This looks awesome:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/beowulf/
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I still have reservations.
I still want to see a version of the book Grendel. A film about a nihilistic monster sounds like ten tons of fun to me.
There is some question about this. People understand why you might need a CGI Grendel and Grendel's mother, but if you are going to get Ray Winstone, John Malkovich, and Anthony Hopkins to voice three of the characters, why do you need a CGI Winstone, Malkovich, and Hopkins? Why don't you just get Winstone, Malkovich and Hopkins to do a live-action version of the film?