Clash of the Titans

Was as I feared. The trailers make it out to seem like the new thing since Avatar, especially with Avatar's own Sam Worthington playing lead.

So I went to the screening with high hopes of amazing effects, story, music and acting. I was also hoping for The Used to make an appearance at some point. But sadly that too was taken from me.

The film itself (this is coming from someone whom has not seen the original, so I have nothing to compare it to) is dismal. It's an okay film if you want to go and see it as an all out brawl with nothing else. There's not much of a plot. I wasn't quite following plot wise. It started out with Perseus and his human father, fishing. Then they were killed. Suddenly there was a rebellion. Perseus was casted into the army after being discovered to be a demi god. He won in the end, even though he was meant to die. All's well that ends well, right? Wrong.

To be honest with you. I'm still quite undecided about the film, I might have to go and see it again to get a proper feeling on the film.

Here's the synopsis for those who don't know about it

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 left 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. 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.

So I'll start on some basic things.

1) Actors: The acting was okay for some. Ralph Fiennes (Hades) brought the acting standards up by quite a lot. Though he did sound like he had some form of a throat infection. Sam Worthington (Perseus) just couldn't seem to decide on what kind of accent to use. I know he's an Aussie, so at least I knew why sometimes he had an Australian accent. Liam Neeson (Zeus) looked bored.

2) Characters: Okay, so there's not much change you can do character wise, because of the setting, and the type of film. Though Zeus and Hades got quite a lot of say in it, Poseidon and the other Olympian Gods didn't get much of a say in at all. I think Poseidon might have said maybe 2 lines maximum. Perseus was quite boring and there wasn't really much development in him. The other characters were all killed off before anything decent could happen to them.

3) Music: To be honest with you, I didn't think too much of the music. It wasn't spectacular and it wasn't as bad some soundtracks I've heard.

4) Plot: As I've said, plot was quite monotonous. It seemed to lack a certain oomph, know what I mean? And the way they rewrote some of the Greek Mythology was way out of place. I know that it's Mythology and it's open to change, but the changes they made just weren't the right changes. And I felt that some scenes really dragged out, like when they were traveling seemed really long compared to some of the fight scenes in the film. And I thought that the fighting was going to be the main part of the film. Considering the type of movie it's advertised as anyway. So pacing wasn't the best either.

But I guess, as usual, my opinion is never going to be accounted for, so I'm only going to mention those four small (well rather large) things.

Over all I'd give the movie about a 4.5/10. The parts that tried to be humorous just weren't all that humorous and it was mundane in plot. I'd go and see it if I was feeling especially depressed. Of course, I'll probably buy it on DVD in a few years when it's worth like £3 or something.