Sigh... not again

Rating: 6/10 (11 April 2010)

Why oh why do film makers not believe in the power of original Greek Mythology? In 1981 - while the story had a good basis of Greek Myth they made it cheesy. Bubo the mechanical owl was the biggest one to knock out the suspended believe a movie is supposed to give to movie goers. Don't get me wrong I was in line to see it in the theaters when I was 10 and I loved it. I had been reading Greek Myths and loved the story of Perseus and Andromeda.
That's a spoiler right there - the story is SUPPOSED to be of Perseus and Andromeda. Not Perseus and Io - who is in another Greek Myth altogether (with Zeus in case you didn't know).
Yes, they took liberties in 1981 and they took even more in 2010. Personally, I'm awaiting the latest Romeo and Juliet flick where Romeo kills himself and Hamlet comes in and saves Juliet and whisks her off to Denmark to be his queen. This is about like that.
Some people will say, just watch the movie and enjoy it, sheesh, stop being a spoilsport. However, I had to listen to five guys bemoan and gnash their teeth when we saw the last Batman film with Bane in it where he was just some stupid peon to Poison Ivy. Even today (what 10 years later or something like that) if it's brought up they freak out! I say I have the right to be disgusted with these film makers for changing a classic story into something else.
Sigh... okay, off the soap box on that.
As for the film itself.
Pros -
This is a good action flick and even for my rant above I would watch it again, it was enjoyable.
The FX were awesome! Medusa, the Kraken, Pegasus, and the FX's for Hades were brilliant, the scorpions were well done too.
Good acting, enjoyed watching all of them. And the sets were well done.
The end was the grand flourish that was awesome! (btw, there's nothing after the credits, you can leave when they start to roll).
Cons -
Gods in full European armor? Why? They're gods, they don't need armor let alone a kind that isn't even going to be created for a thousand years or so.
Perseus' batman looking chest plate armor. Were they out of actual metal armor or did Sam lose the draw to get real looking armor?
The haircut... everyone but Perseus has long hair, even his fisherman dad. It was a little odd with his military do.
Adding in beings that have nothing to do with Greek Myth - Jinn. WTF? Hades is the villain - again. Hades is rarely the villain in Greek Myth - that would be Zeus job.
They kill off almost everyone. Queen Cassopeia for starters. They make Calibos (from the first movie, he's not a myth) Perseus' real grandfather. Danae is dead from the start, which was odd.
Overall, suspend your belief about this being a Greek Myth and pretend it's not. You'll do much better.