Clash of the Titans (2010— 106 mins) Sam Worthington, L. Neeson, R. Fiennes

    The remake of the classic 1981 cheese fest has gotten a ton of press this year. Mostly bad press. I won’t say anything about the whole 3D conversion money grab that went on at the box office b/c frankly I don’t care at all. All I really care is if it’s a good/entertaining  movie or not.

   The story is basically the same as the original , as well as the same as many Greek mythology based stories. Perseus is the son of zeus and he has to find a way to kill the Kraken.  Naturally this involves going and killing Medusa to do so. Sorry if that is considered a spoiler to some but come on now who the hell doesn’t know the story. Anyway, let’s get into the movie. It looks real good. The special effects are just fine to me. I didn’t think them cheesy at all and I was just fine with them. The story the same. Other then being the same old same old story it’s just fine really. I enjoyed the action and I enjoyed the movie.

  But there is the usual gripe or two. You didn’t think I was going to review this without SOME sort of gripe did you? Well my main gripe is the whole movie just seems rushed. It’s hard to even believe it’s as long as it is b/c it feels like it’s barely 90 mins. Who knows maybe that’s a good thing with regard to movies. If you feel like it went too quick then the movie is good enough to fool you into losing time. It just seems like Perseus is found bam, we have a quest bam, go talk to witches bam, go to medusa bam, go kill Kraken bam, movie over. It’s amazing you blink and the movie is over. The other crappy thing is some of the makeup work. Liam Neeson often has a ton of makeup on and just looks ridiculous. Sure he’s Zeus but would he really go around the world with a ton of eye shadow on?  If there is anything I would like to see different in the movie is some more story or possibly some more substance to the movie. Other then that this is a good watch. They are in the process of  per-production for a second one so I think it has some real possibilities.

Verdict—> It’s a good movie and a top level of watches to me. A good action flick with great special effects and a few laughs along the way. Obviously people who don’t like fantasy adventures just wont like it anyway so they shouldn’t rent it anyway. But everyone else who enjoys a good adventure go ahead and see it.

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