What's the Best Depiction of the Greek Gods in TV/Cinema?

[Gaius]

Original God of War trilogy, at least in terms of designs.

[Gray Lensman]

Really......?

Zeus as an ******* who everyone loves despite being the cause of most of the problems? That's pretty spot on, actually.

[kcekada]

I would say The Clash of the Titans because they were portrayed as noble but also as jealous scheming assholes. They bickered amongst themselves and humans paid the price. Which is pretty accurate from mythology.

Agree. I read a lot of classic Greek mythology in my day. Was surprised by how 'human' they were -- very unlike the way they were portrayed in Wonder Woman and Shazam stories. COTT captured that quality. I didn't like the reboot at all.

[choptop]

Zeus as an ******* who everyone loves despite being the cause of most of the problems? That's pretty spot on, actually.

But everything else was pretty bad though...

[Alan2099]

Just gonna put this here...

[krazijoe]

American Gods.

[Gray Lensman]

But everything else was pretty bad though...

Not everything else. The very beginning where we see Gorr become the God-killer is excellent. The rest doesn't meet the expectations the opening scene sets up, though. Which actually makes the movie seem worse - it starts strong, only to fall into heavy tonal whiplash and is a lesser version of the previous movie, with higher stakes yet a less serious tone to sell those stakes.

[Kirby101]

Really......?

Absolutely, even had the right accent, not that silly Shakespearean faldarol.

[choptop]

Not everything else. The very beginning where we see Gorr become the God-killer is excellent. The rest doesn't meet the expectations the opening scene sets up, though. Which actually makes the movie seem worse - it starts strong, only to fall into heavy tonal whiplash and is a lesser version of the previous movie, with higher stakes yet a less serious tone to sell those stakes.

Not the movie everything else about Zeus.

[choptop]

Absolutely, even had the right accent, not that silly Shakespearean faldarol.

That wasn't a Greek accent...

[Panic]

Agree. I read a lot of classic Greek mythology in my day. Was surprised by how 'human' they were -- very unlike the way they were portrayed in Wonder Woman and Shazam stories. COTT captured that quality. I didn't like the reboot at all.

I agree Clash of the Titans (the original) probably did it best out of all the films I've seen. I did quite like the old British miniseries The Aphrodite Inheritance back in the day, which was set in contemporary Greece and had three people, Brian Blessed, Alexandra Bastedo, and Stefan Gryff, who are suggested to be Dionysus, Aphrodite, and Hermes. Kind of dated, though.

[Kirby101]

That wasn't a Greek accent...

I lived in the Greek section of Queens. It was a great accent.