Worst movie of 2010? So far, yes.

Rating: 2/10 (13 April 2010)

I was really looking forward to Clash of the Titans, however, perhaps my expectations were too high or perhaps it is due to my following reasons as to why this movie failed so miserably. I have no idea how I'd feel about this movie having seen the original, but if the original is anything similar, I'm guessing I wouldn't like it.
Let's start off with the cast. I loathe the casting director for this flick on the principles of miscasting nearly each and every character. Sam Worthington in Avatar and Terminator Salvation, both promising and career advancing roles, in Clash of the Titans, I didn't like him. As Perseus he brought nothing but Jake Sully (of Avatar) to the role and I just felt his character was tame. Liam Neeson, while an astonishing actor in most roles, fell flat on his face and I wasn't convinced he was Zeus. He just didn't mold into the character. Ralph Fiennes is well known as Voldermort, but as Hades he wasn't cunning, nefarious and he wasn't very intimidating.
As a story, this film is utter trash. It comes off as a rip-off of 300 and is more so a march, similar to Pirates: At World's End, than a battle of humans and the gods. I felt the movie was very slow paced and very much so dragged on and was just hoping it was closer to the end than it was. I didn't like the idea of having to walk to the battle. It gave me the prolonged Lord of the Rings walking feeling. It just didn't seem to have a purpose or goal.
There's a subplot, apparently, of a love story between Io and Perseus. I didn't see any chemistry nor romantic scenes until the very end when Io is killed. But apparently, I was blind because by that point he all of a sudden is in love with her and doesn't want to leave her side. I was originally intending to give the film a 6/10, but with the end of the film giving Io life (thanks to Zeus) I bumped it down to a 4/10. But it fell to 3/10 due to the fact I was looking forward to seeing Izabella Miko play Athena, but she wasn't even shown.
Forget about the fact that Poseidon is mentioned at the beginning of the film. He is unseen and the entire film becomes about Zeus, Hades and Perseus. It's a showcase of who's the best actor. Ultimately Worthington is given more screen time, but unfortunately neither of the leads were anything special. Hades and Perseus is built up throughout the movie and unfortunately, Hades is defeated in less than 3 seconds. Medusa takes the longest to defeat and bares an ability much like the basilisk in Chamber of Secrets.
Now, the clincher of the film's mediocrity is the amount of CGI. It's an overuse of CGI on nearly every scene with nearly every character. The over hype of the kraken and it's a simple battle and the creature itself is all CGI. The sword fighting choreography is the only decent part of the film but even that wasn't given much time and it's not frequent enough.
I'd say this movie should be forgotten in the next ten years because it is surely one of the worst of this decade. Thus far, it's the worst film of the year, but I'm sure being so early...there are a number of "worst movies of the year" potential still. I have a feeling Saw VII might get that label or perhaps Harry Potter or maybe Kick-Ass. We'll have to wait and see if Clash takes the cake. Happy viewing folks, skip Clash and see something worth your buck.