I was impressed with Beowulf but not convinced with the characters.  One thing stands out to me, though  and that's the "soul" in the eyes  as mentioned.  Anyone  who has studied art  or even  the Zbrush forums will notice most people cannot finish the main course before jumping to the desert. Many tend to clusterfuk their work with trivia and detail to tease the critical eye away from certain shortcomings. "Look at the detail on the earrings"! Yeah but the face is lifeless. Just take a face and 2 eyeballs and convince. The rest will follow. That is,,, with the 50 million budjet.