Clashing with Titans

Ok. I like the original film. There is something to be said about play-doe looking objects in older movies that just seem pretty cool. There are several references to the original in the new movie, but besides that, I am going to try and judge this flick as an independent and not constantly compare it to it's predecessor.

Clash of Titans takes on a story of some pissed of men rebelling against the Gods. The Gods don't like this, so they threaten them to sacrifice this great looking chick within a certain period of time or they are going to release some bad ass monster called a Kracken.

So here in lies a huge problem. If you have seen any kind of preview for this movie, and odds are that you have because they have been promoting the shit out of it, you already know that shit hits the fan and this Kracken is released. Because of this knowledge, you could probably skip through the first hour and 45 minuets because you ultimately already know how the story is going to play out.

Not only that, but the storyline itself is really rushed. Apparently the complaints that Avatar was a little to long were heard, so they drastically cut this visual masterpiece down and the result is a fast pace story line with some cheesy one liners added here and there to try and give the characters more personality.

The acting sucked. Sam Worthington plays the same roll as he does Avatar. Liam Neeson makes for a crappy Zeus. Alexa Davalos and Gemma Arterton gave me some great eye candy, but it wasn't enough. I think there were several contributors to this piss poor acting including the fast paced story line and the crappy dialog. By far, the best acting comes from a supporting role of Liam Cunningham. Didn't even know there were two guys named Liam on this planet, but he did well.

The visual effects were pretty nice, but it was way easy to tell they were fake. I thought some of the looked crappy at times.

If you hadn't figured this out, I really didn't like this movie. It is a crappy re-make that is going to try and gets peoples attention using the summer blockbuster formula of hero, good looking girl, big problem, bigger monster. I have to give this film a one night stand out of a cherry pit (2 out of 5).

Birddogger Out.