Clash of the Titans
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In Clash of the Titans, the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.Amazon.com
“Release the Kraken!” Ah, it could only be Clash of the Titans, the 2010 remake that retains the instruction to unleash the great beastie from the sea. The 1981 original boasted Ray Harryhausen’s legendary stop-motion technique of animating various mythological creatures–it was his final feature project–and given the cornball approach of the movie in general, that was the main draw. The remake supplies new state-of-the-art special effects (released in 3-D) and a nicely muscular sense of momentum. Sam Worthington (the Avatar guy) plays Perseus, a demigod who doesn’t know that Zeus (Liam Neeson) is his father. Perseus is selected to lead an expedition to find and slay the Medusa, lest Zeus’s evil brother Hades (Ralph Fiennes, in fine slinking mode) rain down misery upon a seaport–and you just know that means the Kraken is coming. Ye gods, it’s a mess, and we haven’t even mentioned the witches and the harpies and the giant scorpions. But if we did, it would be clear that Clash of the Titans is a perfectly dandy popcorn epic, unpretentious and punchy. Director Louis Leterrier (Transporter 2) gets a fine rhythm going during Perseus’s trek, and you can even forgive the hokey shafts-of-light-through-clouds look of Olympus. Leterrier also had the good sense to import the marvelous Danish star Mads Mikkelsen to provide mentoring duties to Perseus; Gemma Arterton and Alexa Davalos fulfill the eye-candy roles. It’s up to individual viewers to choose which they prefer–Harryhausen’s magically hand-wrought creations (his Medusa sequence is an absolute killer) or the 21st century’s slick computer-generated variations. But nostalgia aside, it would be hard to deny that this is one case where the remake tops the original. –Robert Horton
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Since we inevitably have some verbose gasbag writing paragraphs giving the entire plot of the movie and their learned opinion of it.
Let’s all do each other a favor and knock off giving the plot away.
Rating: 3 / 5
“Clash Of The Titans” is great! This is how the story goes: The ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny.
The cast led by Sam Worthington (as Persus) is great! The directing by Louis Leterrier (who also directed “Unleashed” (2005), “Transporter 2″ (2005) & “The Incredible Hulk” (2008) is great! The screenplay (based on Beverley Cross’ screenplay) by Travis Beacham, Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi is great!
The music by Ramin Djawadi (who also did the music to “Blade: Trinity” (2004), “Open Season” (2006), “Mr. Brooks” (2007), “Iron Man” (2008) & “The Unborn” (2009) is great! The cinematography by Peter Menzies Jr. (who also did the cinematography to “The Incredible Hulk”, “The Getaway” (1994), “Die Hard With A Vengenance” (1995), “A Time To Kill” (1996), “The General’s Daughter” (1999), “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” (2001), “Four Brothers” (2005) & “Shooter” (2007) is great! The film editing by David Freeman & Vincent Tabaillon (who also did the film editing to “The Incredible Hulk” & “Transporter 2″) is great! The casting by Elaine Grainger (who also did the casting to “1408″ (2007) & Lucinda Syson (who also did the casting to “The Fifth Element” (1997), “Spy Game” (2001), “The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen” (2003), “Troy” (2004), “Batman Begins” (2005), “Syriana” (2005), “V For Vendetta” (2006), “Children Of Men” (2006), “The Bank Job” (2008) & the upcoming “Kick-Ass” (2010) is great! The production design by Martin Laing (who also did the production design to “Terminator: Salvation” (2009, which also starred Worthington) is great! The art direction by Patricio M. Farrell (who was an assistant art director on “Terminator Salvation”, “Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull” (2008), “Live Free Or Die Hard” (2007) & “Hidalgo” (2004), James Foster (who also did the art direction to “Quantum Of Solace” (2008) & “Sherlock Holmes” (2009) & Troy Sizemore (supervising art director) (who also did the art direction to “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare” (1994), “Payback” (1999), “The Haunting” (1999), “Hidalgo”, “Live Free Or Die Hard”, “The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford” (2007), “Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull”, & “Terminator: Salvation”) is great! The set decoration by Anna Pinnock (who also did the set decoration to “The Fifth Element”, “Lost In Space” (1998), “Entrapment” (1999), “The Beach” (2000), “Van Helsing” (2004), “Troy”, “Sahara” (2005), “The Golden Compass” (2007), “Quantum Of Solace” & the upcoming “The Tourist” (2011) is great! The costume design by Lindy Hemming (who also did the costume design to “who also did the costume design to “GoldenEye” (1995), “Tomorrow Never Dies” (1997), “The World Is Not Enough” (1999), “Die Another Day” (2002), “Casino Royale” (2006), “Batman Begins” (2005), “The Dark Knight” (2008), “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”, “Edge Of Darkness” (2010), “Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets” (2002), “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life” (2003) & “Batman Begins”) is great!
