Dwayne Johnson was fantastic having seen him in several films I was expecting a less solemn, more caricatured, performance. The acting was - in general - excellent, with only one or two instances where I thought it was a bit too cheesy or overdone. The story was fairly well rounded with a some light/moderate complexity to it which was nice, and it was much less far-fetched than I thought it would be. A lot can be forgiven for an intelligent, new look at an old story, and I don't think this film needs to be forgiven very much at all. This film represents that mythology in a different way - more genuinely believable, and less fantastic - but blends the original mythos in in a way I found very interesting. I'm only vaguely familiarly with the mythology, but I know enough to know the way it was represented. However, as an artistic representation of not only the myths, but a possible truth behind the myths, this was an entertaining watch. A lot of people went into this movie with expectations that this would follow the mythology, and I think that's what let them down.
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