Crash of the Titans

I'm not going to do a normal, standard post today because I would prefer you all go read the guest blog post I did for Justine Dell over at her blog. I think it's an interesting topic and hopefully it will spark some heated conversation.

Just for fun I will write this: My girlfriend and I took the girls to see Clash of the Titans last night and though it was fun it was not as good as I remember the original being. Of course it's probably not fair to compare to something that affected my childhood so ... it would be like comparing Star Wars Episode III to Star Wars Episode IV or V; foolhardy.

I remember as a kid my cousins and I used to play Clash of the Titans down by the river at the cabin. They would wrap me in a white sheet and I would play Perseus. I'll always picture Harry Hamlin as Perseus, since Sam Worthington will always be Jake Sully anyway.

If anyone else has seen the new film (spoiler alert) I have to ask: Did the Djinn character look like a transformer to anyone else? I kept expecting him to transform into a car or something. Also some of the special effects were a little stiff. Medusa's CGI was painfully obvious, though the scorpions and the Kraken were pretty cool.

Overall it was pretty cheesy, though I suppose the first one was too. It was fun for the kids, probably worth a matinee, but I would skip 3D, as we did. The movie was filmed in 2D and then converted. I'm sure you probably can't tell the difference but it's not really a great enough film to deserve the extra ticket price.

One thing I do enjoy as a writer about both films and about all Greek Myths really is the characterization of the gods. I find it incredibly compelling to consider the deities with such human qualities like pride, jealousy, selfishness and resentment. They make for such characters in story: Gods with human weaknesses. Fun stuff.

Anyway please go to Justine's blog, comment and follow her (and me) if you don't already, but feel free to say something here too if you love(d) or hate(d) the new Crash of the Titans.

P.S. I need a guest blogger for this Friday. Rachele Alpine from Freckle Head is going to do it on Friday 4/16 but I still need a guest for 4/9. I'm looking for someone who has a query that got them a request from an agent to read a full or partial manuscript. I would also like to include the agent's reply. If you've got one of those that you're brave enough to share please leave a comment or contact me by email. You should be able to get my email from my blogger profile.

Thanks!