Yes! I've seen 13th Warrior and actually enjoyed it quite a lot. :-) Vikings and an Arabian wise man. It's pretty cool. That movie actually really did it for me, in ways that Beowulf couldn't.
I think it had to do with the fact that even that 13th odd man out really had a relationship with the men he was with. Even when he was the butt of their jokes, there turned into some kind of mutual respect that really hit it for me.
I think that might be why Beowulf left me so cold. Beowulf himself really had no relationships, no connection. Only his own conceit and adventures. The only redeeming one was his one wise companion, who was properly horrified at the right times and the only one wise enough to bow out when it was right.
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Date: 2007-11-27 04:58 am (UTC)I think it had to do with the fact that even that 13th odd man out really had a relationship with the men he was with. Even when he was the butt of their jokes, there turned into some kind of mutual respect that really hit it for me.
I think that might be why Beowulf left me so cold. Beowulf himself really had no relationships, no connection. Only his own conceit and adventures. The only redeeming one was his one wise companion, who was properly horrified at the right times and the only one wise enough to bow out when it was right.