Clash of the Titans (2010)

Simply Perfect

Memorable, crazy movie

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

We all know when remakes are done there is a certain methodology to adhering to the original. In this case we fell way short. Yes there were similar characters but the way they developed the story had little to do with the original. I am certain this is in one way to be a stand alone film in it's own right. The CGI was rampant in this film and was rather tasteless in my opinion. Sam Worthington as Perseus was ok but NO Harry Hamlin. Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes were less than stellar in their respective roles. Maybe it is just me but the original held more plausibility. Medusa was down right deplorable in this film compared to the original. Due to the CGI and actors associated with this film I give it a hard fought 6 out of 10.

This movie surprises you over and over again. Just when you think it can't get worse they always come up with that little extra... Acting is average and the 'mythical creatures' are just too over the top to work.

This is yet another remake of an old movie that, for some reason, has fallen by the wayside. I've never seen the original so I'm not the best person to compare. The film essentially tells the Greek myth of Perseus. The cast is led by Sam Worthington, who did a satisfying job in the action scenes but was unable to concede some psychological depth to his character. Much better on that was Liam Neeson, who played Zeus, or even Ralph Fiennes, who gave life to the grudging Hades in a way that makes clear that he was uncomfortable with his character. In fact, I was wondering if any resemblance between this Hades and Lord Voldemort was mere coincidence or whether Fiennes recycled into the mythical character the voice and manners of the villain of the Harry Potter franchise. But this can even be forgiven when we observe the performance of Gemma Arterton, unable to move a muscle of the face. Her character looks like a dead doll.I think the actors are not to blame. Its the fault of Louis Leterrier, who decided to make a film that is visually incredible but without any emotion, feeling or depth. When will filmmakers finally understand that a lot of CGI is not enough to make a good movie? Even if it's good CGI, that's never enough! The screenwriters also failed, as the script is absolutely saltless and made the movie insipid. Nothing that is insipid tastes good. It takes salt, seasoning, and this is done, at least in the movies, with emotion and depth. This movie can even entertain us well, it really manages to do it. But it had everything to be even better if the director and writers had worked harder.

I only gave this piece of garbage 2 stars instead of 1 because of the Medusa fight scene, but one fight scene does not a movie make. I should have known better after the good reviews were mostly from people who could barely write or spell, even passably, and couldn't use the spellcheck provided right HERE in this review window lol. MY excuse is that I was visiting relatives and they didn't have much I wanted to see. This is just a terrible Hollywood blockbuster designed to separate pre-teens, teens, and young adults from their cash. This POS movie had a sinful budget of $125mil with a $65mil opening weekend (US). That is just totally sad and the only redeeming thing about it is that it provided a ton of jobs, esp in places like Ethiopia. I have no respect for the big names in this. If they still have to work at all at this point, well, something is terribly wrong. Needless to say, there is NO real character development, acting phoned in, a totally embarrassing script, and only average CG (saw the DVD on a laptop, so worse on big screen). If you are thinking of watching this, don't. Go watch Thor again, Marvel has it all over Warner's in this dept. Only good thing about this movie was that I was able to sleep through most of it, only going back to skim and see if anything worth watching developed (it didn't); if I had been totally conscious, it would have been turned off after a half hour, at MOST.