Clash of the Titans

"The Clash Begins in 3D; Titan will clash." That are the tagline for Clash of the Titans, which is a remake of the 1981 film. Starring Jake Sully of the Avatar. I mean, the guy who play Jake Sully, Sam Worthington. And also Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, and bond girl Gemma Arterton. There is also an actor who involved in another Bond's film, Mads Mikkelsen. The stars list sounds pretty convincing right?

A narration about the overthrowing of the Titans by their sons, Zeus (Liam Neeson), Hades (Ralph Fiennes), and Poseidon (Danny Huston), opens the movie. Then, the scene shifted to a fisherman, Spyros (Pete Postlethwaite), who rescued a coffin containing a baby and his dead mother. He adopt him, as the time pass by Perseus (Sam Worthington) grows as a strong man helping his adoptive father at the sea. Then he and his family see the Zeus statue being destroyed by the soldier of Argos. Suddenly, a group of devilish-faced harpies rises up from the sea and massacre the soldier. Then form a black cloud, which is Hades, who strikes Perseus's boat. His family was killed, and he's rescued by the surviving Argos. Then in the city palace, the king of Argos declared war with the Olympians. Hades comes and threat them to sacrifice Andromeda (Alexa Davalos) to the Kraken, or else the Kraken will destroy Argos. Perseus, who is a demi-god then sets forth on a quest to takes Medusa's head to defeat the Kraken. He is accompanied by a small group of soldier, led by Draco (Mads Mikkelsen) and also guided by Io (Gemma Arterton).

The CGI effects on the battles looks cool, some of them are the Medusa fight, and Pegasus flight scene. Sadly, the script only developed a small portion of the character development. Likes the Olympians, who almost do nothing except sitting in throne on their shiny armor. Also the Argos soldier, who has the potential to grow, lacks of character depth. And a spoiler for you, but I must tell you as this is pretty important, there is no Titans at all. Why they named it Clash of the Titans?

One pretty good thing, Louis Letterier, the director managed to optimized Gemma Arterton, both in her beauty and her acting skill. She looks magnificent in every angle shot. If you really wish to see Clash of the Titans in 3D, I suggest you not. Gemma Arterton's beauty can still be enjoyed in 2D.