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Is it possible that the French have cornered the market on visually arresting contemporary films? The more I think of the filmographies of directors such as Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, amazing music videos) and even Louis Leterrier to an extent (The Incredible Hulk, Clash of the Titans), the more I think that bold statement may be true. Especially when you take into account the French director who caught my eye in the first place, Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

If you enjoyed Jeunet’s previous cinematic classics Amélie, The City of Lost Children or Delicatessen, then there’s no reason why you won’t be looking forward to his latest genius offering, Micmacs (in theaters May 28th). And now without any further adieu…

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Yet another film from our youth gets the remake treatment as an updated version of 1981’s Clash of the Titans comes to theaters sometime next year. One of my favorite adventure/fantasy movies as a kid, the mythological tale of Perseus’ quest to save Andromeda features a robotic owl, a flying horse, giant scorpions, Medusa and of course the Kraken. But the real star of the film were the then groundbreaking action sequences and special effects created by the great Ray Harryhausen. So it makes sense that Clash of the Titans gets a computer generated face lift (along with a much needed update of Harry Hamlin’s Perseus) for today’s kids. The only problem is I can’t seem to see a difference, can you?

New super charged formula:

Clash of the Titans (2010)

directed by Louis Leterrier, starring Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes

And the original recipe:

Clash of the Titans (1981)

directed by Desmond Davis, starring Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Ursula Andress

These two are completely different characters yet somehow look exactly the same.

Villainous half-man half-devil dude, Thallos

Terminator who didn’t know he’s a terminator in Terminator 4 (Sam Worthington) as Perseus

They did manage to gussy up the titles a bit though.

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