Clash of the titans

The converted version of old seen Clash of the Titans (1981), directed by Desmond Davis has appeared in the box office again. New version of the myth about legendary Perseus son of Zeus has pleased the viewers in March 2010. Quite frankly this is not a treasure of the movie industry and the work of the director Louis Letterrier should be noted. However, I would not confuse you with the praise of the amazing story development, because quite frankly the story is not that good. Mortal son of Zeus is all in the war between gods and humanity and the motivator is death of his mortal parents which were taken by god of the underworld Hades. Jemma Arterton, playing character called Io, 'punished' with eternal youth is making her big appearance with noticeable part in the box office hit. We also get a big part of Sam Worthington, previously seen in Avatar and stunning the audience with his good looks, but not a very fascinating performance. The actors are full of familiar names such as Ralph Fiennes, Alexsa Davallos, Liam Neeson however the appearance of such a big faces, does not have the same effect as the special effects do.

We should praise spectacularly made fight scenes, especially when the Kranken is released and Perseus as the only hope of mortal greece, as he is the demi-god saves the humanity. The adventure of Perseus, has lots of moments that will make you jump a little bit out of your seats, does not matter whether you are at home or in the theatre. As you'll be seeing Medusas head chopped of, the hand that was cut off the body turning into a big claw and quite a big scene of kranken scaring us all off.

The crises is seen when, Andromeda mythologically told princess that further on married Perseus, is rescued hanging on the edge of the sea with her wrists hanging in the air, while Perseus with his magical horse Pegasus. However the myth ends well and Perseus is with the desired character, pleasing the audience. Io has been brought back from dead by Zeus, which after many years, finally decided to stand by his son.

The story and the film itself reminds me a little bit about Percy Jackson movie, which premiered just recently. Despite the fact that the latter one was not nearly as enjoyable while screening, it still has the same story line. Demi-god struggling to bring peace to the world.

Even though I do not admire pop-corn kind of box office hits, I still think that craftsmanship should be noted as one of the very best, making the experience of viewing the film truly beautiful, not only with good looking characters but also the effects enriching the movie with the necessary charm.

As a result, my suggestion to you all is to go and see it, not because it will leave to thinking about changing something in your life as most of the greatest movies do, but you will enjoy the evening spent of the gorgeous scenes to sea and believe me it is not that frequent in our time. So grab a good friend, lover or a sibling and find an afternoon off to just enjoy yourself with the movie that most of you are not likely to see for the second time, but the first one will still be memorable!