Jounal 9 The thirteenth Warrior

After watching the rest of the 13th warrior, I understand why Mr. B loves Beowulf so much, he is a pretty cool hero. In this blog I’d like to discuss the confusion I had with the movie. I got a pretty decent grasp of everything now that we have finished the movie but a few things are still a little bit shaky in my mind. Before I start that I want say that I plan on watching the movie again on my own time because I admit one that I didn’t start reading the poem until the same day as we started the movie and that I didn’t quite pay full attention to the first part of the movie.
While watching the movie I had to read it like a move and at the same time compare it to what I read earlier that day. It was hard for me to recognize who was the main character and who was actually Beowulf. I expected them to be the same person and I don’t believe that was the case, but I second guessed that thought through the movie so I’m not completely sure. I also expected to be able to distinguish Beowulf from other characters by his appearance; I wanted him to be more macho and look like he the strength of 30 men in each arm (whatever that looks like). I’m still not completely positive who the outcast character of the movie referred to in the book nobody in what I’ve read seemed to be that different than others that they were picked on. And I don’t really recall someone being that much smarter than all the rest of the warriors. He was so smart t that he learned their language all in one day. I think that’s what happened because at first he was the only one who spoke English and then once they said he learned their language everyone spoke the same. That was a kind of drawn out part that confused me for a second.
Compared to other movies, The Thirteenth warrior stayed on track pretty well, a lot better than most other movies of books. Though it changes the names of most characters it follows the plot accurately. It also keeps the Anglo-Saxon background the book demonstrated. And the Viking like ways of the Danes. I don’t rememeber all of the descriptive words that tells us what any of the characters but when watching the movie you don’t need that because it is given to you automatically. The creatures inside the cave where they had to kill the woman at the end of the movie were real intense. If this movie was more modern I know the graphics and the costume would have been twice as descriptive, without using any words at all. On the other hand, many people like the descriptive words in a book rather than what is given in a movie simply because it is given. At that point you can’t use your imagination anymore and since movies usually come after the books Ideas are already formed. If you watch the movie and the picture the director paints doesn’t live up to the picture you painted in your head, the movie is not as good as the book. In my opinion the movie is just as good and it helped me to understand the book more.