Go see Beowulf & Grendel instead. It’s very realistic (for a movie about a monster). The acting, scenery, equipment, and everything else is quite plausible. Good acting, a couple (not many) of awesome sword fights. The only bad part was a lack of Scandinavian accents.
As far as No Country for Old Men is concerned…(minor spoiler alert)
The ending is terrible. There’s no finality to it at all. The whole movie is great up until the last 10 minutes, and the ending is just wishy washy. It’s not like the usual Coen brothers Mexican standoff type ending.
[quote]Donut62 wrote:
I’ll take the cheap Michael Crichton knock-off novel turned movie 13th Warrior anyday. A mexican playing a Persian made a better movie than this.[/quote]
Not to be picky, but it was a Spaniard (Antonio Banderas) playing an Arab (ibn Fadlan).
I dunno, I worked on this flick (on the technical side), so I’m a little biased. I’ve never seen it in its final form, but I was impressed by how it came off on screen.
However, mocap isn’t a substitute for hard work (think Beowulf vs The King in 300).
Saw it yesterday in 3-d. I thought that overall it was tremendous. The story was altered to where it resembled a play by Sophocles or Euripides more than a norse legend. The idea of “Nemesis” is not in the original poem, and it’s central to this re-imagining of the story.
Nevertheless, it was T-boosting, motivating, and made me proud to be white. I won’t spoil it by telling you what he does in order to finally slay the dragon, to protect the women he loved, but when he did it, it was for me one of the most inspiring things in cinema or literature. To me, that segment alone was well worth the cost of admission.
And the ending… Well, like every good folk ballad, it raised more questions than it answered, and I guess that’s a good thing too.
“Tonight will be different! I am Ripper! Terror! Slasher! I am the teeth in the darkness! The talons in the night! My name is strength! And Lust! And Power! I…AM…BEOWULF!”