A couple of issues

Rating: Null/10 (4 April 2010)

I no longer post messages on IMDb because of some bizarre process they make you undergo, but I still write reviews. I have read criticisms of the COTT remake for having way too much and very poor CGI. I would say this was readily evident from the trailer. Also, I read a posting where the writer complained about how quickly the Kraken was turned into stone. Well, if you go back to the original version, the Kraken (which was much more majestic-looking than the Kraken in the remake)) is also rather quickly turned into stone, almost as if animator Ray Harryhausen was in a rush to wrap things up. He delays the big moment for a few seconds by having the beast swat Perseus and Pegasus into the ocean, but they bounce right back and quickly take care of business. I have no plans to see the remake, as I am too old for such nonsense (and the truth is, the original movie was nothing to write home about, as Harryhausen was well past his prime). But I would be curious to see the new Medusa. Harryhausen's Medusa was truly frightening and the highlight of the original movie.