Clash of The Titans

RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!! They played the ***t out of that line in the TV commercials for this movie.... Of course by the time 'Clash of the Titans' came to this point of the film, it had already lost me. Now I'm always up for a good mindless action flick, but this movie was just stupid.

Fresh off the 'Terminator:Salvation' set, Sam Worthington reprises his role as Jake Sully. Wait... no ya that’s right, He's playing Jake Sully again, this time their calling him Perseus and telling him he's destined to lead man kind against the gods. But good ole Perseus, he just wants to be a normal dude... But when his family is killed by the god Aries, he swears vengeance. So he teams up with the solders who have declared war against the gods, and a spiteful immortal, and some un-human magical mutants, so he can: slay Medusa and use her head to turn the kraken to stone which will weaken Aries allowing him to strike. I'm sorry if I just spoiled the movie for you, but really I didn’t say anything that you didn't know from the trailers and TV adds.

So the plot is a mess, but what makes it worse is the execution of it. Plot device after plot device is used, and the inclusion of several dues-ex-machina just becomes annoying. Although in this case the machine of the gods is quite literal... still an act of lazy story telling if you ask me. Looking back, I can say that the problem may have been the time table. This story would have been great as series of films, if had had time for some character development or a chance to see the journey. Instead we get you’re the hero, you’re the love interest, your mentor, you’re the comic relief, and you’re the Russell Brand/Umpa Lumpa hybrid... For a script I feel like they took a list of the plot points and added some cliché action movie moments and dialogue.... and said ready, set, go....

So how’s the action you ask? Well there was a great fight with some giant scorpions. From what I've looked up I can tell you that a good chuck of that fight was dome with practical effects. Every other action scene was a CGI mess. Now the scenery was nice, and the effects were shiny. And some one out there it was good enough to make a sequel of (set to come out in 2012)…So bottom line, if it’s on cable feels free to kick back and enjoy the pretty backgrounds and flashy lights. But don’t pay money to see this; it’s just not worth it.