Next, I donned my 3D glasses to go see The Clash Of The Titans. With actors like Sam Worthington and Liam Neeson placed along side greek mythology I was thinking it would be worth a watch. It wasn't. Firstly, even putting it in 3D couldn't excuse the serious-but-cheesy storyline and not to mention the extremely weird casting of Effie and Tony from skins. The moment their faces popped up, donned in serious greek armour and dreds, the film failed for me. It wasn't uncomfortable to watch, I just didn't enjoy the serious tone of the film, compared to Percy Jackson which I thought suited the themes so much more. I have always been really interested in Greek mythology, however I wasn't impressed with the way it was portrayed in the film. The graphics were great, but lets face it, there's only so much graphics alone can achieve.
Moving on, with nothing much left to see, we went for the uber-chick flick Dear John. Having been there got the t shirt of crying over The Notebook many a time, I wasn't too bothered about going to see it, its a pretty mainstream tearjerker. Boy meets girl for around 2 weeks, boy and girl get split up due to some uncontrollable circumstance, boy and girl write to each other, boy and girl split up, years later boy and girl are still in love. Personally I think Nicholas Sparks got it easy by changing a few names and dates from The Notebook, giving the characters the Hollywood treatment et voila, we have a best seller and a movie deal. I'm not saying it wasn't good - I enjoyed it - but it was fairly predictable from the word go. The only thing that could be noted about the casting of Amanda Seyfried is that years and years were meant to have passed and she still looked about 18 rather than approaching 30. But otherwise, her girl-next-door meets Channing Tatum's bad-boy-turned-good persona meshed well together to form a teary updated version of The Notebook for many heartbroken teenage girls and boys (even if they won't admit it.)
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