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times & tickets latest reviews Sam Worthington and armored clashers. Fandango After.Life Search movie Clash of the Titans showtimes and buy Date Night tickets. The Greatest BY ROGER EBERT / March 31, 2010 My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done more current releases » about us There are too many Greek gods for me to keep one-minute movie reviews straight, since as a child I cast & credits About the site » didn't have action figures as a learning tool. I was Perseus Sam Worthington still playing Site FAQs » prepared to take notes Zeus Liam Neeson Contact us » during "Clash of the Titans" Hades Ralph Fiennes Brooklyn's Finest but only wrote down a Calibos/Acrisius Jason Flemyng 45365 Email the Movie single one: "Release the Io Gemma Arterton After.Life Answer Man » Kraken!" — Conan O'Brien. Andromeda Alexa Davalos Ajami I know I was intended to be Spyros Pete Postlethwaite Alice in Wonderland terrified by the release of Marmara Elizabeth McGovern the Kraken, but all I could The Art of the Steal on sale now Poseidon Danny Huston think of was O'Brien Blood Done Sign My Name shouting "Release the The Bounty Hunter Warner Bros. presents a film bear!" and then some guy The Chaser directed by Louis Leterrier. Written in a bear suit runs out and Chloe sits on the lap of a guest. In by Travis Beacham, Phil Hay and City Island this case, the Kraken is the Matt Manfredi, based on the 1981 nuclear option for Zeus, script by Beverley Cross. Running Clash of the Titans who has been persuaded time: 106 minutes. Rated PG-13 Cop Out by Hades to put down a (for fantasy action violence, some The Crazies Buy now » revolt by the upstart mortals frightening images and brief Creation of Argos. sensuality). Date Night Dear John The mortals are fed up with Printer-friendly » Diary of a Wimpy Kid the whims of the gods. It E-mail this to a friend » would be one thing if they District 13: Ultimatum stayed on Olympus and Edge of Darkness killed time leaning on pillars Extraordinary Measures and addressing one Fish Tank another in thundering Formosa Betrayed Buy now » ultimatums. Now they meddle in the affairs of men. King Acrisius of From Paris With Love Argos declares war, and enlists the aid of a demi-god who has been found at sea. This is Perseus (Sam Worthington), son of Zeus (Liam The Ghost Writer Neeson) and a human mother. He didn't ask to be a savior but would Gigante be happier as a simple fisherman. You know the type. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100331/REVIEWS/100339986 Page 1 of 3 Clash of the Titans :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews 10-04-14 7:25 PM

The Good Guy Zeus, it should be explained, disguised himself as the husband of The Greatest Perseus' mother and stole into her bedchamber to father the boy. So Green Zone he is a rapist. Just sayin'. Perseus so loved his mother and adoptive Greenberg Buy now » father that he will never forgive Poseidon for drowning them and wants nothing to do with gods. Yet such is his destiny. Happy Tears Hot Tub Time Machine The outcome is told in "Clash of the Titans" with impressive technical How to Train Your Dragon mastery and somewhat lesser dramatic command. For its intended The Last Song audience, I suspect this will play as a great entertainment. I enjoyed The Last Station myself, particularly after they released the Kraken. There's no Leaves of Grass particular dramatic conflict in the movie; Perseus has to wrestle with The Most Dangerous Man in America his demi-god ambiguity; Hades (Ralph Fiennes) nurses a resentment against Zeus; he demands the sacrifice of King Acrisius' daughter Mother Buy now » Andromeda (Alexa Davalos) to spare the city, and the citizens seem My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done prepared to get along very nicely without her. That's about it. Nick Nolte: No Exit North Face It's strange how the sacrifice of one person makes us uneasy. Earlier Our Family Wedding in the film, the entire fleet of Argos is lost at sea, with the exception Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief of the vessel holding Perseus. The king is philosophical: They were A Prophet patriots. But the sacrifice of his own daughter — now you're talkin' real death. Red Riding Trilogy Remember Me Buy now» Most of the film involves terrifying battles between mortals and Repo Men special effects. After Calibos has a hand chopped off, his fingers The Runaways grow into claws. Later, his blood drops start growing, creating a Saint John of Las Vegas crowd of huge lobster monsters that come crawling over rocks and The Secret of Kells snapping at everyone. Later in the film, inexplicably, these lobsters She's Out of My League appear to be tame, and walk obediently across the desert, bearing little houses on their backs for the mortals. What, did they forget they Shutter Island were the blood of Calibos? Still Bill Terribly Happy There's worse to come. Perseus and his comrades must invade the 35 Shots of Rum Buy now» lair of Medusa, one of the three Gorgon girls, whose hair is a Tooth Fairy writhing mass of snakes and body is a long, lethal snake's tail. Look Valentine's Day at her, and you'll turn to stone! Maybe this explains the high quality Vincere of Greek sculpture. The struggles with Medusa take place on ledges over a flaming lake of lava far below. She must be beheaded, which Waking Sleeping Beauty Perseus does, thoughtfully keeping the head, which he carries The Wolfman around like the head of Alfredo Garcia. Is that a spoiler? The story The Yellow Handkerchief has been out since 490 B.C. more current releases »

Buy now» The climax is classic, with the fair Andromeda hung by her wrists and suspended in a clinging white gown over a flaming pit at the edge of on dvd the sea. Meanwhile, Perseus flies to the rescue on the wings of the great flying horse Pegasus. The townspeople clamor for her death, new on dvd but lose their enthusiasm after the Kraken rears up from the sea. The Relic (4/6) I like this kind of stuff. I don't say it's good cinema, although I Sherlock Holmes (3/30) recognize the craftsmanship that went into it. I don't say it's good An Education (3/30) acting, when the men have so much facial hair they all look like Liam The Baader-Meinhof Complex (3/30) Neeson. I like the energy, the imagination, the silliness. I even like Fantastic Mr. Fox (3/23) the one guy who doesn't have a beard. That's Perseus. From the The Twilight Saga: New Moon (3/20) first moment we see him as an adult until his last scene in the movie, Tapeheads (3/9) Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (3/9) he has the Standard Regulation Macho-Length Stubble on his chin. Planet 51 (3/9) And in a city where all the men go to Jerry Garcia's barber, he has a Gigante (3/9) burr cut on the short clipper setting. more new on dvd » So do I recommend the movie? Yes, if you intuit that this review is affectionate and have the same tolerance for goofy Greek gods as I coming on dvd do. One word of consumer advice, however. Explain to kids that the movie was not filmed in 3-D and is only being shown in 3-D in order Crazy Heart (4/20) to charge you an extra $5 a ticket. I saw it in 2-D, and let me tell you, The Horse Boy (4/20) it looked terrific. Split the difference: "We see it in 2-D, I save five The Lovely Bones (4/20) bucks, and I increase your allowance by $2.50 this week." Mammoth (4/20) Summer Hours (4/20) 35 Shots of Rum (4/20) Avatar (4/22)

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