I'm still at the start, but while I think of it... since you like movies like this, "Deathstalker", "Excalibur", and to go into the 90s, "Dragonheart" should all be on your list. Not sure where you might find Deathstalker... I had to special order a copy on DVD in order to get ahold of it.
@@IggyStardust1967 Or for a classic from back then that tries to take itself seriously but is just plain goofy at times, there's always "Hawk the Slayer". :) Beastmaster would be a good one, too.
@IggyStardust1967 I just re-watched "Deathstalker" and, yeah... Not bad, just good, sorta cheesy, swashbuckling fun. "The Sword and the Sorcerer" is another movie within the same genre and time period. Maybe a little bigger budget with a bit of an "Indiana Jones" meets "Conan" vibe.
You have officially entered the world of Ray Harryhausen, one of the original maestros of stop-motion claymation. This man has no shortage of incredible films to his credit, so let me recommend several absolute must-watches as future reaction recommendations for you: -Jason And The Argonauts (1963) -The Sinbad Trilogy (7th Voyage Of Sinbad, Golden Voyage Of Sinbad, Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger) -One Million Years BC (1966) -The Valley Of Gwangi (1969) -The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953, this is one of the films that inspired the original GODZILLA). However, let me correct you on one thing: Ray Harryhausen may have been one of the pioneers and maestros of stop-motion claymation, but he wasn't the man who "created" that industry. That honor belongs to his mentor, Willis O'Brien.
OK, but just to be clearer... it's stop-motion *animation*, not claymation. Claymation is a specific subset of stop-motion using primarily clay as the model material and is not interchangeable with the parent term. Harryhausen used a host of materials in his stop-motion models: leather, fur, latex, etc. often over an articulated metal frame.
Back in 2010, I was dating a girl that never saw the original but she wanted to see the remake that came out that year. So, we went to see it and she liked it, while I was complaining the whole time that the original was far superior. A few days later, we sat down and watched the original and she couldn't believe how much better the original was. Yes, it had cheese. Yes, it had obvious green screen. But, the presentation could not be matched. And that started her down the road of familiarizing herself with other original movies, and almost every single one she ended up preferring the original over the remakes.
@@RhetoricalThrill Also the CGI has a fake quality today as bad as the old stop motion at times. Both styles of effects peaked when both were used and merged. CGI has become cheep but models have a real factor CGI misses. (Star Trek- They look close but the NCC 1701-A vs. 1701 and 1701-D to 1701 E big changes was the "paintjob" was simplified for the computers. The realistic panel pattern was lost as they shifted to the mono or bitonal look instead of paint with 4-5 tones depending on light and angles.) Red October and True Lies used models but CGI finished the looks with thrust or wakes added. Also with Red October the film done in smoke CGI added flotsam to complete the under sea look. A look required to be a bit unreal in the field of view still as one would never sea a whole missile boat under water in real life because of the size and ranges. I saw this as a child too but enjoyed it perhaps because even young the stop motion made it more like a quality cartoon to me. Also more than a few big names in this one including Zeus's role is a knighted actor and Maggie was Dame Maggie (the female version of Sir) Of course those big names become big because of the Heart. Laughed when you mentioned makeup for bed, like you want to be ready just incase some hunk shows up in the night. Fun review and a film under done by reviewers only because it is a bit dated but the acting does keep this my preferred version over the remake.
Thanks for watching this! Brings back a lot of memories. Back in the early 1980s this was on HBO maybe 5 times a week, and I watched it SO often as a young teenager-I must have been 13 or 14. At that age, I had no idea about that any of this was campy. I took it dead serious! (I think the filmmakers did, too.) I'm not sure if the movie holds up all that well over time, but I must say the whole Gorgon scene is just so well done; it's the highlight of the movie. I'd forgotten some of this film, like the mechanical owl, but I remember every detail of that Medusa scene. And Harry Hamilin's career went into the toilet after this film...until he became a household name from being on the television show "L.A. Law." I loved that TV show, but I never could quite escape thinking of him in a loincloth in a courtroom, ready (perhaps) to turn around a losing case by holding up the head of Medusa. "Take THAT, prosecutor!"
💜 Thanks for being here! Campy is sometimes in the eye of the beholder, and I think them taking it as seriously as they do adds to it, at least over time. Either way, I had a good time 😊
Holy crap, I haven't seen this one since the 80's. It's been so long, I actually forgot about it. This is about to be a massive trip down memmory lane. Love the selection you have these days.
Great blast from the past; wonderful watchalong with you. Thanks for this one. I hope you try another one with Maggie and a big cast, 2001's Gosford Park. Written by Julian Fellowes, he had so much research material, whatever didn't make it into the film, the 'scraps', lol, would go on to be turned into Downton Abbey.
@@RhetoricalThrill It's possible, especially if yer into the Downton stuff. There is also Remains of the Day, a sorta precursor, but a lot less lighthearted.
"A titan against a titan!" Fun Fact: This is the only Ray Harryhausen film to include nudity. Casting Notes Fact: Despite being listed on posters and having main title billing, Ursula Andress only has one line in the entire film. That's Hot Fact: Harry Hamlin and Ursula Andress began a relationship during production. Their son, Dimitri Hamlin, was born in 1980 after completion of principal photography. Not A Snowflake Fact: Sir Laurence Olivier was so ill during the making of the film (although not terminally or crippling), he would often go and lean on his tall, burly co-star Pat Roach, saying: "Let me draw some of your strength, dear boy." Mythology Fact: The Titans preceded the Olympians in power. Kronos (also spelled Cronus) and Atlas were the most famous Titans. Ironically, none of the Titans from Greek mythology appear in this movie. In the movie, the Titans are the Norse Kraken (who never appeared in Greek mythology at all) and Medusa (who was never considered a Titan by the Greeks).
