In reality, these sequences are all imagined by Iolaus, Hercules’ nephew. The trailers are deceptive: they suggest that we will see Hercules fight the Nemean Lion, the Erymanthean Boar, and the Lernaean Hydra. He is (just?) an exceptionally strong mortal who relies on the help of his companions to succeed in his tasks. The movie leaves nothing ambiguous: Hercules is not a demigod, nor did he perform his labours on his own. The reader was also left to conclude for himself if the great labours that he performed were or were not wholly the creation of the narrator, Iolaus. The graphic novel on which the movie is based did not make it clear whether Hercules was truly a son of Zeus. There were a few moments where wood chips flew out from the screen or a spear reached out towards the audience, but for the most part the 3D was, as usual, largely superfluous. With this film, I don’t think that the 3D added anything in particular. For the most part, I think movies work just fine as two-dimensional moving pictures. I don’t have any particular strong feelings towards 3D. As you may be aware, this is the third Hercules movie released this year and it turns out to actually be the best of the three – although the other two didn’t exactly set the bar very high.īefore I get started with the review, I suppose I should point out that I saw the movie in 3D.

The movie, directed by Brett Ratner, is ostensibly based on Steve Moore’s graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars, which I reviewed just the other day. Tonight, I went to see the new Hercules, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, in the cinema.

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