Beowulf (1999)
You didn't think I'd get through a
fantasy movie marathon without at least 1 Christopher Lambert
offering, did you?!?
Very loosely based on the terribly
over-rated poem, this film predates the 2007 CGI filmgasm by 8 years.
It has a very sci-fi feel to it while retaining it's medieval roots.
And honestly, I love that about this movie. It even has a Juno
Reactor soundtrack!
A bleached blonde Lambert is Beowulf
and he's hunting an evil entity named Grendel. After tracking it to
a castle/natural gas refinery, he invites himself in and starts
moping about the place spouting moody one-liners and doing that
distant staring he's famous for. While he plays a total bad-ass
fighter, you can clearly see he's showing his age via use of stunt
doubles. I know for a fact that he can't back-flip while shooting
crossbows. The man is almost 60! He'd break a hip!
While there are some slightly cheesy
scenes, overall this is really a cool movie. It's not awesome,
amazing, ground breaking, but I never got bored watching it. I have
no choice but to recommended this film to any self respecting geek or
nerd.
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