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ROTTEN TOMATOES: Movies Opening This Week

As the critics see it, you can choose from three really bad films:

• Clash of the Titans is a remake of a Harryhausen film which was quite silly to begin with, in which some respected actors like Claire Bloom, Larry Olivier and Maggie Smith turned in campy performances that would have embarrassed Adam West. Well, anyway, at least the new version must have better special effects than the first. On the other hand, Gumby had better special effects than the first. 30% positive reviews.
  
  
• Last Song is yet another gooey adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks sap-fest. How many of those did he write? Miley Cyrus will probably not make it any less sappy. 12% positive reviews.
  
  
• The only person who seems to write more than Nicholas Sparks is Tyler Perry, who must make ... what ... two movies a month? Maybe not. Anyway, some of his recent ones got decent reviews, but not this puppy, at least not so far. One particularly nasty reviewer called it "Perry's most obscenely obnoxious, morally bankrupt, and professionally ramshackle film to date. It's appalling in every way, showing a disregard for humankind." I wouldn't call that critic a big Perry fan. 17% positive reviews.