So at the same time the DVD version of Beowulf outsold 30 Days of Night by almost 2:1, the Blu-ray 30 Days of Night bested Beowulf by almost 20-percent.
ENGADGET: Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending March 2nd, 2008
Despite the realism of having tasteful, turn-of-the-last-century furniture on Beowulf Boritt's cement-walled set, and Alejo Vietti's tasteful period costumes, the play remains quite surreal.
The poem describes the exploits of the Scandinavian warrior-prince Beowulf, who hails from the land of the Geats, located in what is now southern Sweden.
Writing The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Dragon-Slayers was probably not what the unknown author of the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf had in mind.
"Beowulf, " the original action-adventure yarn -- it's the oldest epic narrative verse written in the English language, dating back to the eighth century -- has been spiked with enough risque business and healthy splatterings of gore to make it unsuitable for kids (the rating is PG-13).
Beowulf comes to the rescue of the Danes--and boy, do they need it.
Either way, from there the sales of HD DVDs really drop off, so much so that the Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Crawford only sold 6.45-percent as many copies as Beowulf.
ENGADGET: Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending March 2nd, 2008
Beowulf is voiced by Ray Winstone, whose motion-captured alter ego is a buff blonde who looks more like the young Sean Bean.
His company has developed motion-capture software that doesn't require the "ping-pong-ball-bodysuit" worn by actors in movies like Beowulf.
"Beowulf" is an excellent showcase for the advantages of computer-generated animation.
An elderly Beowulf puts on his armor for one last hurrah, invoking the age-old duty of all chief executives, male and female: Be a mensch .
Along with globe-trotting and parenting six, Jolie appeared on screen in the films Beowulf and A Mighty Heart.
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