Clash of the Titans

[Hookswords]

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[Interceptor]

it's so cute the way it tries to be 300.

[Hookswords]

Yeah....I was a little afraid that might happen. It seems a number of the creature designs are reminiscent of the original though. But...yeah

[LORD M]

What I so far can see is that it ain't nowhere near the classic from 1981. :( Mixing cheap metal music with ancient greece, horrible combination imo.

[Hookswords]

pray it's for the trailer's sake. Also i did not see one clockwork owl

[AsaB]

"Titans will clash"

Pretty horrible slogan! :/

But I'm gonna give this film a chance, hopefully the trailer doesn't do it full justice :)

[FightingSeraph]

It's pretty obvious that Hollywood is running low on ideas. However, If this disappoints; there's always Madame Tutli Putli (Stop-motion short that was made in '07).

[Moai]

The Graeae (the old women who share a single eye), remind me an awful lot of the baby-eating monster from "Pan's Labyrinth."
I'm also hoping this doesn't turn out to be as much of a brainless "no special effect is too big" action fest as it appears in the trailer.

[seba_boi]

it's so cute the way it tries to be 300.

Holy crap, you're so right!... I thought the original wasn't good in the first place so a remake was a pretty alright idea with me, but this just has no personality of its own... I friggin' hate the Snyder-directing style of the superfast/superslow motion editing...

[FightingSeraph]

This is just too over-the-top for its own good. Why not let the District 9 guy direct instead of Zack Snyder, goddammit.

[Hookswords]

full trailer

http://www.kungfucinema.com/full-trailer-for-clash-of-the-titans-12337

[s.ketch]

The Kraken looks like a realistic version of the one from God of War II.

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/godofwar/images/thumb/0/0a/Kraken.jpg/250px-Kraken.jpg

[Moai]

In CLASH OF THE TITANS, the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth.

What the fuck?? Yeah, let's completely throw out the story of the original movie, not to mention the original mythological story of Perseus.

[LORD M]

What the fuck?? Yeah, let's completely throw out the story of the original movie, not to mention the original mythological story of Perseus.

What did you expect? It's Hollywood, they'll take a big shit on something you like (example a book or video game or a movie they say they gonna remake) and then pisses all over your face and skull-fuck you when you go see it. Nothing from Hollywood suprises me any longer, except that of that they won't destroy something you like.

[t11]

Well... at least it seems to have giant scorpions... Who doesn't love giant scorpions?

[LORD M]

Well... at least it seems to have giant scorpions... Who doesn't love giant scorpions?

/m\ /m\ /m\

[sin-d]

I will watch it just to see Sam Worthington in a skirt....he's purdy. :wink:

[t11]

/m\ /m\ /m\

i totally forgot about those!!!
/m\/m\/m\
though when you look at the source ascii(i guess?) it's like inverted metal horns

and a little :medusachow:

[GriNGo]

I think this movie looks kick ass.

[timpaatkins]

Looks cool, but I just dont get the hype round Sam Worthington.

Hes just so... bland....

[Hookswords]

still havent seen a clockwork owl.....

[Moai]

What did you expect?

Well, seeing as how it's a remake, I kind of expected it to have the same premise as the original. I know, I'm silly.

[kittymeow84]

Looks cool, but I just dont get the hype round Sam Worthington.

Hes just so... bland....


I dont get it either - eg - I think he's hot and I dont know why! ;) He's not spectacularly good looking. Just there's something about him on screen that is niiiiice.

Oh and he's Aussie - so YAY.

</girly gushing>

[Raoul Duke]

it's so cute the way it tries to be 300.
maybe there's nothing wrong with that. Maybe it would help if they got rid of the cheesy rock.

[henrinaiara]

Im definitely going to see this movie!
Hopefully the movie's as good as the trailer LOL.

