Rate Clash of the Titans (2010)

[Krug]

Saw it at a premiere. Nothing quite mindblowing. Hardly any 3-D so save your money and just watch it in 2-D instead.

The action scenes were decent, particularly in the showdown with Medusa. Kraken... not so much. Lots of hammy acting. Special efx weren't particularly new.

[sblock]Mechanical Owl gets a brief moment, while Perseus gets to use a black pegasus.[/sblock]

Overall: 6/10

 

[Krug]

That bad huh?

 

[Mouseferatu]

The only way I can possibly review this is via use of a D&D metaphor.

Most of the encounter set-pieces were phenomenal, but the adventure containing them was lame and poorly written.

If you're a fan of the genre (and I assume most of you are), it's worth seeing in 2D--cheap if you can get it--for the visuals and some really exciting scenes. Just don't expect them to hold together as a movie.

 

[dravot]

Saw it at a premiere. Nothing quite mindblowing. Hardly any 3-D so save your money and just watch it in 2-D instead.

This, How to Train Your Dragon, and Alice in Wonderland were all 2D films that they rendered into 3D using a new technique. The technique is good but not great. I'd advise avoiding any of these types of movies in the 3D format.

 

[Felon]

Msybe it's just the shots I've seen of it in the trailers, but scale aside, the kraken looks rather unscary. Smooth head, teen-weeny eyes. Take away the teeth and it would be a great plush toy for some little girl.

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

6/10. Not well-written. Poor to nonexistent character development, stiff acting, epileptic siezure-inducing editing, and the whole thing looked color-dead, dark and washed-out. I wasn't even particularly impressed by the fights as it seemed to be a lot of sound and fury signifying absolutelyl nothing.

BTW, after leaving the theater I realized that a lot of the dullness of the film possibly results from the deliberate reliance on 3-D to "wow" the audience - but when 3D is not there (I saw a normal version) the dominating deficiencies immediately "pop" out because you haven't been distracted by that stupid gimmick.

As unspectacular a spectacle that the original was - it was BETTER than this one. The only really memorable part of this was the throwaway homage to the original:

"Just leave that here."

See it and you'll understand. Classic. But hardly worth the cost of admission.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

This, How to Train Your Dragon, and Alice in Wonderland were all 2D films that they rendered into 3D using a new technique. The technique is good but not great. I'd advise avoiding any of these types of movies in the 3D format.

I had heard otherwise on How to Train your Dragon . . . because it was already entirely a 3D computer creation "in the computer" the rendering as a 3D movie was trivial and effective compared to the conversion a movie like Clash of the Titans had to go through.

 

[reveal]

3/10

I have seen three movies now with Sam Worthington as the lead and don't like him. I liked Avatar but not because of him. Sam is very wooden and can not carry a movie.

The movie was crap. I liked the action sequences but there was absolutely no character development and you could have had any actor in any role and it wouldn't have mattered.

I came up with a new drinking game, though. Every time one of the characters says that they will do things "as a man," you take a drink. You could probably get through a fifth of vodka by yourself if you did that.

One more thing that I think really hurt the movie. I didn't like Perseus. I mean at all. He was a whiny witch who gave me absolutely no reason to give a crap whether or not he succeeded. That kind of hurts the movie if your main character is unlikeable.

 

[dravot]

I had heard otherwise on How to Train your Dragon . . . because it was already entirely a 3D computer creation "in the computer" the rendering as a 3D movie was trivial and effective compared to the conversion a movie like Clash of the Titans had to go through.

Hrm. I could see that. My broader point still stands though. We saw Dragon in 2D and didn't feel like we lost out on anything.

 

[Zaukrie]

We had watched the earlier version the week before. One thing my wife commented on was that at least you got to know the soldiers before they died. I thought it was 6, mildly entertaining, but no great movie. Definitely NOT worth the 3D upcharge at all.