A fun classic from that era. It makes those of us familiar with Greek myths a bit twitchy with how much it changes around, but putting that aside it really captures the capricious feel of the gods and their machinations. Fantasy movies from that time often had that lower-budget feel to the effects, which gives them a strange charm. It almost feels like it wasn't until the Lord of the Rings movies that Hollywood woke up and said "wait, if you give them a real budget and take the work seriously, you can get something freaking awesome?" But as a fantasy fan back then growing up in the 70s and 80s, we took what we could get, and this one was a stand-out.
Other must see younger Maggie Smith: "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "Hot Millions". She is featured much, much more in those two, and is, of course, amazing.
There are some aspects of this movie that are from the original myth, but they did take some liberties with the story. If I remember correctly, Perseus was sent after Medusa's head as a way to get rid of him, so that an evil man could marry his mother and become king. Perseus did get the head of Medusa and used it to kill an evil man that was forcing his mother to marry him. He did also use the head he to save a young woman Andromeda who would later become his wife.
Perseus might be the oldest baby saved in a boat/basket story that we see used as a common literary element. Scholars do attribute Hellen who is thought to be the historical version of Perseus to the same person as Javan. Hellen/Javan both are the sons of the survivors of the Great Deluge or biblical flood (Deucalion and Japheth and I guess that makes Prometheus the same person as Noah). I wonder if there was a baby on the boat/ark and that's where all the stories get their beginning... Today we're still doing it with Willow. There is also another version of the Perseus story where he is petrified by a woman's gaze and falls into love at first sight.
8:59 The cuttlefish was one of the favorite alternate forms Thetis took while in her usual domain, the waters. So a cuttlefish could be attractive, to another cuttlefish. Thetis and Poseidon, despite both having power over the sea, are not related. In Greek myth, the son of Thetis and her husband, a mortal, is the Greek hero Achilles, famed for his heel.
I think the part that scared you was Medusa’s lair. This movie has the best looking Medusa. The Dog that protects Medusa’s lair is supposed to have three heads but Ray couldn’t animate three so the dog has two heads instead.
I can't recall Dioskilos the two-headed wolf from any of the myths I learned in younger days, but there is a doppelgänger of sorts in the tale of the Tenth Labor of Herakles/Hercules, where in order to steal a herd of cattle from the three-bodied giant, Geryon, our hero must also get past Orthros, a bicephalic guard dog that was the offspring of Ekhidna, formidable mother of many monsters - who, interestingly enough, seems to have been conflated in the film with Medousa, as I don't think the latter had the lower body of a serpent in most of the classic representations. 🤓
I haven't read everything others may have posted so If I repeat something please let it slide 1. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I'm so happy you've done this one. It's my favorite FANTASY movie ever. Second is "Sword and Sorcerer" I've used this for D&D in the long ago past. 2. Loved Burgess Meredith in the cast list. 😇 3. Love the effects work. 4. Judi Bowker is drop dead gorgeous 😍😋😈 5. Fun fact: Harry Hamlin has a new "cooking" show where he invites other celebrities to a meal.
The scene of perseus hiding behind a column ready to strike while medusa slinks down the hall knowing something's up is how you write a tense hero moment. The sweat on his face is real.
Dame Maggie Smith won the Best Actress Oscar in 1970 for “The Prime if Miss Jean Brodie.” Not only did it make her a star, but her then husband, Robert Stephens, co-starred in the film as a painter. I have never seen anyone react to this wonderful film.
This was a surprise hit in the summer of 1981; a summer that gave us a Superman sequel, a new James Bond adventure, a new Lone Ranger, an all-star comedy cross-country race starring Burt Reynolds and Farrah Fawcett, and an adventure with Harrison Ford as an archaeologist named Jones.
One God does consider it murder in nearly all cases, so Zeus isn't the only one to worry about either. His punishments are harsher if at times delayed too.
@charlesmaurer6214 You can say that again. Although supernatural justice is a consideration, where a person stands on abortion always boils down to one thing. Either you have compassion for the unborn child, or you don't. This is always the determining factor of a person's opinion on abortion.
@@djquiz6425 I actually was trying to avoid the political side by watching a review but have to call out evil when I see it or support a thought to make people think twice about it. Just saw that viral vids are going around now for women to murder men for voting Trump or Pro-Life with poison. My favorite argument is without the RIGHT to LIFE there can be no other rights possible. The dead can't speak, have faith, face an accuser, and etc. Abortion murders a human that has never committed any crime without even a trial or even a chance to speak. There can be no greater crime than to sentence the most innocent to death and to rob the rest of us of that potential. Also ask the women who will take care of you when you can't for yourself good luck with that cat when T. Swift is 80+ looking for another man to sing about doing you wrong.
