Strange and Phenomenal collide to make a so called "different" movie

Rating: 6/10 (16 April 2010)

The words "strange" and "phenomenal" are widely different and yet somehow manage to come together in this movie. The whole concept of the movie is the strange part. I mean, really, gods and huge monsters battling people with swords? Come on, they could have tweeked some of it to make it maybe a little bit more interesting.
I was unsure of what to make of this movie when i watched it. I could tell that there was some sort of message being portrayed, but i couldn't really recall what. It has got the version of "God" and the version of the "devil", but yet again, it has "gods" that try to control the world also. It is a mixture of the Christian faith combined with the class "god" scenario. It didn't seem to come together well. Was the message to defeat the evil gods but somehow remain human? Was it to deny any god, live your life, and try to be a hero? Or was it perhaps that when your town is threatened by evil beings, that you should take down an enormous amount of devils? I will never be sure of this.
Clash of the Titans has some minor confusing parts that seem to add up and create more confusion than intended. *spoiler* - How does multiple scorpions the size of a house appear from a drop of blood from a demon? I assumed it was the hand of the demon, but more and more appeared. What about the fact that camels randomly appeared as the group of people marched across the world? How did they get there? And there is the lady that never dies. She seems to be placed very conveniently. Knowing where they all need to go, what to do, and basically knowing everything possible, while remaining invincible, she seemed to be the center focus of all of the characters. The overall concept of how to kill the kraken seems to be misplaced. I was confused when this path was layed out before them and was basically implied for everything they needed to do. It wasn't released to the audience, more like it was just there.
Let's move onto the very small phenomenal part of the movie. The fights. These fights in the movie possibly have redeemed the whole movie for me. Considering the fact that people were attacking strange and unreal creatures and somehow managed to win was the phenomenal part. The amount of action was about normal but it seemed to keep you focused. The special effects were also at the top of the list. They were quite good, especially with the kraken. The battles that erupted between the people and the creatures are what kept this movie together.
I would recommend this movie only for people to see in the "cheap" theatres or to possibly rent it. All though it was action packed, and fairly exciting, the concept was a bit "out there" and somewhat confusing. As i give this movie a "6", i considered that all movies will have flaws however, most scenes will eventually over ride the flaws. This film did some of that. The strangeness part of it seemed to power higher than the phenomenal parts, but somehow they managed to combine to create a not so expected, "different" movie than expected.