Not the classic epic tale that I was expecting, nevertheless, it still retains some feel of those classics. The animation/motion capture technique they have going on in the film threw me off. From having quick glimpses at screen caps and the disc case, I thought it was live action. I was quite impressed with how realistic they had things going... at times. At other times, the characters feel fake, it was a weird combination. However, the more fantasy elements such as the dragon and Grendel blended in with the film much better than if it was live action and they had to animate those monsters in. I did feel in the early parts of the movie, that they went a bit too much on the sexually suggestive things. Sure, it might have been what it was like during that time, but there was too much of it, which ended up detracting from the movie. The story told feels right at home with tales from the past... to the point where you can guess the major plot point between the relationships of the monsters with the kings. The time skip was surprising, and the climax of the film was great. The battle with the dragon was quite exhilarating. Some of the scenes were obvious in their styles that it was for the 3D effect (and so the camera positioning was weird when you were watching it in 2D). The film wasn't as exciting overall as I would have liked, as there were many parts of the film where it was slow paced and boring.
