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Post by eja on Nov 18, 2019 14:51:18 GMT -5
Released in 1981, CLASH OF THE TITANS was the last film that stop-motion master Ray Harryhausen worked on.....and in the humble opinion of this individual, it was a hell of a send off, a criminally underrated masterpiece. Anyone have any fond memories of this movie??
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Post by johnnypt on Nov 18, 2019 15:58:25 GMT -5
Watched it a few months back for the first time in about 10 years. A little long but enjoyable. I remember watching it on HBO summer of '82 quite a bit. Ray's last really great one was Golden Voyage of Sinbad. He really didn't have anything to do with the best visuals in Eye of the Tiger  |
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Post by Erik on Nov 18, 2019 21:50:11 GMT -5
Oh for sure, my dad took me to see it when it was released. I loved it so much that I ended up with all of the action figures (I think I still have all of them too).  |
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Post by moonlightshadow on Nov 19, 2019 1:21:43 GMT -5
I thought it looked already very old fashioned when it was released.
Neither I nor any of my friends were very impressed by it.
I watched the movie again recently and the only scene I liked was the Medusa sequence. It's very moody and even a bit scary.
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Post by Char-Vell on Nov 19, 2019 8:52:15 GMT -5
Unpopular opinion here:
I like the 2010 version better.
The Harryhausen effects in the '81 movie are great, but everything else was not to my liking.
my main gripe is there is no tension whatever as it is obvious Zeus will manipulate reality to assure Perseus succeeds. Perseus is never in danger of failing.
I found myself actively rooting against him.
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Post by eja on Nov 20, 2019 12:05:16 GMT -5
I am very fortunate to own a copy of Alan Dean Foster's novelisation of the original film. It really does a nice job in expanding on what we see on screen. If anyone can track down a copy, I strongly recommend it.
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Post by almuric on Nov 23, 2019 11:08:24 GMT -5
This was the first Harryhausen film I ever saw, on TV on a Sunday in summer a long time ago. The Medusa sequence is Harryhausen's crowning achievement.
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Post by Spartan198 on Jan 13, 2020 12:01:05 GMT -5
Unpopular opinion here: I like the 2010 version better. The 2010 version wasn't bad in spite of the reviews and was successful enough at the box office to get a sequel made. Said sequel was pure hot garbage, though.
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Post by theironshadow on Jan 13, 2020 14:24:31 GMT -5
Unpopular opinion here: I like the 2010 version better. The 2010 version wasn't bad in spite of the reviews and was successful enough at the box office to get a sequel made. Said sequel was pure hot garbage, though.
I rather enjoyed the 2010 film myself; some nice nods to the original, and the Medusa creature was well designed. As for the sequel, it was an absolute travesty, and with the greatest of respect to Liam Neeson, i hope he got a seriously decent paycheck out of it, because i can't think of a single reason for him to have done the film otherwise. |
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Post by Spartan198 on Jan 13, 2020 14:58:47 GMT -5
The 2010 version wasn't bad in spite of the reviews and was successful enough at the box office to get a sequel made. Said sequel was pure hot garbage, though.
I rather enjoyed the 2010 film myself; some nice nods to the original, and the Medusa creature was well designed. As for the sequel, it was an absolute travesty, and with the greatest of respect to Liam Neeson, i hope he got a seriously decent paycheck out of it, because i can't think of a single reason for him to have done the film otherwise. Sometimes I watch a movie with good actors that turns out to be so bad, I can't help but wonder what they were thinking when they finished reading the script. Liam and Wrath is one of those times. |
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Post by Grim Wanderer on Jan 13, 2020 16:04:06 GMT -5
I rather enjoyed the 2010 film myself; some nice nods to the original, and the Medusa creature was well designed. As for the sequel, it was an absolute travesty, and with the greatest of respect to Liam Neeson, i hope he got a seriously decent paycheck out of it, because i can't think of a single reason for him to have done the film otherwise. Sometimes I watch a movie with good actors that turns out to be so bad, I can't help but wonder what they were thinking when they finished reading the script. Liam and Wrath is one of those times. Much the same could be said for Baron Olivier over the original.
I saw the film in 1981 and was left a little disappointed by the end. It wasn't completely terrible but it wasn't great either.
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Post by theironshadow on Jan 14, 2020 6:23:07 GMT -5
Sometimes I watch a movie with good actors that turns out to be so bad, I can't help but wonder what they were thinking when they finished reading the script. Liam and Wrath is one of those times. Much the same could be said for Baron Olivier over the original.
I saw the film in 1981 and was left a little disappointed by the end. It wasn't completely terrible but it wasn't great either.
It's worth watching for it being a stand-out showcase (and his great, last) stop-frame animation from Ray Harryhausen. That alone makes it worth a viewing. Infact, Ray said that he couldn't top the work he did in the film, and decided to retire based on that. |
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Post by Grim Wanderer on Jan 14, 2020 9:31:48 GMT -5
Much the same could be said for Baron Olivier over the original.
I saw the film in 1981 and was left a little disappointed by the end. It wasn't completely terrible but it wasn't great either.
It's worth watching for it being a stand-out showcase (and his great, last) stop-frame animation from Ray Harryhausen. That alone makes it worth a viewing. Infact, Ray said that he couldn't top the work he did in the film, and decided to retire based on that. I don't think anyone would say that Harryhausen didn't do a magnificent job on the film. It's just that the story and acting didn't live up to his work. |
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Post by theironshadow on Jan 15, 2020 9:35:27 GMT -5
It's worth watching for it being a stand-out showcase (and his great, last) stop-frame animation from Ray Harryhausen. That alone makes it worth a viewing. Infact, Ray said that he couldn't top the work he did in the film, and decided to retire based on that. I don't think anyone would say that Harryhausen didn't do a magnificent job on the film. It's just that the story and acting didn't live up to his work. Trying to get right the tone of a Fantasy Action Drama is really quite difficult, and one that, many years later, Peter Jackson would nail. I was fortunate to be able to talk to Mr Gerry Lively before he made the high-end televsion film Wrath of The Dragon God (part of the Dungeons And Dragons brand) and he told me: "play the drama straight. No winking at the audience. And drop in the monsters and make the actors respond as if it is the most real, grounded threat they are facing." His film was lauded for being superior to the first cinematic outing, even on less of a third of the budget. The same happened with the remake. A few nods to the original, and it plays by Gerry's method, and it worked. The original though was hampered by being the first modern greek mythology film with a huge budget. Half the cast were trying to do Shakespeare, the other half pantomime.  |
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Post by Spartan198 on Jan 15, 2020 15:38:20 GMT -5
Yeah, the overacting in some scenes was ... quite apparent.
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