One of my favorites. ALL TIME favorites. Formative, impressionable favorites. I was the perfect age at the time, 12, and it was the greatest time to have loved movies, coming out about the same time as Empire Strikes Back, just the center of everything. I had grown up to that point loving Harryhausen's Sinbad movies. I didn't realize it at the time I was seeing the last he'd ever make, sadly. I was lucky to have had the exact personality this film was aiming at, because it completely hit me between the eyes and I've never lost a drop of love for it. Seeing it in the theater was spectacular, I was literally leaning forward like the whole time. I was aware of the cheese, but it wasn't a defect, it was a feature. Chicks keep accusing dudes of not liking romance, and it's utterly false. We just don't like movies that are nothing BUT romance, like empty calories. We like our romance to be an ingredient in an overall tapestry. I wanted romance alongside hero's arc, a struggle, melodrama, action, fantasy, etc. There's lots of what I'd call "romance for dudes" hiding all over in plain sight, such as Rocky (funny Burgess Meredith was in both). Granted, they're not nearly as common anymore, sadly. This film didn't make me interested in Greek mythology alone, but it did shape and focus it. Larry Hamlin's Perseus was as influential to me as Luke Skywalker and Steve Austin (the bionic one, not the wrestler,... or the Alamo one... what is it with Steve Austins???) I loved everything about this movie, the soundtrack, the cast, the melodrama, the production design, and what a total babe he won over in the end. Andromeda was an "almost Liea". She was cheated out of her heroism to protect her. The scene she's left behind is always a big tear-jerker for me. I believe she might have killed a scorpion or two herself if she was given the chance. And I liked Thalo so much, I wanted a friendship like he and Perseus had together. And I ALWAYS loved the wise old man figure in stories like this, like Aman. I found him just like Obi-Wan, and even though I was just a kid, an old guy who was at your side to explain old truths makes you feel safe. That "his brains and my brawn" are powerful together. But gotta say once more... massive, MASSIVE crush on Andromeda that's barely faded over the decades. Anyway, great reaction to a great film. You're funny as hell.
Well thank you for such a great comment! I love having fun and making people laugh so I’m honored 😊 80s movies are just special, so many live in my heart too 💜
Good reaction. Some other Ray Harryhausen movies to check out, Jason and the Argonauts, Mysterious Island, 7th Voyage of Sinbad, and First Men on the Moon.
Fun fact: Actor Harry Hamlin who played Perseus would reprise the role 26 years later for the video game God of War 2. Perseus was a boss enemy that the main character of the game Kratos had to defeat.
Saw this at the long-gone local Drive-In back when I was seven or eight, in a Double-Feature with "Battlestar Galactica" (not sure which version, there are apparently at least three and I fell asleep about halfway through...still love the original series though, one of the best Themes ever.). Loved it at the time, and can still appreciate it for what it is. Even had a couple Action Figures from it back in the day...probably should've held onto them. Love to see these "Classics"😉 get a new life...kudos M'Lady. 🥃☮❤
In both this film and mythology, it wasn't the Fates Perseus consulted. they were a different trio of hags called the Grey Sisters who shared a single eye (and sometimes a single tooth).
It’s cool you reacted to this. Clash of the Titans is not done really at all as a reaction and it makes me sad cause it’s a fantastic movie. If you enjoyed this I highly recommend Jason and the Argonauts. Still to this day the skeleton fight in that movie is insane and I still don’t understand how Ray Harryhausen did it. It’s that impressive!
Back then they had nothing on their mind than making good entertainment. And money of course 😃. Also if you haven't seen it already, I recommend "Keeping Mum". It has Maggie Smith in a real fun role.
Clash of the Titans is a such an iconic film and a fav from my childhood , yes it does have a certain level of cheese to it but it's part of the era and part of it's charm This was the last film Ray Harryhausen worked on and he was THE stop motion master . i'd recommend Seventh voyage of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts as well . Great cast of classically trained actors plus one future lawyer, a former Bond girl 😉 and a future boxing coach . RIP Maggie Smith i really enjoyed your reaction , hope to see more CHEERS .
"What could she have done? What could the baby have done?" They didn't push the like button, subscribe and set notifications to all so they never missed new content. Harsh but fair.
Child me got to see this movie in the theater and was utterly entranced, and I can't quite get away from that sense of wonder when I see it. I know the cheese is there, but I can't quite register it. (I think it reviewed rather badly at the time though.) Anyway, I love this movie, and all the works of Ray Harryhausen. I see other people in the comments have suggested his work to you, so I'll spare you the gushing and just say thanks for this video! Not enough people react to this one.
I‘m still at the beginning of the video, but hearing „something terrified me“, my mind immediately went to Medusa. Could be the Kraken, but my bet is on Medusa. Let‘s find out! 😊
Anybody who liked this movie and got into it the way you did here just means for me an automatic like and subscription. This Clash of the Titans is truly in my heart a wonderful film. P.s. I study ancient Greek mythology and philosophy.
Oh that’s cool! I had a deck of tarot cards once that used the Greek myths as illustrations, but I don’t remember a ton. And thank you for the kind words, I’m glad to have you 😊
its my favorite stop go animation and by Ray H. A easily B graded movie maybe B+ and tho Percius is tied in first so was that guy you liked too he and owl was all my fav tied. It sucks he died he was a hero :(
i dont understand the bare shoulder thing.. ill put a towel over my shoulder to walk briefly to the bathroom, but im not going to walk around with one shoulder uncovered all the time, its ridiculous
I love this movie. Ray Harryhausen stop motion is awesome. Other great movies he worked on are…. Jason and The Argonauts 7th Voyage of Sinbad Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger The Golden Voyage of Sinbad The Mysterious Island which is a unofficial sequel to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea First Men to the Moon The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms And other movies
"Mickey", yes, forever: the great, the wonderful, the lively and unique Burgess Meredith, primarily a stage actor, but in several movies, notably "Of Mice and Men", and in several great episodes of "The Twilight Zone", especially "Time Enough At Last". I got to know him first as the Penguin in the 1960s "Batman" series. And Zeus is the great theater and movie icon Laurence Olivier. Sian Phillips in her signature role as Livia in "I, Claudius": th-cam.com/video/Q-prpMKQboA/w-d-xo.html. A must see series.
