Immortals: first pics

[Octoberist]

yeah it's a bit empty.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

See, that's the thing here.

It's not a "deep" movie and the writing is terrible. Tarsem (himself a director badly in need of a good story/script) did his thing with the visuals and action and the actors put more into the material than was there. Minus Rourke who knew he was taking a paycheck and phoned it in.

And...I thought Immortals worked because of that.

 

[Marvin]

At least with 300 I felt like it got my testosterone going. Leonidas' speeches were truly powerful, and I was convinced that this was an actual leader rallying his troops into battle.

With this movie, after leaving the theatre, I felt nothing. Absolutely nothing. Even leaving after seeing Sucker Punch I didn't feel like that. I at least felt that movie TRIED to leave a lasting emotional impact. With Immortals? Not so much.

Brings into question what the aims of these movies are. I mean I'm sure if the goal was to make you feel affected the way a drama makes you feel moved that could have strung up the characters and whipped them 50 times only to have a sad ending. I figure it's more about something else along the lines of wonder and excitement. But I've yet to see it so.

I think Tarsem should do a Power Rangers film lol. It'd probably work.

 

[Lencho01]

Have Tarsem do every popular childhood show. It will at least look nice.

 

[Sloth7d]

Brings into question what the aims of these movies are. I mean I'm sure if the goal was to make you feel affected the way a drama makes you feel moved that could have strung up the characters and whipped them 50 times only to have a sad ending. I figure it's more about something else along the lines of wonder and excitement. But I've yet to see it so.

With an pure dumbed down action film, all I ask is that it gets me pumped; gets my testosterone active and leaves me thinking, "that was awesome." That's all. I just didn't get that here.

I think Tarsem should do a Power Rangers film lol. It'd probably work.

I'm not unconvinced Immortals wasn't a Power Rangers film. Well, once you see the end, you'll get my meaning.

 

[Marvin]

With an pure dumbed down action film, all I ask is that it gets me pumped; gets my testosterone active and leaves me thinking, "that was awesome." That's all. I just didn't get that here.

I see what you're saying, I just don't think you made it clear before is all. Actually I feel that way just about every time I walk out of modern superhero films(with the exception of TDK and Spidey2). I do think if this film came out before 300 but after say Troy, it would be received differently.

Finally the "gods" play a major role, and unlike titans, they have something to do.

I'm not unconvinced Immortals wasn't a Power Rangers film. Well, once you see the end, you'll get my meaning.

Ha!
well I seen the clip with the color stream teleporting and putty like faceless bad guys lead by a mean villain and I just figured.
Cavill is the Red Ranger.

 

[Drz]

My Immortals rant has spoilers, because i really disliked this movie and couldn't find barely any redeeming values to it whatsoever: http://drzblog.tumblr.com/post/12700320106/immortals-rant

Still Henry Cavill sure can pack a punch, bring on Man of Steel!

 

[Superhero 101]

I saw it and i liked it. it was entertaining, good acting all around, the visuals were really good, just the story was a little bit messy. but hey not all movies are perfect i give it a 7/10 I'd recomend it.

 

[def28]

The guy with the Sword helmet was Ares, one of the other gods at the end was Heracles, some I'm guessing the movie takes place after his death and apotheosis into Olympus.

They did show another female god, just not her face. So I'm guessing there were other gods that we didn't. I'm gonna bet the one goddess we saw was Aphrodite.

I too think more screen time for them would have been better, and also mentioning that Poseidon was Theseus' dad would have helped as well.

Cool thanks. I didnt even notice another Female God what part was she in? Was it the last shot of the movie?

Seemed they completely ditched the whole Poseidon is Theseus's DAd thing to simplify the story I guess. Sucks it would have been way more interesting. Probably would have gave Theseus more of an arc, he really didnt do much.

 

[Rowsdower!]

The more I think about it, the biggest problem this movie had was simply the story. Some people are griping about the dialogue and the acting, but I thought those were fine. And the characterizations for the main characters worked; Theseus was heroic, Hyperion was vile, Stavros was suave and fun, and Phaedra was beautiful and sweet.

Spoiler

However, I think the movie makes some missteps that upon further review, are pretty obvious and it's a surprise no one caught them. Had these things been changed, I think reviews would have been much more positive.

