entertaining for the most part

Rating: 6/10 (24 May 2010)

I was really anticipating this title when I first laid eyes on the first trailer and being a fan of Greek mythology I immediately geeked out with what I saw. It showed such promise especially when it showed the kraken at the end of the trailer. After seeing this on opening day, I left the theater mildly satisfied but really entertained. In terms of story, it's about a man named Perseus whose family has just been murdered by the gods themselves and wishes to seek revenge and in order to do so, he is given an opportunity when the gods have threatened to destroy the city of Argos if the princess is not sacrificed to them by the eclipse. What follows is basically a quest type of film that is action packed . That's basically what the story is with a few supporting characters that deserved better character development.
The film's cast delivered a somewhat convincing performance but to be honest I thought the acting could've been a tad bit better like Sam Worthington for instance. His acting is alright for the past movies I've seen him in like Terminator Salvation and Avatar, but for a movie like this, he just didn't convince me. Liam Neeson was pitch perfect as Zeus. It was almost like a match made in heaven. No pun intended, as well as Ralph Fiennes as Hades was great as well and if you look at them you would actually believe that they were brothers in real life. They just have great chemistry. The rest of them were just there for show but Gemma Arterton is beautiful as always.
The film's action sequences was the bright light of the film. In my opinion it had some of the best CG I've seen so far (if you watch it in 2D) clearly this movie was originally made for 2D and only slapped in the 3D effect in post production or so I heard and also heard that It didn't look great at all. All I could say about these action sequences was that it really kept me at the edge of my seat especially on the scorpioch fight scene. Not all of you might agree with me about the action scenes but this is just my opinion is all. But the biggest disappointment would be the kraken fight. I mean seriously watch the movie and you'll know what I'm talking about
Overall if you are ever in the mood for just sitting back, turning off you're mind and just enjoy mindless action with huge monsters then you can't go wrong with Clash Of The Titans. In my opinion I was expecting a lot more in terms of character development and storytelling. so my final verdict is a
6/10