"Overall, I don't know what lessons to take from all this." That Greek mythology is messed up. You don't even want to know how Medusa became Medusa. She was once a human woman.
Gotta agree, "Murder by Death" is a hilarious spoof of classic whodunnit tales. (Similar to "Clue," but much better, in my opinion.) Written by the great Neil Simon. Maggie Smith steals the movie with one line about a certain something being tacky. Absolutely NAILS her line delivery. The problem with that movie is it helps if you know all the classic tropes and detectives: Sam Spade, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Charlie Chan. (Who am I forgetting? Oh! Nick and Nora and their dog Asta.) But even if you don't know those characters, you'll have plenty of laughs.
Please Rhetorical do a reaction to the (1979) movie The Jerk starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters and please comment on Navin being really Dirty when both his Family and Marie find him and also tell him he needs a Bath please.
I love any Ray Harryhausen movie. After this one, Ray retired. I don't care for CGI movies. Well, l'm not to crazy about most of the movies they make now.
I think the acting is part of it too. I don’t know the exact criteria for camp but I think that’s part of it, even if that wasn’t the original intention.
@@biguy617 The only actor I felt was up to the remake was Zeus (same guy from Star Wars I and the Admiral/Dad in Battleship.) His earlier stuff included Krull and Excalibur too.
Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes are both awesome. Other than them, I don't think there's much to reccomend in the remake or the sequel. Stick to the Harryhausen classic.
I *may* have come down with a slight case of the sillies in this one.
In my defense, "Bubo" is really really fun to say.
I'm still at the start, but while I think of it... since you like movies like this, "Deathstalker", "Excalibur", and to go into the 90s, "Dragonheart" should all be on your list. Not sure where you might find Deathstalker... I had to special order a copy on DVD in order to get ahold of it.
Your commentary keeps me smiling ear-to-ear. Never change 😂
@@IggyStardust1967 Or for a classic from back then that tries to take itself seriously but is just plain goofy at times, there's always "Hawk the Slayer". :) Beastmaster would be a good one, too.
@@IggyStardust1967 I'd like to add another film she might like called 'Krull'. It is a classic 80's film.
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I just re-watched "Deathstalker" and, yeah... Not bad, just good, sorta cheesy, swashbuckling fun. "The Sword and the Sorcerer" is another movie within the same genre and time period. Maybe a little bigger budget with a bit of an "Indiana Jones" meets "Conan" vibe.
You have officially entered the world of Ray Harryhausen, one of the original maestros of stop-motion claymation. This man has no shortage of incredible films to his credit, so let me recommend several absolute must-watches as future reaction recommendations for you:
-Jason And The Argonauts (1963)
-The Sinbad Trilogy (7th Voyage Of Sinbad, Golden Voyage Of Sinbad, Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger)
-One Million Years BC (1966)
-The Valley Of Gwangi (1969)
-The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953, this is one of the films that inspired the original GODZILLA).
However, let me correct you on one thing: Ray Harryhausen may have been one of the pioneers and maestros of stop-motion claymation, but he wasn't the man who "created" that industry. That honor belongs to his mentor, Willis O'Brien.
Thank you! I couldn’t think of the right way to describe Harryhausen’s place in history but I wanted to make sure people knew I recognized him 😂
OK, but just to be clearer... it's stop-motion *animation*, not claymation. Claymation is a specific subset of stop-motion using primarily clay as the model material and is not interchangeable with the parent term.
Harryhausen used a host of materials in his stop-motion models: leather, fur, latex, etc. often over an articulated metal frame.
Back in 2010, I was dating a girl that never saw the original but she wanted to see the remake that came out that year. So, we went to see it and she liked it, while I was complaining the whole time that the original was far superior. A few days later, we sat down and watched the original and she couldn't believe how much better the original was. Yes, it had cheese. Yes, it had obvious green screen. But, the presentation could not be matched. And that started her down the road of familiarizing herself with other original movies, and almost every single one she ended up preferring the original over the remakes.
So many times remakes seem to focus on effects and big name stars, and forget the heart
@@RhetoricalThrill Also the CGI has a fake quality today as bad as the old stop motion at times. Both styles of effects peaked when both were used and merged. CGI has become cheep but models have a real factor CGI misses. (Star Trek- They look close but the NCC 1701-A vs. 1701 and 1701-D to 1701 E big changes was the "paintjob" was simplified for the computers. The realistic panel pattern was lost as they shifted to the mono or bitonal look instead of paint with 4-5 tones depending on light and angles.) Red October and True Lies used models but CGI finished the looks with thrust or wakes added. Also with Red October the film done in smoke CGI added flotsam to complete the under sea look. A look required to be a bit unreal in the field of view still as one would never sea a whole missile boat under water in real life because of the size and ranges. I saw this as a child too but enjoyed it perhaps because even young the stop motion made it more like a quality cartoon to me. Also more than a few big names in this one including Zeus's role is a knighted actor and Maggie was Dame Maggie (the female version of Sir) Of course those big names become big because of the Heart. Laughed when you mentioned makeup for bed, like you want to be ready just incase some hunk shows up in the night. Fun review and a film under done by reviewers only because it is a bit dated but the acting does keep this my preferred version over the remake.
