Knowing what to expect...

Rating: 2/10 (7 April 2010)

... and I've never been so bored. Already seeing the Harryhausen original I had low expectation for this remake (I didn't favour the original as much as Jason and the Argonauts) as you can't really replace the effects maestro himself with just bland CGI. Yes I understand we live in a digital age but they can at least make the monsters seem like characters (like Harryhausen did) and not just a computerised shiny thing to wow idiots with. And the 3D. Thankfully I saw this film in 2D and not 3D as many people have said how god-awful the 3D is. 3D is just a pointless fad in general and seeing Clash of the Titans in 2D saves you a lot of money...
... but, in the end it's not the effects and 3D that makes a film, it's the story.
As far as the story goes it's not really different to the original and so brings nothing new to the table. The characters are one-dimensional, and anyone with any knowledge of films such as King Kong or the Sinbad films, knows that whoever follows our hero around in the film is but a lamb to the slaughter. But the supporting cast was pointless! They had no depth, Mads Mikkelsen's character just seemed more like an arse, than a gruff, tough teacher with nothing remotely wise or helpful to say (except for slapping Sam Worthington around). The two guys -- I think they were warrior merchants -- who follow Perseus added nothing, except their presence. And there was zero chemistry between Worthington and Arterton's character Io (and I won't even mention the crap her character keeps talking about).
Either way a lot of you will be saying I'm reading too much into a film such as this, well, maybe... but even for an action film, there's nothing there and it comes off as boring! When watching the action I felt bored, when watching the characters interact I felt bored, when magic and monsters were flying about the place I felt... well, you know where I'm going with this.
In the end, at least with the original, it wasn't the best sure, but it was entertaining none-the-less. The remake wasn't awful... it was just vacuous and boring!