Decidedly Average

Rating: 5/10 (8 April 2010)

This movie had me worried from the outset, what with the director being responsible for other movies that have missed their potential (The Incredible Hulk) and the last minute band aid 3D conversion. It was ticking a lot of boxes for me skipping the big screen and waiting for the DVD. However I ended up with some cut price tickets and a morbid curiosity got the better of me.
One thing that was clear from the outset was that this movie was trying very hard to hark back to the sort of film making seen in the original Jason and the Argonauts but instead of stop motion monsters you get the full CGI experience. Great you may think.
However, the second thing that struck me was that touching up a 2D movie to look 3D just does not work. Although not a horrible experience, at times it felt a very clunky.
All of that aside the movie itself was fairly shallow. There was minimal character development and not since the introduction of the twins in Transformers 2 have I seen a more pointless pair of comic relief sidekicks. Not as irritating but far more pointless.
Despite this, I enjoyed this movie for what it was, ridiculous mythical action set to a backdrop of a fairly intense rock soundtrack.
My advice would be to see it in 2D or wait for the DVD.