Thursday, April 1, 2010

Clash of the Titans 2010


I honestly believe that Percy Jackson is better than this.
A remake, (very) loosely based on the legion of Perseus.
Interesting trivia: In the legion, Perseus is supposed to marry Princess Andromeda. Io, Perseus' spiritual guide, is actually a nymph seduced by Zeus and then turned into a cow to hide detection from Hera. There is a cameo appearance by the mechanical owl, Buba. Perseus' mother is supposed to be daughter and not the wife of the crazy monster King.
Questions in my head: Why do people in ancient Greek mythology sleep naked? Liddat just makes the raping process easier...-_-" Why is Princess Andromeda just a supporting character? Why must Zeus' costume be so damn shiny? As though he stuck a whole bunch of reflective aluminium foil on his armour. Why did the witch sisters predict the death of Perseus?
The fight scenes were only so-so. Not much room for witty dialogue either.
One thing I learn from this movie: Never go into the underworld to slay Medusa if you are just a man. Don't be a courageous but stupid man. End up the four guys and weird transformer-like dude who followed Perseus into Hell all kena slayed by Medusa. -_-"
Somehow I feel pity for Medusa. Although I did read other sources saying that she kena tempted by Poseidon and did it in the temple of Athena and other sources saying that she was too vain and liked her hair too much. But if what the movie said was true, that she got raped by Poseidon and went and sought Athena for comfort, but the goddess was just disgusted and turned her into a Gorgon, then haiz, she leads a sad life.

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