Beowulf: 3D headache

I guess I may have been expecting too much from Beowulf, with a Gaiman script and actors like that. They do a decent job, though without the magic; I liked some motives (Queen Wealthow could have used expansion, for example) and generally I think it could use a rewrite as a female story. Graphically, it's gorgeous, though it suffers from the usual animators' penchant for "look what we can do with slime!" Best dragon since Dragonheart, that's for sure.

And all of this would have made for a more than satisfying outing if not for the fact that despite not watching it in 3D - on account of fearing just that effect - my head started hurting during the final fight. I managed to stumble home while opening my eyes for a blink every thirty seconds, then lay in a dark room for hours just to get the pounding to stop.

Note to self: 3D movies are to be watched on the small screen.