just didn't care who lived or died the whole way through

Rating: 1/10 (7 April 2010)

I'm gonna include a couple of minor spoilers but nothing major. Ugh.. Where to begin. Me and my 16 year old brother went to this thinking it might be a good swords and sandals epic. About fifteen minutes into the movie we looked at each other and shook our heads in disbelief. Character development is practically non existent. I mean i really didn't care who lived or died. They were all basically cannon fodder. I know this is firmly set in the fantasy/mythology realm but a little artistic license in the wrong hands can be a very dangerous thing. I will give an example that occurs in the first quarter of the movie. While camping in some woods the lead character just goes for a stroll... while out for a walk he happens upon the haft of a sword( while in the cinema we both jokingly mimicked light-sabers, then burst out laughing when the sword basically turned out to be exactly that!). During this same sequence while still just out walking, he meets another demigod who appeared to just happen to be out for a walk too... next he stumbles upon a clearing full of the mythical flying horses, the Pegasus, and i'm not even talking one, this is a full heard. While talking to the demigod lady, his disgruntled stepfather just turns up to cause a bit of a mess and stomp about in a rubber suit.. Thus ensues an epic cgi fest that continues for another hour. Please don't spend money on this movie. The CGI is OK. I mean if CGI still floats your boat then you might like this but its rubbish mindless tripe.