1. First off, Theseus is a noble hero and a well-rounded character. Some people felt he was too stoic or whatever, but I thought he was exactly who he needed to be. Unfortunately, the script fails the character because he's essentially a bit of a screw-up and a failure. He unearths the Epirus Bow and then it gets stolen from him, thereby allowing Hyperion to release the Titans. And then he fails to prevent said Titans from being released. Of course, the good guys win "enough" in the end and he ascends to fight battles as a god/demigod/whatever, but he still failed enough that it makes you wonder why Zeus had so much faith in him.

2. Hyperion is searching for the Epirus Bow. He raids the village that is RIGHT NEXT to the labyrinth where it is hidden and even tortures the priest who is charge with its protection. I think it would have been better if Hyperion was aware that the bow was in the labyrinth and threatens to kill Theseus' mother unless he goes in and retrieves it. Once he does, Hyperion could kill his mother anyway, and Theseus (after trying to kill Hyperion and failing) could have escaped with the bow. Old Man Zeus could have given him the "keep it secret, keep it safe" speech and his main quest would have been trying to keep Hyperion from getting the bow.

3. The gods were all pretty one note. I think it would have been perfect if Ares had been the "wild card" god, bored with sitting up on Mt. Olympus observing and itching to do some fighting of his own (Ares is often portrayed as an A-hole in the myths, so this would work). He could attack Theseus and give the bow to Hyperion. Then Zeus could kill Ares and it wouldn't make Zeus look like such an arrogant jerk.

I don't know if these things would have made the movie better but I think it would have made the stuff with the bow make a bit more sense.

 

[flickchick85]

See, that's the thing here.

It's not a "deep" movie and the writing is terrible. Tarsem (himself a director badly in need of a good story/script) did his thing with the visuals and action and the actors put more into the material than was there.

Well the funny thing about that is that the only decent screenplay he's ever worked with is the only one he himself has written. It's like opposite M Night syndrome -Tarsem needs to write more stories designed for his unique vision.

I liked Immortals. The script was indeed terrible, but I thought the acting was solid and the action and visuals did NOT disappoint. Overall an enjoyable way to pass 2 hrs, IMO.

 

[Marvin]

The more I think about it, the biggest problem this movie had was simply the story. Some people are griping about the dialogue and the acting, but I thought those were fine. And the characterizations for the main characters worked; Theseus was heroic, Hyperion was vile, Stavros was suave and fun, and Phaedra was beautiful and sweet.

Spoiler

However, I think the movie makes some missteps that upon further review, are pretty obvious and it's a surprise no one caught them. Had these things been changed, I think reviews would have been much more positive.

1. First off, Theseus is a noble hero and a well-rounded character. Some people felt he was too stoic or whatever, but I thought he was exactly who he needed to be. Unfortunately, the script fails the character because he's essentially a bit of a screw-up and a failure. He unearths the Epirus Bow and then it gets stolen from him, thereby allowing Hyperion to release the Titans. And then he fails to prevent said Titans from being released. Of course, the good guys win "enough" in the end and he ascends to fight battles as a god/demigod/whatever, but he still failed enough that it makes you wonder why Zeus had so much faith in him.

2. Hyperion is searching for the Epirus Bow. He raids the village that is RIGHT NEXT to the labyrinth where it is hidden and even tortures the priest who is charge with its protection. I think it would have been better if Hyperion was aware that the bow was in the labyrinth and threatens to kill Theseus' mother unless he goes in and retrieves it. Once he does, Hyperion could kill his mother anyway, and Theseus (after trying to kill Hyperion and failing) could have escaped with the bow. Old Man Zeus could have given him the "keep it secret, keep it safe" speech and his main quest would have been trying to keep Hyperion from getting the bow.

3. The gods were all pretty one note. I think it would have been perfect if Ares had been the "wild card" god, bored with sitting up on Mt. Olympus observing and itching to do some fighting of his own (Ares is often portrayed as an A-hole in the myths, so this would work). He could attack Theseus and give the bow to Hyperion. Then Zeus could kill Ares and it wouldn't make Zeus look like such an arrogant jerk.

