I’ve been meaning to write about Beowulf. I saw this movie last year, on the 1st of December. It’s an animated yet acted by real people movie. Beowulf is taken from a legendary poem (by an anonymous author/poet) and from there, different versions of the story were written. I checked out some of the story summary but the story in the movie was my favorite.
The movie revolves around this legendary hero, Beowulf and his enemy, Grendel’s mother.
——-(will have to make a summary of the story)———
You know, everytime I see non-fiction movies, I tend to reflect on the spiritual side of it. Grendel for me signifies the consequences of sin and Grendel’s mother signifies the sin itself. Sin which comes in beauty, total deception and full of promises. One cannot destroy it… whether by might or by any weapon. Once you succumb into it, you’ll forever regret because you’ll face the consequence forever in your life. The only weapon that overcomes it is to stay away from it. It will forever tempt you… forever following you… and when you come into it, it will forever haunt you. Unless of course you experience the total forgiveness and cleansing from the Lord. But the consequence… although we are forgiven and cleansed… it will be there. And one can not do anything about it but face it.
One thing with this movie was… it spoke of Jesus as the one who could help them destry the monster. But Beowulf, due to his pride, rejected the idea. He wanted to conquer the consequence, wanted to destroy it… for his own glory… not even for a great reward from the king… just a glory to himself was enough motivation to do his goal. And so… he won over Grendel… destroyed the consequence. However, he had to face the root of the consequence… the mother. So beautiful one cannot mistaken her as a monster’s mother. Beowulf wanted to destroy her. But she tempted him… “Love me” she said. “And I will give you a kingdom that you can rule forever. Love me and no one can overcome you. You will always win the battle. You will always have the glory.” He was tempted. He succombed to it. Until one day, he had to face the consequence of loving the temptress.
I could go on and on explaining about the story. But I would also want to speak about the reality.
… to be continued…