MY SUMMARY [You can skip this.]
LOL. Sorry. I was just recovering from all the jokes my sisters were making during this movie.This will not be my typical movie review because I guess this movie gets special treatment, unlike all the other movies. I write those weeks after seeing them. Haha.In a serious stance, this movie was awesome. With probably 40% less CGI than Avatar too. And I am not only saying this because Sean Avery in disguise was in this. It's also because even by knowing this movie had to do with the simple phrase "Release the Kracken", you know there's gonna be a good amount of CGI. Enough with it though.
Anyway, I must warn that I will vaguely explain what happened, but this will just be for the use of explaining how things are. Got it?
Okay, this movie starts out how most, "I don't know who my parents are" movies begin with: a fisherman on a boat finds a box with a child. And as the story progresses, you see in about 20 years [the first 10 or 20 min] the baby becomes a man named Perseus who apparently likes a normal life. So they come across some people who totally knock down a big ass statue of Zeus. And like every movie, something dramatic has to happen, but I'll leave it to you to see the movie and find out.
Then there comes a scene that was a reunion of Schindler's List. They're the Gods. Apparently Zeus is a super-loving god and Hades is like "Dude, these people are totally going against us, we have to punish them, we're the ones who created them anyway." Zeus, not being very loving, lets Voldemort take over.
So Perseus gets taken to this city where there are a king and queen and princess plus some guy who thinks he's Mohammad. The king is like, "Let's go against the gods. They need our prayers. Let the era of Man begin!"
The queen runs her mouth and is like, "My daughter's more beautiful than Aphrodite." [And we all know that's a oh-no-she-didn't kind if thing to say.] So like they come and terrorize crap and Hades tells everyone that the people must sacrifice the princess to the Kracken. Perseus is found out as the son of Zeus and then eventually he's like, "Okay fine let's kill this Kracken." So then this random stalker lady who never gets old comes to him and tells him she's been watching him all his life. So there are about 8 people with him to go to some witches to find out how to get rid of the Kracken. The main guy looks kinda like The Rock. One is skinny with big eyes. And various others.
Perseus finds a sword that was very much like a light-saber (a gift from Zeus) and doesn't want it 'cause he wants to fight "as a man". Perseus sees some pegasuses
They end up in the desert and some big scorpions come. [my sister made a smart reference to The Scorpion King]. People die. Then some weird rock people help and they go to some witched with a weird eye crap 'cause they have no eyes. They tell him he has to get Medusa.
And to make things short, Zeus is rejected by his son, but gives him a coin for Charon. The stalker lady leads them to the Underworld and yep. Oh,, and that chick and he are like making a move on each other but then a funny scene follows.
[NOTE: Persues uses the word "bitch", which I thought was amusing. But then it left me thinking, Did people really curse like that? But my sister was like, "They put a modern take on it."]
Voldemort pretty much wants to back-stab Zeus. And then events ensue.
They go to Medusa and I guess the people making the movie realized they didn't need any of the characters. The Rock finally smiles and gets turned to stone. Perseus goes out alone with Medusa's head and sees the stalker chick and she gets stabbed by that thing that scared the Pegasus away. She wisps away and the wimpy horse comes.
So the people of the city are like "SACRIFICE THE PRINCESS" and they tie her up like Naomi Watts in King Kong.
And whoop-did-ee-do, Zeus is like "Release the Kracken" a good 1 and 40 minutes into the movie.
Of course, Perseus gits rid of the Kracken [looks like my dog, Olive] and the princess is pretty much telling him to stay and marry her, but he says no. [Probably 'cause she wanted him to get drunk the day they met.]
Perseus just stays where the first part of the movie is and then Zeus brings him a present.
NOW ONTO THE GOOD STUFF
Clash of the Titans was a visual feat. The CGI was awesome, story easy to follow, and more.
The acting was great, even though some characters were ughhh. I think Sam Worthington really showed that he can be diverse, because I am sure like me, someone has to be tired of all this Avatar crap. Plus, it wasn't really an eye-candy film [thank Bob] so aka there were no shirtless scenes, so it just redeems Sam as a serious actor. The other actor playing the gods, were very good at their roles and gave some wonderful support to the movie. It has a tinge of other movies, but not too noticeable. It puts a twist on the two Gods you thought you knew.
And I guess the costume design was a bit too realistic, 'cause you can see every male actor's thigh. mmhmm.
Another note I have to make is on the backgrounds. They were beautiful! Gosh. That's all I have to say.
Anyway, it was a great movie about the adventures of a demi-god who saved the human race. Definitely a great film. It wasn't mind-blowing of course [it would need more hype]. I don't wanna keep typing the same thing over and over, so just watch it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
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