Review: Clash Of The Titans

The word dreadful is not a strong enough negative term to describe the remake of Clash of the Titans. If you want to avoid reading this review, just know that, for your own benefit, stay away from Clash of the Titans. There is almost nothing redeeming about the movie and I can almost guarantee that you will walk out shaking your head and wishing that you could have the wasted time back.

For those of you who need more convincing, please read on.

Clash of the Titans is the story of Perseus (Sam Worthington), a demi-god and the son of Zeus (Liam Neeson). Mankind decides to go to war with the gods who created them and Perseus, raised as a man, sides with man despite learning who his true father is. It is, of course, based on Greek mythology. It is understandable why someone would want to make a movie based on Greek mythology, but it is baffling that they managed to make the material boring and not compelling.

That I had to endure the movie in "pseudo-3D" made it all the more painful. The "3D" effects made the actors and sets look like a bunch of cardboard cutouts hopping around on the screen. Scratch that, I would have enjoyed the movie more had it been made with cardboard cutouts. At least it might have captured some of the independent charm of South Park. Instead, I could not help but think about the millions of dollars spent on the 3D special effects. Artists worked on the imagery for countless hours only to have them made to look like escapees from a pop-up book. This movie may single-handedly ruin the 3D parade that Hollywood seems to be putting so much faith in. I, for one, will probably never see another "3D" movie again.

The original had the fantastic work of Ray Harryhausen. Harryhausen's stop motion models, jerky animation and all, have far more character and soul than any of the slick 3D imagery in Clash of the Titans.

That Liam Neeson and Ralp Fiennes chose to act in this piece of tripe is sad. They are at the stage of the careers where they should know a good script from a bad and should be able to pick and choose what they act in. I will give a free pass to Sam Worthington. Worthington is an up and coming young actor given the opportunity to star in a big budget Hollywood movie. You certainly can't fault him for taking the role and I don't think starring in this movie will slow this rising star.

I have nothing good to say about Clash of the Titans. The writing was horrible, the acting was substandard, the editing was choppy, and the special effects were lame. The ridiculous tacked on "3D" effects that people are charged more to endure just seals its fate as one of, if not the worst, bit Hollywood releases of the year.

By: Bruce Ash

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