Too big for it's own good

Rating: 6/10 (5 April 2010)

So of course I saw Clash of the Titans when I was a little girl, I absolutely adored that movie. It was one of my favorite adventures, it was exciting and just a blast to watch. I haven't watched the movie in many years though, but I had seen the trailer for the remake. I was intrigued, it's not a bad idea to reintroduce the story to a new generation. I didn't even realize how much Titans was considered to be a classic, the director expressed in an interview his love for the story. So I was hearing just alright reviews, but still I decided to see this movie on Easter, I just had to discover for myself wither it would be good or not. So first off, I did see it in the 3D format, which I'm not really getting into, 3D can be a bit too much on the eyes. I understand it's dimension, but I think this is more of a fade vs. making movies just look pretty. I think I would have been just as satisfied watching it in the 2D format, so that's a skip if you want to see this in the theater. Unfortunately though, this movie does go a little Star Wars/Lord of the Rings for my taste and doesn't hold the same charm as the original did for me.
A coffin is seen drifting through the sea before it is rescued by a fisherman, Spyros. When Spyros opens it, he discovers the baby Perseus and his mother, Danaë, inside and raises the boy as his own. Perseus, half god half man as Zeus's son, does not know who his real father and mother are. Years later, Perseus and his family are fishing when they witness a group of soldiers destroying a massive statue of Zeus, effectively declaring war on the gods. Immediately following the fall of the statue, Hades rises from the ocean, killing most of the soldiers and then destroying the boat Perseus and his family are on. The surviving soldiers find Perseus and take him back to Argos. When King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia compare themselves to the gods and compare the beauty of their daughter, Andromeda, to that of Aphrodite, Hades appears again, killing the remaining soldiers. . Hades kills the queen, and demands that Argos further pay for its insolence and vanity; in 10 days, the Kraken will be released, and if the princess Andromeda is not sacrificed, then Argos will be destroyed. Perseus and a group of soldiers go on a journey to get Medusa's head that will destroy the Kraken by turning it into stone.
While I thought the effects were pretty good, there is a scorpion fight scene that was just incredible to watch, the effects didn't make the movie great. The Kraken was a great visual, but the scene fell so flat that it didn't have the splash that the scene should have had. Also one of the most haunting scenes from the original I remember was the Medusa fight, it was one of the most terrifying moments I had ever seen in my childhood. The remake didn't have the same effect as the original, I don't know if it was the set up or the actual Medusa that failed, but the whole scene could have been so much more. Also with Sam Worthington as our lead, I do like this guy over all, but I'm not liking him play the same character over and over again as he has with Terminator Salvation and Avatar. He needs to be a little more diverse. But one thing I did really enjoy with this movie besides some of the good effects was Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson, they look like brothers, they act like brothers as well as they seem like the only one's that took the story seriously and they should have had more screen time. Over all I would say that this movie is a matinée, because it's a special theater experience, UNLESS, you have a blu-ray player, then you can wait for the rental.
6/10