| Clash Of The Titans (Blu-ray + DVD Combi Pack) [2010] | ![Clash Of The Titans (Blu-ray + DVD Combi Pack) [2010]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519bQMw71mL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Nicholas Hoult
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  120 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Colour, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), English (Audio Description)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: BLUCLASHOFTHETITANS
EAN: 5051892011754
ASIN: B003D3MZYK
Theatrical Release Date: 2010
Release Date: July 26, 2010
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Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Nicholas Hoult
Amazon.co.uk Review
"Release the Kraken!" Ah, it could only be Clash of the Titans, the 2010 remake that retains the instruction to unleash the great beastie from the sea. The 1981 original boasted Ray Harryhausen's legendary stop-motion technique of animating various mythological creatures--it was his final feature project--and given the cornball approach of the movie in general, that was the main draw. The remake supplies new state-of-the-art special effects (released theatrically in 3-D) and a nicely muscular sense of momentum. Sam Worthington (the Avatar guy) plays Perseus, a demigod who doesn't know that Zeus (Liam Neeson) is his father. Perseus is selected to lead an expedition to find and slay the Medusa, lest Zeus's evil brother Hades (Ralph Fiennes, in fine slinking mode) rain down misery upon a seaport--and you just know that means the Kraken is coming. Ye gods, it's a mess, and we haven't even mentioned the witches and the harpies and the giant scorpions. But if we did, it would be clear that Clash of the Titans is a perfectly dandy popcorn epic, unpretentious and punchy. Director Louis Leterrier (Transporter 2) gets a fine rhythm going during Perseus's trek, and you can even forgive the hokey shafts-of-light-through-clouds look of Olympus. Leterrier also had the good sense to import the marvelous Danish star Mads Mikkelsen to provide mentoring duties to Perseus; Gemma Arterton and Alexa Davalos fulfill the eye-candy roles. It's up to individual viewers to choose which they prefer--Harryhausen's magically hand-wrought creations (his Medusa sequence is an absolute killer) or the 21st century's slick computer-generated variations. But nostalgia aside, it would be hard to deny that this is one case where the remake tops the original. --Robert Horton
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 What a disappontment September 9, 2010
Ms. G. M. Henshall (Newport UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was really looking forward to watching this as the original movie from the 80s was a great film. Oh dear I should not have wasted my money. Some fine actors completely wasted as special effects seemed to take precedence over storytelling which should involve the audience. Come back Ray Harryhausen you are sorely missed. Ray's Medusa the Gorgon was truly frightening and the sequence involving her in the original film was full of suspense.
As well as the overdone special effects the other main letdown was the appallingly bad actor portraying Perseus,as a Greek mythic hero he was as convincing as a vegetarian sausage is to the real thing-bland and tasteless. He seemed to have had a charisma by-pass ,I wouldn't have followed him to the end of the road never mind to the Isle of the Dead.
Another instance of enormous amounts of money spent producing rubbish. I gave it 1 star because Mads Mikkelson was the best thing in it-an actor with real screen presence. Do not waste your time watching it, groom the dog, wallpaper the bathroom, do your kid's homework instead.
 Clash of the boring August 24, 2010
stephen (england)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
What went wrong ? What started out as a promising remake descended into an empty tale with no tension, male bonding and a dull romance. My problem is with Perseus played by Sam Worthington easily one of the dullest and most uninspired performances for someone so heroic he seemed withdrawn and lifeless. The reluctant hero has been done before but why can't this guy speak more clearly. Gemma Arterton makes promising eye candy but has little or no chemistry with Worthington.
The rest of the cast were wasted especially Mikkelsen i cant help thinking how better this film would have been with him cast as Perseus he looked the part, bit too old i guess. What follows is essentially one set piece fighting monsters then some dull dialogue vague attempt at humour and bonding and then another set piece fighting a monster. The djinn was another interesting addition but again wasted and what about the owl one of the best things about the original. The vague reference to it early in the film is just pathetic. Obviously the makers of the film had nothing but contempt for it and it showed.
The film is just poorly put together and clearly trying to fit in all the different characters and creatures proved too much. Monsters and various characters come and go and Perseus doesn't develop a great bond with Pegasus either. The battle scene with the giant scorpions is ok but i was left not caring if Hades won or not. Disappointing remake, which abandoned the owl and Pegasus casting them aside. It wraps itself in cgi and makes a mockery of talented actors completely losing the charm and innocence of the original what a shame.
2 hours of my life that I will never get back! July 30, 2010
Marie P McChesney (England)
19 out of 25 found this review helpful
Myself and my sister had been counting the days down to watch this film! One of our all time fav films growing up as children was the original with the brilliant Harry Housen stop motion effects. We would cheer at Pegasus, boo at Calibos and swoon over Perseus. Fantastic film that has never lost its appeal, charm and watchability factor.
