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Slate reviews Beowulf in verse:Far had he fallen with Polar Express,An animated washout whose techniqueObscured its content, thanks to CGI.The Z-man's new technique, performance capture,Looked creepy in those days. The critics snarled.But brave Zemeckis takes them on againWith Beowulf, a 3-D spectacleLike none before. The Anglo-Saxon poem,Dreaded by school kids since the world was young,His manly