Clash Of The Titans (2010)

Running a little behind with this review, but it works for the people who haven't seen it yet, or anyone looking to see what I thought of the remake.

Let me start by saying that I was a fan of the original, and I'm generally a fan of most Greek/Roman or ancient mythology films. The original came out in 1981 and in my opinion is a classic in its genre, even though some of the effects compared to today's standards don't stand up quite as well, the effects in the original were done mostly with motion capture and practically, where as in the re-make it is very CG heavy.

The story pretty much follows that of the original. Perseus (Sam Worthington), the mortal son of Zeus (Liam Neeson), sets out on a mission to save the city of Argos from destruction at the hands of the gods. Why is the king of the gods and the rest of Mt. Olympus so pissed? Well, Man is tired as hell at the gods and they aren’t going to take it anymore!

Consequently, Man’s "thanks be to the gods" are not coming in at the rate they once were. You see, it's Man’s prayers that keep these deities immortal; and mankind ain’t meeting their quota!

Accompanied by a small group of soldiers led by Draco (Mads Mikkelsen) as well as his spiritual guide Io (Gemma Arterton), Perseus must deal with giant scorpions, witches, Medusa, and ultimately the most powerful and terrifying monster of them all, the Kraken.

Oh yeah, and he’s got to take on Hades (Ralph Fiennes), too. Perseus has a personal score to settle with the god of the underworld, who himself wants a little revenge against his brother Zeus.

I think for what Louis Leterrier was trying to do with the re-make, he did technically succeed, in that the movie is a big budget action adventure popcorn flick. What it isn't however is a classic, like some of the more recent tv spots will have you believe, I call bullshit on them.

Nothing really like any of the other more recent mythical films such as Troy or 300, this is not nearly as bloody or violent. In some ways it's ok, but the story moves along so quickly and should be this epic journey of awesomeness, but they have to "PG" it up for the younger audiences. Kind of a shame, a movie like clash could have had the potential to be a classic like "Gladiator", had there been less restraints on what could be done, meh, maybe in 20 years when they remake it again, we'll get the R rated version.

One thing I will say is if you haven't yet see it, catch it in 2D and skip the 3D garbage they slapped together, You'll get nothing but annoyed with the gimmicky carboard cut outs and probably end up with a headache as well.

I give Clash Of The Titans 3/5.