Inside the Story and Movie of Beowulf

Ever since I was younger I remember put downing the history of Beowulf in my English and thinking how much better it would be if it had a motion-picture show to it. Little did I know it did, produced in 1999 my English teacher Mr. Billings made us watch then movie then discuss the two stories. Now when I saw this movie I could not stay awake to save my life. Then in 2007 another movie with the story of Beowulf came out and I was excited as it got great reviews. Now when I watched the movie, I noticed umpteen another(prenominal) similarities and differences from the metrical composition and the movie.So with what I kitty recall from the story lineage and the movie I will occur a brief explanation of what these two stories had in common and not common. There are galore(postnominal) similarities between the poem and movie of Beowulf. Some include the clothes, the drinking, some represent scenes, and Beowulfs arrogance. When we first read the story you can tell the descriptio n of the older style clothes and armor and spot on throughout the movie. Another similarity is the drinking between the two stories. When we first read the book we lift up about the Danes hall where they celebrate and drink till they pass out.When we watch the movie you make m any scenes of these men drinking mass amounts of alcohol. The next similarity I want to talk about is the fight scene between Grendel and Beowulf. At the beginning of the story Beowulf grasps Grendels hand until he breaks Grendels fingers which waistband true to the poem. Also it is measurable to mention that that in the movie and poem, Beowulf is seen as a hero of populace able to over causation the Danes. This is why he arrogant throughout twain(prenominal) stories thinking he can destroy anything in his path.Now as we all know, most of the time when a book or poem is turned into a movie it will nourish many differences. I was not surprised to see the movie of Beowulf not stay true to the original po em. The first difference we come across is at the beginning of the movie as it starts off with Grendels death, when in the poem it starts with the Danes having a beer party in the hall. The major difference between the two is the poem actually explained a detailed story line of Beowulfs journey. When I watched I movie I felt if left out some important pieces that i like in the poem.Another big difference was the fight between Beowulf and the dragon. In the movie Beowulf had the decoct part of his off arm off and he rips out the heart of the dragon. Now this scene is highly different from the poem, the movie just added more dramatics to make the viewer more into the movie. Now in this writer professional opinion I thought the movie and poem had many differences but tranquilize caught the essence and story of Beowulf. This movie and poem are connected by a history of power and violence in which we can see bloody scenes and deaths.There also two histories that lack of love, and neith er of them provides any link of friendship, but rather each of them covers about their own, every character of the movie and poem takes care of themselves because they have to fight to defend themselves from the terrible things that happen. Another important aspect of the two stories are they both belong to the old English period with differences with the pronunciation of Modern English and the English spoken at the time of the poem.So as you can see there are many major differences and similarities between both the poem and movie and Beowulf. I hope after you have read this compare and contrast undertake you will have more knowledge over the poem and movie of Beowulf. The story and movie of Beowulf is genius of my favorites and a great memory of why I love to read. So no matter what, if you have not yet read of seen the movie I highly encourage you to as its a great story, one to not be forgotten.