where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Friday, March 30th, 2012
show: 12:01 a.m.
costs: $14.00 Ticket + $1.00 3.1 oz Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites ( bought at the 99 Cent Only Store earlier in the evening and smuggled-in ) + $4.00 20 oz Orange Fanta Soda = $19.00
auditorium: 14
seat: 5th row, 5th column
synopsis/overview: When Humanity loses its faith in, and devotion to, the Gods, the Gods weaken and gradually lose their ability to keep everything in order. This allows the imprisoned immortals, the Titans, to gain strength and to break free of their captivity; and they waste no time in dealing death and in wreaking havoc and chaos everywhere they go. It is up to Zeus's ( Liam Neeson ) half-human son, Perseus ( Sam Worthington ), to save the day.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Strong-willed; 2.) "There is a calamity coming"; 3.) Nightmare; 4.) Tartarus; 5.) Betrayal; 6.) Village attack; 7.) "If you have power, you also have duty"; 8.) Temple; 9.) "You used to be better at this"; 10.) The liar and thief; 11.) Trap; 12.) Cyclops; 13.) "Kronos is draining Zeus's power"; 14.) "There are many useless demi-gods"; 15.) Shortcut; 16.) "It's oblivion"; 17.) "We are brothers but are not equals"; 18.) "That way ... or this way"; 19.) "Use the power inside you"; 20.) "Fight for your son";" 21.) Challenge; 22.) Brother against brother; 23.) "You look 10,000 years younger"; 24.) The spear; 25.) "Your boy gave you strength, as did mine"; 26.) "All my powers are spent. Who knows, I might be better without it"; and 27.) "I've read that you're a great disappointment."
audience reaction: The audience liked it. Some women clapped their hands when the two gods joined forces to fight a common enemy. And the audience--probably just the same women--gave it a "Hands Clapper" ending.
recommendation: It's a good enough Action Movie. Of course, that is not the main reason why I went to see this movie: I just wanted to ogle at Andromeda ( Rosamund Pike )! I think that the first one is a better movie than this, though. See it anyway, if you liked the first one.
spoiler alert! Why didn't Perseus just tell all the soldiers to recite a devotional prayer and/or sing a devotional hymn to the Gods to strengthen them? Okay, if Faith and Devotion make the Gods strong, then the Titans--relegated to obscurity--would just weaken away since only a few devotees ( if at all ) would be putting their faith in the lesser known/less popular Titans. That's usually how the Rule of Majority works! Here's yet another movie wherein the Bow and Arrow was not put into good use! I mean, what happened to all of those archers when their battlefield defenses were overrun by the "Siamese swordsmen"? That Kronos god sure was retarded-looking and acted like so!
fyi: Many ancient civilizations believed that the Gods had sex with humans and had children with them, it's even mentioned in The Old Testament's Book of Genesis in The Bible. It makes one wonder why such a "common thread" was interwoven into the fabric of ancient myths which were all separated by time and space. Hmm ....
Another ancient belief is that God's Attributes are each 10-to-the-power-of-X beyond human comprehension. For example, King Solomon was the wisest man in the whole world but God would be 10X or 100X or 1,000X or 10,000X or more wiser than him, in comparison.
word of advice: "You are gods; you are all children of the Most High." Old Testament of The Bible's Psalm 82:6
Old Gods never die, they just fade away. ( To paraphrase a quote made famous by General Douglas MacArthur )
tidbits: I have a co-worker who also likes to go to the movies, especially midnight shows. I decided to go see this movie with him, even though I have to be at work about nine hours after the show's end. It was a bad idea: He liked to text while watching the movie!!! 'Too distracting for me; I'll go by myself next time!
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