This tells the story of Perseus who is not as well known in mythology as say Hercules, Theseus, or Jason, but his story is a fun one. Believe me, they were a lot of fun when the movie first came out. The special effects are the stop action kind that were the only thing available at this time. The characters are interesting and the thread of mythology is interesting enough to carry it to its conclusion. It does, however, tell a pretty good story. Clash of the Titans is not a masterpiece. Should we start by throwing out The Wizard of Oz because the flying monkeys used piano wires? It ultimately gets down to whether there is a story worth telling and how well that story is told. Does this mean that every movie made before computer graphics should be rejected out of hand. The first thing that people do is to criticize the special effects. It's always difficult to review something in 1999 which was made 18 years earlier.
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