[Moai]

Yes, despite my earlier complaints, I have been seduced by the eye candy of the trailer. Wow. Awesome as it was to see the Kraken, though, I can't help but feel that they gave too much of it away in the trailer. I think it takes away much of the feeling of anticipation now that we've already been given a clear, sustained look at the "final boss" monster.

[Dorkthrone]

This looks awful. I mean, really awful.

[shifts]

“Clash of the Titans” is a modern version of the 1981 Greek mythology film.

[Slothboy3000]

...Yes it is.

I bet Ray hates it.

[zerdron]

I hope it will be a very good movie not just in the visual effects but also in the story plot too.

[jules_jules]

Judging by a brief glimpse in the trailer, i think the question still remains...what should a horse do with it`s legs when it`s flying?

[Orunitier]

From Dread Central:

http://www.clashofthetitansinwales.com/

I thought this had some interesting tidbits

from Moviefone

10 Things To Know About 'Clash of the Titans'

Last August, a handful of supremely lucky reporters hopped on a bus from London headed for just one of the many sets of 'Clash of the Titans.' Over at Longcross Studios in Surrey, we ventured forth into the armory and the huge wardrobe department, peeked at Charon and his boat across the river Styx, and sat down with stars Sam Worthington (Perseus), Gemma Arterton (Lo) and Mads Mikkelsen (Draco), as well as producer Kevin De La Noy.

We also managed to sneak in some time with director Louis Leterrier on one of the sets full of extras who were soon to be terrified by the Kraken as we cowered in the background. Here's what you need to know before heading into the theater this April, besides, of course, that now you'll be able to see these Titans in 3D.

1. We have seen Bubo, and he is marvelous.
Although the prop masters hedged on whether or not the Bubo we saw would make an appearance in the movie, it seemed obvious that the ornate new Bubo, who can move his head, wings, eyes and beak, was ready for his close-up. (In fact, Film School Rejects got the scoop from the film's screenwriters that Bubo is in the movie after all.) On set, Leterrier and Worthington both indicated that the iconic owl was somehow involved. Worthington noted, "Bubo's not necessarily liked," and Leterrier later added, "Bubo came onset one day, and it was quite tense between us. I must say this, I begged Sam not to destroy Bubo."

2. Pegasus is a diva.
Bubo isn't the only one with an attitude. Worthington admitted the horse playing Pegasus was rather hard to wrangle. "I can't get near the f**king thing without it eating me. It tries to bite me. It's got an attitude problem. It's done more movies than me. It's done 'Alexander' and f***ing 'Prince of Persia,' so it's all f***ing hot s**t now, isn't it. It doesn't come out of its trailer, mate." This translated into an interesting dynamic between them in the movie, in that Pegasus reflected Perseus' own anger and confusion. On the other hand, Arterton asserted that the horse loved Worthington. Only Pegasus knows the truth.

3. This is not Sparta.
De La Noy noted that early on it was decided the film would use in-camera effects as much as possible, similar to the project he and special effects advisor Neil Corbould had previously worked on together, 'The Dark Knight.' As opposed to using "green screen and composite digital landscapes," aka the "'300' route," De La Noy said, "It's absolutely obvious we can't make a Kraken [in-camera]; there are certain things that have to be in the realm of the digital, but where we can, we're using practical effects." That meant hours and hours of makeup for extras, Calibos, who'd been zapped by Zeus' thunderbolt, the witches, and other characters. It also meant Charon himself is an animatronic puppet controlled by three people. And, of course, epic landscapes...


4. Travel the world and leave your passport at home.
'Clash of the Titans' was filmed in Tenerife on the Canary Islands, in mines and quarries in Wales, and the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia from above. Leterrier said, "I believe that these movies need to be shot somewhere else than Burbank." Well, Tenerife was certainly far from Burbank; the cast and crew lugged their stuff up and down a volcano 9,000 feet high every day until they were literally above the clouds. Gemma Arterton described one scene where "there's a shot... of the boy, looking out on the horizon, and there are clouds beneath them. And everyone will think we put them in in post-production but we didn't, and it's the most beautiful shot." The altitude sickness must be a killer because the last movie that was shot there was 'One Million Years B.C.,' starring Raquel Welch -- released in 1966. (Interestingly enough, that movie had special effects by Ray Harryhausen.)

