Talkie Zoo: JOURNEY TO PROMETHEA

Great acting. Great script. Great special effects. None of those terms in any way describes Journey to Promethea (2010; PG-13), a made-for-TV movie I recently watched. In fact, if you use those terms and insert the word "worst" where "great" is, you'd pretty well have an accurate description.

This movie is supposed to be about a hero of old who is seeking to overthrow the current ruling class, who are burning villages and killing folks. He is also prophesied to marry a princess and save his brother, while he's out doing hero stuff. With all he has going on, I was surprised he didn't also find a cure for herpes and a new route to the New World!

Anyway, the lines are lame, the acting poor, and the effects shoddy in this very predictable story. The one and only actor I even liked in the film was Louis Herthum, who seemed to not take anything about the film very seriously and was completely relaxed through most of it, as though he were a bystander who walked onto the set to fill in. His role and his acting were the best part of the whole thing.