{"id":2649,"date":"2012-03-30T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2012-03-30T01:00:49","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T08:00:49","slug":"wrath-of-the-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=2649","title":{"rendered":"Wrath of the Titans delivers the Sword and Sorcery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u201cWrath of the Titans\u201d is mixed business: Equal parts clunky storytelling, epic adventure and amazing hairdos. No joke about the hair, Sam Worthington’s curly locks are a marvel and make him look like a young Estelle Getty from “Golden Girls”.<\/p>\n

A sequel to the forgettable \u201cClash of the Titans\u201d remake, this go around shines in comparison and, while it stumbles over its own flaws at times, \u201cWrath of the Titans\u201d ultimately delivers a huge dose of sword and sandal action.<\/p>\n

You may remember that at the end of \u201cClash,\u201d Perseus (Sam Worthington) had decided to live as a man and forget that he is the half-god son of Zeus. Then again, you may not remember this little factoid as I used the word \u201cforgettable\u201d on purpose when I described \u201cClash of the Titans\u201d in the last paragraph. I myself remember nothing of the first film. I was going to Google a bit on it but I\u2019ve decided that it doesn\u2019t really matter and you will be able to follow along with \u201cWrath\u201d without much issue if you don\u2019t have the back-story.<\/p>\n

In the years that have passed, Perseus has lost his wife (someone from the first film, I\u2019m sure, but women don\u2019t usually make it from film-to-film in action movies. Even the pretty lady who plays Andromeda [now Rosamund Pike] has been recast) and has a son, Helios (John Bell). Perseus will do anything for his child and when Zeus (Liam Neeson), comes to share the horrible news that the great Titan Kronos is breaking down the prison walls of Tartarus, Perseus knows that he must take up arms and save the world for his child sake and his own honor.
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\nPerseus\u2019 journey pits him against all sorts of lovely creatures and baddies; from a two-headed, fire-breathing Chimera to a labyrinth prowling Minotaur. The adventure is what \u201cWrath of the Titans\u201d gets right and the film harkens back to the stop motion Ray Harryhausen films in a way that \u201cClash of the Titans\u201d never came close to touching. \u201cWrath\u201d is essentially a series of sword and sorcery scenes and never worries too much about connecting the dots in between. While it is not clear who everybody is at times or why Hades (Ralph Fiennes) would ever release Kronos from his cage only to \u00a0decide otherwise almost immediately. It is silly \u00a0but I think all this movie looks to deliver are cool looking monsters delivered with the proper \u00a0\u201coohs and aahs\u201d. And believe me, Kronos makes the Kraken look like an Amazing Sea Monkey.
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\nBack in 2010,\u201cClash of the Titans\u201d was the initial chink in 3-D\u2019s armor as it was rushed to make the theaters and the hasty conversion was noticed. People began wondering why they were paying an extra $3 bucks if the product was crap. This time around director Jonathan Liebesman seems to be going to great lengths to redeem the franchise as he constantly pokes spears at you while weaving the camera through caves and over mountaintops. With the camera spinning around trying to make the opening of \u201cHugo\u201d seem mundane, Liebesman is overcompensating and the image is still a touch murky. Also some of the action is too hectic and it is hard to follow along and see the action. The Minotaur scene is nearly impossible to follow and this is a shame. They used an actual man in makeup to bring the beast to life and it would have been nice if it was showcased better. But still, this is an improvement over the lackluster \u201ceverything\u201d found in its predecessor.<\/p>\n

One last note: Bill Nighy makes an appearance and he is awesome!!! That\u2019s it. I just love him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWrath of the Titans\u201d is mixed business: Equal parts clunky storytelling, epic adventure and amazing hairdos. No joke about the hair, Sam Worthington’s curly locks are a marvel and make him look like a young Estelle Getty from “Golden Girls”. A sequel to the forgettable \u201cClash of the Titans\u201d remake, this go around shines in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4475,12329,16623,17366,17572,24509],"class_list":["post-2649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-clash-of-the-titans","tag-liam-neeson","tag-ralph-fiennes","tag-rosamund-pike","tag-sam-worthington","tag-wrath-of-the-titans-review"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}