I was extremely excited when I heard Beowulf was going to make it to the big screen. There had been so many failed attempts to do this epic poem justice. There was Beowulf starring Christopher Lambert in 1999 and Beowulf and Grendel Starring Gerard Butler in 2005. Both films had such promise, but I was ultimately disappointed with the changes made to the perfectly entertaining epic poem of Beowulf which in my opinion was brooding and mysterious. Finally we come to the Robert Zemeckis film of Beowulf. It was entertaining in it's own way, but ultimately fell short of what it could have been. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed this film to a degree, but it wasn't as entertaining as reading Beowulf the epic poem. Zemeckis has given us so many great films, but I believe he dropped the ball on this one. If you like fantasy movies you'll like this movie, but don't expect it to do the poem justice. I had to disassociate myself with the poem to enjoy this film.