Friday Night Bad Action Movie

Last night my friends E, L, and I continued our sometime tradition of Friday Night Bad Action Movie.

I'm not a fan of the look of live action capture, but BEOWULF (Robert Zemeckis, written by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary) (acclaimed graphic novel writer and writer of PULP FICTION respectively) looked entertaining. And it had a cast with a lot of personality (Ray Winstone--love him!--Anthony Hopkins, Crispin Glover--as Grendel--Brendan Gleeson...John Malkovich...)...

We laughed, and laughed some more. It was not a good movie! But it had its entertaining moments. and Ray Winstone is a delight. Perfect as Beowulf. Here he is below...with, as the Star Tribune said, a body that is a cross between Sean Bean (Boromir from LOTR) and Hulk Hogan.

If you rent this, watch the Special Features so you can see Crispin Glover tearing little stuffed rag dolls in half in motion capture. It's hilarious, and only slightly disturbing.