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Simply A Masterpiece

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This had the makings to be a iconic film in the same genre like 300, Troy, Gladiator, etc. but it just didn't get there. I watched it in 3D which definitely had added a point or two since that was done well. However, the movie itself was just lacking something. They had a great cast. No complaints on the acting. The script was a bit too corny at times. IMO if they would have stayed on task with just blending the myth with the history and not tried to force any silly dialogue in this movie would have been a classic. That and maybe added a bit more intensity ad length to the battle scenes. Many scenes just seem to get cut short. I know there is a director's cut that is just a little bit longer but I' not thinking the few extra minutes are going to make this one. This is not a waste of time by any means. Enjoy it as a simple sword and fantasy movie. Just don't have your expectations set for an iconic epic.

I was galvanized by this movie! I remember the trailer. I was eagerly licking my chops in anticipation of viewing it soon. Unfortunately, life gets in the way, and it is only now that I can report finally viewing it in its entirety. Regardless of the liberties taken with the Mythos of the Son of Zeus, I thoroughly enjoyed this version of the Hercules tale.The beginning was great and called to mind the paintings done by the great Frank Frazetta for the Conan and Tarzan covers. The visual appeal of the opening sequence is so exhilarating that afterwards you are ready for the holes being inevitably poked into the fabric of the Hercules legend. This is for the adults, who, unlike children, cannot take things at face value and must bring logic and 'facts' into the fun. Compared to the graphic novel, by Steve Moore, the look and the feel of the film is a decided improvement. When Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson makes his first appearance in the opening scene wearing a lion's head as a helmet, he looks just like the character I read about in a children's book when I was seven years old. Face it, in Hollywood, looks are everything. This explains the enduring appeal of Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman. The fact that she actually looked like the comic book character come to life at times towered over such trivialities as character and plot development. Here Dwayne Johnson embodies the character in his own way much as did the late great Steve Reeves. You believe he is the real Hercules no matter what is said about him and his adventures.I remember watching 'ZENA: THE WARRIOR PRINCESS' and reading later in TV GUIDE how it took half a dozen ladies of similar appearance to Lucy Lawless to create the Warrior Princess myth. Lucy did all the acting; especially in the tight closeups; but there was an alternate Lucy for the swimming scenes, a Lucy for the jousting and sword fighting scenes, even a Lucy for the bareback riding and crucifixion scenes. The point being it took a whole team of people to create the legend of 'ZENA: THE WARRIOR PRINCESS'! This is the point with this version of 'Hercules', I believe. Here we have a warrior of unusual strength who goes around with his own myth-making machine. The sundry details of his labors and adventures are dubious and moot. But the hyperbolic way in which he is 'presented' to his 'public' is Hollywood merchandising mocking itself with a knowing wink. This is a Hollywood Hercules before there even was a Hollywood; and as Kirk Douglas used to chide John Wayne, yes, it may be true that he did not really kill all those Indians, but still, he sure packs a hell of a wallop in a bar fight.Let me not mislead you. I'm not writing this to convince you there is something profound or philosophical going on here in this movie. Quite the contrary. What I do like about it is the light play between fact and public relations. We are told at the end of the story that this is the 'truth' about Hercules. But you get the feeling that even this is to be taken with a grain of salt, because somebody may be carefully parking their tongue in their cheek for popcorn and ticket sales.

Very good movie, I liked the movie a lot.It was very entertaining, I mean, who gives a s@&! about acting and directing? All that matters is if it's fun and entertaining, stop it you dumb movie critics! This was a masterpiece!!Recommended for teens, and adults alike! The movie is bloody and very funny at some moments!Very intense and fun!!!!Very good movie, I liked the movie a lot.It was very entertaining, I mean, who gives a s@&! about acting and directing? All that matters is if it's fun and entertaining, stop it you dumb movie critics! This was a masterpiece!!Recommended for teens, and adults alike! The movie is bloody and very funny at some moments!Very intense and fun!!!!

Other than the presence of Dwayne Johnson the acting and special effects in this movie wouldn't be out of place in a Doctor Who episode set in ancient Greece. It seems more like the low budget WWE films The Rock was in before the Fast franchise made him a star. Every decent special effect sequence teased in the trailer is essentially no more than was shown in the trailer and the movie doesn't seem sure of what it wants to do with Hercules's Origin, it plays at him being a con-man selling the idea he is Zeus's son as a lie, then has him perform feats of strength that wouldn't be out of place in a Thor movie. Every actor looks bored , I didn't think it would be good, but I thought it might be a fun silly action movie. It's just not what the trailer sold it as.