3D? 4D couldn't save this trash
Just like the Kraken, Clash of the Titans 3D was released on the world this weekend and gods be damned did it suck. There is a lot gone wrong with this mythical mash-up, but we might as well start with the plot. Clash, a remake of the 1981 version, starts with a voice over about how the gods overthrew their creators, the titans, created humans and now the humans are attempting to overthrow the gods. It’s the kind of story that has been told and retold for centuries and this is a visual recreation of the legend. Fine, I get that. But the storyline skips along too quickly over the plot elements just to get to the many mythical creature battle scenes. Which, I suppose is a good thing since the dialogue is boring, terrible and unoriginal. Regarding the acting, it’s not abominable, but with Liam Neeson (playing king of the gods, Zeus), Ralph Fiennes (his brother, Hades) and new blockbuster golden boy Sam Worthington (as Perseus, the half-human son of Zeus) in the cast, it could have been better. Now on to the worst part of the film. As far as the special effects, the only thing that really stood out to me was the smoke and ash cloud that circled Hades as he entered or exited a scene. The rest of the special effects seemed to be drowned out by the distracting 3D. Speaking of 3D, in Clash of the Titans, it was terrible. It should be a clue to viewers when a movie is delayed a few weeks so that it could be converted from 2D to 3D that it’s not going to turn out well. It’s now obvious that not all 3D is created equal.
A note to Hollywood regarding the new and growing fad of releasing everything in 3D – Please, please, please… enough with the 3D already. I totally understood why Avatar did so well. Despite the unoriginal garbage plot, the 3D technology used was amazing and worth the extra bucks to see it once, maybe twice. (I really don’t get the people that went 10 or how ever many times to see it but, whatever.) Avatar was shot in 3D with the intention of wowing audiences with its visually stunning technology. Clash was retrofitted so that it could cash in on the trend and what a huge mistake that was. Actually, I take that back. It was a huge gift to all of us so that the public can maybe see that 3D is not at all necessary. If there is a truly great reason to release a 3D movie, then by all means do it. However, Clash of the Titans, and for matter Alice in Wonderland, were not great reasons. To make things even more hopeless, before Clash of the Titans was a few trailers for upcoming 3D movies and I personally can not seeing any reason to keep the trend going. Step Up 3D? A dance movie in 3D? Is this necessary? You can also look forward to some movie about owls flying around and — wait for it — Piranha 3D. Really? Another remake of a low budget B-movie… in 3D? I pray to Zeus, release the Kraken on 3D!
Despite being dressed in a short skirt for most of the film, Sam Worthington makes a convincing action hero; and even if you’re a fan of the original 1981 version — just as campy, by the way — it’s hard to deny that in their cheesiness itself lies much of the charm of these movies.
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