Tuesday 22 November 2011

Clash of the Titans (2010)

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Year:2010
Country of origin:UK / USA
Director:Louis Leterrier
Genre:Mythical remake.
Starring:Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes
Rating:3/5
IMDB link:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800320/
Tagline:The heavens raise hell...
Favourite line:"Release the Kraken!"

Remaking a claymation, stop-motion classic probably seemed like a good idea at the time.

Perseus, son of Zeus, a demigod, born of woman from the seed of a God, witnesses the Gods wrath as his human family is killed by Hades himself. Swearing vengeance on Hades, Perseus joins forces with a legion of soldiers to journey to see three witches, for only they know how to defeat The Kraken, a mighty beast set to be released ten days hence, upon the moment of the eclipse of the sun.
Only one thing will satisfy the Gods, angered by mankind turning their backs on them: the blood of Andromeda as a sacrifice, penance for her mother daring to compare her daughters beauty to that of the Gods themselves.
So far, so plausible.
Along the way, Perseus and his legion encounter giant scorpions, Djinn, flying horses (The Pegasus, it seems, is the name of the species, not the name of just one of the beasts as I had believed) as well as having to head down to The Underworld to tackle that most famous of Gorgon's, Zola...sorry, Medusa.
Bad joke, I know. What's that? What was that? Fuck you, too.
So, essentially a revenge movie with big nasty beasties thrown in.

Sam Worthington is pretty monosyllabic as the hunk of beef leading man, nor do any of the other characters fare any better, the script being lumpen at best.
But you didn't go into Clash of the Titans for the script, now did you?
Did you?
You buffoon.
No, of course you didn't, for this is all about the effects and they are more than serviceable though, even here, there are flaws, with the camera work feeling clumsy and awkward at times so that, occasionally, you don't have the slightest clue what is actually happening. This is especially true of the scorpion fight scene where you have no idea as to the geography of the battle, nor how many of the giant critters they are fighting.
Truthfully, I need to rewatch the original movie as I haven't seen it since I were a bairn but, if memory serves, it was certainly superior to this decidedly average effort.
Disappointing.
Oh, incidentally, I watched the 2D version as I have heard from multiple sources that the retro-fitted 3D is atrocious, not that I can see it anyway with me wonky eyes....

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