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Clash of the Titans was a movie that I had greatly anticipated because I love ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Really I love ancient Greek and Roman history as a whole but especially the mythology because the stories are just so interesting. There are plenty of twists and plot turns as the gods get mixed up with men.

The main character Perseus was played by Sam Worthington who has become a very noted actor of late. I first saw him, though I did not know who he was, in the movie Terminator Salvation. He played the hybrid human Terminator mix where he had the metal endo skeleton but also a human beating heart and other actual human organs.

He was also the main character on the number one movie of all-time Avatar. So this guy has been busy and he’s become a megastar seemingly overnight. I don’t know his story but I’m sure it’s been a long time building toward his current success.

So he plays Perseus the great demigod hero who is the son of Zeus and a king Akresius’ wife. King Akresius, who had challenged the gods, was being punished. But more on that later….

At the start of the movie Perseus is with his family sailing on a ship when they across the Army or Argos which is being defiant of the gods. Perseus and his family don’t know what’s going on but the Army casts a statue of one of the gods into the sea and a great battle between them and the minions of the gods ensues.

The lowly Perseus and his family ship is damaged and sinks. Predictably, his family drowns even though he dives in the water to save them because he was cast off the ship when it capsized. Of course, all his family drowns despite his best efforts and ability to hold his breath way longer than possible. Guess it’s one of Perseus’ demigod powers.

And so we believe the hero’s journey has begun. But that is not the case because there is more to be revealed. Io his watcher, who is a demigod herself, tells him the true story of how he was conceived and who his real family was.

King Akresius was being defiant of the gods and had raised an army years ago. The gods want to destroy him and his army but Zeus took mercy. Instead, he disguised himself as the king and visited the king’s wife to impregnate her. This is when Perseus was conceived.

King Akresius was of course outraged at this discovery and cast his wife with child growing inside her belly into the ocean. But one of Perseus gifts as a demigod is that he can hold his breath for a long time and so somehow he was spared though we weren’t shown how this happened. Maybe Zeus protected him. But the queen drowned.

So now the two journey is on as our hero knows who he is and what he must do. Io tells him that he was born to kill the Kraken and stop the tyranny the Gods had perpetrated on man for all these centuries.

So he goes on a wild adventure with mythical creatures like gigantic scorpion looking things, crazy half man half demon looking dudes, wastelands and lush forest settings, and then of course the obligatory trip into the underworld to defy Hades. (Hades is the one who killed his family’s ship by sinking it)

All in all it was a rollicking tale and I highly recommend it. Even if you’re not as big a fan of Greek mythology as I am this is a tremendous action adventure movie that will get your pulse racing, hold your attention, and leave you wanting more.

Toward the end one of the main characters dies and then there’s a twist of an ending which leaves it open for a sequel. We can only hope they do make the sequel. I feel there’s a decent chance because the movie’s been number 1 for the last 2 straight weeks and is making lots of money.

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