Outside of the terrible music this actually looks promising -- seems to have retained all the same major set-pieces, and looks to have some neat special effects without all green screen (a la 300). Didn't they do some real location shooting as well? It shows!

http://thefilmstage.com/2009/12/16/new- ... word-epic/

AndyDursin wrote:Didn't they do some real location shooting as well? It shows!

That jagged mountaintop which zooms past (seen early in the trailer) is in North Wales (I've been there) so it does look like they stepped outside the soundstage for this one.

Despite the trendy visual style (blue tinting, deliberate underexposure) it looks like it will be very entertaining, though I smell some secular propaganda ("Damn the gods") which is perhaps a bit indoctrinatory for a kids movie.

Agreed though -- that music is AWFUL. I'm assuming that isn't what the actual score will sound like. Still, I'm pretty confident that the final score --whoever winds up doing it -- will pale in comparison to Laurence Rosenthal's original.

Exactly Paul I think Craig Armstrong is scoring this, so I'm resigned to the music being awful as opposed to Rosenthal's sweeping romantic score.

That said Louis Leterrier did a fine job with THE INCREDIBLE HULK as far as producing vivid imagery involving the Hulk and his villainous arch-rival the Abomination went -- the movie's all-monster finale worked for me and I think served as a template for the action sequences of TITANS.

Agreed also on the whole "damn the gods" sentiment but we'll have to see how that all shakes down. Pretty much par for the course in modern cinema today, isn't it?

I'm embarrassed because I don't even remember what the original was about. I remember Burgess Meredith and a stupid robotic owl, and I remember disliking the film intensely (though I saw it as an adult and not as a kid). Trailer looks like 300 meets Gladiator meets Robin Hood meets Pathfinder.

mkaroly wrote:I'm embarrassed because I don't even remember what the original was about. I remember Burgess Meredith and a stupid robotic owl, and I remember disliking the film intensely (though I saw it as an adult and not as a kid). Trailer looks like 300 meets Gladiator meets Robin Hood meets Pathfinder.

The original was the story of Perseus (son of Zeus by a mortal woman) and the fulfillment of his destiny to marry Andomeda, princess of Joppa (or Jaffa as it is know today). Perseus wins her hand, but her mother affronts the goddess Athena at the wedding ceremony, and the goddess demands the sacrifice of Andromeda to the kraken. Persues is thus forced to find a means to save Andromeda before it is too late.

It was a fun movie, with a superb score, which never took itself TOO seriously, but never made fun of the characters either.

you are not seriously worrying about a line like DAMN THE GODS are you?

I dont think the makers intend to make any religious comment with that... no matter in which direction. It is just a fun line that makes sense in the film's story.

Im looking forward a lot to Craig Armstrong, his HULK score was pretty great I thought and almost all his other scores very beautiful. He certainly wouldnt have been my first choice for a project like this, but on the other hand, even if his score will not be like Rosenthal's or Williams' big fantasy stuff isnt that one of the reasons for a remake? To make it different than the original? I surely rather have a new completely different score than a cheap rehash and Williams' wannabe. As it is completely new land for him Im sure he will put a lot more effort into this than a Joel McNeely would do.

And Rosenthal's score made me turn to stone actually, only piece I liked (in the film) was the scoring of the Medusa scene (the only good scene of the whole film anyway)... the rest was pretty annoying I thought. Never liked the theme and the rest was also well a Williams' wannabe, just not good.

Again, Armstrong isnt my first choice, but at least he is an interesting choice. I know Hans Zimmer tried to get it desperately, even as the studio was obliged to hire someone from the UK, so Hans pulled out his UK passport. Which would have been really insulting I thought, saying "well Im british!" and then handing the work over to his american interns.

romelWF wrote:you are not seriously worrying about a line like DAMN THE GODS are you?

Not worried. I just find it annoying that the filmmakers have to slip an ideological message into a kids' film.

