Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (5 September 2010)

i was absolutely ecstatic to hear that a new version of clash of the titans was coming out, however after watching it tonight i was pretty disappointed (partly because i missed it on the big screen). The movie was really....underwhelming for lack of a better word. The action sequences were really cool, but in the end it sacrificed depth and character development for action and effects. There was so little character development that when Perseus' "comrades" were killed at the hands of Medusa (or the eyes i should say), it really had no impact on the audience, personally i thought that the death of Draco would "tug on my heart strings" so to say, but he died before the audience learned enough about him to form an attachment. Also, as with most movies like this one, there were a lot of informational errors. One example of this is the character Io. I know it is just a movie, but the character of Io was such a deviation from the mythological figure that she might as well have had a different name, there was no real point in making her Io. Io was actually a lover of Zeus and Perseus ends up with Andromeda, not Io. Basically, the movie was entertaining but very forgettable. If it had been a bit longer and had taken more time for character and plot development it could have been great! Oh well :[