The New "Clash of the Titans".

not too shabby

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So I took my wife to see the new "Clash of the Titans" tonight. They opened it here tonight instead of tomorrow night. We went to the 10:20 showing. It's not bad. Very heavy with the use of CGI, then again what isn't these days. They stuck pretty close to the story of the original. They made a few minor changes which I won't talk about yet as I don't want to spoil it for anyone. They even manage to sneak in a reference to the original in the form of a certain Owl prop. If you've seen the original you'll recognize it immediately.

Liam Neeson plays Zeus and does a damn good job at it too. There's a steady pace of action with only a few scenes heavy in dialog to advance the story but it's not hard to follow. It's not incredibly deep either though so don't go into it expecting the "Iliad and the Odyssey" or something. If you're up for a good action flick based on Greek Gods this is the movie to see for you.

I give it a 8 out of 10. Maybe a 7 and a 1/2. Still, that's not too shabby.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

ill deffinatley be adding it to my dvd collection when it comes out down here.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Did you see the 3d version? I've heard nothing but bad things about the 3d version, because it was a post-production rush job.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Huge fan of all Harryhausen films...the remake looks cool too. :D

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

So how does it compare to the original if you remove the improved visuals?  As good, better or worse?

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Movie remakes for me fall into two categories: the "normal" movies like Father of the Bride, The Producers etc., and the movies that use special effects. With regards to the former, I prefer the originals (age showing here heheh). It's more difficult to decide with the special effects movies. The remakes have the benefit of modern computer technology, but in many cases the originals still come first for me due to originality and better use of the special effects available at the time. I personally think that Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Jason and the Argonauts have not benefited from remaking using today's technology. But is this all a case of 1st is best? How will we compare Lord of the Rings 2020 with our version? :omg:

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Tridus, reply 2
Did you see the 3d version? I've heard nothing but bad things about the 3d version, because it was a post-production rush job.

I saw the 2D version. The theater in my town only has room for one 3D movie at a time and they were playing "How to Train Your Dragon" in 3D. I did want to catch it in 3D though.

Quoting edpfister, reply 4
So how does it compare to the original if you remove the improved visuals?  As good, better or worse?

The acting was "good". Not great, but good. Liam Neeson did a kick ass job though. If I had to compair his acting as Zeus against his acting in Batman Begins I would say he's better as Zeus if that gives you an idea.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Gammeldansk, reply 5
How will we compare Lord of the Rings 2020 with our version? 

That's easy: by if an Elf army that doesn't exist in the books randomly shows up at Helms Deep or not. :D

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

I just got back from the theater, Clash of the titans was ok.

 

The plot sucked,

The CGI was good,

The action was so so.

 

I really liked the part were Io was chased by the scorpion.

 

As action CGI flics are concerned that was a 6.5/10 and I liked Transformers 2 much more by far.

 

Also what's the deal with medusa these days? both this flic and percy jackson  had a hero cutting her head and using it to kill the bad guys!! It's getting repetitive! We need medusa heads as items in Elemental now!! 8|

 

Also by D&D rules, The stoning attack woudn't get the Kraken even if the medusa had 15 more levels. That thing would have huge saves, but this isn't D&D and I digress...

 

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

I thought it was pretty terrible.  Reasonably entertaining but awful.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I thought it was pretty terrible. Reasonably entertaining but awful.

Took Terry to see it today [her birthday]....she'll watch anything with Sam Worthington in....[he's a hunk]....but getting dangerously type-cast as the guy who flies animals....;)

Not cerebral...but entertaining...;)

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

How does the new Medusa compare to the old one.

 

Hmmmm...now that I see this again it reminds me of an old girlfreind. :(O :pout:

Reply #12 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting I.R., reply 11
How does the new Medusa compare to the old one.

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Hmmmm...now that I see this again it reminds me of an old girlfreind.

 

Man you sure know how to pick em... :omg:

Reply #13 from Elemental Forums Top

Have to agree with the Frogger.

I seen it last night and it reminded me alot of Skrull. I would have to say it gets about 5.5 out of 10 from me.

Reply #14 from Elemental Forums Top

I saw it in 3d and it's always like it's off a bit like it's not focused.

 

As for the story they remove a lot of political intrigue between the gods, but it's an action flick. CGI was as good as CGI can be I guess. I never did see transformer 2 so I can,t compare.

 

But the creatures were really nice and I did like the medusa shot. I thought she was a bit to cute.

 

All in all it's a suber B movie. I did not expect a masterpeice maybe that's why I liked it.

Reply #15 from Elemental Forums Top

CGI alongside live action is really, really difficult to get right, even with enormous budgets and the latest technology. There are some truly awful examples in the Star Wars prequels, and just about none of it is absolutely convincing and perfect. I'd say it's going to be another couple decades until we get CGI that doesn't feel a little fake.

 

The Yoda and Jabba puppets built and filmed in the early 1980s are still plenty convincing, IMO. CG Yoda bouncing around with his mini-lightsaber...isn't.