Nice effort but a bit confusing

Rating: 5/10 (21 February 2011)

I came into this movie with not many expectations as I didn't want to ruin it, but there was just too much going on to keep straight.
The Greek idea of this movie was definitely apparent; the clash between the humans and Olympians. However, they added too many other mythological ideas. The kraken, which is from Norse mythology, was supposedly created by Hades. Along the voyage, Perseus and his group encounter Jinns, from Arabic myths. Not sure why they were even there, but apparently they come with an alien-like self destruct mechanism.
Medusa is pretty much the Roman mythology version of the character. Ravaged by Poseidon and punished by Athena. In the Greek mythology, she and Poseidon lay together, and she didn't beg Athena for help.
Many of the myths of Greek mythology are there but changed. Andromeda being sacrificed to the kraken is close, but there's no kraken in Greek mythology.
Beyond that, the movie looked very good. I liked the plot idea and I was a very big fan of the CGI. Medusa looked great, as did the kraken, even though it turned into a more advanced looking version of Godzilla and Gamera. And for some reason, Perseus falls in love with Io rather than Andromeda as he did in mythology.
Zeus was humbled in the end, which is rather the opposite of his character, and Hades was portrayed for most of the movie as a feeble old man who cowered from Zeus. Again, the opposite of mythology as all of the Olympians feared Hades. Sadly, when the battle between Hades and Perseus came, it was over too quickly with one sword throw.
But besides my finding faults with the mythological side of the movie, it was entertaining and well done. The CGI, as said before, was very good and it had a great plot to it.