Thanks for watching this! Brings back a lot of memories. Back in the early 1980s this was on HBO maybe 5 times a week, and I watched it SO often as a young teenager-I must have been 13 or 14. At that age, I had no idea about that any of this was campy. I took it dead serious! (I think the filmmakers did, too.) I'm not sure if the movie holds up all that well over time, but I must say the whole Gorgon scene is just so well done; it's the highlight of the movie. I'd forgotten some of this film, like the mechanical owl, but I remember every detail of that Medusa scene. And Harry Hamilin's career went into the toilet after this film...until he became a household name from being on the television show "L.A. Law." I loved that TV show, but I never could quite escape thinking of him in a loincloth in a courtroom, ready (perhaps) to turn around a losing case by holding up the head of Medusa. "Take THAT, prosecutor!"
💜 Thanks for being here! Campy is sometimes in the eye of the beholder, and I think them taking it as seriously as they do adds to it, at least over time. Either way, I had a good time 😊
Aw man i miss those days, where HBO meant Hey, beastmasters on!
"Why would a cuttlefish be attractive though?"
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Well, there is an entire genre built around tentacles...
THANKS JAPAN
Holy crap, I haven't seen this one since the 80's. It's been so long, I actually forgot about it. This is about to be a massive trip down memmory lane. Love the selection you have these days.
I’m glad! I really want to put out what my current audience wants to see so I’m trying to find the path to that at the moment 😊
Great blast from the past; wonderful watchalong with you. Thanks for this one. I hope you try another one with Maggie and a big cast, 2001's Gosford Park. Written by Julian Fellowes, he had so much research material, whatever didn't make it into the film, the 'scraps', lol, would go on to be turned into Downton Abbey.
I feel like I saw that once but man it would have been a long time ago, I’ll add it
@@RhetoricalThrill It's possible, especially if yer into the Downton stuff. There is also Remains of the Day, a sorta precursor, but a lot less lighthearted.
"A titan against a titan!"
Fun Fact: This is the only Ray Harryhausen film to include nudity.
Casting Notes Fact: Despite being listed on posters and having main title billing, Ursula Andress only has one line in the entire film.
That's Hot Fact: Harry Hamlin and Ursula Andress began a relationship during production. Their son, Dimitri Hamlin, was born in 1980 after completion of principal photography.
Not A Snowflake Fact: Sir Laurence Olivier was so ill during the making of the film (although not terminally or crippling), he would often go and lean on his tall, burly co-star Pat Roach, saying: "Let me draw some of your strength, dear boy."
Mythology Fact: The Titans preceded the Olympians in power. Kronos (also spelled Cronus) and Atlas were the most famous Titans. Ironically, none of the Titans from Greek mythology appear in this movie. In the movie, the Titans are the Norse Kraken (who never appeared in Greek mythology at all) and Medusa (who was never considered a Titan by the Greeks).
I finally realized why I love your comments so much, they remind me of Pop Up Video on VH1 😊
I'll take the compliment! 😀
Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍
Medusa if I remember correctly was a demigod like the lead role or Hercules or the deformed son.
@@BigGator5 if only either of them were titians
@@BigGator5 to add zeus is the youngest of the olypians hades being the oldest
A fun classic from that era. It makes those of us familiar with Greek myths a bit twitchy with how much it changes around, but putting that aside it really captures the capricious feel of the gods and their machinations.
Fantasy movies from that time often had that lower-budget feel to the effects, which gives them a strange charm. It almost feels like it wasn't until the Lord of the Rings movies that Hollywood woke up and said "wait, if you give them a real budget and take the work seriously, you can get something freaking awesome?" But as a fantasy fan back then growing up in the 70s and 80s, we took what we could get, and this one was a stand-out.
I love the strange mix of rustic and fantastic
Other must see younger Maggie Smith: "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "Hot Millions". She is featured much, much more in those two, and is, of course, amazing.
There are some aspects of this movie that are from the original myth, but they did take some liberties with the story. If I remember correctly, Perseus was sent after Medusa's head as a way to get rid of him, so that an evil man could marry his mother and become king. Perseus did get the head of Medusa and used it to kill an evil man that was forcing his mother to marry him. He did also use the head he to save a young woman Andromeda who would later become his wife.
One of the most glaring issues is the Kraken is from the Greek myths. I believe it is from a Scandinavian pantheon
2:00 This was filmed in BRITAIN, so the water was FREEZING ...
Oh jeez 🥶
I would like to recommend the witch, the lion, and the wardrobe. I also would like to recommend the Beast master and Willow.
Beastmaster is on the list, I’ve seen Narnia though. Willow is a dear dear favorite 💜
Perseus might be the oldest baby saved in a boat/basket story that we see used as a common literary element. Scholars do attribute Hellen who is thought to be the historical version of Perseus to the same person as Javan. Hellen/Javan both are the sons of the survivors of the Great Deluge or biblical flood (Deucalion and Japheth and I guess that makes Prometheus the same person as Noah). I wonder if there was a baby on the boat/ark and that's where all the stories get their beginning... Today we're still doing it with Willow. There is also another version of the Perseus story where he is petrified by a woman's gaze and falls into love at first sight.
