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SeraphielNov 30, 2011

Immortals is what can only be described as a mess. The acting is poor, the plot is thin, dull and poorly executed and the script is the worst I have ever encountered in a profesional film. Even the films one the redeeming feature - the actionImmortals is what can only be described as a mess. The acting is poor, the plot is thin, dull and poorly executed and the script is the worst I have ever encountered in a profesional film. Even the films one the redeeming feature - the action - is often flat and dull. There are only two good things in this film. The first is the action scenes involving the gods which are exciting, dramatic, fast moving and satisfyingly gory but far far too brief. The second is the performance of Mickey Rourke as the evil king Hyperion who is easily the best actor in the whole debacle. The main con is the acting ability of all the other actors which makes a plank of wood look like Laurence Olivier. Theseus is played by the typical good looking guy who clearly feels that muscles are a fitting substitute for performance and John Hurt, who is a generally a very good actor, is woefully misused. It is difficult to point out a single actor who acted in any way which didn't seem forced and unreal. However, this may not be their fault as the characters are given the depth of a thimble of water by the script and I imagine it must be hard to work well with a script that is so badly written that it would embarrass a ten year old. Several times, throughout some of the "profound" speeches the characters gave I actually got goosebumps, not because it was such a poweful use of the English language but, because it was so cheesy that it made my skin crawl. This similarly applies to the sex scene which was so completely random and seemed shoe-horned into the film just because every film should have romance. This brings me to the plot which was so predictable that you didn't need to be Nostradamus to stay 3 steps ahead of it. It really does seem like like the creator picked up "Ancient Greece for Pre-School" at a book sale, scavenged some names from it and mushed them all together rather than having any clue about what they are famous for (Eg: Since when was Theseus a bastard? and wasn't Hyperion actually a Titan himself?) but lets just skip over my gripes as to how the film was unrelated to Greek mythology in almost every way as to most readers that will be rather boring. The final nail in the coffin was that the battle scenes, with the exception of those previously mentioned, seemed rather unoriginal, flat, and, dare I say it, boring. Never have I been less interested in the clash of two great armies. Similarly the pre battles speeches had none of the badass attitude or brevity of "Tonight We Dine In Hell" and none of the epic grandeur of the speeches in Lord Of The Rings', instead they just sort of fizzled out in banal nonsense. If I, sat safely in my cinema seat, thought that the supposedly rousing speech was terrible and that the person giving it had the charisma of plague victim then how can we be honestly expected to believe that it could inspire men to charge into almost certain death? Quite simply this film was terrible and I would honestly encourage you not to waste your money and if you really must watch it then buy it cheaply from a bargain bin.… Expand

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AzatisNov 30, 2011

Whoever doesnt know or ever read greek mythology this movie has some action elements to be liked.

But for those you know about greek mythology they will agree that this wasnt a greek mythological fantasy action movie... it was an ancientWhoever doesnt know or ever read greek mythology this movie has some action elements to be liked.

But for those you know about greek mythology they will agree that this wasnt a greek mythological fantasy action movie... it was an ancient greek tragedy.

Faults of this movie are so many and obvious it made me laugh. In a bad way. Where should i start...
Bad story , cheesy dialogues , unnecessary gore , ridiculous costumes, missing gods ( from 12 there were 6 ) , Titans looked like they are some kind of wilds from amazon , Greek name "darios"!! which is a persian name.... I can go on till tommorow but i dont want to spoil anything ( did you know Black sea was full of oil ? ).
Bad scenario, cheap production,nothing sticked to original greek mythology , bad acting at times ... All felt BAD.

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dj1982Dec 3, 2011

Sincerely, this movie is simply disgusting. Top contender for: most fake sunsets (really bad lighting of the sets), ridiculous and over the top costumes (mask of Minotaur?), silly story (why Perseus is in that story at all, if storySincerely, this movie is simply disgusting. Top contender for: most fake sunsets (really bad lighting of the sets), ridiculous and over the top costumes (mask of Minotaur?), silly story (why Perseus is in that story at all, if story resolution does not depend on him?), bad acting and zombie like titans (really, is that 28 Days Later?).… Expand

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RewoDec 9, 2011

Not a bad movie, but not good either. Full of cliche scenes and hillarious costumes, also the 3D effect wasn't the best (even commercials before the actual movie were way better). Let me just say that I had never fallen asleep (twice!) on anNot a bad movie, but not good either. Full of cliche scenes and hillarious costumes, also the 3D effect wasn't the best (even commercials before the actual movie were way better). Let me just say that I had never fallen asleep (twice!) on an action movie before this one. Deffo worse than Clash of the Titans.… Expand

