Amistad,
based loosely on the true story of a slave mutiny aboard the 1839 slave ship, Amistad,
takes us into the courtroom as 50 captured African slaves fight for their
freedom and right to return to Africa. The incident involves the United States Supreme
Court as well as President Martin Van Buren (Nigel Hawthorne). It’s a true-to-form Stephen
Spielberg classic about greed, power, and evil being thwarted by the few just
individuals who fight for right. The tale is told through the eyes of Cinque
(Djimon Hounsou), the leader of the African ship revolt.
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Additional Thanks
Great
work for Director Steven Spielberg. Thank you to Executive Producers Laurie
McDonald and Walter Parkes for making the film possible. Cast
include: Djimon Hounsou, Morgan Freeman, Stellen Skarsgård, Anthony Hopkins, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, and Razaaq
Adoti.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. This watch works well for Steven Spielberg fans. Video Available Critique Available Here:
Clash of the Titans starts with a female voice
narrating the history of the gods. Then, the story focuses on a fishing boat
out to sea. The fisherman finds a casket floating close by his fishing boat and
opens it to find a living baby boy lying on its dead mother’s chest. The
fisherman raises the baby as his own son. At this point, the audience is
engaged and interested. Clash of the Titans graphics
are great; the story is great—a classic storyline with an overall great concept. However, the movie was not able to pull the greatness of the story onto
the screen. When leaving the theater, one of my colleagues said, “Not many
people can take such a large scale concept and successfully cram it into an
hour and forty-six minutes.” This is a case where more playing time is needed
to elevate a terrific story to the maximum. The movie rates as 3.5 stars only
because of the large scale graphics and the intriguing monster fights. The presentation is okay. The movie is somewhat watchable but not a movie worth watching
again.
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Storyline
The
fisherman, Spyros (Pete Postlethwaite), finds an infant who grows up to become the demigod, Perseus (Sam
Worthington).
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Louis Leterrier for directing efforts.
Thank you to Executive Producers Brenda Berrisford, William Fay, Jon Jashni,
Thomas Tull, and Richard D. Zanuck for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast
include: Zeus (Liam Neeson), Hades (Ralph Fiennes), Calibos/Acrisius (Jason
Flemyng), Io (Gemma Arterton), Andromeda (Alexa Davalos), Danae (Tine
Stapelfeldt), and Draco (Mads Mikkelsen).
Buy a ticket?
Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. It has a ways to go to work at the higher level but this movie has its own interest level and serves as a light afternoon watch that does not require a huge energy expenditure to follow.
