“CLASH OF THE TITANS”

The gods of Ancient Greece were immortal.  Endowed with supernatural powers, the breathed the rarefied air of Mount Olympus lived on ambrosia and nectar and was worshipped by the mere mortals who dwelt on the plains below and built temples to their honor.

Love and charity were not necessary part of the lives of these super-beings-they frequently betrayed their god-like attributes.  Benevolent, vengeful contrary and bawdy, they quarreled and fought for power and pursued selfish aims,  In fact, they were almost human.

Persius, son of Zeus, could be considered an immaculate start to any man's life, but not when your father's philandering has upset a fistful of gods as powerful as Hera, Athena, Thetis and Aphrodite.  Persius was to experience the vagaries of the humor and temper of the gods.

CLASH OF THE TITANS tells of Persius' battles to win the hand of beautiful Andromeda.  The gods look down and help or hinder according to their whims, as Persius, aided by Pegasus, the winged horse, and Bubo, an owl of uncommon talent, overcomes the three Stygian witches with one eye between them, a monstrous two-headed wolf/dog, Dioskilos; Medusa of the Gorgon's head; and ultimately the terrifying Kraken, a giant monster raised from its primeval home on the sea-bed to bring destruction.

A popcorn movie that reaches back to the fantasy epics of old and forward into the digital future, where the word "unimaginable" no longer exists. There are plenty of action set pieces to keep audiences happy, including a battle against not one, but three giant scorpions, a battle against the grotesque Calibos, Medusa, and of course the Kraken. The non-CGI(Computer-Generated Imagery) visual effects were great, and I loved the look of the film overall when it came to the characters, costumes, etc. But the CGI was all over the map… Pegasus looked excellent, a seamless blend of CGI wings with a live horse – but then you had Medusa, who looked like she belonged in a medium grade video game. The Kraken however, was epic. Incredibly huge and vast in size and definitely formidable.