Clash of the Titan vs Clash of the Titans

Rating: 8/10 (15 April 2010)

I wont bore you rewriting things that have been told by other 100 times. Here is what I add to the previous reviews.
Yes I am a Greek, in love with our mythology.
In short this movie is the total opposite of the original. The original movie , had mediocre actors, very good scenario, very good plot, not so good directing, very good fighting scenes and rather so and so special effects .
This movies has excellent and very good actors, a rather dull scenario, very predictable plot, excellent directing , not so good fighting scenes and some of the most amazing effects.
Yes I do believe that Hollywood tends to rape Greek myths. But then on the other hand a raped myth is better than no myth at all.
Why Hollywood believe that today Christian people love and deeply care about God , but in ancient times when thing were a lot tougher than they are now , ancient Greeks hated their gods ? I don't think Hollywood understand ancient Greek religion and mythology at all.
However the defense of the movie is that it had some big parts of the original myth.
I saw it on 3d, I agree, it could have been a lot better.
But overall I cannot say this movie was crap. The reason is simple, good acting by almost all actors involved that put in the shadow the original movie and AMAZING special effects. I also love the photography of the movie, it has a rather unique vibe, but overall because I also do 3d graphics as a hobby and paint digital, I loved it.
People are quick it dismiss a movie that is largely based on graphics to succeed , but then they may think that good graphics are easy and anyone can do it. But that is they are dead wrong. Good graphics require , talent, huge commitment and loads of money.
I wont remember this movie as a movie with a great scenario, but it really nailed the graphical content of myth to the bone and I hugely respect it for that and on that grounds I gave it a 8/10.
Lastly the one thing that hugely annoys me is the title. "CLASH OF THE TITANS" or probably "WAR OF THE TITAN" named in Greek "TITANOMACHIA" is huge Greek myth that put to shame Lord of the Rings, its the fight of the Greek Gods against the old order of Titans, which are far more powerful than a Cracken or a Medusa, which of course none of the two are Titans in any way.
I really hope one day a daring director and produces makes "TITANOMACHIA" a movie because it is going to be huge and expose people to the real beauty of ancient Greek mythology.
Overall, I can say I really enjoyed the movie, very good acting, excellent special effects and a very good soundtrack as well. I went to the movie hearing before that the movie was crap and I exit the theater asking myself "What people expected to see from it more than it delivered ?" , "Have they not seen the trailer ?". Sure it could have been better in several areas but overall THIS NOT CRAPISH AT ALL.
Its an action movie to the bone and it succeeds.