Sunday, April 04, 2010

Clash of the titans (overated)

Synopsis: Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny. [Source: Yahoo! Singapore Movies]
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I personally feel that this movie is over-rated. Having spent so much money on its promotion, naturally, I would have high expectation for this movie. However, as it turns out, it is not as good as I thought. Firstly, the duration of this movie is too short. 106 minutes is all that it can offer? It sure doesn't go well with me. Secondly,
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Graphics

Jake Sully in Avarta was much much better than this. Given its huge promotions over in theaters, it would have expected the effects to be good, but then, to me, it was just average, not even coming close to the transformers.
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Thirdly: The final battle with the Kraken
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ok, the final battle should have been the best, but why is the kraken defeated so fast that it seems easy? The banishing of Hades to hell too. Just with a zap of lightning bolt is enough? Come on, he is HADES, the god of hell, you know. At least don't make him so weak!
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This kind of reminds me of transformers... hah
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Lastly, Zeus, the King of God. All he does he just walk and speak from his shiny armour. Don't he have some great power being the King? All in all, well, if you have the time, you can give this average movie a try. There is one other thing. According to Greeks myths, Perseus is supposed to be married to Andromeda, now now, where does the girl in the final scene comes from....? Hah!

Rate: 6/10

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