“Wrath of the Titans,” officially premiered today, and I have to say that I have not seen it–nor intend to–for a few reasons:
One of which is that I still remember “Clash of the Titans.”
Then there’s the participation of Greg Berlanti, who’s I think was a huge contributor to the mess that was “Green Lantern,” a superhero that I always thought was (almost) screw-up proof.
He was also one of my favorite DC characters, and seeing that that list is really, really short (There’s the Question, The Phantom Stranger, John Constantine (Hellblazer)–to this day I have not seen the movie based on the character. Keanu Reeves is not John Constantine, nor does he possess the range to play the character–and that’s it, off the top of my head).
So I took that a bit personal.
Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 26 percent, and the four or five reviews that I have read have been decidedly mixed. It also has a $150 million dollar budget. Not exactly “John Carter” territory, but I’d be a bit nervous if I were Warner Bros because its window to earn some money is limited, with “The Hunger Games,” and “The Lorax” playing so strongly, and “The Avengers” on the horizon.
That being said, Deadline expects pretty big things from it.
