Good SFX Doesn't Compensate for Bad Mythology

Rating: Null/10 (2 April 2010)

With the advent of 3D it was inevitable that this would be remade, but why do the story and the dialog have to suffer? The mythological creatures look more real and scarier (although Pegasus should be white) and the scorpion battle is about as nasty as it should be, but the story changes do nothing to improve this version. Perseus -- instead of being likable and heroic -- is a bit of a jerk in his determination to reject his divine origins instead of deciding to use them to the advantage of the human race (the ultimate revenge within this context). The sibling rivalry of Zeus and Hades would have been long over by the period of this story, but merely serves here to be an argument about atheism vs. religion. Which only serves to prove most humanists' point that a god who behaves like a toxic parent should not be worshipped in the first place.
There is no counterpart to the character of Ammon from the 1981 version, so this film lacks the wit and wisdom that was in his dialog. The numerous minor characters serve mostly as fodder for the monsters and there is not enough screen time for most of them to give us a chance to care about them. It also looks like the other gods all got left on the cutting room floor and somebody clearly forgot that Apollo is supposed to have golden hair.
Let's not even get started about the hair and the armor on the human characters.
I normally comment on the acting, but the script was so bad that these actors had almost nothing to work with.
If you haven't experienced 3D yet, you may want to see this. Since most are saying it's substandard, it should be used as a point of comparison for 3D that is considered to be good or superior.