Something seemed slightly stilted about the faces in Beowulf, they were a little block like. In the film Beowulf represents the Pagan old religion and Unferth is used to represent the christian side of the story, as the one asking if they should pray to the new god christ Jesus, and later when the dragon attacks he holds up a cross to ward off the monster. The scene that I thought could use a complete change around in the movie, was the one between Beowulf and Unferth. When Beowulf arrives in the hall Unferth takes the time to call out every bad thing he can about Beowulf. He marches into the hall with a pack of warrior's trailing behind him. As Unferth's followers square off against Beowulf's men in a wide shot of the hall with swords drawn, this was the perfect time to bring the religious conflict between the Pagan and Christian to a head. Instead Beowulf lets him trash talk and after he is king set up a Christian church, which is burned to the ground by a Pagan monster. If I were to redo this scene I would have let the conflict escalate letting Beowulf's men beat the hell out of Unferth and his men. Not only would this have shown the dominance of the Pagan elements that were true to the time, but also been a great time to show some emotion on the face of Unferth. My problem with Unferth is that he is set up as a character of cowardice and evil, having murdered his family, but he somehow is never able to look the part, instead his static expression is like that of the queens just slightly sour and flat.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Coulter-Beouwulf
Something seemed slightly stilted about the faces in Beowulf, they were a little block like. In the film Beowulf represents the Pagan old religion and Unferth is used to represent the christian side of the story, as the one asking if they should pray to the new god christ Jesus, and later when the dragon attacks he holds up a cross to ward off the monster. The scene that I thought could use a complete change around in the movie, was the one between Beowulf and Unferth. When Beowulf arrives in the hall Unferth takes the time to call out every bad thing he can about Beowulf. He marches into the hall with a pack of warrior's trailing behind him. As Unferth's followers square off against Beowulf's men in a wide shot of the hall with swords drawn, this was the perfect time to bring the religious conflict between the Pagan and Christian to a head. Instead Beowulf lets him trash talk and after he is king set up a Christian church, which is burned to the ground by a Pagan monster. If I were to redo this scene I would have let the conflict escalate letting Beowulf's men beat the hell out of Unferth and his men. Not only would this have shown the dominance of the Pagan elements that were true to the time, but also been a great time to show some emotion on the face of Unferth. My problem with Unferth is that he is set up as a character of cowardice and evil, having murdered his family, but he somehow is never able to look the part, instead his static expression is like that of the queens just slightly sour and flat.
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I do often wonder why Beowulf lost to Brecca in the film. That is not what happens in the legend. The fact that he has to excuse his loss by talking about sea monsters lessens his credibility. Where did you find the lego castle?
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