I really didn't like Jason Flemyng's satyr character. The rest of the gods have jack squat to do or say. Ralph Fiennes, while good, is kind of irritating with his raspy voice as Hades (though, thankfully, that goes away by the end). Liam Neeson isn't given a whole lot to work with as Zeus (shining in his silver armour as brightly as Marlon Brando did in the original Superman movie wearing his tinfoil costume). As far as the gods are concerned, they're basically just a bunch of folk who stand around in Cloud City (I mean Olympus) and talk. Actually, there's very little development for any of the characters. The other men who accompany Perseus aren't too bad either (they do provide a bit of humour), but they're not given much character development at all.
Sure, it's the role of the typical grumpy guy (who's reluctant to follow the "saviour" and is a bit of a bully) teaching the hero how to fight and who eventually comes around to respecting the hero and ending up on good terms with him.but Mads manages to make his role a bit more than a cardboard cutout, thankfully.
Mads Mikkelsen, who was a memorable villain in Casino Royale, actually gets to play a fairly decent good guy in this film (Draco).
His interaction with the humans who accompany him on his journey is probably the most entertaining part of the film. He serves his purpose as Perseus, playing the action hero well enough. He was good in Terminator Salvation and he's good in this as well (despite the occasional slip-up of his accent). Having not seen Sam Worthington in anything prior to this film (except Terminator Salvation), I don't really have anything to compare his acting to. Some of the cast manage to make the most of what they're given to work with. If you're expecting anything more than that, then yes, you will probably be disappointed. To quote Sam Worthington from various interviews, it's basically him "in a skirt with a rubber sword, killing monsters". Going by the previews, this looked like nothing more than a CGI-fest.which is what it pretty much ended up being. I wasn't originally planning on seeing this new updated version either. I've never seen the 1981 original version of Clash of the Titans.
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