At the Theater - "Immortals" - If you can get past Director Tarsem Singh's ULTRA-heavy handedness and ill-advised fetish for wierd hats, this ain't so bad. It's bloodier than all hell, features some great sound and has some impressive visuals, but it's light on character development and nowhere near as rousingly cool as "300".
Henry Cavill has presence and acting chops- I think he'll make a great Superman in 2013's "Man of Steel". Frieda Pinto has a pretty butt (if that was hers) and Mickey Rourke is a solid villain- though I think the Director should have used the "Once more, with feeling!" request a few more times. Stephen Dorff feels miscast, of course I feel that way about most of his roles. More than anyone, I think it's Luke Evans (portraying Zeus here) that everyone should keep an eye upon- he's my pick to take over the role of James Bond once Daniel Craig steps away.
Some of this movie is just plain weird, maybe a little awkward- it has some of the same pacing, design and tonal problems that plagued David Lynch's "Dune". The action scenes are well-choreographed but somehow seemed few and far between. It gets points for not being as tame and lame as 2010's "Clash of the Titans".
See it if you're OK with guilty pleasures.
7.0 outta 10
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