One of the last true stop-motion masterpieces.
8:59 The cuttlefish was one of the favorite alternate forms Thetis took while in her usual domain, the waters. So a cuttlefish could be attractive, to another cuttlefish. Thetis and Poseidon, despite both having power over the sea, are not related.
In Greek myth, the son of Thetis and her husband, a mortal, is the Greek hero Achilles, famed for his heel.
I think the part that scared you was Medusa’s lair. This movie has the best looking Medusa. The Dog that protects Medusa’s lair is supposed to have three heads but Ray couldn’t animate three so the dog has two heads instead.
Awesome Medusa, I agree.
I can't recall Dioskilos the two-headed wolf from any of the myths I learned in younger days, but there is a doppelgänger of sorts in the tale of the Tenth Labor of Herakles/Hercules, where in order to steal a herd of cattle from the three-bodied giant, Geryon, our hero must also get past Orthros, a bicephalic guard dog that was the offspring of Ekhidna, formidable mother of many monsters - who, interestingly enough, seems to have been conflated in the film with Medousa, as I don't think the latter had the lower body of a serpent in most of the classic representations. 🤓
Eh, maybe he just didn't want the dog to get ahead of itself.
I prefer Caravaggios 'Medusa'.
I haven't read everything others may have posted so If I repeat something please let it slide
1. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I'm so happy you've done this one. It's my favorite FANTASY movie ever. Second is "Sword and Sorcerer" I've used this for D&D in the long ago past.
2. Loved Burgess Meredith in the cast list. 😇
3. Love the effects work.
4. Judi Bowker is drop dead gorgeous 😍😋😈
5. Fun fact: Harry Hamlin has a new "cooking" show where he invites other celebrities to a meal.
Burgess was such a surprise, he’s just wonderful 💜 Thanks for being here!
If you like ‘80s fantasy and haven’t seen Krull yet, you definitely need to add that to your watch list!
It’s on the list! Just gotta find a place to put it 😊
@ Woo hoo! 😄
@@RhetoricalThrill Oh ya it's so bad it's good and you get a young Liam Neeson and Robbie Coltrane.
The scene of perseus hiding behind a column ready to strike while medusa slinks down the hall knowing something's up is how you write a tense hero moment. The sweat on his face is real.
Especially knowing you can’t look at your target!
The reaction was fun as always haven't seen this movie but after watching your reaction I will add it to my list asap
Thanks so much Cody, appreciate you!
Dame Maggie Smith won the Best Actress Oscar in 1970 for “The Prime if Miss Jean Brodie.” Not only did it make her a star, but her then husband, Robert Stephens, co-starred in the film as a painter.
I have never seen anyone react to this wonderful film.
Hmm 🤔
Glad to see you
The medusa scene is always a fun standout. Kinda like how i only remember the skeletons fighting peeps scene in jason and the argonauts.
It’s my favorite part of the movie
Ooh skeletons
Hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤
Love this film!!!!!!!! Thank you, ma'am 💯
Thank you for being here!
This is a favorite from my childhood. Love all of the monster animations and designs
This was a surprise hit in the summer of 1981; a summer that gave us a Superman sequel, a new James Bond adventure, a new Lone Ranger, an all-star comedy cross-country race starring Burt Reynolds and Farrah Fawcett, and an adventure with Harrison Ford as an archaeologist named Jones.
A good year!
I was 5 or 6yrs when this movie came out, and was terrified of Medusa. You’re so funny. I love your reactions.
Aw, thank you!
Ray Harryhausen was a genus! Also, most of the time he worked alone! You have to watch more of his stuff. Mighty Joe Young. A must see.
"Something to consider with any unwanted pregnancy... could Zeus have been involved?"
is a compelling pro-life argument. I have to let that sink in.
Oh dear 😆
One God does consider it murder in nearly all cases, so Zeus isn't the only one to worry about either. His punishments are harsher if at times delayed too.
@charlesmaurer6214 You can say that again. Although supernatural justice is a consideration, where a person stands on abortion always boils down to one thing. Either you have compassion for the unborn child, or you don't. This is always the determining factor of a person's opinion on abortion.
@@djquiz6425 I actually was trying to avoid the political side by watching a review but have to call out evil when I see it or support a thought to make people think twice about it. Just saw that viral vids are going around now for women to murder men for voting Trump or Pro-Life with poison. My favorite argument is without the RIGHT to LIFE there can be no other rights possible. The dead can't speak, have faith, face an accuser, and etc. Abortion murders a human that has never committed any crime without even a trial or even a chance to speak. There can be no greater crime than to sentence the most innocent to death and to rob the rest of us of that potential. Also ask the women who will take care of you when you can't for yourself good luck with that cat when T. Swift is 80+ looking for another man to sing about doing you wrong.
@djquiz6425 or do you believe in bodily autonomy.
One of my favorites. ALL TIME favorites. Formative, impressionable favorites.
