Clash of the Titans Review

May 10, 2010 • Skylar Bond, Sports Editor  
Filed under Opinion

Clash of the Titans pits man against the gods and their minions in an epic fashion. It stars Sam Wothington, who also starred in Avatar, as Perseus son of Zeus; Gemma Arterton, who was also in Quatum of Solace, as Io an immortal woman who later becomes a love interest of Perseus; Ralph Fiennes, who also starred in Schindler’s List, The Hurt Locker, and as Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series, as Hades, the main antagonist; and it also stars Liam Neeson, who is known for such films as Schindler’s List, Taken, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins, and The Chronicles of Narnia. In this film he plays Zeus, King of the Gods and father of Perseus.

The story starts out as an abandon baby and his mother float up to a ship in a box. The fisherman inside the boat takes the child and raises him as his own son. When Perseus grows up his parents, sister and himself taking a fishing trip to Argos where they discover soldiers of Argos tearing down a statue of Zeus. When the statue falls Hades appears and kills off multiple soldiers before destroying the ship that Perseus and family are on. Perseus is the lone survivor on the boat. Perseus is brought before the King and Queen of Argos who almost immediate start insulting the gods, enticing Hades to return and as punishment to the King and Queen condems the city to be destroyed at the hands of the Kraken, or sacrifice there Princess Andromeda. As Hades is leaving he notices Perseus and immediately recognizes him as a demi- god. Later Io appears to Perseus and tells him that he is in fact the son of Zeus. He then tries to find a way to kill Hades, defeat the Kraken and save Princess Andromeda.

Along the way he meets and often fights giant scorpions, a mutant- king, the Gorgan Medusa, the stygian witches, harpies, Zeus, the Kraken and Hades.

The movie is designed to be fun but it has deeper messages asking us if we have the power to throw off the shackles of oppression, the ability to know right from wrong and madness, and whether the life of one is worth an entire city. The character of Perseus is the main draw for the movie, his struggle to use his power to do good with actually becoming like then gods themselves, is truly inspiring.

This is a good movie to go see on a boring weekend for fun. Fans of action, adventure and fantasy movies will find plenty to enjoy. I give the movie three and a half stars, it’s a good movie that’s worth carrying the title of a summer blockbuster even it is the spring.

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