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chugheadJan 10, 2012

Had high expectations! Set myself up for disappointment. Never again will I get hopes up for another film because of this one. It spoiled my appetite. I'll remain neutral from now on...no matter how HYPED trailers look better than movie. DryHad high expectations! Set myself up for disappointment. Never again will I get hopes up for another film because of this one. It spoiled my appetite. I'll remain neutral from now on...no matter how HYPED trailers look better than movie. Dry slow to a crawl direction and acting. Only one spectacular scene with Zeus fight… Expand

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XorseMar 7, 2012

Let me begin by saying that I love "300", a film that has style, substance, plot, decent acting and engaging dialogue. Immortals has none of these. it is without a doubt the worst film that I have seen in many years. So bad that I have gotLet me begin by saying that I love "300", a film that has style, substance, plot, decent acting and engaging dialogue. Immortals has none of these. it is without a doubt the worst film that I have seen in many years. So bad that I have got off my lazy ass to sign up to this site to say just how bad it is...
If you can only resist buying one thing that you really want this year then make damned certain that this is it!

This film is a terrible waste of the material offered up by the original Greek mythology and could be a potential career killer for many of those unfortunate enough to be involved in it.
The plot is a collection of ticks placed in boxes on a producers must have marketing list. Everything just happens because it must in order to fulfil this cliched criteria...
Theseus must have a best friend, enter one cheesy Yankee(George Bush Jr could have done no worse in the role than this guy did) who with one terrible line of dialect becomes just that.
The virgin Oracle soon becomes the ex-virgin Oracle after shedding her robes for a man she has only just met(Mr Producer picks up his pen and places a confident mark in the box for "Intimate relationship and romance"...).
The sets range from bland brown rocky areas to more bland brown rocky areas with a couple of uninspiring and over used locals thrown in amongst these bland brown rocky areas. In 300 this was not an issue, they were holding one narrow pass against their foes for most of the film. In Immortals the whole of Greece has suffered an unfortunate makeover that would kill there tourist industry(and economy) overnight if it were real. Maybe the lead special effects designer has worked in the game industry, maybe on some post apocalyptic FPS as that is the grim vision of Greece that we are presented with here...
The icing on this turd cake comes from the costume design, in particular that of the Gods. Camp shiny efforts for most of the film topped off by super camp yellow outfits for the finale. So camp that you would still stop and stare even if they were walking down Canal Street of Manchester in the middle of mardi gras weekend(ps: the street sign said something rather different for many years due to the unfortunate removal of the letters C and S...).… Expand

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ShechuApr 2, 2012

This movie was recommended by a good friend, after having watched it i know that he was wrong. A movie without emotion and feelings. The story is one we've seen many times before, there's noting new and everything ends as you think it will.This movie was recommended by a good friend, after having watched it i know that he was wrong. A movie without emotion and feelings. The story is one we've seen many times before, there's noting new and everything ends as you think it will. And the most important: a lot of things happen for no reason, like in most of the movies we see nowadays.… Expand

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stax345Nov 27, 2011

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One word : mediocre, the word says it all, this movie is bad from the beginning to the end, the characters are flat, the sex scene is completely useless, the gods looks like idiots with their golden suit, the story could have been interesting but is very poorly developed (all the hype around the Hyperion bow(something like that) is never exploited ), the fight of the gods against the titans is just ridiculous because they are only some sort of fast moving martial art practitioners and I expected them to have some sort of powers like Zeus shooting lightning bolts or Poseidon using water but no it doesn`t happen. Overall, this is just a bad movie, too much focused on blood scenes and not enough on the rest, it had potential but it`s only a ridiculously bad version of God of War.… Expand

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TheBearNov 17, 2011

It's obvious that the filmakers behind this film were far more interested in the visual effects and the set pieces because somewhere along the way they forgot that they actually needed to tell a story here. The visuals are striking: theIt's obvious that the filmakers behind this film were far more interested in the visual effects and the set pieces because somewhere along the way they forgot that they actually needed to tell a story here. The visuals are striking: the scenery is quite beautiful, the action well choreographed, even the acting was solid but everything else (everything that mattered) is just awful. The characters have absolutely no depth and lack chemistry; Henry Cavill is just required to look heroic and handsome because his character is pretty much the same as Sam Worthington's Perseus from Clash of the Titans. Titans may have been a bad film but at the least the plot was coherent enough unlike Immortals where the filmakers decide that they (needlessly) have to have Poseidon send a giant wave in to help the heroes fend off about 6 soldiers when Theseus himself killed at least that single handedly earlier in the film. It's just misplaced and silly; much like an unneccessary love scene that just came out of nowhere. It's misjudged and doesnt make much sense. Nothing really to recommend here.… Expand

