Post by Rob W. Case on Apr 14, 2010 4:43:30 GMT -6
When I heard about this movie, I thought I would put it in the “maybe” column. Then, when I saw the trailer for this movie, I thought, “hmm… this movie looks like it’s going to be good.” And so, for me, it turned from a maybe to a must see. Now that I saw it, I must admit, I fell victim to an ever so enticing teaser trailer that, more or less... teased me.
The plot: (Warning, this description will contain information that will spoil the movie. To skip this section, just scroll down to the paragraph after this where it says, "My Review.")
Perseus, the son of Zeus, who rules from above in a Kingdom called “Olympus,” rises out of the sea, in a box. The mother of Perseus was Danae. Danae conceived Perseus when Zeus impregnated her in the form of a shower of gold. Danae thought it was her husband impregnating her until he walked in, and caught Zeus impregnating his wife. After Perseus was born, Danae’s husband slew his wife, put her body in a box, placed the child alive in the box with the dead mother, and had the box thrown into the sea. While fishing, the box was retrieved by a fisherman. Seeing the live child, the fisherman took care of it and raised it as his own. What timing. While Zeus is feeling sorry for himself, and not receiving any “prayers” lately, he summons his brother Hades, lord of the underworld, to wreak havoc on humanity in order to remind them the “order of things.” Apparently, Zeus’s energy is emboldened when people pray to him, whereas his brother Hades gets his energy from fear and destruction. And so, Hades wreaks havoc, but what Zeus doesn’t know is that Hades is working on a plot to overthrow Zeus. Sick and tire of the gods, the humans begin to rebel, and Hades comes about to wreak havoc on the humans. Hades wreaks havoc on the humans, and in the process, kills Perseus’s earthly family. And so, Perseus finds out who he is and sets out to defeat the Kraken, which is Hades’s greatest monster. In that, he needs a few things. He needs the head of Medusa, an evil snake woman who, if you look into her eyes, will turn you into stone. And so, Perseus tries to defeat the Kraken, and restore peace to the city of Argos.
My Review:
This movie reminded me of how empty Paganism really is. Even in fairy tales and other mythological stories, there is usually an element of wisdom, or insight gained from the story. There didn’t seem to be anything that you could take home seeing this movie. As for the good and evil aspects of this movie, the “good guys” are fed up people who keep complaining and venting their hatred towards the gods. Zeus is an insecure control freak who is kind of selfish, insecure, fallible and is afraid he is losing his powers. But amidst his issues, he can at least leave the city of Olympus for a “quickie” from time to time. Hades is evil (which was fine), the witches are really evil, the Djinns are evil, but they’re “good” evil, whatever that means. Medusa is really evil, the Kraken is evil, and the demonic, bat like figures which unite to form the body of Hades are also evil. What you get is a story in which the good guys are mediocre and the evil characters overpower.
I thought the movie was going to be better than it was. What I did like about the movie was the special effects in some scenes (like the scorpion scene, the rise of the Kraken and so forth), and the set designs, and even though I thought Zeus was a weak character, Liam Neeson, a great talent, did as great a job as he could do with such weak characteristics and writing. Ralph Fiennes, another great talent in my opinion, did a fine job playing Hades. One of the things that I thought was really annoying in this movie was that nut with the beard who had his hair in a bun. It was like watching a bearded man with Mrs. Garret’s (from the TV show “The Facts of Life”) hairdo screaming a lot about the need to sacrifice the princess to the Kraken monster. I kept thinking to myself, “dude, shut up already.”
Out of 4 starts, I give Clash of the Titans 2 and a half.
The film is rated PG-13, and runs for about 1 hour and 50 minutes.
For more information about the film, visit:
clash-of-the-titans.warnerbros.com/
The plot: (Warning, this description will contain information that will spoil the movie. To skip this section, just scroll down to the paragraph after this where it says, "My Review.")
Perseus, the son of Zeus, who rules from above in a Kingdom called “Olympus,” rises out of the sea, in a box. The mother of Perseus was Danae. Danae conceived Perseus when Zeus impregnated her in the form of a shower of gold. Danae thought it was her husband impregnating her until he walked in, and caught Zeus impregnating his wife. After Perseus was born, Danae’s husband slew his wife, put her body in a box, placed the child alive in the box with the dead mother, and had the box thrown into the sea. While fishing, the box was retrieved by a fisherman. Seeing the live child, the fisherman took care of it and raised it as his own. What timing. While Zeus is feeling sorry for himself, and not receiving any “prayers” lately, he summons his brother Hades, lord of the underworld, to wreak havoc on humanity in order to remind them the “order of things.” Apparently, Zeus’s energy is emboldened when people pray to him, whereas his brother Hades gets his energy from fear and destruction. And so, Hades wreaks havoc, but what Zeus doesn’t know is that Hades is working on a plot to overthrow Zeus. Sick and tire of the gods, the humans begin to rebel, and Hades comes about to wreak havoc on the humans. Hades wreaks havoc on the humans, and in the process, kills Perseus’s earthly family. And so, Perseus finds out who he is and sets out to defeat the Kraken, which is Hades’s greatest monster. In that, he needs a few things. He needs the head of Medusa, an evil snake woman who, if you look into her eyes, will turn you into stone. And so, Perseus tries to defeat the Kraken, and restore peace to the city of Argos.
My Review:
This movie reminded me of how empty Paganism really is. Even in fairy tales and other mythological stories, there is usually an element of wisdom, or insight gained from the story. There didn’t seem to be anything that you could take home seeing this movie. As for the good and evil aspects of this movie, the “good guys” are fed up people who keep complaining and venting their hatred towards the gods. Zeus is an insecure control freak who is kind of selfish, insecure, fallible and is afraid he is losing his powers. But amidst his issues, he can at least leave the city of Olympus for a “quickie” from time to time. Hades is evil (which was fine), the witches are really evil, the Djinns are evil, but they’re “good” evil, whatever that means. Medusa is really evil, the Kraken is evil, and the demonic, bat like figures which unite to form the body of Hades are also evil. What you get is a story in which the good guys are mediocre and the evil characters overpower.
I thought the movie was going to be better than it was. What I did like about the movie was the special effects in some scenes (like the scorpion scene, the rise of the Kraken and so forth), and the set designs, and even though I thought Zeus was a weak character, Liam Neeson, a great talent, did as great a job as he could do with such weak characteristics and writing. Ralph Fiennes, another great talent in my opinion, did a fine job playing Hades. One of the things that I thought was really annoying in this movie was that nut with the beard who had his hair in a bun. It was like watching a bearded man with Mrs. Garret’s (from the TV show “The Facts of Life”) hairdo screaming a lot about the need to sacrifice the princess to the Kraken monster. I kept thinking to myself, “dude, shut up already.”
Out of 4 starts, I give Clash of the Titans 2 and a half.
The film is rated PG-13, and runs for about 1 hour and 50 minutes.
For more information about the film, visit:
clash-of-the-titans.warnerbros.com/