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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 11, 2008
Pros: action, drama, thrills, good story,
Cons: none
Summary: Clash of the Titans is an adventure, action and fantasy film that was released in June 1981. This movie ran for 118 minutes and was rated PG. The movie is based on mythology and magic. The start of the movie is the story of Danae being punished by her ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 15, 2001
Pros: Nearly everything! Great script, direction, production design, and orchestral score! Epic storytelling at its best!
Cons: Special effects have not aged terribly well, alas.
Summary:
Whenever I revisit a film like Clash of the Titans, I'm simultaneously exalted and saddened--exalted because the movie is a tour-de-force of gripping, powerful storytelling, and saddened because it makes me realize how much this style of ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 7, 1999
Pros: Adventure, Special Effects, Acting, Plot
Cons: Plot too complicated for younger sorts?
Summary: I seen this movie actually with my parents - they frequently watched it along with other classics such as Indiana Jones. The plot of the movie follows that of a "mythical" setting such as the god Zeus has a son who goes on quite the adventure ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 22, 2011
Pros: Hamlin; stop motion artistry; rest of cast; entertaining story; great locations
Cons: well, cornball, predictable story too
Summary: I keep meaning to learn more about ancient mythology because it sounds so entertaining and even thought-provoking...and it would help me answer astronomy questions on the TV show "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?." So when I recently watched Harry ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 31, 2010
Pros: Entertaining movie with decent cast.
Cons: Some dialogue issues. Effects look dated.
Summary: I first saw the original version of Clash of the Titans, made in 1981, years ago on television. I've seen it several times since then, though enough time has passed since the last time I saw it that I didn't remember much. I did ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 17, 2010
Pros: Exuberant excess, action, adventure, damsels in distress, and half naked Harry Hamlin.
Cons: Very dated, the last gasp of the old style special effects.
Summary: Clash of the Titans (1981) Directed by Desmond DavisThetis: What a dangerous precedent. What if there more heroes like him? What if courage and imagination became everyday mortal qualities? What will become of us? Zeus: We ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 6, 2004
Pros: Ray Harryhausen, Greek gods and goddesses, enough said there
Cons: plot lags towards the middle of the script
Summary: Clash of the Titans, directed by Desmond Davis, has a run time just shy of two hours (118min). Clash of the Titans falls under the genres of adventure and fantasy according to Hollywood.com. This movie was released in 1981, yet the graphics are not ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 14, 2003
Pros: Harryhausen's special effects, the cast, the story, the music
Cons: Lags a little in the middle, Phillips
Summary: The Last Hurrah for Ray Harryhausen? This fantasy , based on Greek Mythology (with a little help from a modern day scholar and writer, Beverley Cross ) is often touted as Special Effects man Ray Harryhausen’s last and greatest film.. This ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 11, 2000
Pros: incredible stop motion effects
Cons: perhaps the last film ever to use stop motion effects
Summary: Let me start out by saying that i've always been fascinated with mythology. The tales of heroic men, vengeful gods, and beautiful women have rarely been equaled in all of literature. Unfortunately they have also rarely been done justice on the silver ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 25, 1999
Pros: The adaptation is generally good
Cons: The monsters are too scary for young children and the animation is dated
Summary: CLASH OF THE TITANS is the last film done by Ray Harryhausen, a specialist in stop-action animation.
At its heart, it is a love story, that of Perseus and Andromeda. Perseus, the son of Zeus, is stranded at sea soon after birth with his ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 18, 2012
Pros: Nice mix of mythology, action and romance. Great Laurence Rosenthal score.
Cons: Special effects looked dated even in 1981.
Summary: On June 12, 1981 (coincidentally, the same day that Paramount Pictures released Raiders of the Lost Ark), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presented the original version of Clash of the Titans, a modified-for-the-movies retelling of the Greek myth about ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 29, 2012
Pros: the Perseus vs. Medusa sequence and other Harryhausen effects
Cons: some awful dialoge and Bubo the Owl.
Summary: 1981’s Clash of the Titans was Charles Schneer’s/Ray Harryhausen’s last stand. Production was planned back in the 70s, was delayed and re-started with a large budget. In the end the release date was moved up and Harryhausen ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 5, 2010
Pros: Epic story, some grand casting, entertaining
Cons: Some weak casting and visual effects
Summary: Clash of the Titans (1981) With a greatly anticipated remake soon to arrive in theaters, it was time that I gave the original 1981 Greek epic, “Clash of the Titans” a fresh look. I’d not seen it since my preteens and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 29, 2006
Pros: Stop motion animation, score
Cons: Story, acting, direction
Summary: Clash of the Titans (1981) This is the last movie that special effects guru Ray Harryhausen worked on. Inspired as a boy by the stop motion animation in King Kong Harryhausen became the greatest exponent of stop-motion photography, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 5, 2004
Pros: storyline, neat mythological creatures,
Cons: dated special effects, acting, campy at times
Summary: Clash of the Titans was released in 1981 and is considered by many to be the legendary stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen's finest work. I remember seeing this film in the theater and being blown away by it's grandeur and special effects. I ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 16, 2010
Pros: Ray Harryhausen's swansong as a visual effects artist contains some great animation.
Cons: The magic Clash Of The Titans held for me as a youth is long gone.
Summary: Back in the early ‘80s, my older brother and I frequently enjoyed watching a selection of would-be classics over and over on HBO. Between Strange Brew and Enzo G. Castellari’s Hercules, we were privy to all of the wonders of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 14, 2008
Pros: Some funny moments. Decent set design.
Cons: Characters. Dialogue. Story. Battle sequences.
Summary: If you know the concept behind Desmond Davis' Clash of the Titans, you can't walk in hoping for much more than a guilty pleasure. It's all about putting a bunch of Greek mythological characters on display and having them duke it out. There's ... read more
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