Beowulf Movie

I'm curious to see this for two reasons, one being to see how a Neil Gaiman script translates to the screen, the other being the fact it's a non-cartoony CGI animated film. (By cartoony, I mean Pixar-ish.) The last non-cartoony CGI animated film I saw, Renaissance, suffered from a screenplay that was rather hackneyed, unfortunately. However, it had an impressively unique visual style, so the thought of something with an equally striking look, scripted by a writer with Gaiman's track record, is an enticing prospect.

Not that I find everything Neil does to be brilliant, but one thing you can say about him is he rarely falls victim to cliche (unless they're his own, but I like writers who invent their own cliches more than those who simply use the same ones that everybody else uses).

But... I'm still going into Beowulf with low expectations, animation-wise. While the stills look fine, from the trailers I've seen the animation comes across as a little stiff. I hope to be pleasantly surprised...