I think most people automatically bash the movie because of the failed 3D conversion. Apparently it was horrendous. That's what I've picked up on over the years. As for the remake, I just see it as being nothing but eye candy and not much else. I just couldn't connect with any of the characters at all. I think the one thing that the screenwriters dropped the ball on and would have at least magnified the urgency of stopping the Kracken would have been to create some sort of relationship with the Princess that is to be served up to appease the Gods. You make it so that the Hero really does have something to lose, then his quest....for me anyway, becomes something even greater.