Director:
Renny Harlin Stars:
Kellan LutzOkay, okay, I can "feel" alot of eyes rolling and heads shaking!!
I know, I know most of you probably think of Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys) or Ryan Gosling (Young Hercules) when you hear Hercules or maybe even the Disney's 1998 animation feature, Hercules (I know him as Heracles [Greek Version])
Bare in mind, when I hear Hercules, the below comes to mind
Us Production
Hercules in New York (1969) with Arnold Schwarzenegger as Herc
Italian Production
Hercules in the Haunted World (1961) with Reg Park as Herc
Hercules and the Captive Women (1961) with Reg Park as Herc
Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964) with Mark Forest as Herc
The Adventures of Hercules II (1985) with Lou Ferrigno as Herc
The one that I have the best recollection of is actually the Lou Ferrigno's. Not because it is really good, but because it is really REALLY bad! So much so that I can still recall it (and I actually watched it in 1985)!!!
By I digress.
Okay, calling a bowl and bowl and calling a plate a plate, in it's entirety, this is NOT a bad movie.
There I've said it, and have to add, it does have it's good and definitely it's bad...
The GoodSay what you want about director
Renny Harlin, he sure know how to use $70,000,000, because believe it or not, the movie does look bigger than the budget!!
From a story point of view, although the script writers did take some artistic licensing with a pretty well know myth, and have to say, the licensing they took kinda worked for the movie.
Liam McIntyre (Sotiris) is really good here and although I did not like her at the beginning Roxanne McKee (Queen Alcmene) she kinda won me over later on in the movie.
Additionally, say want you want about
Kellan Lutz, having the weight of $70,000,000 on his shoulder is not a trivia matter, and for at least half of the movie, he did sell to me, he is Hercules!! In short, I believe he has potential as being the leading man material, than let's say
Taylor Lautner (come on guys be fair, you should compare apples with apples and oranges with oranges, and not
Kellan Lutz with
James McAvoy!!) Having said that even compared to Arnold Schwarzenegger's or Lou Ferrigno's Hercules, he does a much better job.
The Bad
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In the first half of the movie, they
LITERALLY draped
Kellan Lutz in a toga with a
MINI SKIRT!!!! The toga is
WHITE and here is the kicker,
WITH A CAPE!!!!!! I think this borderlines cruel and unusual punishment, and if I ever meet Sonoo Mishra in person (Costume Design) she and I are gonna have words...
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Samson and Delilah moment, really, you have to put in Samson in this as well. Renny, shame on you...
It is tough to be the chicks in this movie
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In the actual Greek Mythology Heracles and Hebe did not end well...
So, in conclusion, this movie started out shaking, kinda find it's footing in the middle and somewhat gave the audience what they want at the end. It is NOT gonna get an Academy/Golden Globe Awards, but if you are in the mood for a sword and sandals movie, it is actually decent.
As always, I humbly submit, My Two Sen.
Jan 3 2012, 08:32 AM
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) etc, etc... No wonder the tagline for the movie was "The greatest cast of suspicious characters ever involved in murder."!!
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