影片《贝奥武甫》改编于同名英国英雄史诗《贝奥武甫》。当影片公映后,很多影评人对贝奥武甫的英雄形象产生了质疑,因为该影片中的贝奥武甫有着无异于常人的骄傲、虚荣、贪婪甚至情欲,而用现今社会的道德观来评断的话,这些缺点是应该远离英雄形象的,然而贝奥武甫的缺点恰恰反映了中世纪北欧英雄形象的复杂性。一、英雄形象的前后矛盾《贝奥武甫》生动地反映了一个远古时期理想化 The film “Beowulf” adapted from the same name British hero epic “Beowulf.” When the film was released, many film critics questioned Beowulf’s heroic image because Beowulf in the film is tantamount to the pride, vanity, greed or even lust of ordinary people, judging from the ethics of today’s society These shortcomings should be far from the heroic image, but the weakness of Beowulf just reflects the complexity of medieval heroics in North Europe. First, the contradiction between the heroic image “Beowulf” vividly reflects the idealization of an ancient time