Wrath of the Titans

I just now noticed that this is a two-parter. As you can see, I didn't need the first one. I didn't find any Wrath of the Titans, but just a lot of jealousy and bitterness. Which I guess is fitting for a family of gods. You give one son one too many lollipops and you can worry about the one less gifted stabbing you in the back. But it wasn't that bad. There was always something banging, splashing, stabbing... so as an action movie, fine. No deep Greek myths and legends. (05/25/2013)

Robert Graves must still be turning in his grave, but perhaps not so frequently this time. Because you have to admit that Wrath of the Titans provokes no wrath at all in its viewers and so is certainly a lot more bearable and better than Clash of the Titans. However, more bearable and better doesn’t mean that it’s bearable and good. (03/29/2012)

Compared to Clash of the Titans, Wrath is a gratifying leap forward. All things considered, there was really only one thing that bothered me about the film - the English inscription on Perseus' wife's grave. Otherwise, I want to praise just about everything - from the entertaining plot, which is actually a multiple mythological family drama, to the top-notch effects (I felt like all those chimeras and cyclops were real), the actors (the Fiennes-Neeson duo, the beautiful Rosamund Pike, the impeccable Bill Nighy), the direction (Letterier would never have made such atmospheric scenes as the one in the cyclops forest or one final reconciliation), the music (a simple but striking main theme) to the hairstyle of the main character, who finally looks like he is from the period. (06/25/2012)

More than just decent action and a feast of special effects for the eyes. Mr. Lava is sufficiently destructive and blobs of molten stuff that fly off him when he waves his arms about wipe whole cities off the map with apologetic matter-of-factness. The other monsters are also done very nicely. Keep up the good work. The story is roughly as dumb as the lamer episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess from my the days of my youth, but thanks to a bigger budget the whole thing looks a lot better. Liam Neeson is cool again, Sam also tries hard (with this screenplay, nobody has much acting to do) and Rosamund Pike is a slightly prettier Andromeda than the last one. The romantic storyline doesn’t work, and schizophrenic Perseus, always talking to himself, doesn’t instill much trust... but there we go. The action is super and I’ll certainly play Wrath a couple more times. (06/15/2012)

A CGI ride that the creators of the old Clash of the Titans would take a single look at before spitting and stomping on the copy of the film with rage. Because everything not done in the old-fashioned way here is done digitally. And these digital orgies are really brutal. Maybe this is the reason that this film is terribly crazy, bordering on insane. It is, however, entertaining, and suited for our times. It’s actually just as dumb as the first instalment, with the added bonus of the camera that barely allows the audience to see a thing, but the authors still think that it creates the feeling of being there with the gods and fighting side by side with Sam Worthington. This made me knock one star off my rating. (07/07/2013)