Three More Beowulf Posters
More Character One-Sheets from Warner Bros/Paramount Film
One week until Beowulf hits theatres and we have three more one-sheets for Robert Zemeckis film. Beowulf opens November 16th.
Just one week before Paramount unleashes Beowulf and other assorted monsters, maidens and bearded heroes on unsuspecting movie screens, and International Movie Poster Awards has scored three more one-sheets for the Robert Zemeckis film.
First Poster: Beowulf and Grendel's Mother
The first one-sheet, which contains the tagline "I Will Kill Your Monster," shows off the original definition of 'spiked heel.' Poor Beowulf (voice of Ray Winstone, body by Alan Ritchson) is looking pretty gob-smacked in this shot and no wonder.
Besides, how would you look if you had a wet, naked Angelina Jolie walking towards you? Even if she has a reptilian tail and talons in her heels?
The only criticism I would have of this poster is that Beowulf's loincloth looks very plastic, not like some rough cloth that was recently immersed in icy cold water. However, I'm sure that the poster's designers were told, "Keep it PG, kids" which is why we only see Grendel's Mother's legs in the shot. It's also why our hero Beowulf isn't suffering from what we delicately call "the gallant reflex:" otherwise known as "how 90% of all males would react if a naked Angelina Jolie was walking towards them."
Second Poster: Grendel's Mother Rises
It's a classic image that's only been slightly lifted from Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now: the aforementioned Jolie rising from the lake in her grotto. Is she being seductive? Is she being menacing? Most likely a little from Column A and a bit from Column B. The golden tail waving behind her head shows that not everything is right in every boy's adolescent fantasy. Definite creepiness going on here.
The tagline "Temptation is the Curse" let's us know that Ms. Jolie's intentions towards "the one they call Beowulf" aren't exactly friendly. Of course that's part of the fun, ain't it?
Third Poster: The Beowulf Also Rises
While we're on the subject of people rising from the water, we also have Beowulf coming up from the water, his sword aloft and ready to inflict some Severe Monster ***-Pounding. The tagline "I Will Kill Your Monster" also telegraphs his intentions but, given the look of the grotto, Beowulf's probably wondering whether coming here was a gigantic mistake. There's some nice creepy imagery behind him; could his quarry be lurking behind him, ready to turn Beowulf into long-pig steaks?
Beowulf invades theatres on November 16th. Look for a review in this space.
