One word of advice if you're going to watch Clash of the Titans... okay, it's not actually one word, it's a whole sentence... Do Not Watch Titans 3D... it's not worth the extra dough coughed up... the chinese subtitles were more 3D than the entire movie...http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-critics-clash-over-titans-3D.html
Anyway, the movie is based on an 80's movie with the same name...Synopsis - Perseus is the favored son of the god Zeus, but he has unwittingly ticked off the sea goddess Thetis. Just to make things worse, Perseus falls in love with the lovely Princess Andromeda, who used to be engaged to Thetis's son. Soon Perseus is off on one quest after another, with Zeus helping, Thetis hindering, and lots of innocent bystanders getting stabbed, drowned, and squished. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082186/
The new movie's synopsis - "The Clash of the Titans" is set in the Greek city of Argos where a war is about to explode between man and the gods. Perseus (Sam Worthington) raised as a fisherman, but is actually a demi-god. Perseus is the son of Zeus (Liam Neeson) who is about to take on the gods after the death of his family. Zeus' brother Hades (Ralph Fiennes) was the one who kill his family, and Perseus wants to kill him. However, it is Perseus's destiny to rescue the city of Argos from the ruthless rage of Hades and his Kraken monster. With nothing to lose, Perseus leads a band of soldiers on a quest to defeat the Kraken. In doing this, Perseus will prevent Hades from overthrowing Zeus and in turn destroying mankind. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800320/
Two very different, very distinct movies. I saw the original movie and liked it a lot, except for the crappy effects... but the story was very interesting.
I guess the new movie really is about a clash between the titans... the old movie was too, but more subtle...
For me, the new movie was a bit too simple and everything just fall into place for Perseus... the original movie showed that he worked to get everything... although he was given help by the gods, but he had to tame the Pegasus etc... the new Perseus just got things on a silver platter...
Anyway, the new movie's not too bad, although my colleagues thought it was a bit slow at times... but I thought it was okay overall... but I thought the new Andromeda was a wuss... she was shown to be a strong-willed woman but she doesn't do anything... but then again, we were given this ageless woman who joins in the battle in the new movie, so I am good... :)
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