[JenB]

Dunno, I've never seen one, but then I haven't seen many movies.

I've never heard of a good Beowulf movie, though.

Ever read "The Legacy of Heorot", SF by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle and some other guy? Used the motif in an interesting way. And it was a cool book.

[Fedora]

I have added Legacy of Heorot to my must-read list!

On the self-sacrifical theme, did you notice any Messianic imagery there? I like the way Tolkien handled Messianic imagery in LotR, I'm curious if that may have been partly inspired by Beowulf.