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Rating:

The acting was good at times and completely absent at other points, especially from Zeus & Hades. It was just brand name actors in wardrobe adding nothing to the movie. The scenes where they go into Medusa’s lair in order to defeat her were the best ones of the film I thought. The ending was pretty anti-climactic. I mean after Medusa is defeated, the battle with the Cracken and Hades took all of about 4 minutes! Still the movie was enjoyable, and this IS a good theatre movie. I would have gave it 4 stars, but frankly I was disappointed in the 3D experience and I thought they could have done a little something more original with the storyline.

Final Grade: B-

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The new Clash of the Titans is a darker, grittier more realistic Bronze age world than the 1981 version, but the story hasn`t changed all that much. The citizens of Argos have become disenchanted with the rule of the Gods. The Gods have caused too much chaos and ruin to their lives so they’ve decided to take their destinies into their own hands, and destroy the temples and statues of the Gods. In doing so, Perseus’(Sam Worthington) family is killed by a falling statue of Zeus. When Zeus (Liam Neeson) learns of the desecration urged on by Hades (Ralph Fiennes), he decides to destroy the city in four days or they can offer the sacrifice of the King of Argos’ daughter Andromeda (Alexa Davalos). In a visit to the throne room of Argos, Hades lets it slip that Perseus is a son of Zeus, a demi-god. Being told of his near divinity, Perseus and a group of soldiers go off on their quest to save the city.

The special effects are great! The monsters look real and the characters realistically interact with them. In 3D the water roiling off the undulating tentacles of the Kraken must look really cool! The problem is they shortchanged the story in favor of the special effects. The story only follows the barest of outlines of the myth. Same with the 1981 version, although it’s a little more faithful to the myth. The most glaring lapse is there really isn’t any reason for Perseus to save Argos. In the myth his reason to save the city is for the love of Andromeda. In this version he’s a stranger to Argos and doesn’t fall in love with Andromeda. She’s barely a consideration until she’s needed to be sacrificed to the Kraken. The only reason he seems to take up the quest is because he’s the nearest handy demi-god that can help out. Worthington’s Perseus doesn’t seem very heroic, there doesn’t seem to be any emotional investment in Perseus in either the quest or the surrounding characters. Most of the time he has a stoically sullen, put upon attitude, and this keeps the audience at arms length from the character. He doesn`t seem to embrace the heroic at all. Yes, he kills the monsters, but the tasks he must accomplish like tricking the Stygian witches and figuring out how to survive the encounter with Medusa, he seems to accomplish almost by accident. It seems that Perseus isn’t meant to be heroic. he repeatedly says he wants “to do this (the quest) as man, not a God,” and he keeps refusing the gifts of the Gods. The message in the myth is for mortals to find the divine, to find the god, the hero within themselves, Perseus’ refusal of the gifts of the Gods, is the refusal to find the hero within himself.

The 1981 version, although a bit campy in it’s delivery tells the hero’s story better. The 2010 version delivers better on the special effects. If such a thing were possible as to merge the strengths of both, you would have a better movie.

DVD/Bonus Features: When Clash of The Titans becomes available on DVD, I’ll edit the review to reflect what’s included in that package.