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...cinematic effort, its premise wasn’t entirely wrong—the end of history is almost here. It’s slightly more than two years away, though, according to the academic Francis Fukuyama. In “The End of History and the Last Man,” Professor Fukuyama famously argued that liberal democracy will become the last form of government, the final product of the evolutionary mechanism that is history. But both the director of this would-be blockbuster and the renowned political scientist got it wrong. While Fukuyama’s vision...
...opposite temperament—those who no longer want to fight and end their lives—have also garnered national media attention. Here it’s clearest that the community of citizens within liberal democracy becomes a house divided over the question of whether society should leave man free to destroy himself. This difficult question forces an even more difficult choice between liberty and limit...
...killed by Hades. The film continues as a quest tale as Perseus travels to defeat various demons, monsters, and mythical creatures accompanied by his team of rag-tag misfits, including four soldiers either too young or too old to fight, two wacky ethnic hunters, a magical man made of living tree bark, and a mysterious immortal who has watched Perseus since birth...
...dialogue in “Clash of the Titans” simultaneously makes up the worst and most entertaining parts of the film. With gems such as, “You’re not just part man and part god, you’re the best of both,” and “We live, we fight, we die for each other,” one cannot keep from being entertained...
Despite the bad dialogue, the clichéd characters, and the random tree-man with a grenade-like blue heart, “Clash of the Titans” is generally worth seeing. The film is fun and entertaining, both intentionally and unintentionally. Just don’t watch the film hoping to be awed by anything other than the special effects...