An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I kept hearing some interesting things about it, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, to be honest, the circumstances during which I watched this movie were not really ideal. Indeed, I saw it on the BBC without subtitles but, even worse, even though I started to watch it rather early at 19:30, for some reasons, I felt exhausted and struggled not to fall asleep. Anyway, how was this movie after all? Well, its biggest asset (and probably its biggest issue) is that the damned thing was really all over the place. Indeed, if you were expecting a classic sword-and-sandal epic, well, you will probably get a big surprise here. Sure, you get some Greek mythology but, also, a lot of pretty girls, even a couple of nudes, Rocky Balboa’s coach, some weird owl-robot (apparently, they came up with this character because R2-D2 in ‘Star Wars’ was so popular at the time) and, of course, a whole bunch of monsters created in stop-motion animation by the famous Ray Harryhausen. Obviously, modern viewers might find these special effects terribly cheesy if they watch this movie 40 years later but, as far as I was concerned, the ambition displayed was quite impressive, a feeling I also had when I watched the first version of ‘King Kong’. Concerning the story itself, it’s strange that I didn’t get a better grip on this tale though because I actually saw the modern remake already a few times before. Eventually, I should probably check this movie again at some point in the future, hopefully, under better circumstances. Anyway, to conclude, even if it didn’t blow me away, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.