Movies Clash of the Titans (2010)
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HighestOfHigh
Cornering Kingpin
He's a total badass! 
Mr. Mercedes
Premium
Seemed kinda low budget. Cheap special effects (the Jin and the 'Heavens' in particular), the princess wasn't that hot 
, and the storyline lacked depth.
Sam Worthington's Aussie accent was also very obvious in the movie, which was rather odd.
, and the storyline lacked depth. Sam Worthington's Aussie accent was also very obvious in the movie, which was rather odd.
NarutoRamen
Kraftwagen König
I haven't seen it yet, but I really want to go watch it.
Mr. M
Tire Trailblazer
Cloudy is severely underrated. Good stuff!
Tarek
Cornering Kingpin
Train ur dragon is fantastic one so is cloudy but it's old now,is it still in theaters?
HighestOfHigh
Cornering Kingpin
The movie was good. It could have been more detailed and added about 30 more minutes, but still pretty good.
HighestOfHigh
Cornering Kingpin
I wish the Kraken had more time..
Are you kidding ? The Greek mythology, IS very extensive and intricate. That movie has a pop corn plot !
I'd recommend you read the real story of Perseus. Anyway for that film ;
Differences from the myth :
Perseus was the son of Zeus and the princess Danaë – he was conceived when Zeus visited Danaë disguised as a shower of gold, not her husband. Adds to that, Danaë was never married; King Acrisius was her father.
Acrisius's reason for casting Danaë and Perseus into the sea in a wooden crate was to stop a prophecy that said Perseus would kill him from coming true. Both Perseus and Danaë survived and were rescued by a fisherman, Dictys, when the crate was washed up on the island of Seriphos. Acrisius was never punished by Zeus for this terrible deed.
In the original movie Clash of the Titans it was explained that Calibos was the son of Thetis, goddess of the sea - he was indulged by his mother since birth. When Calibos was given the Wells of the Moon to rule, he not only hunted and destroyed every living creature; he also trapped and killed Zeus's sacred herd of flying horses...except Pegasus.
Calibos was punished by Zeus for this terrible deed: he was not only shunned and forced to live as an outcast in the swamps and marshes; he was also transformed into a mortal monstrosity. However, Calibos was not a figure in the myth of Perseus, but was a figure created for the movie.
Perseus's reason for setting out to find the gorgon Medusa was to save his mother from an unwanted marriage to Dictys's brother, Polydectes, who sent him on the quest in the hopes that he would've been killed. But Perseus returned safely from his quest and used Medusa's head to turn Polydectes to stone.
Io had no connection with Perseus at all and was never cursed with agelessness; she was a nymph who was seduced by Zeus in the form of a cloud and was then transformed by him into a cow to protect her from Hera's wrath, but once Hera's anger ceased, Io was able to return to her womanly form. On his quest to slay Medusa, Perseus was guided by his half-sister Athena.
Hades was never an enemy of Perseus, nor did he ever kill any mortals or try to overthrow his brother Zeus, and he was never tricked into taking the underworld; he chose it of his own will when he and his brothers defeated Kronos and divided the world into three parts for them each to take and rule; Zeus took the Heavens and skies, Poseidon took the seas and Hades took the underworld.
Perseus was given three pieces of armor and weaponry made by the gods – a sword made by Hermes, a mirrored shield made by Athena and a helmet of invisibility made by Hades.
The sea monster was known as Cetus as opposed to the Kraken, which is actually the name of a legendary creature from Norse Mythology, often portrayed as a giant octopus creature.
Andromeda was sent to be sacrificed to a sea monster on the orders of Poseidon, not Hades. This order was made when her beautiful, but proud mother, Queen Cassiopeia, had dared claim that Andromeda was more attractive than the Nereids, marine nymphs and grand-daughters of Oceanus. Insulted by such arrogance, they asked Poseidon to avenge the offense, so he sent the sea monster to ravage the kingdom and made it clear through an oracle that no relief would be forthcoming until Andromeda was sacrificed to the monster.
Perseus married Andromeda after he saved her life, but it wasn't until after he claimed the head of Medusa that he met her. On his way home, he saw her chained to a rock by the sea and fell in love with her. He used Medusa's head to turn the sea monster to stone and claimed Andromeda's hand in marriage.
Perseus used Medusa's head three times – to turn Polydectes to stone so his mother would be saved from marrying him, to slay the sea monster that Andromeda had been offered to as a sacrifice and to kill Phineus at his wedding to Andromeda after Phineus declared that he was the rightful groom since Andromeda had been engaged to him. He later gave the head to Athena, who went onto wearing it in her armor.
Acrisius was the ruler of Argos; Andromeda's parents King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia were the rulers of Phoenicia. Perseus and Andromeda later became the new rulers of Argos after the prophecy saying that Perseus would kill Acrisius came true when he accidentally killed him during a series of athletic games.
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