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SimpleSimonNov 12, 2011

This isn't so much a movie as a vehicle for sleek visuals. The plot was anemic and the characters laughably flat. Visually, it picks up where 300 left off, but adds in some epic (and beautiful) landscape shots to go with the truly visceralThis isn't so much a movie as a vehicle for sleek visuals. The plot was anemic and the characters laughably flat. Visually, it picks up where 300 left off, but adds in some epic (and beautiful) landscape shots to go with the truly visceral battle scenes. If you're looking for blood spatter in HD, this is your flick, but overall, the cardboard characters, imbecilic plot, and absurd;y self-important voices overs are just to bad to make this move enjoyable. This movie falls far below "300," which at least had the good sense to let itself be fun.… Expand

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petitorenjiDec 6, 2011

I'm giving this a ONE instead of a ZERO for the great casting for the gods and their costume designers, who did a terrific job making each one identifiable, and the set designers, who made the top of Mt. Olympus look breathtakingly serene.I'm giving this a ONE instead of a ZERO for the great casting for the gods and their costume designers, who did a terrific job making each one identifiable, and the set designers, who made the top of Mt. Olympus look breathtakingly serene. Too bad the god's actions and fighting scenes weren't godly enough.

I think this will be one of those films that would have been more interesting if Henry Cavill and Freida Pinto's characters never appeared.… Expand

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JoradNov 12, 2011

Mediocrity at its finest. Let's call this the poor man's 300. Nothing about this was exceptional at all. It started pretty solid, but faded as it went along. There wasn't a single stand-out moment in this film for me. The acting wasMediocrity at its finest. Let's call this the poor man's 300. Nothing about this was exceptional at all. It started pretty solid, but faded as it went along. There wasn't a single stand-out moment in this film for me. The acting was mediocre, the characters were all very one dimensional (I didn't care for any of the characters) and poorly developed characters like the monk (yes he is literally just called "the monk") serve quite literally no purpose in this film. Even the action, the true focus of the film wasn't up to scratch. Apart from the battle with the gods (which looked awesome, but wasn't enough of it), none of the battles caught my eye. Infact, there was one point in the film where I fell asleep momentarily due to sheer boredom, which has only ever happened to me in one other film (funnily enough, it was Clash of the Titans). Nothing about this film is great or even good. Literally everything is either "meh" or just plain bad. If you want to see the film and develop your own view of it then by all means be my guest because you may enjoy it, but I didn't. One final word of advice: Do NOT waste your money on the 3D. Go 2D or not at all.… Expand

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vocecitaNov 12, 2011

A mortal movie... won't be remembered. Mediocre acting, mediocre story, a sex scene completely unnecessary, not so great special effects... and boring the first part.

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neldotApr 11, 2016

As a mythological movie, this is really one of the worst disaster that I have ever seen, the actors seem more sci-fi soldiers than ancient Greeks, and the story is inane and lame, and not based on the real greek mythology. The action scenesAs a mythological movie, this is really one of the worst disaster that I have ever seen, the actors seem more sci-fi soldiers than ancient Greeks, and the story is inane and lame, and not based on the real greek mythology. The action scenes are not bad, but the overall feeling is more like seeing a (mediocre) videogame that a good movie.… Expand

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ravenscarNov 14, 2011

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A rather mundane way to waste a couple of hours. This film reeks of average content, average scripting and (mostly) average acting. That's not to say it's bad, it's not not good in any real way. Certainly the action scenes (which we all are watching it for, lets face it) can be quite good, but those that are are unfulfilling in their length. A great deal has been said about Immortals comparison to 300, well of that film it falls far short, but the lineage of this bastard son is notable in the attempt at the slow motion visceral combat scenes. Yet somehow director Singh has managed to take all the slickness and clarity out of these scenes. In the predictable final battle, after a rather lacklustre pep-talk by main character Theseus, the melee is so confusion and the colours so drab that its very difficult to see exactly what is going on and whose doing what. Not that you'd care much; the characters of this film are all pretty mundane and without intrigue, popping off a couple of cliched lines occasionally and then dying appropriately as the drama demands. You have Theseus, the main protagonist who has a rather worrying relationship with his mother and that's about all there is to distinguish him. He blathers a bit about faith and the lack of faith (a running theme), but it's so irrelevant to the overall plot you can pretty much disregard it. There's Phaedra, the virgin oracle who doesn't remain so very long (here the film is similar to 300 in its gratuitous and pointless sex scene, although not as funny as 300). Then there's, for me, the one true highlight of the film, the "evil" king Hyperion, played by Mickey Rourke. Rourke is by far the strongest character of the film and I actually found myself rooting for him more and more; he had a game plan, set morals and didn't seem like a piece of wet tissue paper like a lot of the other characters. I genuinely hoped he would win in the end (he didn't, this is Hollywood after all). Another stronger point is the battle sequences of the gods, which are fast and viceral, though too short to be really satisfying. Watching what one of them splatter bad guy head with a hammer in slow motion was pretty fun. But tragically that's about it, the greek gods, who are dressed in bizarre garish gold costumes something akin to a French perfum advert, are pretty anonymous - the only way to tell Poseidon appart from Zeus is that he's holding a trident. I'm sore pressed to say who the other two gods were, possibly Apollo? Maybe Helios? Perhaps Whocares, god of weak character development? Athena, who is actually named, seems a bit of bimbo and quite pathetic, rather than the strong willed, stubborn goddess of wisdom and war she's meant to be. But, like all other characters in this film, even the gods are just there as padding until their dramatic deaths (I did tick the "spoiler" box). Of course only a Titan (whom Hyperion is attempting to free to bring about a new world order or something....) can do it. I bet they're massive! I hear you cry. Well no, they're not titanic, ahem, they're more like the savages from the Decent and plastered in grey mud, then they die like Hollywood vampires by crumbling into dust, much like my interest at this point. All that isn't bad, it's just not good, it's weak but its palatable. It's average but its not terrible. What's really bad about the film is little irritating stupidities that make no sense whatsoever. It might just be me, but Phaedra drinking from pool of water in the least efficient way possible (holding her hand vertically so that no water is actually retained) and then dribbling water from her own lips into Theseus' was just ridiculous. The misuse of actors like John Hurt who had so much more potential. The random sea of oil that has no function to the plot whatsoever. The knife wound that Theseus receives in the end but doesn't stop him - at least Maximus in Gladiator had the good grace to die after such a wound. The village that is undefendable despite the fact that its only obvious entrance is a narrow corridor cut into the stone of the cliffs themselves - as we all know, small narrow corridors are totally undefensible unless manned by half naked Greeks... oh wait. These things and others just pander to ridiculous pointless features that are there as padding for an empty film with barely enough strength of character to stand up on its own. I suspect the lifetime of this film is slightly less than its title puports.

