A couple of things struck me about the "Immortals" movie that I went to see. And it wasn't the 3D, which was pretty good though I hate wearing those glasses and being forced to pay extra money.
The first thing I noticed was that the imprisoned Titans in their box cage beneath Mount Tartarus -- another anomaly, since Tartarus was actually the ancient Greek equivalent of the Christian Hell and was not a mountain at all -- were clenching rebar (reinforcing bar), usually made out of steel. Curious choice for a movie set in ancient Greece.
The second thing that got my attention was the absolutely enormous, dam-size wall that looked far taller than any Egyptian pyramid and stood as a barrier between the army of King Hyperion and the other ancient Greek dude whose territory he was invading just to get to the inside of Mount Tartarus.
The third thing is that for someone who did not believe in the Hellenic gods, King Hyperion conveniently forgot about their essential role in the imprisonment of the Titans beneath or in Tartarus. Why he wanted to free them and why he thought they would not turn against him was not adequately explained. It's also curious that in Greek mythology Hyperion was one of the Titans, though in the movie he's been turned into the King of Crete.
Finally, as gods, would not the Olympians be able to teleport themselves instantly without the "Star Trek"-like golden beam?
If you expect Immortals to be historically accurate with Greek mythology, you will be sorely disappointed. If you expect it to be about the immortals gods, you'll be disappointed there too. The only good part were the visuals (I saw it in 3D) and action which was fantastic.
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