Sunday, April 25, 2010

Clash of the Titans

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Have you watched this movie? :)

Yeah, when I watched this, it was in the Cinema-8 which means the smallest one in QueensBay Mall. I did not mind and was hoping that no people watching this anymore. The less the merrier :)

So, last Monday I went there to buy the ticket for Wednesday. Prefer the last row at the back. More comfy.

This movie is a good one even though it's is not the best movie of the year. I’d say Iron Man 2 can beat the rest but we still have to wait until the end of the year.

The film begins with a narration that explains the three Olympians who battled the Titans long ago: Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Hades provides their means of defeating the Titans with his creation, the Kraken. After the Titans' defeat, Zeus created humans and ruled them while Poseidon ruled the sea, but Hades, having been deceived by his brother Zeus was forced to rule the Underworld, learns an alternative means of gaining power from humans different from his brothers receiving theirs from human devotion; through fear.

Millennia later, a fisherman named Spyros finds a coffin adrift in the sea, discovering a baby, Perseus, and his dead mother, Danaë, inside. Spyros decides to raise Perseus as his own. Years later, Perseus and his family are fishing when they witness a group of soldiers from Argos destroying a statue of Zeus as a declaration of war against the gods. Hades appears and commands harpies to massacre the soldiers before he himself destroys Perseus's family's fishing boat. Perseus tries to save his family, but to no avail, the surviving soldiers take Perseus back to Argos. During a feast for the returning soldiers King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia of Argos compare themselves and their daughter, Andromeda, to the gods much their daughter's dismay. After convincing his brother to let him loose on humanity to punish Argos for its defiance, Hades appears in the courtroom before killing the remaining soldiers while Perseus is unaffected. Revealing Perseus to be the demigod son of Zeus, and aging Cassiopeia to death, Hades threatens that if Princess Andromeda is not sacrificed to the Kraken, Argos will be destroyed in 10 days.

The king seeks the help of Perseus after he is placed in the dungeon. Perseus initially refuses until he meets Io, a woman who does not age as punishment for refusing to be seduced by a god. Io then reveals his conception was a punishment conducted by Zeus on Acrisius, the former king of Argos who was married to Danaë, for his actions against the gods. When Acrisius sets Danaë and the baby Perseus adrift in their coffin; an enraged Zeus struck Acrisius with lightning, leaving him hideously disfigured. After learning that killing the Kraken would allow him to have his revenge against Hades, Perseus accepts as he and Argos' finest soldiers embark on a quest to find the Stygian Witches with a pair of hunters and Io following. To counter this turn of events, Hades enlists Acrisius, now called Calibos, to kill off Perseus by giving him a bit of his power.

While in the woods, Perseus and his men discover a sword forged in Olympus that will only display power if it is wielded by Perseus. While seperated from the group, Perseus encounters Zeus' sacred herd of flying horses, the Pegasus. However, Perseus refuses both the sword and the pure-black Pegasus that the gods were offering as assistance, as he does not wish to be a god. Calibos attacks the group, but Calibos is unsuccessful, losing his hand before escaping. However, Calibos's blood forms giant scorpions from the sand that attack Perseus and his group. Though they slay several scorpions, most of the group are slain, and the survivors are surrounded by more of the monsters. They are saved by the Djinn, cursed men with magical powers, who tame the scorpions. Though not trusted prior to healing Perseus's wound, a Djinn joins Perseus's group as his kind wish to see the gods defeated.

At the Garden of Stygia, the Stygian Witches tell Perseus that the head of Medusa could kill the Kraken, but that Perseus and his group will die in the process. After leaving the witches, with the hunters taking their leave, Perseus is visited by Zeus who offers him asylum on Mount Olympus. He refuses. Zeus gives him instead a golden drachma, which Perseus later learns is a means to bribe Charon for passage into the Underworld. While Io remains outside Medusa's lair, due to a spell that forbids any woman from entering the area, Perseus's remaining soldiers fight hard to stay alive, turning to stone one by one by her gaze. But with the Djinn self-destructing himself and Draco's sacrifice, Perseus manages to behead Medusa. Perseus emerges in time to see Calibos kill Io by stabbing her from behind. Perseus engages Calibos in combat and kills him using the sword from Olympus, turning him back into Acrisius in human form. With his final breath, Acrisius tells Perseus to never become a god. Perseus rides Pegasus back to Argos with Medusa's head to find some citizens of Argos have formed a cult of Hades and are planning to sacrifice Andromeda to the Kraken. Hades reveals to Zeus the destruction of Argos will give him enough power to overthrow the other Olympians. As the Kraken begins its advance, Zeus learns of Hades's true agenda and is powerless to stop him as the god leaves for Argos to ensure his victory.

Perseus returns to Argos, but Hades sends his harpies to stop him. Perseus defeats the creatures sent by Hades and uses the head of Medusa to turn the Kraken into stone as Cepheus is killed by the cult leader, who is then crushed under the shattering Kraken. Using the sword, Perseus drives Hades back to the Underworld. After saving Argos from destruction, Andromeda suggests that Perseus become king and rule Argos at her side, but he declines. Zeus appears before Perseus again and offers to make him a god, but for a second time he refuses. Zeus warns Perseus that Hades will return to rule the world in darkness when he amasses enough fear from mankind. Since Perseus is intent to stay on Earth, Zeus resurrects Io, and the two embrace while Pegasus flies above them.

(Source: Wikipedia).

Sorry for being spoiler this time :) So, any of you has watched this movie? What do you think?

18 comments:

  1. I didn't read it. It is too long and I know there will be spoilers. :D I wanna watch it too soon.

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  2. tekkaus - haha smart guy :)

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  3. haha i haven't watch the film yet... i failed to watch it with my friends last week.. huhu so sad... but i know the story of this film.. i have watched the original 1981 film... i am so excited how much the graphics are improved for this film..

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  4. hey Faisal,, could you imagine that... i thought i am following your blog already... and then as i check on my dashboard your site is not included... so sorry for that.. i am now following your blog...

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  5. I should read this after watching the movie haha :) From the introduction, sounds like its goona b a good movie.

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  6. i blum berkesempatan nak pegi tgk lah,
    mesti best kan...
    huk huk huk huk

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  7. blue - i must watch the older version too i guess. i think the older version, the one who calls out the kraken is poseidon?

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  8. blue - omg. i must check my status in your blog too :)

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  9. chris - depend on what type of movie you like :) if you read this kind of book, it is a must watch movie :)

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  10. wanie - sangat best :)

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  11. hurm,
    maybe dah x der dah kowt kat panggung kan,
    sedeyyyy:((

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  12. wanie - ada lagi. cepat :)

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  13. esk i cuti,
    blh ar try g tgk...
    huhuhuhuhu

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  14. Hey next time u come down to KL, you must try GSC Signature Gold Class @ The Gardens Mall - once you've tried it, you will not want to go to normal cinemas again!! : )

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  15. foong - it's your treat then? LOL

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  16. Can lah I treat you cinema you treat me KL food lah, haha!

    Just watched Titans the other day - OK only somehow, I feel there is no ooomph in the movie. No doubt all action and pretty entertaining, but the story is like...man fight against the Gods? What the heck are they thinking? Sure lose lah lucky they have the semi God! LOL!

    I rate it 5.5/10

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  17. foong - if you were to born as a semi-god, you wanna be whose son? i wanna be poseidon's son coz water is just so cool! :)

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