This movie based on the British Saxon epic "Beowulf", although it is a 3D animation, is majestic and powerful, and it is really exciting to watch. (Some video websites have made some deletions and castrations on it)
The protagonist, Beowulf, is a strong and powerful warrior. For honor, wealth, status, and everything a real man wants to have, he rides the wind and waves, travels thousands of miles, and comes to the southern country that was mutilated by monsters.
The warriors drink and eat meat, sing wanton, XXOO.. They have the emotions of normal men, only Beowulf is different.
The 3 main battles depict the protagonist's protagonist's bravery vividly, and the male hormones are strongly erupted. The fearless roar, shock, and fun in the fight. He never seemed to make mistakes, only once, just once, was bewitched by the monster who turned into a beauty and lied to everyone, but this time, he spent the rest of his life to atone for his sins. Kill monsters, ascend to the throne, the screen turns, the hero is in his twilight years, the end of the strong bow. Later, he was wounded and died in the battle with the fire dragon born by himself and the monster.
In addition to sighing, one can't help but sigh that the hero seems to be nothing more than that, and the hero is just a legend that has been deified by future generations. Once again proved that "heroes are saddened by beauty", let alone an ordinary person. Ugly monsters are turned into beautiful women, brave heroes are seduced by ugly monsters, monsters have the justice of monsters, and human beings have the justice of human beings. Are humans ugly or monsters ugly?
On the eve of the decisive battle, from the conversation between Beowulf and the queen, we can see the king's repentance, the king's loneliness, and the king's helplessness. So, he decided to end all this with his own hands and decided to make atonement. Picking up the sharp sword of the past and putting on the armor of the past, it is inevitable that there will be some desolation in the twilight years, but the heart of the king is still there.
In fact, the movie is to tell us how to be a real man, a man with flesh and blood, brave, responsible, even fit and strong, rather than an ethereal hero.
After Beowulf's death, the figure of the ordinary man seems to have transcended the hero. Then the monster emerged from the sea, with an evil and bewitching smile, and looked at the new king who succeeded him. The picture was frozen and very meaningful. The ending of the film leaves a lot of room for the audience's imagination. Is it round and round? Or does it end here?
Heroes spend the rest of their lives to atone for their sins. The word atonement is used in major religions around the world. Everyone is born with sin, and everyone makes mistakes. In the Christian teaching, it is believed that all human beings have "original sin", so all people are born with sin. Afterwards, Jesus Christ was crucified, which represented the shedding of his holy blood to atone for the sins of the world and to save the world from its original sin. There is also the Jewish Day of Atonement, a day of completely abstaining from eating, drinking, and working, and praying in synagogues in hopes of atonement for sins they have committed or may have committed in the past year.
Don't tell me how he died, please tell me how he lived, as a man should be. This is the best interpretation of Beowulf, a real hero, and a real man.
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