My word this was bad. Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes seemingly phoned in their parts from home although Sam Worthington was reasonably believable. The story had many holes in it and it felt awfully rushed. I loved the original (yes I know it's old and corny!!) and had high hopes for this movie. However, my expectations were seriously let down by a lazy story (Zeus was about as powerful as paper mache, and don't get me started on Hades' ludicrously husky voice and dodgy pronunciation!) and characters that weren't particularly likable. Many questions went unanswered also, namely, why did Zeus give Perseus only one coin? And, why did he keep appearing and then disappearing for apparently no reason other than to fill some screen time? This film could have been so much better but left me wanting a whole lot more.
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Jack Said
(2009)
Awful awful awful
10 October 2009
I am so so disappointed in this film. This had unbelievably bad acting (much of this blame must go to the director, who, after watching the dailies, must have seen what i saw? I say this because the actors (some of whom i've seen in other films - Terry Stone was quite good in Rise Of The Footsoldier) are not bad but the acting was. The lead character is too porky to be a convincing lead man in this type of role and the female gangster's 'I'm from Lahndon, me' accent was atrocious. The continuity errors were pretty outstanding too with photos being put into one pocket, only to miraculously appear in another, minutes after receiving it. I have sadly had to give this a one star rating as it's a case of been there seen that, but executed in a much much better way.
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