Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts is a story inspired be The Quest of the Golden Fleece, a

historical Greek myth that shows bravery and courage showed by Jason, son of King Aeson

and Queen Polymele. The story recounts the old Greek myth in an exciting, eye-catching form of events. Jason’s quest isn’t all about capturing the Golden Fleece, but it is also about finding who he really is and it is a test about how much he can do in order to save his family and kingdom. This is a must watch for people who like action and love stories. 

The film Jason and the Argonauts is all about courage, bravery, love for family, and fulfilling one’s destiny. The film starts as a group of soldiers invade Iolcus, the kingdom ruled by King Aesto. Pelias, Aesto’s brother and the leader of the army, kills Aesto to have the kingdom and was about to kill Jason, Aesto and Polymele’s son when a guard takes Jason to a secret tunnel and leads him out of the palace.

20 years later, finally learning his identity, Jason aims to retrieve his birthright duty as the king, but Pelias was clever enough to blackmail him against his mother’s life. Jason then tells him he would get Pelias the Golden Fleece, a dream Pelias so badly wanted and so he sets Jason out with the best ship and made him find his crew. 

Later on, he finds Orpheus, Herules, Atalanta, Argo, and many other more. They were called the Argonauts.

During their journey, they went through many challenges, like the clashing rocks, harpies, and the Island full of evil women.

 Later on, Jason meets Medea, daughter of the owner of the fleece, and the protector of the fleece itself. She helped them retrieve the Golden Fleece, killing his own brother in the process.

Finally getting home, Jason fins out they have been tricked, so he killed his uncle Pelias. He them marries Medea.

         

Jason London plays as Jason, which I thought was amazing because not only did he share Jason’s name but he also played Jason from the myths so well. He was handsome and strong-looking. Jason was the star of the show, and I think he perfectly suits Jason.

Medea was played by Jolene Blalock, who was a good actress and I think her natural, mysterious, fierce look was the perfect face for Medea.

The other actors also were good at their parts, especially Brian Thompson, who played Hercules, who had this cocky face and big body like how I imagined Hercules would be

I also loved Olivia Williams, the actress behind Hera, who was really beautiful and did well portraying a goddess by convicting a strong yet lovely personality just like Hera.

         Like the original story of the Golden Fleece, the film Jason and the Argonauts captured the sequence of the story well. Every action scene was really exciting and scary. It plays from the easiest tasks (like the harpies, the giant of the sea) to the most difficult ones (like the kingdom full of women, and the clashing rocks). The twists were also good, like Medea killing of her own brother and betraying her own kingdom for Jason, and Jason’s brother betraying them but being killed by his own father. I also liked the fact that Pelias had a signature killing move but it was also what Jason did to him when he killed Pelias.

The music was okay. The background noises were fine too. But I didn’t like the sound effects so much. For example, the bull. I didn’t think the bull’s noise was realistic at all. It also makes this huge clanking sounds with his feet on the sand, which was too loud because it was just sand it was stepping on. The others were okay, though not perfect.

Because it was a year 2000 film, I didn’t really expect it to have good effects. I didn't like the camera views. The camera kept moving, especially on the bull challenge. It was really hard to focus on the film.

There were many bad effects, like the bull, the clashing rocks, and the giant on the sea. I especially hated the bull part. As you can see in the picture, it doesn't look realistic at all. I think this part is the worst in the movie. 

But I liked the harpies though. They were the only creature that looked realistic. 

The lighting was good. The movie has a bright lighting, which was good because bright lighting symbolizes hope and a happy and successful story.

          Overall, I think Jason and the Argonauts is a great movie. Even though it's a bit old, I believe it will capture everyone's interests. It was a great rendition of the real story of The Quest of the Golden Fleece. I thought it was amazing to fit a whole, long journey in an hour of watching. The ending was a shocker, with Pelias killing his own son, but I think the movie gives us lessons in the end, like we shouldn't trade our own family for our desires, and of course, we should do everything in our strength for the people we love.