Posts Tagged ‘Zeus’

Short Take: Visually impressive, with enough story to keep you interested

Director: Tarsem Singh

Screenwriter: Charley and Vlas Parlapanides

Cast: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, John Hurt, Stephen Dorff

Length: 1h 50m

Synopsis: A brave peasant named Theseus (Cavill) is chosen by Zeus (Evans), the ruler of all, to lead humanity against the evil King Hyperion (Rourke), whose unyielding desire is to smite the Olympians and rule all of creation with fear and turpitude. With his vast and ruthless army, Hyperion searches mercilessly for a mystical weapon known as the Epirus Bow, which he aims to use to unleash the imprisoned Titans in order to kill the Gods and command all power in the heavens. Aided by a clairvoyant priestess named Phaedra (Pinto) and an accompanying band of renegades, Theseus must find the bow before Hyperion and defeat him without any interference from the Gods, despite their partiality. An epic adventure ensues that will decide the fortunes of not just mankind’s mortality, but also its ties to divinity.

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Short Take: Has eye candy galore, but is also intriguing

Director: Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk)

Screenwriters: Travis Beacham (Dog Days of Summer), Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi (Aeon Flux)

Cast: Sam Worthington (Avatar, Terminator: Salvation), Liam Neeson (Batman Begins), Ralph Fiennes (The Reader), Jason Flemyng (Kick-Ass), Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace), Alexa Davalos (The Mist)

Length: 1h 58m

Synopsis: Cassiopeia (Polly Walker), Queen of Argos, has insulted the Gods by claiming that her daughter Andromeda’s (Davalos) beauty is even fairer than them. Hades (Fiennes), brother of Zeus (Neeson), uses this discretion to his advantage by condemning the whole city to death by way of the Kraken as punishment. The only way to keep the Kraken from destroying the whole city is by sacrificing Andromeda to the beast come an impending solar eclipse, however Perseus (Worthington), mortal son of Zeus, and a faction of soldiers make use of their time by searching for a way to kill the Kraken. Their journey is perilous and arduous, but the risk is worth the reward as they could potentially put an end to the Gods’ torments. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2010 version of the Kraken

With blockbuster season starting with April 2^nd’s remake of Clash of the Titans, we here at Movie-Thoughts thought it would be interesting to look into the history of one of the film’s most fearsome monsters, the Kraken. In the film it will be one of the final monsters that Perseus (Sam Worthington) must defeat in order to save Princess Andromeda (Alexa Davalos) and mark the largest act of defiance against Zeus and the others atop Mount Olympus, who continually manipulate and take advantage of mankind like pawns on a chessboard.

The reason for Andromeda being offered to the Kraken deals mostly with her mother, Queen Cassiopeia (Polly Walker). The myth goes that Cassiopeia was known throughout the kingdom of Ethiopia as an incredible beauty, and her vanity caused her to boast about her exquisiteness to the point where she claimed to be superior to the Nereids (sea nymphs friendly to the sea God Poseidon). Poseidon grew furious with Cassiopeia’s egotism and thus proceeded to curse the land of Ethiopia. The only way to lift the curse was for the queen to sacrifice her only daughter Andromeda to the Cetus (sea monster), and so the princess was fastened to the rocks on the nearby shore, helpless against her impending doom. Read the rest of this entry »

Sam Worthington as Perseus, son of Zeus

Empire magazine has released a couple of new photos of 2010′s big-budget adventure film Clash of the Titans, which stars Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, and Ralph Fiennes.

The film is somewhat of a remake of the 1981 Desmond Davis classic, however the story has been drastically rewritten. In the 1981 film, the Goddess Thetis (Maggie Smith) continually attempts to kill Perseus (Harry Hamlin), the favored son of Zeus, for keeping her monstrous son Calibos (Neil McCarthy) from marrying the beautiful Princess Andromeda (Judi Bowker). However it has been said that the newer film is about Perseus’ (Worthington) efforts to kill Hades (Fiennes), God of the Underworld, before he can usurp power from Zeus (Neeson) and control the world.

Other photos are available on the Clash of the Titans (2010) IMDb page.

Source: ComingSoon.net