November 18, 2007

  • Beowolf-Excellent Animation-Not a kid friendly movie

    beowulfposter

     

    Friday Hubby took me to see Beowulf in 3D at the IMAX theater in Indianapolis. What an experience. It was beautifully animated and stayed very true to the poem. BUT, I have no idea how this movie received a PG-13 rating. I realized that it is animated but Angelina Jolie's animation was too real for comfort. Some poor junior high teacher brought at least 30 boys and girls to the movie and as Beowulf removes his clothing for the first battle  you could hear all of the girls giggle. Then when you see Mother for the first time they tilt from head to toe and you hear an intake of breath as you pass private parts covered by the gold and then cat calls and jeers and laughing from the kids. It really should have been rated R. It really is too much for younger kids. It was well done but it is not a pixar film that is candy coated. The protagonist is not inherently good and the antagonistic is not inherently bad. It was very well done from a story stand point but again I say it is not for children. 

    Excellent Movie that I hope receives an oscar. It deserves it, and an R rating.