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I have been watching various movies, readings and videos of Beowulf and about Beowulf. ( I read the book a long time ago, before Heaney’s translation ) Here are some.

Beowulf by Robert Zemeckis. Whyyyyyyy. It could have been awesome but it looked like crap. 2 hobbits

Beowulf , documentary by Michael Woods, 4 hobbits

History documentary by some academic poetry chap, 3 hobbits

Beowulf 1998 animation with Derek Jacobi, 3 hobbits

The Hobbit , for following Tolkein’s texts on Beowulf and the book The Hobbit and for general awesomeness in heroic story telling, 6 out 5 hobbits. I love it even more now,

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Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Hwæt!

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Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Ok now you’ve got me interested in watching one of the films.

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- Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The 1998 one is 30 minutes and on youtube ✅
  
  the series with William Hurt was so bad I didn’t even review it
  
  I yelled at the zemeckis movie, what a waste of actors
  
  Michael Woods is always good, it made me want to travel all over England and see these places
  
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StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Monarch of the Glen by Neil Gaiman (a novella in his short story collection Fragile Things) sort of includes Grendle. It also serves as a small sequel to American Gods. I like his take.

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oztrin@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Apparently Grendel Grendel Grendel is awesome but I’ve never been able to find a copy. sadface

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shiny_idea@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Is “Bea Wolf” on your radar?

It’s an illustrated children’s book about a children’s party in a treehouse.

But apparently somehow it’s an adaptation of the ancient epic?

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