Beowulf: Similarities Between The Movie And The Book

There are many differences between Beowulf the movie and Beowulf the book. However, there are some minor similarities in the two. Most of the time, the movie is completely different than the book. In the movie version of the book, they put events that watchers would find intriguing rather than facts that are not really important to the plot of the book. Movie producers will sometimes add details to make the movie more interesting. There is no feasible way for a movie producer to fit the whole book into a two hour movie and add the extra details to make the movie more interesting.

Beowulf the movie and Beowulf the book did not have many similarities. One similarity was that in the book and in the movie Grendel could not touch the king of Herot, Hrothgar, because he was protected by God. Grendel caused trouble in the town of Herot in both the movie and the book. Beowulf heard about Grendel and went to Herot to save everyone, which also happened in the

book. When Beowulf got to Herot he was thought of as someone who would only bring trouble. Though these similarities are minor, they are still important in the story of Beowulf.
There were not many similarities between the two, but there were many differences.

In the beginning on the movie, Grendel came to the mead hall while the people were awake. In the book, Grendel came to the mead hall when the men were asleep. When Beowulf arrived to the mead hall, there was a man doubting that he could defeat Grendel. Another difference is that in the movie Beowulf killed all of the sea monsters while he was in a swim meet. In the book, Beowulf did not participate in a swim meat. He just mentioned the fact that he had killed many monsters. When Grendel and Beowulf fought in the book, Grendel did not die until the second fight between the two. But in the book, Grendel died in the first battle between him and Beowulf. A very important difference between the book and the movie is that Grendel’s mom seduced Beowulf and had a child, which turned out to be the dragon he fights at the end of the book and the movie. These are the contradicting details that i have identified between the book and the

movie.
As you can tell, there were many differences between the book Beowulf and the movie Beowulf. These differences were drastic to the events of the movie. It made the movie seem completely different than the book. There was just enough similarities to realize that this movie was based off the book but did not follow the storyline of the book. They made the movie Beowulf more fascinating to the viewers other than following every detail in the book. Although the book and the movie were drastically different, they were both very interesting and eye catching.