On the weekend I went to watch Clash of the Titans with a bunch of friends. The movie is in 3D, but I didn't really notice the 3D aspect of it that much... it was more noticeable in 1 of the ads for some dancing movie that I forgot the name of.
The story is based on the Greek mythology of Perseus. I actually looked up Perseus on wikipedia afterwards and found that the storyline was amazingly accurate on most things, and I find mythology quite fascinating. However, the actual storyline isn't really that great in the movie as I felt it was a bit linear. It was pretty much "we need to go to X" then they reach it and find out that "we now need to kill Z", and its all done without any plot twists or any real dramas.
Perseus was found by a fisherman as a baby inside a coffin floating in the ocean with his mother dead inside. The fisherman raised Perseus as his own, and the story fast-forwards to when hes a young man. One day, they find soldiers knocking down a giant statue, and Perseus' father says that the soldiers are declaring war on the gods. After the statue falls into the ocean, flying demons rise out of the water and attack the soldiers. The demons then combine and form to make Hades, god of the underworld. He dives into the ocean, destroying the boat that Perseus' family is on. Perseus manages to escape, but his family are unable to escape and drown with the boat. The distraught Perseus is later found by soldiers of Argos, who take him to the palace. The king and queen of Argos are rebelling against the gods, and Hades is sent to deal with them. Hades announces that he will unleash the Kraken in 10 days, unless they sacrifice Andromeda the princess of Argos. Perseus is later discovered to be a demi-god, and the only hope that Argos has in defeating the Kraken, and thus he begins a journey to find a way to defeat it.
While the story is ordinary, I still enjoyed the mythological aspect of the movie. I would give it a rating of 7/10 for that reason.
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