I don't know if these things would have made the movie better but I think it would have made the stuff with the bow make a bit more sense.

those are all excellent suggestions

 

[Rowsdower!]

those are all excellent suggestions

Thanks! Of course, I'm no screenwriter, so perhaps other problems could have arisen had they incorporated some of this stuff, but I think they could have made the story flow a bit better. For what it was though, I still liked the movie.

 

[Marvin]

All the talk of the main characters rage and "revenge" just seems like a wasted opportunity to not do what you suggested. Would have really driven up the tension.

Mainly suggestion 2 and 3.
Why lutz wasn't Ares is silly, but hey, they had to keep him as Zeus' brother.

 

[Speedball]

Cool thanks. I didnt even notice another Female God what part was she in? Was it the last shot of the movie?

Seemed they completely ditched the whole Poseidon is Theseus's DAd thing to simplify the story I guess. Sucks it would have been way more interesting. Probably would have gave Theseus more of an arc, he really didnt do much.

Spoiler

There was a Goddess sitting on the steps during Ares' funeral. It could have been Hera, mourning the lose of her son.

 

[Rowsdower!]

All the talk of the main characters rage and "revenge" just seems like a wasted opportunity to not do what you suggested. Would have really driven up the tension.

Mainly suggestion 2 and 3.
Why lutz wasn't Ares is silly, but hey, they had to keep him as Zeus' brother.

Yeah, those were really some missed opportunities. Having Theseus just kind of

Spoiler

stumble onto the bow and then immediately lose it didn't make much sense. I also don't see why, if those horses were so fast and powerful, why they couldn't just catch up to the wolf before it carried the bow to Hyperion.

 

[chaseter]

I saw this tonight and the cinema was packed and everyone seemed to really enjoy it a few people saying 8 - 8.5 out of 10. There where some cringy moments in it but i thoroughly enjoyed it and as far as cavill being superman goes, its the most exciting casting in a long time

Random people don't turn to there friends after a movie and say "8-8.5/10".

As for this...I am seeing it tomorrow when it's $5. The reviews confirmed to me that it isn't a great movie so I have no hopes for this movie. It better be at least gory.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Random people don't turn to there friends after a movie and say "8-8.5/10".

As for this...I am seeing it tomorrow when it's $5. The reviews confirmed to me that it isn't a great movie so I have no hopes for this movie. It better be at least gory.

It's brutal. There are a lot of gruesome shots where they don't cut away like they typically would in a softer action movie.

 

[Micromind]

It is Artistically Brutal.

 

[Asr]

Is the 3D worth seeing over the 2D or is the 2D better?

 

[chaseter]

No post converted 3D movie is worth seeing over 2D.

 

[def28]

Was forced to see this in 3D, depth was nothing great and scenes got so dark that I could barely see the details an actually ended up taking off my glasses. I could actually see the screen better even though it was blurry during certain scenes. Do not see this in 3D, or any movie for that case. Hopefully this trend ends sooner then later.

 

[Spider-Who?]

I found the 3d to be so-so....until the final fight. Even in post conversion, the climax was awesome in 3d, I thought.

I enjoyed the film., there was a lot of audience participation. Everyone seemed to like it. I was actually quite surprised to see stephen dorff in this.

From an artistic perspective, I thought it was a master piece. Acting for the most part really wasn't bad. Action was fantastic. Like others have said, the script could have used some polishing, and I would have liked to have seen an additional 20 - 30 minutes tacked on; I really wanted more of the gods. I didn't like seeing any of the gods killed, but I guess they needed to show how terrible the titans were. I thought it was quite brave of them o do so, and to portray the gods, especially zeus, as they did. I loved it. Much better than 300 (which I loved).

 

[KRIM]

Yeah, I was surprised they killed off such prominent Gods, considering they definitely did have a sequel in mind as a possibility. I'm still wondering how the Titans had any sort of advantage in that fight. Barring the artistic license of slow-mo, the Gods genuinely had the ability to f--k up a great number of the Titans with ease. Not sure how the internal logic worked in this context, but it was still sloppy in how suddenly they were overturned.

 

[ironwez20]

SOOOO..... anybody see that chicks lucious ass. pretty sweet huh. Highlight of the movie for me.