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= = = = = **SHAME ON YOU, BEOWULF !!!** = = = = ** Wiglaf : He was the bravest of us. He was the prince of all warriors. His name will live forever. ** = = ** Wealthow: His song shall be sung forever. ** =

**Beowulf**: Keep a memory of me, not as a king or a hero; but as a man: fallible and flawed.



Beowulf is made into movie based on the poem with the same name. It is a story about a man who has a heart about of a bull. Both versions have similar outline and statement -- Beowulf is a brave man, who later becomes king and dies in the end. One of the major differences is how he becomes he king. Due to the change in a plot, Beowolf in a movie is nothing, but a big fat liar that causes a lot of problems.

In a poem, after finishing Grendel, Beowulf returns home and he is crowned king. In a movie, there is a big different on how he becomes king. The lion-heart guy makes the deal with Grendel's mother which plays by the sexy lips star, Angelina Jolie(Tomb Raider) She is supposed to be so sexy and attractive that it blows Beowulf's mind. The deal is simple, but not so chic. Grendel's mother is to keep the golden horn and then his town will be thriving and thriving. Beowolf returns to the town as a hero since everyone thinks he slays Grendel's mother. He makes up a whole story about how he fought her. Anyone with any sense that has watched the movie will know that our hero is being a total jerk and deserve a kick in a butt. Still Beowulf in a poem is an ideal hero, brave, smart or to make long story short, he is perfect. And to be honest, we have not seen such for centuries or since the time of Adam and Eve. But one must remember that this is the work of art so there is no need to have a Thaksin-like hero in a movie because we have seen more than enough of this.

Here's a quote when Beowulf was about to be a king

"All-knowing God/ Must have sent you such words; nothing so wise/ From a warrior so young has ever reached/ These ancient ears...If your lord,/ Hrethel's son, is slain by a spear,/ Or falls sick and dies...I say that the Geats/ Could do no better, find no man better/ Suited to be king, keeper of warriors/ and their treasure, than you..., Belovèd Beowulf." lines 1841-1852

The movie version is not inspiring. All you could do and want to do while watching it is yelling "SHAME ON YOU, BEOWuLF!!!" at the screen. The movie destroys all the good images of Beowolf, of the way it should be. You know this because if you are reading a poem when our hero dies in the end, you would honor him. In a movie, all you would do is say "You deserve it, Mr. Casanova."

The poem version is the way it supposed to be. When the next generations read it, they will know that there is something good in a world and ready to face the world and look at it in a bright side. The poem is the best thing you could ever ask for.