Immortals [DVD] [2011]

I frankly have no idea what it is that draws me to this film; it is, at one level dreadful tripe – muddled storytelling and bluster – and yet, I find it utterly compelling.It's a very stylish, visually seductive film - a wonderfully creative mix of CGI and imaginative concept design; Director Tarsem Singh has a particularly flamboyant visual approach to his films and although there's a lot of subdued lighting here his flair is still very apparent.He has a good cast, despite Mickey Rourke's tendency to just play Mickey Rourke in armour ("I will end da reign of da Gads"), but by-and-large it's a reasonably good stab at re-interpreting the Greek myth of Theseus in a rather selective way.I might like it, but it's a very particular flavour and I can quite understand some of the negativity it has received – even the paid critics were divided when this hit the cinemas.The DVD release has a few extras – a short piece on Greek myths, some deleted scenes and alternative endings, a trailer. The film itself – originally made with a 3D version in mind – is presented in a sharp 16x9 transfer with English SDH subtitles available.Perhaps an acquired taste, but I give it 3 ½ stars as I like it despite it's flaws.

This might be good - some of it looks like I'd enjoy it - there seems to be some action at some point, Micky Rourke is glimpsed a couple of times, but all of it's so dark it's hard to tell. Luckily the script sometimes helps "here comes a man bearing an olive branch" says a bystander. This is helpful because all that is on the screen is black, with perhaps some sort of glimmer of something, we can't see a man or an olive branch so, luckily the bystander was there and could see in the dark. This reminds me of a (totally barmy) film called "Conquest" which I saw recently also on Amazon Prime - that too was quite hard to watch because the camera lens had been smeared with something and most shots were blurry or not really pointing at the action. Also there was a magic bow which shoots imaginary glowing arrows like in this film, clearly there is some unwritten rule that films with magic bows have to be blurry or dark, but I'd prefer to see what was happening myself. I would criticize the attempt to make Greek myths more interesting by changing them... but the folly of that should be apparent. Surely this film will incur the wrath of someone.

Theseus greatest achievement was going into Daedalus' labyrinth and killing the Minotaur. In this movie, there is no labyrinth, and the Minotaur (which is called "the beast") is killed in a boring fight in the middle of the movie, like a not very important challenge to Theseus, more like an obstacle he encounters. Nothing like the true myth, which is that Theseus went to Crete to defy the MinotaurGods are all youngish guys, not like true Greek gods are imagined. Poseidon looking like a college boy is shameful.The story is bad, far away from the true myth of Theseus. I give it two stars just because at least they tried to make a movie about Greek mythology and Theseus, which is my favourite greek hero. However, it is an overall bad movie.

Just a quick review for anyone like me looking for a good film to watch.. I love the old greek mythology and this film was full of battles and shiny gods it could have had a bit more 'god action' but other than that I really enjoyed the film and recommend.I don't think it's an oscar winning film but definitely found it entertaining.

Bought this film to ogle at Henry Cavill. What's not to like about it?!

Such a good film and timeless in its story...... Henry cavil is such a great actor and such a great cast ....I'll watch this every week

Thesus and the Minotaur in all but name. This feature film is filled with over enflated ergency. Not exactly what us kids were taught but this shallow flick pick covers all bases.

Great film, enjoyment for all ages.