This is a great action film that keeps you thinking and on the edge of your seat at the same time. Sam Worthington is on a roll with the films he is doing. This is just as fun as “300″ (2007) or “Troy” (2004).
Rating: 5 / 5
Special effects are just OK and that is not enough to make up for an insipid story. Do not buy.
Rating: 1 / 5
CLASH OF THE TITANS
STARRING: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Alexa Davalos, , Mads Mikkelsen, Natalia Vodianova, Luke Evans, Izabella Miko, Danny Houston and Nicholas Hoult
WRITTEN BY: Travis Beacham, Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi; based on the screenplay by Beverly Cross
DIRECTED BY: Louis Leterrier
Rated: PG – 13
Genre: Action / Fantasy
Release Date: 02 April 2010
Review Date: 17 April 2010
There are so many, that I think I’ll just bunch all of my questions up together at the beginning and get it over with. Why does Perseus have a shaved head when everyone else in the film has the appropriate hairstyle for the time period? Why did they CGI Medusa? Why does Calibos look like he belongs in Wrong Turn rather than this film? Why does Hades walk with a staggered limp and have such a dramatic dry voice and a burnt scalp? Why does Zeus need to wear armor while sitting upon his throne in Olympus? Why did everyone feel the need to engrave abs into their armor? Were they really that bored? I know they didn’t have cable or Nintendo back then, but come on! And lastly, why was this film re-made at all? It’s a Saturday morning classic B-rate 80′s flick and that’s the way we like it. It’s not a CGI infested Hollywood Blockbuster, and attempting to make it so, was a disappointment.
But who knows – perhaps Clash of the Titans would have made a good huge Hollywood film, had they done it right. If they had stepped away from the cheesiness of the original altogether, and started fresh – maybe we’d have something. Instead, what we are left with is a sorry attempt and what feels like a collaboration between the corny appeal of the classic, breaded with special effects and this goes together about as good as lasagna and cocoa puffs would.
Having never seen the original, my friend leaned over, about 10 minutes in and whispered in my ear, “Why does this feel like we’re watching a bad 70′s flick?” If memory serves, this was right around the time where Zeus’ metal armor was ridiculously gleaming and shining at us like something out of a bad rock video. I smiled to myself and informed her, that we essentially were – as the original was released in 1981, and this version was caked with its long since dried-over cheese.
The original is one of my favorite films. It’s fantastic. It’s a cult classic and is so bad, that is in turn so good; if that makes any sense at all! It’s extra jam-packed-filled with B-rate dialogue, B-rate sets and of course, glorious old school stop animated sequences and corny props. Somehow, the giant scorpions looked more convincing in the original.
Both films have almost the exact same story; the only major difference being that the orders of events have been randomly shuffled around to appear in a different sequence. And this new version offers Hades as the lead villain, when Calibos was the one causing havoc for Perseus in the original. He still appears here, but looks nothing like he did previously and is only in the film for a small amount of time.
While I wasn’t a fan of the haircut, even though it fits Sam Worthington every bit as Vin Diesel’s fits him; Worthington still delivers a great performance as Perseus. He’s a gifted actor and is only getting better.
It’s also no shocker that Liam Neeson makes for a good Zeus. If I had to picture what God would look like in the form of a man, it would be Neeson all the way. There is something truly majestic about the guy.
Had I not recently seen Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief, maybe I would not have been so disappointed with the Medusa sequence Clash offers us; but I highly doubt it. In Percy Jackson, Medusa was brilliantly played by Uma Thurman and the CGI snakes that were her hair were astronomically more impressive.
