Clash of the Titans review

Rating: 2/10 (26 April 2010)

To be fair, the movie wasn't at all what I expected. In the original movie I definitely saw some room for improvement with the visual effects, although for the times, I thought Ray Harryhausen did a fantastic job! The only problem I had with the effects with this remake was Pegasus; it's too bad that he couldn't have stayed as the mythical white stallion. The original storyline beat this one as well, the Gods played more of a role and the gifts were part of what separated Persius from mortals. Pegasus was meant to be caught and Poseidon was the original creator of the Kraken. Medusa was cursed by Aphrodite, not Athena. The basic mythological stories of the Gods should have remained. Hades has his own stories that could have been used for another movie. Overall, I think this movie was generated mostly for the visual effects, like the first one, but to the extreme, I can image the visual artists may have all thrown their cards on the table and the director took bits and pieces from whatever was offered, that he thought would be best for the audiences, which, by the way, the new Kraken was worth it! But it was apparent that storyline was sacrificed for visual effect. And as a shout out to the ladies that are crushing on Sam W. like myself, what's a girl gotta do to get a kiss from that guy, huh?