One of the most interesting changes of plot was the motive of Perseus to defeat the Kraken (the Kraken is Norse mythology... not Greek). Instead of wanting to save his love Andromeda, he wants to seek revenge for his family against Hades. Man versus the gods. Interesting.
There was a few things that particularly annoyed me about this movie (and many movies loosely based on Greek mythology).
One: Why do they always depict Greeks in Roman dress? The Roman toga and the Roman soldier's uniform was not that exciting. The mohawk on the helmet is probably what annoys me most! And don't even get me started on Perseus' buzz cut!
Two: Seriously, if some of these writers would actually look at the stories in Greek mythology, they would see how ridiculous and crazy they already are and just make a movie from that. I don't understand the need to mix the mythology of multiple cultures to create some new story.
Three: I know Hades is the god of Underworld, and associated with everything related to death, but is that a reason to hate on him?
One of the things I particularly like about Hades is the fact that he is one of the Greek gods that doesn't run around. He did trick Persephone into staying in the Underworld, but that was his wife and he didn't mess around with anyone else. Very unlike his brothers Poseidon and Zeus. Another thing I like about Hades is that he pretty much sticks to ruling the Underworld. He doesn't get mixed up in all of the silly things between the gods and man.
I think that another reason I don't buy into Hades being a bad guy is because I am kind of sick of the bad guy plot. In reality, there aren't really any real bad people, not like the sadistic bastards that we put as the antagonist in movies anyway. If someone is bad, there are reasons that person became that way, and I love movies that illustrate this. One of my favorite movies that sort of lacks the bad guy, is Princess Mononoke. It's an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki. Go see it if you haven't, it's great!!! :D
Any other comments on the movie or other bad guy topics?
2 comments:
Overall I agree with your opinion on the movie (Clash of the Titans was pretty terrible). Just as a counterpoint on the mixing of stories from different cultures though... aren't many of the classic stories simply rewriting tales that existed before? Mixing elements from two different cultures doesn't seem much worse than mixing in our own culture.
Yes, I do agree with mixing cultures not being a bad thing. I just find it funny that screen writers find the need to mix in different culture's mythology, when, in my opinion, a lot of Greek myths can make a great movie all on their own.
So, which Clash of the Titans do you like better? :)
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