I was the perfect age at the time, 12, and it was the greatest time to have loved movies, coming out about the same time as Empire Strikes Back, just the center of everything. I had grown up to that point loving Harryhausen's Sinbad movies. I didn't realize it at the time I was seeing the last he'd ever make, sadly. I was lucky to have had the exact personality this film was aiming at, because it completely hit me between the eyes and I've never lost a drop of love for it. Seeing it in the theater was spectacular, I was literally leaning forward like the whole time. I was aware of the cheese, but it wasn't a defect, it was a feature.
Chicks keep accusing dudes of not liking romance, and it's utterly false. We just don't like movies that are nothing BUT romance, like empty calories. We like our romance to be an ingredient in an overall tapestry. I wanted romance alongside hero's arc, a struggle, melodrama, action, fantasy, etc. There's lots of what I'd call "romance for dudes" hiding all over in plain sight, such as Rocky (funny Burgess Meredith was in both). Granted, they're not nearly as common anymore, sadly.
This film didn't make me interested in Greek mythology alone, but it did shape and focus it. Larry Hamlin's Perseus was as influential to me as Luke Skywalker and Steve Austin (the bionic one, not the wrestler,... or the Alamo one... what is it with Steve Austins???)
I loved everything about this movie, the soundtrack, the cast, the melodrama, the production design, and what a total babe he won over in the end. Andromeda was an "almost Liea". She was cheated out of her heroism to protect her. The scene she's left behind is always a big tear-jerker for me. I believe she might have killed a scorpion or two herself if she was given the chance. And I liked Thalo so much, I wanted a friendship like he and Perseus had together. And I ALWAYS loved the wise old man figure in stories like this, like Aman. I found him just like Obi-Wan, and even though I was just a kid, an old guy who was at your side to explain old truths makes you feel safe. That "his brains and my brawn" are powerful together. But gotta say once more... massive, MASSIVE crush on Andromeda that's barely faded over the decades.
Anyway, great reaction to a great film. You're funny as hell.
Well thank you for such a great comment! I love having fun and making people laugh so I’m honored 😊
80s movies are just special, so many live in my heart too 💜
Don't worry kid, I too worried until I realized I was a titan.
'out of wedlock birth, or something dumb like that'
Both that simple and also complicated, like the best myths 😂
Good reaction. Some other Ray Harryhausen movies to check out, Jason and the Argonauts, Mysterious Island, 7th Voyage of Sinbad, and First Men on the Moon.
Fun fact: Actor Harry Hamlin who played Perseus would reprise the role 26 years later for the video game God of War 2. Perseus was a boss enemy that the main character of the game Kratos had to defeat.
Oh that’s fun!
Saw this at the long-gone local Drive-In back when I was seven or eight, in a Double-Feature with "Battlestar Galactica" (not sure which version, there are apparently at least three and I fell asleep about halfway through...still love the original series though, one of the best Themes ever.).
Loved it at the time, and can still appreciate it for what it is. Even had a couple Action Figures from it back in the day...probably should've held onto them.
Love to see these "Classics"😉 get a new life...kudos M'Lady. 🥃☮❤
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"Somwething about this terrified me. I don't know WHAT." Possibly the stuff at 19:43, 19:56, 21:54, 22:28, 24:39. and 25:34 ?
😂 I think it’s a safe bet
In both this film and mythology, it wasn't the Fates Perseus consulted. they were a different trio of hags called the Grey Sisters who shared a single eye (and sometimes a single tooth).
Ohhhh gotcha
It’s cool you reacted to this. Clash of the Titans is not done really at all as a reaction and it makes me sad cause it’s a fantastic movie. If you enjoyed this I highly recommend Jason and the Argonauts. Still to this day the skeleton fight in that movie is insane and I still don’t understand how Ray Harryhausen did it. It’s that impressive!
It was fun! I’m glad my viewers appreciate these lesser known films so I can do them! So thank you for checking it out 😊
Back then they had nothing on their mind than making good entertainment. And money of course 😃. Also if you haven't seen it already, I recommend "Keeping Mum". It has Maggie Smith in a real fun role.
this is much better than the remake! in mythology Pegasus was born of the blood of Medusa.
Medusa’s head has since been covered by a pile of stone fish!
Clash of the Titans is a such an iconic film and a fav from my childhood ,
yes it does have a certain level of cheese to it but it's part of the era and part of it's charm
This was the last film Ray Harryhausen worked on and he was THE stop motion master .
i'd recommend Seventh voyage of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts as well .
Great cast of classically trained actors plus one future lawyer, a former Bond girl 😉
and a future boxing coach .
RIP Maggie Smith
i really enjoyed your reaction , hope to see more
CHEERS .
I’m glad you liked it!
"What could she have done? What could the baby have done?"
They didn't push the like button, subscribe and set notifications to all so they never missed new content.
Harsh but fair.
Aha, that explains it 😂
Fun Fact, giant scorpion fossils found in Greece sized like those shown. Most myths have some basis in truth.
Well I’m glad they’re gone now 😆
@@RhetoricalThrill I think you can see one in a cave wall if you can arrange the tour. I've seen some vids and photos.
Child me got to see this movie in the theater and was utterly entranced, and I can't quite get away from that sense of wonder when I see it. I know the cheese is there, but I can't quite register it.
(I think it reviewed rather badly at the time though.)
Anyway, I love this movie, and all the works of Ray Harryhausen. I see other people in the comments have suggested his work to you, so I'll spare you the gushing and just say thanks for this video! Not enough people react to this one.
