Saturday, January 26, 2013

Wrath of the Titans


"Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world." www.imdb.com


It's interesting when a movie gets remade and then it is decided to give it a sequel that never existed. However, Wrath of the Titans follows Clash of the Titans effortlessly. Done with the same style of story telling and special effects that gives it the feeling that it was waiting to be made and I wouldn't be surprised for more. I love when sequels keep the same actors, it makes the story easier to get into and follow when it has the same actors from the beginning. Although it is amusing that Perseus grew his hair longer for this movie, partly to show time had passed and to look more like the Perseus from the original version (he had it short out of respect for the look of the character in the original and to imply it wasn't a direct remake, which it really wasn't).

However because it was done with the same style of effects it had the same one big flaw that the main monster/villain took way too long to be shown. Just like the Kraken in Clash of the Titans, Kronos took too long to appear and it was hard to tell exactly what he looked like because there was too much going on around him. You get the general idea though.

I do find both titles, Clash of the Titans and Wrath of the Titans, to be a bit misleading. The titles suggest multiple Titans causing havoc on the world. But both movies really only have one or two Titans, they do have little minions though, but not so much the Titans. A bit misleading, but still very entertaining.

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