Beowulf: Comparing The Book And The Movie

Movies and books are never the exact same, sometimes even the whole plot is changed around. In the book Beowulf the plot, characters, and setting are a lot different than they are when the movie was created. If a person watched the movie before they read the book, it may be totally confusing to read. In the book, Beowulf shows up and plans to fight with his men, then leaves to go back to his own kingdom. In the movie Beowulf, Beowulf ends up staying and becoming king of Dane Land.

Beowulf is a hero in the eyes of his fellow men through his amazing physical strength. He fought in numerous battles and returned victorious

If we’re going to compare the book to the movie we have to make sure we’ve carefully read the book and watched the movie occasionally stopping your mind to evaluate the movie wondering what is different. I did just that, Beowulf the book compared to the movie has a variety of differences and some similarities. In my opinion the movie was better, let me tell you why.

In the long story and legends of Beowulf he is shown as a heroic young man who fights with his internal desires as a person all while trying to rid people and places of monsters, because of of this people view him differently compared to others. Has it ever occured to you that people may judge or view you differently based on your actions or life conflicts? Well if that is the case then welcome to the life of Beowulf, Beowulf is an old swedish epic that depicts the life of a young prince from Geatland who travels to daneland to help rid the danes of their monster whose name is grendel. While studying the story of beowulf and the movies, book, and cantos that we all watched and read there was many differences between them all, some of the main differences that can be found are the characters and the problems that they face in each story line. Such as in the movies in one grendel is the one who cuts his arm off while in the animated version beowulf is the one who cuts his arm off in order to kill the dragon. Another difference between the movies is in the first one the only monster is grendel and his mother, while in the animated movie they show the sea monsters along with grendel his mother and the dragon all of which beowulf must

In this essay I am comparing Beowulf the movie to how Beowulf the book is totally different and also how it is somewhat the same. There is many things in the great book that are in the very satisfying movie. In the movie and in the book or I guess it can be called a poem, or whatever you want to call it. Anyways in this book it's a story about the Geats and how they were all super happy and always had a bunch of celebrations in this great place that they call the Mead-Hall. There's these monsters and hideous things in this story. All the partying and having a bunch of celebrations angered this monster called Grendel. Then one day much like any other, they were partying and having a joyous time then the angry ravenous monster attacked the Mead-Hall while everyone was asleep. I believe that the poem is way better then the movie, because the poem just has a lot more detail. The other reason why I like the poem way more is because the poem has a really great choice of words that depict the

What we the viewers see in the characters of Beowulf, Book Beowulf seemed might of more unrealistic than the new Beowulf film besides the dragon, Grendel and all the magics

"Beowulf" is the oldest surviving epic poem in Old English literature. It is a tale as old as time, passed down through stories around the campfire, told through the ancient lips of our ancestors. There were many translations recorded as soon as writing was developed, but one was more accurate and popular than the rest. In the year 2007, the movie Beowulf was produced, and it combined many translations of the poem. There were major similarities and differences between the most accurate translation of "Beowulf" and its movie counterpart – such as Beowulf falling in love with Wealthow in the film, Unferth's jealousy in both works, Grendel's mother's curse in the film, the differences of Beowulf's ruling period in both works, the Dragon Cup

There are many complex differences between Beowulf the movie and the textbook such as Beowulf cut Grendel arm different ways in the book and movie. Beowulf killing Grendel mother in the book, but in the movie she lives. Another difference is Beowulf being king of the Geats in the book, but king of Dane in movie. Also Beowulf killed the dragon by his self in movie, but in the book Wiglaf helps Beowulf killed the dragon. Then another difference was when Beowulf cut Grendel head off and brought back to Danes but in the movie Grendel mother cut Grendel head off.

Beowulf, a tale of a warrior who is graced with unworldly powers that comes to the rescue of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes whose land is being invaded by monster named Grendel. This tale is so famous they had to make it into both a poem and a movie. Though the movie had been derived from the poem as most movies are there were many differences and similarities that stood out. Usually when a book or poem gets made into a movie there are many differences and similarities. That is one of the reasons why I was not surprised to see that the movie was very different from the poem, this was due to the changes in the plot of the movie.

People always complain when a movie and book have slightly different events that happen in a movie and a slightly different story line. For example, the poem of Beowulf and the movie are different. In the movie it is easily discoverable to see the difference from the poem. The poem describes Grendel’s mother as an ugly monster, but in contrast the movie has Angelina Jolene as the character, a beautiful woman. The movie also has a different story line about the kings having children with Grendel’s mother. Lastly, another difference is that Beowulf’s personality is different.

When books are adapted into movies certain aspects of the book are changed to aid in translating the story from page to screen. Details are changed to appeal to the audience.

In the movie there are many comparisons and contractions to the movie to the Epic of Beowulf. First let's start out with some comparisons between the movie and the Epic of Beowulf. One comparison between them is that they both say that fate is why he goes to kill Grendel, and that fate is still a really big factor in their way of life. Another comparison was that Beowulf, and his men generally acted the same, and that he still could not be hurt or hindered by their mortal weapons. The last comparison is that in both the movie and the Epic, Beowulf ripped off Grendel’s arm.

There are many differences between Beowulf the epic poem and Beowulf the movie. Many things could be questioned about the movie. Why would the people change the movie from the story? There are several things that would accurately answer this. The actual written story was published in 700-1000 A.D. In that time of period there was no copyright, not very accurate handwriting, and understanding. People in today’s society just look at it as their own perspective of view. Today’s modern day people expect more from a character. Why is that? The reason for that is people would get bored quickly. They must show that person is valuable, heroic and brave. It bases of by people’s preference of the types of movies/poems/books they would like to see/hear/read.

He succumbs to Grendel’s mother and fornicates with her as she, in return, gains control of the magical cup and creates another monster, a dragon. Another crucial difference is that in the book Beowulf becomes king of the Geats and in the movie, he becomes king of the Danes. Beowulf has different values in the book as opposed to the movie. The movie version of Beowulf represents a very modern and American style hero because, in modern culture, the audience is more gravitated toward a flawed character they can relate to.

The changes made about the character in movie is in order for the character Beowulf to be more relatable to the viewers. Beowulf was almost divine in the original textand the movie (2005) everything about him was perfect .While in movie everything wasnt perfect he was conceited and often dishonest. Every director want to sell its work,and for it to happen people have to supply what's in demand. Nowadays characters are flawed to create a plot twist to the story and also for it to be more organic and relatable to the viewers.