I was a history minor in college which means a bunch of people unfairly expect me to know something about history.
But I don’t actually know much history and Immortals isn’t burdened with those expectations. Combined, these facts allow me to accept a version of Ancient Greek events that includes a flaming whip attacking a male Statue of Liberty and bad guys with crab helmets. It seems likely director Tarsem Singh and I both only completed our history minors because we had a bunch of AP credits from high school.
You might know Singh as the director of The Fall and The Cell. The Fall has been in my Netflix queue for awhile now and The Cell had Jennifer Lopez. It’s inexplicable I haven’t seen either yet.
Immortals comes out November 11th of this year and stars Henry Cavill (the guy cast as Superman in Zack Snyder‘s Man of Steel) and Mickey Rourke (the guy who looks like he got punched in the face a lot by Superman).
The Cell did have some pretty amazing visuals. Not sure what I think about this movie though. Which reminds me… I still haven’t seen the Clash of the Titans refresh – wonder how that turned out? The original was awesome back when I was like 9. I hear they’re also preparing a sequel, Wrath of the Titans. Release the Kraken! Again.
“The Cell did have some pretty amazing visuals. Not sure what I think about this movie though.”
The Cell’s visuals were truly remarkable. The movie was far above average for the genre, in large part because it was such a pleasure to watch.
“The Fall has been in my Netflix queue for awhile now”
Considering that Netflix has the StarzPlay ultra-low quality version of the flick, I’d advise staying away until you find it in better quality. Given Tarsem’s outstanding visual strengths, watching it via StarzPlay seems like a crime against art, as well as not being particularly pleasurable for the viewer.
(I saw The Fall in the cinema, and I was having a lousy and hectic day, so I don’t trust my so-so evaluation of the movie, and think I might appreciate it more if I saw it again. But regardless, the visuals are truly entrancing.)
Haven’t seen Clash of the Titans but I recall it getting slammed due to bad 2D->3D conversion.
The Fall has stunning visuals. It was an interesting story as well. I liked the way it was narrated and the characters were very vivid. It is best enjoyed in a setting that can reproduce the imagery of the movie though.
The visuals in The Cell were okay, but as i recall that’s all it had going for it. At least this one has Mickey Rourke!
these are the kind of movies that are very deep or just confusing depending on the perspective of the viewer. Both movies are extremely well made though and hopefully imortals will be as well, though I am at the moment confused as to what a male statue of Liberty has to do with history or immortals. :)