M. and I finally got to see the new Beowulf and Grendel movie. (Earlier entry here.)

All right, it’s not the 8th-century poem we all know and love. There are new characters (the Irish priest, the witch, Grendel’s son) and new plot points.

But it is still a simply told tale, visually gorgeous, and tinged with the tragic overtone of the Northern tales–no victory is forever.

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