jazz74 wrote:Finestrg wrote:jazz74 wrote:clash of the titans- ( possible spoilers) well, i was informed to not waste my time watching this in 3d so i didnt. the movie was mediocre at best and expected better things from this and didnt get it. the original was way better in all aspects except maybe sfx depending if you like claymations or not. first, worthington was pretty much a stick figure with no charisma. the soldiers had personalities which was a good change than the "storm trooper" syndrome the first film had. however, that is the only good thing. the pacing wasnt great, borderline boring. letterier the director knows how to direct action as the sequences were great when it presents itself. however, it come in to far between. the story has changed to near ridiculous concepts. it is like they read "percy jackson" and say why dont we make this movie like that one instead of using the original as the template. not to mention that the greatest thing i saw with the commercials and trailer, the kraken, you only see for a total of two minutes. what a let down. astro boy- i remember the comic when i was little and thought it was just another japanese animation that is like everything else. i used to like anime until one fateful weekend in college when my roomates friend watched a box full of it for 48 hours straight! hated it ever since but this is computer animate and my son wanted to see it so i bit. this was mildly entertaining which lends a little bit to other animated movies that were better but nevertheless still good ( iron giant and robots). so it isnt anything new but the action is good and a very good natured story. recommended.
Yeah I agree Jazz - Clash of the Titans was disappointing. Good special effects overall with some interesting new ideas (I LOVED the Djinn character, I liked those flying Harpies, I thought the city of Argos was beautifully rendered on screen as was Pegasus, some critics thought the Kraken was anticlimactic--I didn't I thought it looked cool, & I liked the idea of adding Io, Perseus' demi-god protector, & Hades to the story although each character was muddled & underwritten) but you're right bro, the storytelling was much worse than the original. First off, what was Perseus' motivation for even going on the quest and putting his life in danger? In the original, he marries Andromeda and sets out to save her from Calibos and impending doom at the hand of the Kraken. Right there's his motivation (and speaking of Calibos, his entirely different back story was much more interesting in the original. Calibos is completely underwritten here not to mention he looked better and was creepier in the original too)..In this remake, Perseus has no real tie to Argos or Andromeda at all -- he's merely a fisherman who's angry his human father ended up as an unfortunate casualty in an attack by the Gods against the brazen citizens of Argos. I was like, 'OK, that's it'?? WTF? Stupid...The lackluster story, the wooden performance by Worthington (Perseus is a character that should've commanded much more respect but that's not how he comes off in this remake - whether that's Worthington's fault or just bad writing I'm not sure), and some omissions from the original movie (where's that 3-headed dog that guarded Medusa's lair? Where's the invisibility helmet?? Where's the God Poseidon - wasn't he really in control of the Kraken??) all make for one uneven movie, despite some really cool effects. The original is still way more fun and much more enjoyable...I give this 5/10. Just wait for video..
i forgot about mentioning the lack of gifts perseus was supposed to get like the helmet or shield. the three headed dog was greatly missed and what happened to the scorpions in this movie was pure CHEESE! calibos was underdeveloped and the original portrayal looked much better. not to mention that medusa didnt look scary at all. as a matter of fact, for a cgi, she looked fairly good except for the snakes in her hair. then they set this up for a sequel which is pure crap. i am also tired of films making hades look like a villain in movies when in mythology he performed the least amount of atrocities compared to the other gods, particularly aphrodite and zeus. also the lack of involvement of the other gods disappointed me. the original had a decent amount of gods involved where in this one it is primarily hades and zeus. athena, who played a huge part in perseus' adventures, wasnt even shown in my recollection. oh well, despite that, the nxt couple of months will be busy for me on the movie front. first, kick-ass next week, then nightmare on elm street the following week and then iron man 2.
Yup. You know what else I didn't get Jazz -- what was up with how outrageously defiant they made the humans out to be against the Gods?? And for no apparent reason..I mean in the original King Acrisius, Queen Cassiopeia and Calibos were the only one's who dared to defy the Gods and as a result, punishment rained down on them & others as well (at least in the King & Queen's case). Everyone else remained respectful and in awe of the Gods as you would expect them to be. In the remake, it seemed that all the citizens were always whipped up in some crazy suicidal frenzy all the time. I have to see it again, but that's how it seemed to me.. Really people, you start cutting down huge statues and burning temples that are all supposed to be dedicated to the Gods, what the hell do you think is gonna happen to ya? LOL. I'm not really up on the actual fable but I'm sure it didn't include rebellious humans waging completely unwinnable battles against the Gods on a daily basis. I mean probably not a good idea, you know? LOL! Now they did kinda of hint at the fact that the Gods were loosing their hold on humanity and some of their power I think but I just didn't buy the human's foolish sense of bravado here. By in large, the masses worshiped and remained fearful of the Gods. So I thought anyway...Just one of the many parts of the story that bothered me....This movie could've been really, really good. A blockbuster even. Too bad they just didn't take enough time with the script in order to flesh out a more believable, coherent story. Of all the movies to screw up the story man, I tell ya...There's really no excuse to mess this story up. Not when you had the actual Greek myth and the original movie to refer to and fall back on.. Ridiculous..Almost every little tinker they did to the story was for the worse it seemed...Oh well, could've been a good one...
Yeah I'll be there for Nightmare on Elm Street & IM2..The Nightmare trailer's cool - I'm really looking forward to the beginning with the angry mob chasing a human Freddy into the abandoned building (I don't remember now, but was that scene in Craven's original?) Iron Man 2 looks awesome as well. The first Iron Man kinda surprised me on how good it was and the sequel looks like more of the same. Can't wait to see Mickey Rourke in this..
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