Another Bad Remake

Rating: Null/10 (30 March 2010)

You know a movie based on Greek mythology is bad when Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is a masterpiece by comparison.
Sam Worthington (Avatar, Terminator Salvation) stars as Perseus, a demi-God who must defeat the kraken before it and its owner, Hades (Ralph Fiennes), God of the Underworld, takes over human civilization. And. . .that's pretty much it. Director Louis Leterrier (The Transporter, The Incredible Hulk) wasn't interested in story and character development. He just wanted to get to the next action scene. What Leterrier fails to understand is that action scenes don't work when the audience doesn't care. Perseus fights demons, beasts, and Gods in spectacular actions scenes but there's nothing to get excited about since interest is absent. And to make matters worse there's the 3D. Unlike Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, and How to Train Your Dragon, this film was converted to the format at the last minute to cash in on the fad - and it shows. It has the worst 3D in recent memory. It's sad when Journey to the Center of the Earth with Brendan Fraser was a better 3D experience.
So, if you haven't, just watch How to Train Your Dragon instead or just rent the original 1981 version with Harry Hamlin. With the recent increase in 3D prices there's no reason to waste your money on this garbage.