In principle I see nothing wrong with making a serious film about Greek mythology (I can't view the trailer on this PC, aber, so no comment there). There's no reason that it
must be silly Harryhausen like antics, and the Greeks themselves were more than willing to take their mythology fairly seriously - as a point of reference check out every single Greek tragedy surviving (
The Persians excepted).
And Theseus is one of the no brainers for a film adaption. Theseus, Minotaur, Labyrinth, a less-than-ideal king with the child sacrificing Minos, Theseus gets the girl (abandoning her on an island probably not Hollywood's cuppa). We also got Daedalus over here and you can throw in his him and his ill-fated son Icarus for a bit of why not. Ridiculous amounts of name recognition and really solid stories. Probably the sort of thing I'd generally prefer to see Hollywood films do, in some vague sense, if only there wasn't also a pretty big chance they'd cock it up.
...but on the other hand Holllywood's been making films about Greek history (
300) and Norse mythology (
Thor) provided they're based on the comic book versions, which scarcely bodes well.
I enjoyed
300 well enough as a sheer bloody minded guilty pleasure, but the film does not exist for repeat viewings. I suppose if a Theseus film is about the same level I can live with that.
I wonder what poor deity would have been assigned The Internet?
I nominate Fama, or 'Rumour'. Go check your copy of the
Aeneid and you'll get the general idea.
