I was already planning to watch Beowulf but on regular cinema when Val clued me in to the fact that it will be available in full-length 3D on IMAX. Who would pass up seeing Angelina Jolie in 3Delectable goodieness, right? So tonight, I watched it at SM Mall of Asia’s IMAX Cinema.
Beowulf, as you all probably know, is an old English poem. And I do mean old. Unless you’ve been living under a rock… for centuries… then you probably would have heard of it. If you haven’t, suffice to say it is all those stories that you love to hear before bedtime rolled into one: kings, queens, warriors, monsters, and treasures.
But what can I say about the movie? “AWESOME!” would be a good start. Beowulf is already a great tale in itself. But the retelling by Neil Gaiman, Angelina Jolie, the great acting as usual by Anthony Hopkins and John Malkovich, seeing it on the BIG screen, on IMAX, in 3D, and did I say Angelina Jolie? All these makes it even bigger and better.
Shell out those hard-earned bucks and watch it on IMAX. It’s worth it.
Rating: 6/5 (extra point for the extra dimension)