Clash Of The Titans (2009)

[Gaith]

Finally got this from Netflix. As a Netflix-specific edition... with five or six unskippable previews, no extras and not even a chapter menu!

As for the movie... I loved it! Not having seen the original, I wasn't expecting much; I only had three demands:

1) That it not bore me
2) That it feature some badass fights
3) That it have a sense of fun

And for me, Clash scored on all counts. Yes, the dialogue and characters were flat and bland, but it's a myth movie called Clash of the Titans; I appreciated the movie's sincerity in clashing as much as possible. And the actors, from Worthington on down, did a pretty good job of selling veteran badassery.

It's probably the most frenetic action movie I've liked (I wasn't nearly as fond of Torque, Terminator Salvation or even Quantum of Solace), but the simple fact is that I got so revved up by a story unapologetically about humans kicking deific ass and taking names that I entirely went for it. And, being a lifelong anti-monarchist, I loved how Perseus turns down Andromeda's offer of kingship.

Dead Ebert enjoyed it too:

I like this kind of stuff. I don't say it's good cinema, although I recognize the craftsmanship that went into it. I don't say it's good acting, when the men have so much facial hair they all look like Liam Neeson. I like the energy, the imagination, the silliness. I even like the one guy who doesn't have a beard. That's Perseus. From the first moment we see him as an adult until his last scene in the movie, he has the Standard Regulation Macho-Length Stubble on his chin. And in a city where all the men go to Jerry Garcia's barber, he has a burr cut on the short clipper setting.

So do I recommend the movie? Yes, if you intuit that this review is affectionate and have the same tolerance for goofy Greek gods as I do.

While I never saw the original movie, I did grow up with a vague impression of the tin lunchbox and an admiration for the balling title. If I ever saw the movie, I wanted it to be big, loud, over-the-top and not at all dull. Clash '10 accomplished that admirably.

B+

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

Honestly, I've never been particularly charmed by either version.

It's been quite a while since I've seen the original and I don't remember it well. I remember I liked Harry Hamlin and I thought it was strange that a movie made in 1980 looked more like it was made in the late 1960s. (The mechanical owl especially looks like a tacky piece of '60s kitsch.)

As for the 2010 remake, I think it's full of great actors but fails to engage me. While it's fairly long, it feels like huge chunks of story were hacked out in the editing room. I can't say it's a bad movie. Even most bad movies evoke some kind of emotional response, even if it's disgust. This one made me feel nothing, much like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

 

[omgahitsbritt08]

I've seen the movie. Its really awesome. Some of the special effects could have been alittle better. But overall 4.8 stars!