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IMMORTALS - REVIEW

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Comparisons with Zack Snyder's 300 were unavoidable: the themes, the silly costumes, the crazy gold filters, the titan-ic budget... This is not 300. And as awful as Tarsem Singh's upcoming take on Snow White ( Mirror Mirror ) looks, his back catalogue has been pretty creative, especially visually. The Cell being probably the most OTT CSI episode ever, it looked great. There was a surrealism about The Fall and, indeed, The Cell which used special effects in an interesting, arty way and added a certain unique look to otherwise pretty bare stories. For Hollywood, it was a breath of fresh air. Tarsem, like Snyder, is very much a visual director but where Snyder's style feels overblown, bloated and predominantly cliched, Tarsem at least has the decency to throw odd, unlikely imagery at you and although that's not always necessary plot-wise it makes for an enjoyably eyebrow-raising watch. With Immortals , he takes a stab at Greek mythology and, you know what? He was