Wrath of the Titans (Thumbs Up)

[MisterMajestic]

I almost thought this was a joke until I realized you're all serious. I thought it was horrible, as bad, if not worse than the first one. 3/10 for me.

So you thought Clash was bad and you rushed out and paid money for Part II?

 

[spooky]

If you turn off your brain for two hours than yea... its a popcorn movie. IMHO, the movie failed to live up to the promise from star, Sam Worthington that it would be better than the 2010 film. That first remake was flat, empty and devoid of anything holding you firm to the character's journey through the story. Perseus was a whiny bitch in that movie and the Gods came across as campy. I also felt that the monsters were too fluid in movement where I failed to feel any kind of real character coming from them. Medusa was not scary or realistic from a character perspective. If a woman were cursed with an unsightly deformity like that, she would not be cackling like she does in the movie, she'd be in torment. I also believe that she would want to either be killed for being so horribly cursed or be enraged in the knowledge that men would come to get her head and use it as a weapon. That is what the remake should have brought across. The sequel comes across as overly rushed, where you are thrown into the action with little character development. I would have scuttled the Bill Nighy character as his only purpose in the movie is to open the door to the labyrinth that leads to the underworld. Even then, the heroes pretty much stumble there way through this impossible to make your way through labyrinth in 5 minutes screen time. The movie is also mislabeled as The Wrath of The Titans, I only saw one Titan. So yea, there will likely be another installment to addresses the other S in the Titans title. I should hope that the studio sees fit to scrap it and start from scratch. Firstly, I would never have shown the Gods or any scenes with the Gods in Olympus. Instead, I would maybe alude to them through symbolism in background imagery; clouds, shadows, statues moving in the background, something spooky like that. Something implicit and less theatrical. I would also cast an actor who is of Greek or Roman heritage as the main character. Medusa could have been played very differently, the original played it well. She scared the crap out of me when I was a child, the stop motion added to her otherwordliness. The CGI creatures have no characterizations other than being things to kill or things to fear. I could understand Kronos being so old and ancient that he just doesn't understand humans and his kin, that he would want to just slaughter them. The quick change of Hades was also a bit sudden, I thought he only feeds off people's hate... whats up with that? Oh well... continuity aside the movie felt small in many parts, I didn't get any sense of urgency and so I didn't care who lived or died. Still, these movies are nothing other than cash cows for the studios. I can only hope that someday someone in Hollywood will finally decide to make an intelligent remake with good ideas with a strong belief in the audiences' intelligence. Bigideas mixed with ancient stories/myths is a good starting place for epic movies, just don't forget that characterization and character development is key. That new movie from Ridley Scott seems to have the right idea and so I hope that doesn't turn out to be a big disappointment. Even though they are largely different movies, they both borrow mythology as the motivation for their stories.

Anyway, If I have to rate this, I would say that it is slightly worse and no better than the 2010 movie.

 

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I went with friends, and I have free movie tickets from accumulated movie points. Problem?

 

[Musik2400]

Well I enjoyed it. Boyfriend and I went to see it for our 3 year anniversary.

Ya there was a few inconsistencies with traditional Greek mythology, but these were mostly minor, and easily overlooked. The graphics were pretty good, and in 3D, it looked amazing.

It amazes me though, how many people on JUB know more about making a movie than Hollywood