What are the similarities between Beowulf the book and Beowulf the movie?

Answer 1

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I read the epic poem and saw the movie. The movie stays pretty close to the movie except for two main points. Warning, these are spoilers.

In the book Beowulf goes back to (the land of the Geat's) Geatland to become king of his uncles kingdom. In the movie he stays in (the land of the Danes) Denmark and becomes king of Hrothgar's kingdom. In the poem Beowulf kills Grendel's mom. In the movie they make love and have a human beast like creature son (a dragon as a son). Although, in the film Beowulf returns and says he kills her so I guess one could argue it stays in line with the poem that way. In the book she could be still alive and they do the same thing but it doesn't say so we will never know. Also the in the poem there is a larger social backdrop of this type of society that wants peace and stability but that is at odds with a heroic culture of honor and revenge. In the movie they only touch on that very briefly when Beowulf comments on that the age of heroes is giving way to Christianity.

Answer 2

Although Beowulf is a hero and Grendel is an antihero, they are actually parallels and have a few similarities. First, they are both outcasts and choose to operate alone. Second, they both are filled with anger as they go into battle: Grendel is offended by the happy men's merrymaking's and Beowulf is offended by the monster and his vicious killing. Third, they are both proud and boastful, though in Beowulf's case he has reason to be whereas Grendel does not.

Answer 3

Well for one Grendels mother was not an attractive woman, she was a monster like Grendel. Beowulf never slept with Grendels mother, and the dragon he fights in the end of the movie is not his son its a random dragon that he fights after returning home to Geatland to be crowned king.

Answer 4

Since the release date for the first Hobbit film is still over a year away, there's no way to know what differences might exist between the book and the film.

However, we do know that the characters of Saruman and Galadriel will appear in the film(s), even though they do not directly play a role in the book. This suggests that we may see the meeting of the White Council, where the lords of Middle Earth gather to discuss the growing power of the "Necromancer" (later revealed to be Sauron). In the book, this takes place after Gandalf leaves Bilbo and the dwarves as they are about to enter Mirkwood.

Based upon statements made by Peter Jackson (and by Guillermo del Toro when he was still attached to the project), the producers would like to tie together the events of The Hobbit and LOTR as neatly as possible, using whatever background information is available in each work. However, they have stressed that they do not have rights to use information from The Silmarillion or Unfinished Tales.

Answer 5

one he dies and the other he doesnt

Answer 6

ok