Beowulf and Grendel did have a different twist. I like the way that Grendel was more human. They made you feel sorry for him. It wasn't until I watched Wrath of Gods, the story about the filmming of Beowulf and Grendel, by Jon Gustafsson that I really appreciated Bewoulf and Grendel. I understood more about it. I highly recommend watching Wrath of Gods before you watch Beowulf and Grendel. This version was much better than the one with Angelina Jolie. The backdrop of Iceland totally takes your breath away.

I never even noticed that your wrote Buter. Wrath of Gods is a full length documentary separate from Beowulf and Grendel. Small excerpts from the documentary were on Beowulf and Grendel DVD, but there is so much more on the Wrath of Gods DVD. I personally enjoy not only the documentary that gives so much insite into not just the unbelievable things the Beowulf film makers went through, but just the revelation of the reality of filmmaking... The extras on the Wrath of Gods DVD are really good too, there is a full one hour interview with Gerard Butler, its one of those where everything just happend spontaneously, you can watch it again and again. the DVD is available at Amazon, you might want to check out the official website too wrathofgods.com I personally thought that the Icelandic actor that played Grendel did an exceptioanl job of conveying all his emotions through facial gestures and actions.

John Grisgby's book Beowulf & Grendel interprets Beowulf as "the recounting in poetic form of a religious conflict between two pagan cults in Denmark around AD 500" (p. 5). In support of his theory, Grigsby explores the same Neolithic farming cult as its starting point. Grigsby argues that there are numerous links between the Celtic and Germanic myths, especially those surrounding vessels of immortality or 'meads of inspiration' that he saw as pointing to the ritual drink of an ancient mystery cult, with parallels in the soma.

These are some good resources.... Beowulf In Hypertext - Read the Beowulf poem in Old English and its translation to Modern English. Also contains other helpful resources. ... www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~beowulf Legends. Beowulf. Sources Famed was this Beowulf: far flew the boast of him, son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands. ... Beowulf on the Net. ... www.legends.dm.net/beowulf/ Electronic Beowulf Online help facility for the image-based CD-ROM edition of the manuscript. Includes manuscript images... www.uky.edu/~kiernan/eBeowulf/guide.htm The Adventures of Beowulf Written in Old English about 1100 AD, Beowulf describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior of the sixth century. ... BEOWULF ... www.lone-star.net/literature/beowulf Beowulf on Steorarume [Beowulf in Cyberspace] critical online edition of Beowulf: Old English text, English translation, Deutsch Übersetzung, glossary, explanatory notes, background material. www.heorot.dk/ Resources for the Study of Beowulf Resources for the study of Beowulf, including related information about Anglo-Saxon and Medieval studies, the language of Beowulf, Sir Robert Cotton, Sutton Hoo ... www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/beowulf.html Syd Allan -- Beowulf: Start Page Sixty-two different translations of five short passages from key moments in the Beowulf story (about 127 translated lines), images, bibliography, links. ... www.jagular.com/beowulf/

Wrath of Gods trailer... thought you might want to see it...