Enjoyable b-movie

Rating: 7/10 (3 April 2010)

I went in to see this with low expectations. Most of the reviews were not kind.
But I just wanted a fun, brainless 'popcorn' movie with some cool action scenes.
And that is exactly what I got.
There was only maybe 5 minutes where I was bored. Most of the time I appreciate the mood, sets and plot until the next action piece. And the action pieces were very good.
I am a HUGE fan of stop-motion animation, and love Ray Harryhausen. But I knew this was a cgi-fest and accepted it as such. I actually really liked the improvements to Medusa, and while the other creatures did not have any of the personality of Harryhausen's work (very few CGI creatures do, in my opinion), they were pretty cool and I enjoyed those scenes.
it did feel like a throwback to 1981 and to some of Harryhausen's movies. Which is not necessarily a good thing. Outside of Ray's creatures, the movies were sometimes dull, predictable and the acting mediocre. In many ways, this movie had the same flaws.
But in the end, I enjoyed it and didn't regret seeing it on the big screen. And yeah, I plan on getting the DVD.
I deliberately saw this in 2D based on the reviews I saw. Reviewing the film I really can't see how 3D would make a difference, so unless you have a burning desire to spend extra money I would think the 2D experience is fine.
I didn't go into the plot, because that is covered by other user comments, but there were some nice plot twists over the original and some very nice touches of humor (which works here and did not work very well in the original).
There was something that was lacking however, to make this a great film. Good, not great.
if you go in with reasonable expectations, you might enjoy it.
7 out of 10.