this:
Won’t hold a candle to this:
But it’s worth hoping, isn’t it?
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