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Author Topic: Clash of the Titans (2010) Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 04-01-2010 05:24 AM                     So to get ready for this, a buddy and myself watched the 1981 version last night to get ready. While that movie is not good at all and really does not hold up at all. It at least had some heart, and story. This had nothing, just set piece after set piece. I refused to screen our 3D print. I watched one of the 2D prints we had and at times it looked horrible. The only redeeming thing in this movie for me was Mount Olympus. The floor of the great hall was incredible. Great detail, I also like the fact that Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes look like each other enough that you can believe that they are brothers. 2/5  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-01-2010 07:14 PM                     That rating is pretty consistent with the current Tomatometer reading at Rotten Tomatoes: 33% (88 reviews, 57 rotten).  |  IP: Logged Jake Spell Master Film Handler Posts: 294 From: Johns Island SC Registered: May 2009 posted 04-02-2010 01:34 AM                     Having just got back from seeing this pile of ill have to agree. Basically, No plot, No Acting, bad special effects, Worst 3-D I have EVER seen, as in, there wasn't any. 2 out of 10  |  IP: Logged Sally Ann Burgess Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: Queenstown, New Zealand Registered: Apr 2008 posted 04-02-2010 02:34 AM                     Absolutely bloody awful. Clash of the Mullets more like. I watched the original again today for the first time since I was about 12, and it was way more entertaining. The new one? Pah. Didn't care for any of the characters, and wasn't Perseus supposed to end up with Andromeda? Honestly, I can't think of anything good to say about it.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-02-2010 08:29 AM                        Why does Hollywood insist on ruining all the films and/or television shows that I enjoyed as a child?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 04-02-2010 01:33 PM                     quote: Dennis Benjamin Hollywood insist on ruining all the films and/or television shows that I enjoyed as a child? Prob cuz the movies that are coming out are made for this mindset - and where the majority of the boxoffice monies are coming from. We adults are getting somewhat outclassed and are getting shoved towards the minority end of the spectrum. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-03-2010 01:31 PM                        Entertainment Weekly talks about the fact that it was "converted" to 3-D thusly: quote: 3-D [was] added after the movie was filmed (translation: There isn't a single good "Wow!" of a 3-D shot in the entire picture.) Is there a list somewhere telling which of the upcoming 3-D films are "converted" and which are native 3-D?  |  IP: Logged Stu Jamieson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 524 From: Buccan, Qld, Australia Registered: Jan 2008 posted 04-03-2010 07:46 PM                     Loosely based on the 1981 film by Desmond Davis which was in turn loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus, this incarnation of Clash Of The Titans bears little semblance to the original legend bar the perfunctory plot points of Perseus slaying Medusa to kill the Kraken to save Andromeda (though even that synopsis departs from legend). That Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief sticks closer to the original tale is an indictment of just how far this story has strayed from authenticity. In this new film the source material is given a vacuous treatment, sacrificing logical narrative cohesion and historical accuracy in order to get to the next monster fight in as few turns as possible. The result of all this narrative jiggery pokery is the apparentness that the modern Hollywood script doctor has nothing on their Ancient Greece counterpart. The film represents much of what we find reprehensible about modern American cinema - a gratuitous reliance on CGI cobbled to a vapid script. While the 1981 film had its faults, there was a charm, simplicity and innocence in that film which, despite Harry "The Ham" Hamlin's timbered performance, is completely lacking here. Davis' film also showcased the pinnacle of Ray Harryhausen's stop motion technique, in what would be the last film to feature the work of the great animator (though the 90 year old isn't dead yet.......) I saw the 2D incarnation of this movie but have also seen sections of the 3D version and can advise that the latter is a mere cash-in best avoided. The film is not shot in a manner which exploits the third dimension and the 3D effects look awfully planar. The latter is a direct result of the film being shot in 2D with faux depth applied in post production - the same problem which plagued Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland, only worse! The result being that characters look like cardboard cut-outs or they're strangely attached to inanimate background objects in a most disconcerting fashion, often both. It is projects like this that will give digital 3D a bad name and kill the technology's present run of success. Performances are strictly of the "phone-in" variety even from such thespian stalwarts as Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes. Sam Worthington will need to tread very carefully with his future career lest he become the Jason Statham of fantasy sci-fi. Clash Of The Titans is a titanic disappointment which deserves to hit an iceberg and sink without a trace like its sea-faring namesake. Sadly it just may drag that magnificent 3D technology with it. 5 out of 10.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-04-2010 11:10 AM                        So Stu, after that scathing review, how the heck did you arrive at a "It's neither great nor horrible" numerical rating of 5 out of 10?  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-04-2010 05:22 PM                     Warners bought him lunch.  |  IP: Logged Stu Jamieson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 524 From: Buccan, Qld, Australia Registered: Jan 2008 posted 04-04-2010 06:17 PM                     Half marks is not a good score for me. I reserve sub 5 scores for movies which are offensively bad (like House Of 1000 Corpses, for instance); those which insult my intelligence or disgust me in some way - the ones that make feel like walking out. I give credit to the fact that making a film at all which can hold your attention to the end is a reasonable achievement so it gets half marks for that. In short >5 illicits a positive emotional response, <5 a negative one, and 5 ellicits no emotional response at all.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-16-2010 08:51 PM                        Today at Regal 15 in Eugene, #9, RealD-XL 3D, NEC 2K DLP. A very recent digital conversion. Plenty of brightness (~50-foot common height screen); nice uniform illumination except the far right edge of the screen drops off noticeably. Katzenberg is right. This 2D to 3D conversion is mostly not very good and gives 3D a bad name. This is more like 2.5D. There are a few scenes that look ok but far more that are just lousy. Can RealD refuse to allow any more of these conversion abominations to be played on their system? "Clash 2.5D" leaves the impression that RealD is real sucky. I only watched about 45 minutes, movies about Greek mythology do not interest me and once I realIzed how sucky the 2.5D is there was no point in staying. Sue me.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 04-19-2010 08:28 PM                     Cinemark Egyptian 'XD' screen #12 (Barco 2K DLP) 3D presentation: As other's have pointed out, the 3D scenes vary from pathetic to very good. The color palette though really doesn't have a 'pop' that CGI animated films have, which is a given, but with scenes that are almost completely gray or yellow - the overall presentation is visually muddy. The sound though is quite amazing, with bass kicking in when the Kraken is about to rise from the ocean. The scene where an offscreen Medusa is laughing, taunting Perseus as she slithers around her lair, is a great effect as sound begins in the left rear speaker, is directly behind the viewer and off to the right rear is an impressive sound cue. Sam Worthington is so monotonous and unemotional he feels like he's channeling Harrison Ford's performance from 'Blade Runner'. Neeson looking like King Arthur in Boorman's 'Excalibur' - just comes off as unoriginal. I liked the special effects notably the Kraken attack scene, but I really really didn't care for the uninspiring music score, the original film had a stellar score, here though it came off as annoying and bland  |  IP: Logged

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