Metro Goldwyn Meyer
1981 - Rated PG - 1 hr 58 min
Director: Desmond Davis
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith
Oh man. Oh man.
Yes, this is the 1981 version, not that abomination released last year. Ugh. I had to laugh watching this, though, because it reminded me of something a friend said after watching the remake: "The '81 version is loosely based on the myth, and the 2010 version is loosely based on the '81 version." And while Harry Hamlin makes a handsome Perseus, I have to be a geek here and say this movie is horrendously inaccurate.
But if it's a myth, I guess it's not fact, so Hollywood is allowed to take certain liceneses....right? Granted, but still. Come on. It's not as bad as adding Io to the 2010 movie (where the HELL did she come from?) but the whole Pegasus thing. And the Cracken... that's not even from Greek mythology, guys.
Then you look at the cast and go, "Well, if Judi Dench could 'improve' Chronicles of Riddick, what can Laurence Olivier and Maggie Smith do for this movie?" About the same, my friends, about the same. This one's fun to watch, but please don't take it as "fact".
God, I really have been hanging out with Mike too long.
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