Um...were there any actual writers in this project?

Rating: 3/10 (24 January 2011)

**Contains Spoilers*
Being a fan of the original Clash of the Titans, I was very optimistic to see what a CGI Kraken and Medusa could look like. The 2010 Medusa was pretty well rendered, but the Kraken was nothing more than a Cloverfield rip-off, and a bad one at that.
But these additions are not the worst part of it...first off, did any of the script writers actually read the myth of Perseus? A Cliff-Notes edition would have sufficed. Instead, they took most of Disney's Hercules script,brought in a few names they barely recalled from high school English, which they undoubtedly failed, and placed a Jason Stathom version of Perseus into the mix.
Here is a little 101 of the myth: 1. Perseus never knew of Andromeda until AFTER he had slayed Medusa. 2. Hades played NO PART in this story and Zeus played barely anything as well. 3. Athena and Hermes were the two major Gods in this myth, as there was no f**king way Perseus could get to the land of the 3 gorgons (yes, there are three of them) without some aid of airborne transportation...he received winged sandals from Hermes. 4. Perseus was getting the head of Medusa as a bargaining chip for the king of Argos who wished to send Perseus away so he could have his mother. 5. Pegasus emerged from the severed neck of Medusa...please see number three above. 6. No, there were no god d@mn scorpions in the myth. Harryhueson came up with that for visual effect, which incidentally made it fun for 1981...2010's version just made it silly. 7. Who the f**k is this Calibus guy? Yes, he was an integral character in the 1981 version, and was well played. No, he was never in the original myth. Perseus had enough of a challenge taking on three reptilian creatures and a big freaking sea lizard. Yes, the 2010 Calibus was, without a doubt, the most unused potential.
There is more, but I will hold there. Now, I will forgive the 1981 version for its misinterpretation of the original myth, based on the fact that it tried to make a myth exciting, which it did. It allowed people to read more about ancient myth to see what was really written. All the 2010 version is do a misinterpretation of a misinterpretation, and did it with a story-line that had more holes than Swiss Cheese. Unfortunately, all this version is going to do is enable the laziness of most people into thinking that Perseus was a stubborn sailor who suddenly acquired the skills of Bruce Lee with a sword overnight and that mountain-sized Scorpions spring to life from the blood of a drugged up satyr.
In addition, doesn't it seem odd that a giant leviathon with the lung power of a solar flare couldn't knock any human down by bellowing at its highest note?
Way to go Hollywood...another brain buster.
I give it three stars, as there was some obvious hard work done by the CGI animators and renderers, who more than likely knew the original myth and were scoffing at the stupidity of the so-called writers behind this pile of crap.