Jason And the Argonauts (2000)

Movie Review

Directed by: Nick Willing

It has an eye-catching and interesting form of event and gives the viewers a determination in life towards ancient Greece.

         It started a group of soldiers invaded his father’s kingdom by his uncle, Pelias. A guard escaped Jason after he watched his father die at the hands of Pelias. After 20 years, he returned to retrieve his right. He was given the task to find the Golden Fleece and he entreated the other Greeks including Orpheus and Hercules. They were called Argonauts because they sailed with Jason in the ship Argo. After so many adventures they reached the land of Fleece. Jason was aided by Medea. He returned to the kingdom, he was fooled by Pelias so he killed his uncle and retrieves his kingdom back. The film is about bravery, finding one’s destiny, leap of faith and his love for his family.

        At first, I thought Orpheus was white or maybe it was really what I've expected. Jason London, being Jason, portrayed his role well. He was handsome and well built. Jolene Blalock, being Medea, gave her character a mysterious and fierce look that suits Medea's face. Brian Thompson who played the role as Hercules has a big body like how I imagined Hercules would be. Olivia Williams was really beautiful and did well portraying a goddess. The movie features a great choice of characters.

        I've seen at least two of the films stunning visuals effects sequences like the harpies that look realistic and the giant of the sea, Poseidon. Some animations were poorly made. The transitions were fine. The twist was also good like Medea tricked Pelias and wanted to marry him to protect the Golden Fleece.

 

       Some noise were not good, especially the bulls noise because it’s not realistic at all. The harpies were fine. Passing through the rocks were okay. When a character talks, the background music doesn't overlap. The music is good as well as the background music.

        Since it’s not an advance high technology movie were mostly today’s movies shows a realistic effects. I don’t expect from a 2000 film. It would be better to remake this film, but the movie was really great.