Review of Immortals (2011) by Evillive — 16 Nov 2011

I think I may have a soft spot for Greek mythology. I don't know what it was, but when I left this movie, I had a huge smirk on my face. This movie is awesome in all sorts of ways. Right away the movie awes with it's visuals.

Tarsem is a very visual director and gives this movie an epicness that is missing in most movies. The characters are as 2-dimesional as they come, but at least their the fun sort of 2-dimesional characters that you can root for.

Henry Cavill steels the show as Theseus and Mickey Rourke plays a great King Hyperion. Cavill's ability to play the hero make me happy that he is going to be the next Superman. Mickey Rourke plays Hyperion all sorts of ruthless and unyielding (and awesome).

The supporting cast did their job well, but saddly the script didn't them give too much attention, especially the priestess (the fact that I can't remember her name is proof enough). As someone who loves Greek Myths up the wahzoo, I enjoyed the beginning of the movie and thought is a decent action movie with good visuals.

Then Ares came down and started doing things that turned this movie from a decent action flick with good visuals to an awesome action flick with good visuals. Seeing the gods fight the titans at the end made me all sorts of wide eyed.

Saying the climax of this movie is amazing is an understatement. The ending was kind of "Bleh" in my opinion and seemed like the movie was going for a sequel (let's hope not, sequels kill movies like these).

All and all, this is a great action movie that you can just watch with your friends and have a fun time. This is what Clash of the Titans should have been but saddly wasn't. People who are saying this movie lacks depth and have a boring script are missing the point.

Greek Myths aren't incredibly deep, so why should an adaptation of a Greek Myth be any different. Just sit back and enjoy the gory awesomeness.