P.S. I really do wish Hyperion had won in the end, at least I felt like he had put the hard work in.… Expand

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kingasa2020Nov 13, 2011

Immortals is just another one of those, loud, noisy, thinly written, and overproduced movie that is just sloppily made and poorly acted. And also, the movie makes sev

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TantricSkySep 20, 2017

It might have been a decent movie, who knows? since 3/4 of it was lovingly shot in almost total darkness making it impossible to see all of the arty, golden mythical 300-like settings and characters. One longed for daylight . . .

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ty92Feb 29, 2020

This movie could have been great.... But the pacing was soooo slowwwwwww..... Mickey Rourke was terrible. The only good thing about this movie was the 3D. Henry Cavill was ok in this. But the action scenes were so fake looking. Don't get meThis movie could have been great.... But the pacing was soooo slowwwwwww..... Mickey Rourke was terrible. The only good thing about this movie was the 3D. Henry Cavill was ok in this. But the action scenes were so fake looking. Don't get me wrong I love 300 and Spartacus but it just didn't work here.… Expand

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FilipeNetoApr 29, 2021

I confess that I expected more from this film: here, style was valued more than substance. In fact, the film has an intensive visual and stylistic treatment, with the use and abuse of CGI and other visual resources, but it is not able to tellI confess that I expected more from this film: here, style was valued more than substance. In fact, the film has an intensive visual and stylistic treatment, with the use and abuse of CGI and other visual resources, but it is not able to tell us a good story. Being a film based on classical mythology, and this mythology being such a rich set of interesting stories, such a weakness is, for me, truly unforgivable.

The film begins by telling, very sketchily, the way the Olympic gods won and imprisoned the Titans. Then, he takes advantage of this base to create an unreasonable story in which a king, revolted against them, decides to wage war to free the titans, and the gods choose to rely on the figure of Theseus, a human, or demigod, son of Zeus with a human girl, that they think they have everything it takes to fight the rebellion.

Directed ineffectively and uncoordinated by Tarsem Singh, the cast does what it can, but has neither the material nor the opportunity to do much. Mickey Rourke is the actor who stands out the most, and who seemed to be effective as a villain and very committed to making his character a detestable figure. John Hurt was also impeccable in a simple cameo. Everything else is a descent to Tartarus: Henry Cavill seemed totally uncomfortable with his character, who is overly sketchy and devoid of personality; Luke Evans was a Zeus stripped of interest and charisma; Freida Pinto appears only because the film needs a beautiful actress in the midst of so much accumulated testosterone.

Where Director Singh really bet strongly was on visual style and production values, and nothing like a grand and expensive package to cover the void of content in this film. Its cinematography, strongly stylized and artificial, reminds us of some graphic novels or comic books: the CGI was in charge of providing us with vibrant colors, out-of-the-box sets and a certain dreamlike feeling. The costumes, quite exaggerated, align very well with this aesthetic and the action sequences, perhaps more sparse than we might expect, were exaggerated and blistered as far as possible. Everything would be acceptable with a good story behind it, but it didn't happen here.… Expand

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