Clash of the Titans

[DJC]

Its actually rather good, very watchable and an enjoyable way to waste a couple of hours. Rather unusually aswell, most of the cast seem to be British or European. Not sure why Sam Worthington born in Godalming seems to spend the movie flipping between a Scottish and Aussie accent though.

[Pommygranite]

Sam Worthington spent most of his life in oz, specifically Rockingham in Western Australia. Hence the aussie accent.

6.5/10 film. Good cinema trash. Well filmed, not amazing but ok.

[TonyHetherington]

I saw it last night actually, in 2D.

Read a review during the day yesterday that it's really bad in 3D as it was done afterwards, rather than filmed intentionally and with the right equipment. So went for 2D - and it was very enjoyable, if predictable.

The guy out of Skins didn't fit well though, not sure why - maybe it's just that I know him as other chracters.

Oh, and also, I was on holiday in Tenerife a couple of weeks ago - they said loads of it was filmed out there during last year. Random fact for you

[XitUp]

Not great.

My girlfriend thinks that Perseus must have spent a gap year in Australia to pick up the accent.

[Dakkon]

I saw it in 3D and to be honest it felt as if only a few scenes were actually in 3D as others a have said, predictable, not a film that people will be rushing to own on dvd.

[DJC]

Thanks for the Tenerife fact, I was wondering where much of it was filmed.

I heard the same thing about the 3D aspect, so we choose 2D for that reason aswell.

I know Sam Worthington is an Aussie, it was why he seemed to flip between Scottish and Aussie that got me.

And predictable? Of course its predictable, its a pretty old well told story!

And wtf was the bloke from Skins? Presumably one of the minor characters?

[TonyHetherington]

DJC said:

And predictable? Of course its predictable, its a pretty old well told story!

My girlfriend said that It's like watching Titanic. Yes, you know what's going to happen, BUT, the plots beneath it were all predictable, but in an action=movie type way that was enjoyable to watch. There were no surprises, let's put it that way.

DJC said:

And wtf was the bloke from Skins? Presumably one of the minor characters?

This guy;

(About a Boy with Hugh Grant)


In skins...


He was the younger guy of the 6 or so that went on the trek.

[DJC]

Eusabio?

[Goldmember1]

DJC said:

Eusabio?

Bless you

Was thinking about going to see this but I don't want to spoil my happy childhood memories of the original .

[funkyrobot]

Could be a spoiler *********************************************!!!

Did anyone else notice the clockwork owl that Sam was told to leave behind?

Edited by funkyrobot on Wednesday 7th April 08:25

[Jasandjules]

Will it ruin the old classic (which hasn't the greatest of special effects but still) ?

[XitUp]

funkyrobot said:

Could be a spoiler *********************************************!!!

Did anyone else notice the clockwork owl that Sam was told to leave behind?

Edited by funkyrobot on Wednesday 7th April 08:25

The lack of clockwork owl was what ruined it for me.

[Eric Mc]

Jasandjules said:

Will it ruin the old classic (which hasn't the greatest of special effects but still) ?

Was the original the last Ray Harryhausen film?

I wonder could they have digitally remastered it to remove the "jerky" nature of the old stop-motion technique used at the time.

[Caruso]

Saw it at the weekend. There seemed to be a lot less story than the original, but it was funny to see R2Deseus the clockwork owl make an appearance!

Edited by Caruso on Wednesday 7th April 13:58

[Kit80]

Never saw the original but was an alright film nothing special IMO. I have vowed never to do 3D again though, its not worth the eye ache.

And tbh Percy and the lightening Bolt Theif is a slightly adapted version for kids but far more entertaining.

[Eric Mc]

Kit80 said:

Never saw the original but was an alright film nothing special IMO. I have vowed never to do 3D again though, its not worth the eye ache.

And tbh Percy and the lightening Bolt Theif is a slightly adapted version for kids but far more entertaining.

Have a look at the original. It may be a bit clunky by modern special effects standards but Ray Harryhausens's work has a certain charm about it. Also, the original had quite a few well known movie stars of the day appearing as "The Gods".

[TonyHetherington]

Kit, have you seen another 3D film (like avatar)? Clash of the titans was only retrospectively made into 3D which, according to a review I read the other day, made it far less worth it.

[Kit80]

No admitidly I haven't seen avater but I have seen other 3D movies, I may give it another try and maybe I need glasses (non 3D) but we both walked out of that movie with headaches.

And Eric, will see if I can find the orginal to compare.

[TonyHetherington]

I saw Avatar 3D a few weeks ago - it looked stunning and visually was superb. The key is that it's NOT like the 3D stuff you've seen in theme parks where they make trucks drive at you and such. The director of avatar said "3D should not be the screen and towards you. It should be the screen and away from you, adding depth".

First time I saw Avatar I had a very bad head for about 2 days - really messed me up, but apparently it's just the first time you watch 3D. I saw Avatar for a second time (it was that good) with a different friend, and my head was a million times better. I think it really is just getting used to it all.

[Kit80]

OK I need to go see avatar now. It must be still running somewhere

I have watched 3D when I go to the live Top Tear shows at MPH each year. I remember screaming like a proper girl when one of the blades came off the helicopter straight towards me. I may have ducked down the seat to