He certainly wouldnt have been my first choice for a project like this, but on the other hand, even if his score will not be like Rosenthal's or Williams' big fantasy stuff isnt that one of the reasons for a remake? To make it different than the original?

I believe the main reason for this (and most other remakes) is so the studio can save money by producing an existing property so they don't have to pay for a new one.

And Rosenthal's score made me turn to stone actually, only piece I liked (in the film) was the scoring of the Medusa scene (the only good scene of the whole film anyway)... the rest was pretty annoying I thought.

Well for me it is one of the standout scores of the 80s (which is saying something as that decade probably had more great scores than any other). I find Rosenthal's music to be rife with heroism, thrills, romance, and captivaing themes (something your hear precious little of these days).

Never liked the theme and the rest was also well a Williams' wannabe, just not good.

I loved the theme -- and the score. It's one of the scores that drew me into film music altogether.

About That New CLASH OF THE TITANS Footage Being Shot...

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43441

Horrifying thing I read today in an AICN talkback...

OH, AND THE SCORE IS F-BOMBING GREAT

If you liked the score to IRON MAN, you will love this.

The reviews I've seen have all been bad...they changed the story line (predictably), stripped out the romance, altered the intent, and turned it into a modern "angsty" kind of man vs. the gods kind of deal. With loud, obnoxious Craig Armstrong score on top of it.

I think I'm going to pass until they send me the Blu Ray.

Whoa, I didn't realize it actually HAS a score by the IRON MAN guy now. Guess I missed that bit of Breaking News, lol.

We've now gone from an era in which orchestral scores have been axed in favor of Craig Armstrong, who is now being axed in favor of one of the most talentless hacks I've ever heard.

Film music is not only dead, but it's being rammed into the ground with additional force every month!

AndyDursin wrote:Whoa, I didn't realize it actually HAS a score by the IRON MAN guy now. Guess I missed that bit of Breaking News, lol.

We've now gone from an era in which orchestral scores have been axed in favor of Craig Armstrong, who is now being axed in favor of one of the most talentless hacks I've ever heard.

Film music is not only dead, but it's being rammed into the ground with additional force every month!

Couldn't agree more. I still can't figure out how that guy landed a gig like Iron Man in the first place and now this?

Harry's AICN review (he basically hates it) makes me think of a load of genre films made over the last few years.

-What happened to THE FUN in movies? His point on Bobo the owl is an excellent one -- that character was there, in the original, FOR KIDS. You know, young viewers? Does every film now have to strip away any veneer of honest to goodness fun for the sake of being "serious"? Speaking of that...

-Movies don't have romance anymore, since they're aimed at 13-21 year old males who they believe fixate to explosions and car crashes. They'd rather watch Transformers than go on a date. This film drops the romance almost completely, to the degree where you no longer care about the plot. BIG MISTAKE. The romantic core of the original film is what MADE IT WHAT IT WAS.

-The score is awful. Big surprise. What was Craig Armstrong's score, too melodic??? LOL.

Sorry to go on a rant, but this kind of thing is irritating me to no end. It shows the total difference between a movie made in the 1980s and a film made today.

I find myself gravitating towards the old stuff not so much because of nostalgia, but because CHARACTERS were better developed, the spectrum of emotions you get in movies was so much more even 20 years ago.

Now there's no time for fun or romance. It's all brooding angst and rock 'n roll. Movies for 15 year old boys. And that's sad.

Eric W. wrote:

AndyDursin wrote: Film music is not only dead, but it's being rammed into the ground with additional force every month!

Couldn't agree more. I still can't figure out how that guy landed a gig like Iron Man in the first place and now this?

It used to be you needed to have some actual schooling in musical forms and theory to get a studio gig, but now all you need to do is fetch Hans Zimmer a cup of coffee. People used to give Danny Elfman crap for being a "hummer", but all of his music is legimately written down, instead of just improvised at a keyboard.