After the initial 10 minutes we thought, yep this is going to be good but how wrong we were! Loads and loads was totally wrong with this truly awful film. I know it wasnt a "remake" but they shouldnt have named it "Clash of Titans" and expect no negative come back/fall out from the originals fans or critics. (Nor should they have referenced the "robotic owl" from the 80's version which has now tied this one for ever more to the original.......In the words of Pretty Woman...."Mistake...Big Mistake"). They should have called it "Aussie goes on tour in Greece but not really Greece but Wales with lots and lots of fake tan".
The "story" or whatever they found in the box of Kellogs Corn Flakes they used to pass as a script/story of men versus gods? what was that dribble about? and why was the "gods" going out of their way to help if they were going to get the big heave ho if Persues won? There was no fluidity to the tone of the film, we didnt know what the hell was going on at one point, the acting was really truly appauling; Sam Worthington was so wooden, we half expected his nose to grow every time he told a lie! His accent was even worse, any second we expected him to say "hang on a min whilst I throw another shrimp on the barbie or anyone want a fresh tinnie of Fosters?" really really bad.
We couldnt work out what the hell the girl in the toga was doing? did she just walk onto the set thinking it was Up Pompei or something? The CGI wasnt really that hot either, only saving grace was the Kraken. Everything and I mean everything else was very poor in comparison to the original.
What SHOULD have been a really brilliant "popcorn" fest film turned out to be a film that will in years be compared next to that other Hollywood great "Battlefield Earth".
Yea it is aimed at the younger audience but these younger audiences are not idiots you know. Us older ones are not idiots either, just give us a decent script, good acting, decent special effects, jokes that are actually FUNNY, believable characters that actually do something or others that just walk around looking lost and time to time look lovingly into the camera thinking yea thats another easy pay check in the bank...cheers easy.(Yes I am talking about Gemma Atherton. If you just gave us these basics, we would ALL actually go and watch it again and again, tell our friends to watch it, buy the games, buy the DVD.....MAKE YOU MONEY!!! But not this crap! no way.
The producers, directors, actors and basically anyone at all who had anything to do with this film should truly hang their heads in shame. Total and utter RUBBISH.
Worst film of the year July 15, 2010
John Holmes
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I was looking forward to seeing this film, as I am, like others, a huge fan of the original (and far superior) COTT.
Sadly, it does not even come close. It was devoid of feeling, humour, soul and heart - and it contains probably the least charismatic lead in Sam Worthington I've ever seen. Two of Hollywood's biggest hitters, Neeson and Fiennes, really ought to be ashamed of themselves.
The script is a shambles, and even the CGI effects are one dimensional and stale. Medusa has absolutely no menace to offer - unlike the brilliant Ray Harryhausen creation back in 1981. Worse than dull, this witless, moronic hash is a crass insult to a much loved film.
A completely wasted opportunity August 24, 2010
Phil Hattie (Glasgow, Scotland)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
The original Clash of the Titans is one of those films that is cherished by a certain generation who grew up watching it every bank holiday. We all realised it was actually a bit rubbish with its out-dated (even at the time) stop motion effects and blank performances, but still we loved it. Surely a remake with modern technology and sensibilities could only have improved it we thought... The answer to that is apparently no.
The first mistake made by director Louis Letterier was to approach this with utter seriousness. Not put off by the relative failure of other over-serious swords and sandals films (see Troy or Alexander) he went for a po-faced treatment of the tale. Letterier showed in his Incredible Hulk film that he's a competent director but hardly a man of vision and this film does little to suggest otherwise. Most of the best set-pieces have been plundered from the original (the Kraken, the Stygian Witches - with the scene almost word for word with the original to a large degree, Medusa, Giant Scorpions), while new elements are either extraneous (the pointless Djinn character) or ill-advised (the two comedy cowards with suspiciously dusky skin who suggest that Letterier raided the Transformers 2 toolkit for borderline racist comedy sidekicks). The film even tries to laugh at its predecessor with a joke at the expense of Bubo the mechanical owl...
Well how this film would have benefited from Bubo. Instead we're left with the oaken Sam Worthington ridiculously miscast in a part ten years too young for him and delivering his lines with all the passion of a soggy log. His moaning, whining Perseus is one of the single most dislikeable lead characters I've ever seen, he needs to quit bitching and actually, y'know, seem heroic. Beyond Worthington all the other actors are given nothing to play with. Liam Neeson gets to shout a lot and look good doing it while Ralph Feinnes accepts his paycheck with good grace and a second-rate Voldemort impression. Gemma Arterton tries her best with a pointless mentor/love interest role that does nothing for her or the movie.
Compounded on top of the humourlessness and poor characters is the fact that, frankly, the effects are not a patch on the original. Oh yes, they're more hi-tech and modern but this sub-Cloverfield Kraken and supermodel Medusa will not remain with you a fraction of the time that Ray Harryhausen's magnificent plasticine creations will stay in your memory. In aiming to have loads of style and not bothering about the substance CotT has ended up being a style-free venture. This was a chance to update an affectionately held story for a new generation and it has failed miserably. What a waste.
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