Missing Emotion

Rating: 5/10 (2 April 2010)

There is something very important missing from this movie; and that is emotion. I don't feel any. In some scene which was supposed to be tragic (... I think), I found myself simply knitting my brow and let out a flat "Oh". It had to be one of the worst screenplay ever. Besides the missing emotion, the plot was also ridiculous, and the dialogs were corny. To name the few:
1) When Perseus was taken to the palace by the soldiers. Why did they even do that? They could have simply asked what he was doing.
Soldier: "Who are you and what were you doing there when we were destroying Zeus's statue and then Hades came to kill us all?"
Perseus: "I'm Perseus. I'm a fisherman. I was there with my family. Hades saw us, and I guess somehow he felt that he should kill us too. So he killed my family. I'm the only survivor."
Then, the soldier could release him to wherever he wished to go. But of course, if this were to happen, they would have no reason to drag him to the palace, which was kind of essential to the plot (... I think).
2) Zeus was informed that he had a half human son. The way he responded (or, to be precise, the dialog which was written) felt like he didn't care about it. You cannot help thinking that probably it was part of his daily routine that someone informed him he had a half human son. But then suddenly he sent Perseus a sword and a Pegasus, and appeared in front of him to act like a nice dad.
3) Acrisius disposed of his queen and baby Perseus to the sea. He accepted Hades's offer and attempted to kill adult Perseus. And suddenly, in the verge of death he said to Perseus, "Don't be like them (gods)"?!
The best thing about this movie was the acting performances. I give special notes to Ralph Fiennes (well, he is always amazing) and Mads Mikkelsen. Liam Neeson's character, unfortunately, had limited range of emotion. And then Sam Worthington. I could not state him as a great actor. Occasionally, his expression was rather stiff. But from all his three movies I have seen, he always manages to give me different impressions; from Marcus Wright (Terminator Salvation), Jake Sully (Avatar) to Perseus. I always enjoy his performance. I don't know what word to describe it. It's just... there's something about him.
The action sequences were great. But still it couldn't cover the bad and no emotion story. If you insist watching this, I suggest you to not think much about it. Just enjoy it for its action and the actors. So when you're leaving the theaters you could just move on, instead of complaining about it all the way home (like I did).