No Fun to Be Had with These Gods

Rating: 5/10 (6 April 2010)

Congratulations Hollywood. You've payed homage to yet another older film by sucking out all of the charm and entertainment value that made the film worth remaking in the first place.
The original "Clash of the Titans" from 1981 had a sense of whimsical adventure. Those involved knew just how seriously to take it all, which wasn't very seriously, and the effects served the story rather than seeming to exist for their own sake. The remake is a smörgåsbord of same-old same-old CGI that we've already seen a hundred times in other films, and the whole thing is too dogged and earnest to be much fun. The cast is lacklustre, even big deal actors like Liam Neesona and Ralph Fiennes, and can't inject the film with the campy sensibility that great actors like Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith and Burgess Meredith brought to the original. This version also removes the love story that brews between Perseus and Andromeda, which gave the first film a sense romantic and heroic adventure.
The first boring and unmemorable action film of 2010.
Grade: C