Clash Of The Titans

#26
#26
orangeblooded2 said:
60,000,000.00 + for opening weekend. Yep, a lot of people hate this film............
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How does an opening weekend prove people like the movie? It's an opening. Now if next week the movie has about the same then you can say people liked the movie, but not on an opening weekend.
 
#27
#27
govols182 said:
How does an opening weekend prove people like the movie? It's an opening. Now if next week the movie has about the same then you can say people liked the movie, but not on an opening weekend.
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Especially on a holiday weekend. It will probably do about $18m this week.
 
#28
#28
I am going to see it tonight. Springing for the 3D even though I have heard it's better in 2D.
 
#30
#30
orangeblooded2 said:
60,000,000.00 + for opening weekend. Yep, a lot of people hate this film............
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As I said in my previous post... "That's why it'll kill in the box office... the masses tend to have simple tastes and the remake exploits it."

Ruh Roh Raggy!
 
#32
#32
I went and saw it last night... I didn't really like it. For starters, it is one of the most masogynistic movies I have seen in a few years.

Secondly, the plot had some serious leaps and holes that I won't get into so as not to spoil anything.

Thirdly, I didn't like their take on the myth. They broke away from both of the main versions of the story in some minor ways that didn't make sense (combining elements of where to find Medusa into one that doesn't even make sense), and then the new "take" they had on the larger story arc frankly sucked. You spend the whole story harping on "just a man" this and that, and men can do it on their own, and then in the end you mount a flying horse that just decided to help out with NO EXPLANATION, literally flying into hell just 'cuz, and using a magical sword that was just GIVEN to him... And how did he know to do what he did at the very end of the movie regarding Hades? That was pretty damn specific in execution.

Plus, what's up with the witches' second prophecy? That was a total waste of time that ended up being superfluous to the plot.

They couldn't decide on what kind of movie they were making. If they wanted a true action flick, there needed to be more diverse action sequences against various mythological creatures. If they wanted more of a drama-hero epic, they needed to tighten up the plot line and develop characters more.

I hated how they handled the gods entirely, although at least they were well-acted. They should have either focused less on the gods to make them somewhat more mysterious in nature, or shown us a deeper picture than just basically Zeus and Hades.

The Kraken was an epic disappointment for me. It looked a hell of a lot like the monster from Cloverfield, with maybe a touch of Gears of War added in for good measure.


All in all, I didn't like it that much. It was ok, but not worth seeing in theaters. I think I liked Watchmen a little better, and that's saying something.
 
#33
#33
IPorange said:
I went and saw it last night... I didn't really like it. For starters, it is one of the most masogynistic movies I have seen in a few years.

Secondly, the plot had some serious leaps and holes that I won't get into so as not to spoil anything.

Thirdly, I didn't like their take on the myth. They broke away from both of the main versions of the story in some minor ways that didn't make sense (combining elements of where to find Medusa into one that doesn't even make sense), and then the new "take" they had on the larger story arc frankly sucked. You spend the whole story harping on "just a man" this and that, and men can do it on their own, and then in the end you mount a flying horse that just decided to help out with NO EXPLANATION, literally flying into hell just 'cuz, and using a magical sword that was just GIVEN to him... And how did he know to do what he did at the very end of the movie regarding Hades? That was pretty damn specific in execution.

Plus, what's up with the witches' second prophecy? That was a total waste of time that ended up being superfluous to the plot.

They couldn't decide on what kind of movie they were making. If they wanted a true action flick, there needed to be more diverse action sequences against various mythological creatures. If they wanted more of a drama-hero epic, they needed to tighten up the plot line and develop characters more.

I hated how they handled the gods entirely, although at least they were well-acted. They should have either focused less on the gods to make them somewhat more mysterious in nature, or shown us a deeper picture than just basically Zeus and Hades.

The Kraken was an epic disappointment for me. It looked a hell of a lot like the monster from Cloverfield, with maybe a touch of Gears of War added in for good measure.


All in all, I didn't like it that much. It was ok, but not worth seeing in theaters. I think I liked Watchmen a little better, and that's saying something.
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:eek:hmy:
 
#34
#34
I saw it this weekend. The 3D was a waste of money. There weren't that many scenes in 3D I thought it was good, however, it was a grown-up version of the Disney movie "Hercules"
 
#35
#35
IPorange said:
I went and saw it last night... I didn't really like it. For starters, it is one of the most masogynistic movies I have seen in a few years.

Secondly, the plot had some serious leaps and holes that I won't get into so as not to spoil anything.

Thirdly, I didn't like their take on the myth. They broke away from both of the main versions of the story in some minor ways that didn't make sense (combining elements of where to find Medusa into one that doesn't even make sense), and then the new "take" they had on the larger story arc frankly sucked. You spend the whole story harping on "just a man" this and that, and men can do it on their own, and then in the end you mount a flying horse that just decided to help out with NO EXPLANATION, literally flying into hell just 'cuz, and using a magical sword that was just GIVEN to him... And how did he know to do what he did at the very end of the movie regarding Hades? That was pretty damn specific in execution.

Plus, what's up with the witches' second prophecy? That was a total waste of time that ended up being superfluous to the plot.

They couldn't decide on what kind of movie they were making. If they wanted a true action flick, there needed to be more diverse action sequences against various mythological creatures. If they wanted more of a drama-hero epic, they needed to tighten up the plot line and develop characters more.

I hated how they handled the gods entirely, although at least they were well-acted. They should have either focused less on the gods to make them somewhat more mysterious in nature, or shown us a deeper picture than just basically Zeus and Hades.

The Kraken was an epic disappointment for me. It looked a hell of a lot like the monster from Cloverfield, with maybe a touch of Gears of War added in for good measure.


All in all, I didn't like it that much. It was ok, but not worth seeing in theaters. I think I liked Watchmen a little better, and that's saying something.
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all good points.

also, many of the current crop of remakes pays some homage to the original movie. Whether it's one of the old actors showing up for a cameo or some other way. This movie seemed to step on the memory of Ray Harryhausen's version as Perseus finds Bubo (the mechanical owl) and is quickly told to throw it back in the junk pile.
 
#36
#36
MG1968 said:
all good points.

also, many of the current crop of remakes pays some homage to the original movie. Whether it's one of the old actors showing up for a cameo or some other way. This movie seemed to step on the memory of Ray Harryhausen's version as Perseus finds Bubo (the mechanical owl) and is quickly told to throw it back in the junk pile.
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That made me legitimately annoyed. It was like a condescending push aside.
 
#37
#37
Wow...I am so shocked that this was actually as bad as it looked in the previews.

I don't know...it's like they used every single mythical creature ever made and crammed them into one movie.
 
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