Mythology and Movies
Friday, May 11, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Everybody Remembers Classics.....and the Hercules from Disney
I have a question for you: Do you know who Hercules is? I’m sure you do.
Hercules is probably the most famous character from the Greek mythology, even more
than another god, demigod, or mortal; even more than Zeus itself. Why he is so
famous, like he is sometimes considered the main character of mythology;
meaning that for those who do not really know much about mythology, the first
thing that comes to their head when you ask them about it is Hercules. I guess that
is maybe for his unbelievable force what makes him so popular.
Furthermore, I’m sure you
have seen the Hercules movie from Disney, at least once. I have seen around
seven times at least (haha). It is for sure the first mythological movie I saw.
If you would ask me, I think it is an awesome adaptation of a little piece of
Greek Mythology into a child’s cartoon movie. The movie is conformed of most of
the important facts of mythology. I mean if a kid would watch it he would just
be like: Oh! So awesome, I want to be like Hercules mom! However, the movie
does include mythological characteristics. For example, the cult from the
mortals to the gods, the gods having their awesome parties in their bronze-made
palaces (over the sky), banishment of Hades from the Olympus, his thirst for
revenge against the Olympians, and of course the moral that every movie on
mythology wants to transmit: Being a Human makes you stronger than a God!
The Clash Becomes the Wrath
PlayTraiIers. 2011. video. Youtube, USA. Web. 28 Apr 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQckuXV6DRA>.
Zeus' Pupil, Theseus
The Immortals is a recent mythological movie that just came out about
three months ago. Being honest, when first saw the trailer, I knew this movie
was either going to be really good or that it was going to be really bad. I don’t
really know why, it just came to my mine that way. I guess I was looking at it
in that way because the trailer seemed like those trailers that are awesome and
then the movie is totally disappointing. Anyways, the movie turned out to be
pretty interesting. In this movie, the main character is Theseus, one of the
biggest heroes of Greek mythology, who does not really have a birth connection
with the gods, he is totally human. However, he was touch by the gods, and
according to the movie he was one of Zeus’ favorite mortals. Moreover, the fact
that I liked the most about this movie, which is actually true in the Greek
mythology, is that they call the titans to be no more than gods. In the movie,
they explain how in the war fought by the Olympians against the rest of the
gods (war known by the name of Titanomachia), the defeaters came to be call the
gods, and the defeated came to be called titans.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Perseus Jackson, Son of Poseidon
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a
series of five books created by the writer Rick Riordan. However, only the first
of the five books, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief has
been release as a cinematographically film so far. When I first heard about the
movie, I was really excited about it about watching and reading all the books. However,
when I watched the movie, I turned really disappointed about the series.
The movie is based on a version of Greek
Mythology being turned to these days, meaning 2010. In this world, the gods
live in the United States and the Olympus is located right over the Empire
State, in the floor six hundred. So, it happened to be that the gods started
having offspring with the mortals of the United States. Moreover, these new
group of demigods have supernatural skills and characteristics, which makes
them superior to the mortals.
Furthermore, the story centers about a son
of Poseidon, the god of sea. This talented kid has an interesting destiny that
could either kill him or turn him to be one of the greatest demigods in the
history.
I know from this point the plot does not
sound bad at all. Honestly, the books are pretty amazing. The first movie,
however, is not so good.
Clash Between Gods and Mortals
The Clash of the Titans is a movie released in 2010, with the
casting of Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes. This
film about Greek Mythology recounts the story and myths of Perseus, the demigod
and son of the great king of the gods, Zeus. The movie starts with Perseus
birth. In addition Perseus was actually a bastard. His mother was once the
queen of Argos. She became involved with Zeus by accident. It was a trap from Zeus
to get Argos’ king’s wife pregnant. This trap was all because Acrisius, once
king of Argos, was cursing over the gods and turning his followers against the
gods. Moreover, Acrisius threw his pregnant wife into the ocean, but Perseus
survived and was found by a fisherman and his wife.
Furthermore, what I find
particularly interesting about this movie is that Perseus, being half god and
half human, does not want any relationship with the gods. He even rejects the
help from the gods more than one time, just in order to prove that human beings
are as strong and superior as the gods. Also, in this movie, the gods are
physically shown. This movie represents how in the Greek Mythology the gods
would fight their wars and misunderstanding through the humans.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Greece, Troy, and the Gods
Picture gotten from Warner Bros. Pictures. 2003. poster. n.p. Web. 27 Apr 2012. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/ wikipedia/en/b/b8/Troy2004Poster.jpg>. |
I'm sure everybody can
remember the spectacular release that was the movie Troy in 2004. In my opinion
troy is the best mythological movie ever created, and I'm sure I speak for
millions of people, when I say that Troy was a complete success. The Movie of Troy
with Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, and Orlando Bloom, was published on 2004. It was
based on Homer’s poem, the Iliad. In addition, Homer was the one to make a
collection of poems, or we could also call stories, about the real myths of the
Greek mythology. In other words, from him come the base and all the branches of
Greek mythology. Anyways, the movie centers on the legendary war of troy. The
war of troy was a ten years-long war fought between Greece and Troy. In the
movie, the gods don’t really appear themselves. However, they take sides in the
war. This characteristic was much known among the Greeks. Ancient Greece
respected and veneered their gods, and all of them fear for the gods’ actions.
So they always tried to be in good relationship with them. In the movie, we can
see how the different characters think and care about this, and how they end up
by the end of the movie. In my opinion, this particular movie has been the best
mythological movie so far because it respects and follows the actual events of
the Greek mythology; it is pretty accurate.
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