Clash of the Titans

This would be the new one. With the special effects.

As a movie, it was what it was to be expected.

Special Effects--good enough.

Plotline--all right.

Acting--as expected (no Oscar noms here!).

Screenwriting--not the best, but it's not like the lines were noticeably bad (i.e. fairly decent).

It's a retelling of the Andromeda of Argos (think Jason and the Argonauts) story, with Perseus the hero.

There are some other characters--such as djinn--which are a Middle Eastern construct (I rather like when mythos cross paths--read EverWorld series to get a gist of what I'm saying).

[side note: Might read American Gods by Neil Gaiman soon... to be seen on BOOK BLOG!]

Overall, an enjoyable movie with good action scenes. SOME of the CGI was a bit obvious, but I liked the characters enough to get attached.

No tears, though. Not that kind of movie.

It did what it was supposed to.

Maybe one day I'll watch the original. Until then--

I'm signing off

OVERALL: B-/C+

(average, maybe even a "B")

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PEACE.

Oh--would I recommend it? Yeah. For a rainy day, or day in on the couch w/some snackies.

We also finished "Green Hornet" so I'll review that next.

Back to 24: Season 7!! (BTW sad to find out Season 8 was the FINAL season, *sniff*)

[On a funny side note, my boyfriend thought Liam Neeson was Ralph Fiennes when we watched "The A-Team." I told him, that, ironically enough, they play brothers in this film. Also, was so hopeful on behalf of Sam Worthington. Hopefully he doesn't go the James Franco route... even though said J.F. is coming back up, it seems. "127 hours" was a winner, I hear. More on that later... GOOD NIGHT!!]

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On 2nd thought, I'm regrading "TRON" w/an A-. CHEERIO!