So now they have the Immortals showing on the big screens. What's this one about? Check out the reviews below:
Immortals:
Big, dumb yet perversely watchable
Starring: Henry
Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, Stephen Dorff, John Hurt,
Kellan Lutz
Here's
a pre-flight (of fancy) checklist to fill in prior to watching Immortals.
Is it
big and sprawling, with lots of 300-inspired
fight scenes? Check.
Is it
full of plot holes, inconsistent behaviour and silly deeds by otherwise
intelligent-seeming characters that cause their enemies to gain the upper hand?
Check.
Is it
packed to the brim with posturing, furrowed brows, stirring speeches and the
morose faces of people and gods on the brink of being exterminated? Check.
Does the story ignore everything – and I mean everything apart from the "fact" that
Zeus is ruler of the gods – about the mythology that fuels its storyline? Oh
hell yeah.
Was way more attention was paid to getting everything to look
pretty, than to turning in a script that made sense and had lively dialogue? Oh
boy, yes.
And does Mickey Rourke spend half his scenes chewing on assorted
fruits and nuts from the production caterer's buffet spread? Uh-huh, and in
blatant defiance of the "no eating on the set" rule too.
BUT ... the movie is also brutal, visually arresting, and packs
enough gore even in its censored form to satisfy anyone out for a
spleen-venting dose of carnage.
And
while we're at it, as epic fantasies go, this tale of mortals out to destroy or
save the gods of ancient Greece is also more enjoyable than the recent Conanor Clash of the Titans remakes.
Granted, given the level of those two films, that is not exactly
high praise.
What Immortals does have going for it, despite its
many problems and a final scene that makes absolutely no sense, is its
stylishly-shot action sequences which frequently explode into startling
violence.
Yes, that's it really. Forget about white-robed Greek gods who
sit around ruminating on the foibles of mortals and how mighty Zeus can't keep
his, er, divinity in his chiton.
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| Freida is the hottie in this movie |
When the gods in Immortals show up you can bet an economy-size
can of whoop-ass is about to get opened.
Basically, it's the story of Theseus (Cavill), a Greek peasant
who finds himself thrust into the role of unwitting saviour of both gods and
men.
The
vengeance-crazed King Hyperion (Rourke) wants to free the gods' arch-enemies,
the long-imprisoned Titans, to destroy the immortal beings while his own forces
exterminate their human worshippers.
The most notable thing to take away from this movie is that
where heroic figures are concerned, star Henry Cavill does have the makings of
a pretty decent Superman. So, hope remains for 2013's Man of Steel.
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| The "man of steel" in action |
As for Immortals,
well, it's the kind of film that is so riddled with flaws in the scripting and
storytelling departments that it should not be able to hold together for more
than half an hour. Yet somehow it does, grabbing our focus with the kind of
brain-squelching violence that makes watching it feel almost like indulging a
perversion.
Thanks for sharing. It's very interesting movie. I like to watch on such film in cool play with interesting idea. The actors are great as well.
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