In addition to this, there was far more depth given to Uma’s version of the character, throughout a stimulating scene of dialogue exchanged between her and Percy. No such scene is found in the Clash of the Titans and the CGI is weak and tiresome.
The entire flow of Percy Jackson, was better executed and although each scene served primarily to set up the following scene as our hero marched on with his purpose much like Perseus does here; it never felt that way. Clash of the Titans spoon-feeds us one sequence after another like we are a newborn strapped in a highchair. We’re not children; we can handle a little more drama. Which of these two films was aimed at kids again?
The one thing Clash of the Titans got almost perfect was its climax. Very awesome CGI during the Kraken’s scene. Amazing stuff here. Great water-swooping camera shots, and a lot going on at once and the thing was just great to watch as it emerged from the water to reek havoc.
The only problem with this scene is that it seems like they spent so much money on making the Kraken look sensational, that they had none left to close the film out with. We go from the Kraken to what should have been an even bigger showdown, to the credits.
If you can watch both films and compare them, then great; but if you have to choose between this film and Percy Jackson… I trust you know what to do.
Rating: 3 / 5
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This movie impressed me, I was impressed (person comes in room) *cough*redundant*cough*. But first, if you don’t like it when people take plots from the original and totally replace them (re-imagining,) then this isn’t the one for you.
Contrary to popular belief, this is not just CGI. It is also mind-numbing action. Just kidding. Well it does have that quality, it is very smart. First off, the film pays a lot of homage to the original, keeping everything in. What is not in the main plot makes a cameo *cough*I WANT THAT MECHANICAL OWL!!!!*cough.* It also has some symbolism, more on that later.
So there, the CGI is awesome. I said it, I’ll say it again. This CGI beats Avatar, it is up there with War of the Worlds and Jurassic Park. Maybe even better (THAT’S A STRETCH THOUGH.) But seriously, some of the best CGI I’ve seen in a while. Have you noticed that all the characters look very, very modern. Not even trying to resemble the original? PERSEUS LOOKS LIKE HE JOINED THE MARINES!!! (Perseus, Marines…worst joke ever…but seriously…laugh Jake…laugh.)
Okay, I’ll admit it, the stop-motion of the original cannot be beat. Also, the CGI monsters have very different colors and patterns then the original. (As you can see with the Kraken.) For instance, the scorpion and pegasus for that matter are both black, when in the original pegasus was white and scorpion was yellow. Scorpion is also MUCH bigger in this film. Pegasus is joined by white horses, and is much bigger. The scorpion does have a more realistic pattern. But, I gotta stop, CAUSE I’M INSULTING HARRYHAUSEN! GOD DANG IT! SOMEBODY PUNISH ME!!!
I like the inclusion of Hades, and just the whole plot is very different, and great. So, I can’t compare which is better, there both very different films. It’d be like comparing The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms and Godzilla. I know Godzilla is based off Beast, but there both very different. I will say that the replacement of the Seagull with the Eagle is both a good and a bad. Eagle being the US symbol, but Seagull being more loose and saying “GOOD TIME PEOPLEZ! HERE COMES BOB MARLEY!” “Three Little Birds, hopping on my doorstep…singing sweet songs…” etc. But the Eagle says “BOOM! HERE COMES SALIVA!” “BOOM! DO YOU WANT IT? BOOM! DO YOU NEED IT? BOOM! LEMME HEAR IT! Ladies and Gentlemen…” etc.
It felt shorter than what it was, it felt like maybe 1.5-2.5 hours but it’s 3 hours and 2 minutes. [P.S. I am sorry I am not reporting the 3-D, I got ripped off at the theater. YOU CAN ACCOMMODATE SEIZURES, BUT WE ASPERGERS PEOPLEZ NEED IT TOO!) I might add something on the 3-D another day, since I’ve been offered a treat by one of my friends. They feel my pain. How does that song go? “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen….Nobody knows my sorrow…” (I hope you can see me laughing while I typed that.) (I’ve been quoting a lot of songs in this review.)
All in all, a great film. I can’t compare it too the original, but it is close enough to deserve that title. Clash of the Titans.
P.S. PERSEUS IS THE SON OF POSEIDON, NOT ZEUS!!!!!!
The Rating? Heck, what the heck, 4.2/5.
I, Da Ca$hman signing off.
Rating: 4 / 5