I enjoyed it for what it was, a brainless action movie with loads of action and fancy effects. But of course it would be completely out of character to not shoot all those tempting fish in that loose-adaptation barrel.
- What, Heracles stole your ride in the Disney movie and so you have to steal his backstory?
- Y hallo thar, Little Miss Deus Ex Machina. You do know that you're completely out of your tree, right? And not even in the correct story?
- Sprofle at Qui-Gon Jinn Liam Neeson in a sparkly suit of armour.
- Why is the sea monster Scandinavian?
- Stygia is in... the Levant? Did we see anyone get onto a ship at any point? Also, Stygia? Did Thessaly sound too much like a woman's name to be the location of the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny?
- Poor Hades. Poor, poor, misunderstood Hades.
I must say that Sam Worthington the person seems rather sweet, but he does specialise in playing a particularly aggravating brand of pig-headed male. *gnashes teeth*