Beowulf in trailer
"Beowulf" it is an epic poem, in Anglo-Saxon language and, it is hypothesized, going up again to the eighth century A.D.It narrates of a fierce hero of the Germanic tribe of the Geatis, that is called by the king Danish Hrothgar to free his/her people and his/her splendid real palace Heorot (The Buck), from the raids of the monster Grendel, that kills and it devastates. But Beowulf is forced, after having killed Grendel, to face its his/her mother, looking for revenge.Victorious also on this, the hero becomes king of the Geatis and reigns in the peace up to the arrival of a third monster: a winged dragon. The final struggle brings to the death of both (the image of Thor and his/her struggle with the snake of water).Grendel is not never illustrated in his/her horrible reality of monster, but figured to lines and ideas, perhaps a Troll of the northern mythology and Beowulf doesn't even appear in clarity. This "Beowulf & Grendel", it stays faithful alone partially to the poem:are introduced three new characters, the father of Grendel, the witch Selma and the child of Grendel, on a narrative scenery enriched of stories properly realized for the film.


by ANDREA COLLI