5. There are more clashes to come
Leterrier admitted that he had initially written "a big, long storyline" as part of the original script treatment and that "this was a little bit too small for a single movie." De La Noy agreed there are more adventures to be had in the world of Perseus and other myths. Arterton, a true mythology enthusiast, said "The great thing about the Greek mythologies is there's the underworld, so there's heaven and hell, so if somebody dies, like with [one of] the boys, that means they can come back. Or we can go to the underworld and find them or something, and people are morphing and changing all the time. There's talk that Io comes back as an evil character in the next one, and I love that, that's brilliant. Like, she becomes corrupted or something. And you can completely do that because it's Greek mythology and that sort of stuff happens all the time."



6. It takes time to look this ugly.
The same makeup artists who created the Joker's scars in 'The Dark Knight' also did the extensive makeup for Calibos, who endured 3 hours a day to put on and take off the mixed media creating his burn-victim look. Hades' lost souls took three hours each, and the witches took four hours at a time with two people doing their makeup at once. In comparison, 15 minutes to put on and take off the Joker's scars seems like a piece of very uncomfortable cake.

7. Perseus and his crew were a little worse for the wear at the end of the day.
Former gymnast and dancer Mads Mikkelsen, who plays Draco, a new character that's the head of Andromeda's guardsmen and goes with Perseus to save her, did almost all of his own stunts. "I think actually I've done it all. I don't think there's anything I haven't done. It's been a priority for the stunt guys that if they could make us do it ourselves and look good, that's what they were aiming for. Obviously, if it didn't look good in the end, or [was] too dangerous, they would take over. And the stuff I've done has been pretty tough but not dangerous. They've allowed me a chance." Meanwhile, Worthington admitted, "I just tend to run headlong into it and see what happens." As far as boasting who has the most bumps and bruises at the end of the day, "I think any actor that talks [his] beatings up is just talking himself up. I tend not to kind of bring them up, right? I know what I've took. The boys know what I've took... Let them whinge about their little knee scrape! They know who took the most." Ouch!

8. They're fans of the original, too. (Mostly.)
Seems as though Mikkelsen is alone in not having seen the original. Leterrier told us, "Just like you guys, I grew up watching this movie. I think I saw it before 'Star Wars,' so this was like my first, like, 'Wow!' experience, you know what I mean?" But the hugest fan, perhaps, might surprise you. Arterton confessed, "My mum is an astrologer, as a hobby, and so when we were growing up, instead of reading us bedtime stories, she'd read us Greek myths from this little book we had which is falling apart, and I loved them, absolutely loved them!" She added, "I was a massive fan of the [original] film, 'Clash of the Titans,' because Mom had taped off the TV 'Jason and the Argonauts' and 'Clash of the Titans' and we had them on video, but not all of them -- you know when you tape something and you get the adverts in there and you haven't got the end 'cause something else is taped over it or something -- so I had 'Clash of the Titans' but not in its entirety. We used to watch it all the time, me and my sister, to the point where we could, I can still recite bits from the film, so when they asked me to read for this part for the film, I was like over the moon." Her mom was really excited, too.

9. Being a demi-goddess is hard work.
The classically trained actress and Bond girl had some trouble wearing a giant cloak through a crowd of 300 extras. Unfortunately, trying to be elegant and ethereal when people are stepping on your cloak can be really stressful. "At the end of the day, I just took the cloak and went, 'I hate this cloak!' [laughs] And Louis said, 'You diva! I love it when you're like that. Oh, I love it!' And I said, 'No, you don't understand. The cloak's pulling away from my performance!'"

