Wrath of the Titans (2012)

One of my all time favorites.

Good start, but then it gets ruined

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Never has something been so poorly made, so badly executed, so terribly sick, that it seems someone became sick on the ground and decided to make a film out of it. Watch it for Rosmund Pikes screenshots (the beauty) only or do not watch at all would be my recommendation for this sorry mess of an all over the place with no real atmosphere film.

Greek mythology always served as a good backdrop for a predictable Hollywood movie. This myth in particular had little irony or plot twists. The Greek Pantheon enraged a man, and this man rose to the occasion. Social corruption, greed, romance, and power mainly played out obviously except for the sibling rivalry between Zeus and Hades. A lot of the fight scenes could have been treated with slow motion for example the movie "300" combined a lot of slow and fast motion fight sequences. Refrain from any complex dialogue and comedy kept the pace sufficiently fast. There were still larger than life creatures, and the main setting was breathtakingly beautiful.

After defeating the Kraken, Perseus returns to the quiet life of a fisherman and the sole parent to his son Helius. Zeus (Liam Neeson) warns Perseus (Sam Worthington) of a coming battle. Mankind has stopped worshiping the Gods and they are weaken for it. Titans are fighting their imprisonment and Kronos himself could rise. Kronos is the father of brothers Zeus, Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and Poseidon (Danny Huston) whom they imprisoned long ago in the Tartarus. Hades double-cross Zeus along with Zeus' son Ares (Edgar Ramírez) aligning themselves with Kronos. They drain Zeus' powers to release Kronos. Perseus goes to Olympus and finds Poseidon who dies leaving him the trident. Perseus must battle the monsters and rescue Zeus with the help of warrior Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), Poseidon's son Argenor (Toby Kebbell), and fallen god Hephaestus (Bill Nighy).The story is complicated especially if you don't have a degree in Greek mythology. The movie doesn't waste much time explaining things before they start spending the big CGI bucks. And they spend a lot of it in this movie. This is wall-to-wall big CGI. It wears me out. Then I start to be stunned by it all and then I started to admire the audacity. As a story, there is some interesting daddy issues on display. Sam Worthington remains one of the most wooden actors leading big budget blockbusters. Rosamud Pike is an odd and unlikely choice for a Greek warrior queen. It's not just the English Rose looks but also the fact that she's not usually an action star. This is a movie where all consideration is made for big CGI action and not much for everything else.

After the success of Clash of Titans it's been just a matter of time when the sequel would appear. Given the fact that Liam Neeson starred in it made the probability even higher. And as i've expected, in Wrath of Titans we simply see another installment of the same concept.There is actually nothing major i might tell about the movie since it might be summed up in a couple of words: epic fantasy meets CGI. Oh, it's been based on ancient Greek myths, but this is of minor importance.Wrath of Titans is just another movie that helps marketing agencies find the right giveaways that come with a children's meal at your local fast food chain.