Immortals (2011)

before the humans came along, the world was lived by the Immortals. they couldn't die from sickness, but soon they realized they could kill one another. at the end of the war, those who won were called Gods, and those who lost were called the Titans. King Hyperion declared war against the humans after the Gods failed to save his family from illness. at the same time, he searched for a powerful bow, which he intended to release the Titans with. he attacked holy places and towns, collecting young men to form his army, together with an priestess called Phaedra. Theseus was one among those taken, his mother slaughtered in front of him. with the encouragement of Phaedra, Theseus remained alive and determined to take down Hyperion.

we headed to the cinema after knowing the film was produced by the same bunch of people from 300 (2006), which also had us anticipated a little too much for it to top 300 (2006), or even Clash of Titans (2010). instead of Theseus, we were more eager to watch the Gods fought against the Titans, which turned out to be an absurdity especially with both tribe being Immortals, Titans turned out to be some fast-moving brainless zombies. somehow that didn't felt like the original Greek mythology we would expect. and from what i had read so far, the film had more than a handful of faults for failing to obediently make use of the mythology. however, with a sufficient amount of gore and brute, the action scenes were captivating. introductions of the characters other than Theseus or Phaedra would be an add, but it seemed that the film was made assuming that everyone would be able to recognize each and every one of the Gods by their ridiculous headgear. the characters, including Theseus, was shallow and predictable. there were no depths in the characters, nor had us felt anything for them.

some backgrounds on the movie:
- director: Tarsem Singh
- released: 2011
- casts: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, John Hurt, Kellan Lutz
- language: English
- genre: Action/Fantasy