Beowulf ... the motion picture

I am sure that Beowulf is everyone's favorite Dark Age hero. You probably loved having to read the poem in school, right?

Well, never mind. While doing some serious historical research on my lame Angelina Jolie allusion I discovered this link from Mediev-L, the listserver of serious medievalists. Check it out and tell me if Grendel and Grendel's mother don't look just like you imagined them, way back when you read Beowulf for class.

Some of the medievalists seem to think it is a parody and are planning to see it for giggles.

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Early Medieval Action Figures

Here it is, the ultimate action figure for a Medievalist or any sort. Here is what the ad has to say for it:

Hwæt! Hear me, Geats—er, geeks! When monsters threaten your mead hall, bare your warrior’s courage, travel to the toy store where you bought them, and complete the set with Young Beowulf.

You can also order Grendel and even Grendel's mom. Unfortunately the latter looks nothing like Angelina Jolie*.

Oh well.


*This is the picture I got when I did a Google image search for "Angelina Jolie Beowulf." Believe it or not. And I only did the search in the interest of historical research.
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