Glad you liked it! 💜
I‘m still at the beginning of the video, but hearing „something terrified me“, my mind immediately went to Medusa. Could be the Kraken, but my bet is on Medusa. Let‘s find out! 😊
Ding ding ding 😆
Anybody who liked this movie and got into it the way you did here just means for me an automatic like and subscription. This Clash of the Titans is truly in my heart a wonderful film.
P.s. I study ancient Greek mythology and philosophy.
Oh that’s cool! I had a deck of tarot cards once that used the Greek myths as illustrations, but I don’t remember a ton. And thank you for the kind words, I’m glad to have you 😊
its my favorite stop go animation and by Ray H. A easily B graded movie maybe B+ and tho Percius is tied in first so was that guy you liked too he and owl was all my fav tied. It sucks he died he was a hero :(
i dont understand the bare shoulder thing.. ill put a towel over my shoulder to walk briefly to the bathroom, but im not going to walk around with one shoulder uncovered all the time, its ridiculous
10:39 And we think celebrity roasts are out of. hand now...
The reason Cerberus only has 2 heads was ray already had enough on his plate he made up for with Medusa
I can’t blame him there 😊
Yeah, Mickey... and Professor McGonagall from Harry Potter as the top Goddess. The owl was probably an inspiration for R2D2.
Since Star Wars was in 76, and this film in 81, possibly the other way around.
I didn't see this one 'til long after it was released, but at the time, I thought "Clash" was the main character's name.
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I love this movie. Ray Harryhausen stop motion is awesome.
Other great movies he worked on are….
Jason and The Argonauts
7th Voyage of Sinbad
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
The Mysterious Island which is a unofficial sequel to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
First Men to the Moon
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
And other movies
If you like the look of the old fantasy movies, you might like the movie " Sword and the Sorcerer".
A more serious role in _The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie_
Another fantastic Maggie Smith movie is the classic comedy murder mystery " Murder By Death! "
That’s a couple times I’ve seen this recommended, I’ll have to try it!
Great movie. And another one that Hollywood didn't need to remake.
I don’t hear much about the remake so I assume so 😆
@RhetoricalThrill I think they remake movies just to use cgi.
I met Harry Hamlin at comic con.
Hope he was nice!
Thanks for reminding me that this movie is SUPER campy and your reaction was perfect for that.
Thanks! I’m glad to have jogged some memories with this one 😊
"Mickey", yes, forever: the great, the wonderful, the lively and unique Burgess Meredith, primarily a stage actor, but in several movies, notably "Of Mice and Men", and in several great episodes of "The Twilight Zone", especially "Time Enough At Last". I got to know him first as the Penguin in the 1960s "Batman" series.
And Zeus is the great theater and movie icon Laurence Olivier.
Sian Phillips in her signature role as Livia in "I, Claudius": th-cam.com/video/Q-prpMKQboA/w-d-xo.html. A must see series.
"Overall, I don't know what lessons to take from all this."
That Greek mythology is messed up. You don't even want to know how Medusa became Medusa. She was once a human woman.
Your reaction to Zeus’s compulsion to seduce every beautiful mortal woman he sees had me rolling.
I was 50/50 if I should keep that in 😂
Watch MURDER BY DEATH!
Never heard of it, is it good then?
@@RhetoricalThrill It's great, it's a Naked Gun style spoof of murder mysteries
Gotta agree, "Murder by Death" is a hilarious spoof of classic whodunnit tales. (Similar to "Clue," but much better, in my opinion.) Written by the great Neil Simon. Maggie Smith steals the movie with one line about a certain something being tacky. Absolutely NAILS her line delivery. The problem with that movie is it helps if you know all the classic tropes and detectives: Sam Spade, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Charlie Chan. (Who am I forgetting? Oh! Nick and Nora and their dog Asta.) But even if you don't know those characters, you'll have plenty of laughs.
Still one of the gold standards for me 😂
Gold like little Bubo 💜
The one that releases the kraken is hermies the messager god I don't think Poseidon is in this despite most the movie around the sea
Please Rhetorical do a reaction to the (1979) movie The Jerk starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters and please comment on Navin being really Dirty when both his Family and Marie find him and also tell him he needs a Bath please.
The Jerk is on my list!
I love any Ray Harryhausen movie. After this one, Ray retired. I don't care for CGI movies. Well, l'm not to crazy about most of the movies they make now.
I feel you there
Zeus killed Argos because no one objected to it.
A very fickle group, the gods
When a demigod has kids with mortals how many generations before the gods are out of the bloodline?
"I can't read that."
All Greek to you?
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GET TO THE JOPPA!
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Hi there
Opening seen persius go hangout with your uncle!
By humorless you mean far right and left?
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Apparently all that is required for something to be campy these days is to have dated special effects.
I think the acting is part of it too. I don’t know the exact criteria for camp but I think that’s part of it, even if that wasn’t the original intention.
Just watch the remake instead 😅
That’s something I don’t think I’ve ever heard before 🤣
I hate the remake. It isn’t that good and dialogue is too modern for me. Medusa doesn’t look threatening in the remake.
@@biguy617 The only actor I felt was up to the remake was Zeus (same guy from Star Wars I and the Admiral/Dad in Battleship.) His earlier stuff included Krull and Excalibur too.
@@RhetoricalThrill I love the remake it has the best Kraken. Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes are great as Zeus and Hades.
Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes are both awesome. Other than them, I don't think there's much to reccomend in the remake or the sequel. Stick to the Harryhausen classic.