10. There's no rest for the director.
Because of the time constraints, in-camera effects, CGI effects, travel, and everything else involved in getting those Titans to clash, Leterrier was working almost around the clock. ""I'm shooting, I'm cutting, I'm doing visual effects. Yeah, I'm working 20 hour days, seven days a week." Let's hope he gets some sleep before 'Clash of the Titans' opens on April 2.

[Moai]

Just came back from watching it, so I'd like to give you my largely negative review of it while it's still fresh in my mind. This may be a rant, and there will be spoilers. Just so you know.

First of all, I'm familiar with the original myth, and I love the original film. It's cheesy, I know, but the dialog at least has some intelligence and character, and the characters have reasonably compelling motivations, in a melodramatic Greek play sort of way. The Gods and their relationship with mortals are more true to how they are in Greek myths. The original film does deviate from the mythology in many ways, I know, but it does so in ways that mostly improve the story, in my opinion.

Now, this movie. The only characters I started to care about were Perseus' family, and (spoiler!) they didn't last long. This movie really didn't stir any emotion in me at all, aside from a vague sense of "I guess that looks pretty cool" or annoyance at the decisions of the filmmakers. The whole thing was noisy, busy, and chaotic.

And the mythology! I know the filmmakers didn't intend this to be anywhere near faithful to the original mythology, but holy fuck! The myth has a good story! The original film, in my opinion, had a good story! The changes made were unnecessary and annoying, and weakened the story. The whole "down with the gods" thing was half-assed and somewhat obnoxious.

I know many people around here are of the "just chill out and enjoy a dumb action movie for what it is" attitude, and I tried. But, when I'm watching a movie and moment by moment I see filmmaker decisions that make a movie worse, that make it less compelling and intelligent, that eschew character and quality storytelling for flash and noise, I can't help but be annoyed and disappointed.

Other things, and more spoilers:
-"Bubo will be in the film" my ass.
-Calibos looks cool and his fighting moves and scenes are totally badass. But, he's the king that tossed Perseus and his mother into the sea? What the??
-The design of Mount Olympus was pretty darn cool, and the gods' world map was awesome. All of the environments looked good, in fact. Hades was well designed, though I don't think Ralph Fiennes should have used his Voldemort voice while playing him.
-I really do think Guillermo del Torro could sue the filmmakers for the design of the Stygian Witches. Everything about them--their blank, creepy faces, toothy mouths, hanging skin, clawed fingers--reminded me of the child-eating monster from "Pan's Labyrinth."
-Whoever played Io is freakin' hot.
-Charon's boat was weird and cool, but I thought Charon himself was somewhat ridiculous. He reminded me of a Monster in My Pocket.
-The Kraken's design was awesome, as were the scenes of it attacking the town. I really think the filmmakers made a big mistake in showing so much of the Kraken in the previews, since already knowing what the Kraken looked like weakened the sense of anticipation and payoff.
-Anticlimax. Man, do I fucking hate anticlimax. It's one of the most prevalent flaws in the stories of both movies and books, and this movie is no exception. The Kraken is awesome, true, but I wanted extended scenes of Perseus dodging tentacles and swipes of its claws and true Shadow of the Colossus tiny-hero-versus-giant-monster action. Perseus spent more time dealing with the Hades-harpy things. All the Kraken did, besides whack some buildings in a way that didn't really endanger any of the main characters, was take a single lunging bite at Perseus and Pegasus. That was cool, but that was also it. The legend and power of the Kraken is built up over the entire film, but it gets defeated fairly easily and quickly. At least it looked really cool turning to stone.
-Likewise with the final encounter with Hades. I thought to myself, "It's okay that the Kraken was beaten easily, because Hades is the real final boss." But then Hades gets defeated in a single move. The concept of Zeus helping Perseus by striking his sword with lightning is cool, but again, it was just too easy!

So yeah, my opinions. I needed to share them somewhere. Tl;dr, I know.

[Bill]

It's a bad movie. It's just bad.