Needed a lot more of everything

Rating: 5/10 (3 April 2010)

I went to see this movie opening night and I was... disappointed to say the least. Quite frankly, I was expecting a rich story with engaging, dynamic characters, with realistic and yet thrilling action sequences. All I got was: simplistic, archetypal story; flat and plain boring characters; over exaggerated action scenes and poor acting.
Let me first say: I wish just once, that Hollywood would abandon the principle of telling inaccurate stories for the sake of theatrical amusement. This ALWAYS happens with films that involve history and mythology. I realize it's fiction, but I would have liked this film more, had they told the actual myth of Perseus, and not this hyped up, false version. Being a student of Greek mythology, I found the inaccuracies in this film to really bug me. But that aside, the story is totally unoriginal. Just another man of noble birth learning about his heritage and potential and completing some great quest to fulfill his destiny, stop the bad guy, save the world, get the girl. It's Star Wars in ancient times. DO NOT go into this movie expecting the greatest story and writing ever made because you'll simply walk out in the first 30 seconds.
The characters were SO boring and stereotypical. All of them were: overly aggressive, warmongering, manly men. EVERY one of them. Not one different, mildly interesting character. They all had long hair, lots of scars and BAD costumes. The acting all around was average/bad, even by great actors like Liam Nieson and Ralph Fiennes. I was SO disappointed with them. Sam Worthington I expected to be average, which he was.
Not enough action and the action the film did have, was totally overdone. I can't even describe how disappointed I was with the action in this movie. The Kraken only appears on screen for about 2 minutes so don't expect a fantastic, climactic final battle like in LOTR: Return of the King.
On the good side, it is an alright movie. It does entertain you if you don't care about story and acting etc. Good flick to see with your friends but I wouldn't recommend it, by any means, to fans of great cinema. You'll want your money back.
Final score: 5/10