She fights, she wins, she loses, she gets the boy, and her stunning eyes are clearly descended from the gods. I like to see young women with more to do in a movie than stir a male's passion, and Annabeth (couldn't decide on a name?) does. Along with Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth, the awesome fighter and love interest, the three become a team to right the wrongs of the gods. Jackson is a solid presence, supporting the lead and lending his soulful eyes to the role. Jackson is Grover, Percy's sidekick and protector. His emotional range is better than that of most actors in kid movies Percy is conflicted, afraid, puzzled, and determined and it all shows. Lerman is a great choice for Percy, not a perfect beauty, just a good looking kid, who we identify with and want to succeed. He is a god, or half of one, and has to discover what that means. This sets up the perennial teenage conflict surrounding the question "Who am I?" Percy's quest is just a bit more bizarre than usual. This has nothing to do with the sweat and grind of the Olympics we just watched on TV, but the realization that his absent father wasn't just a lout, he was also a god. Logan Lerman, as Percy, is an angry, lovable misfit who thinks he's a loser and becomes an Olympian. (Some of us really do believe that) In this case there is a good blend. However, those never interest me as much as the human drama, and should serve as background, not the whole movie. On top of this are the awe inspiring special effects, especially the waterworks of Poseidon and his offspring. So it's not original it's a well done and effective story of generational angst. It is reminiscent of Harry Potter and the blah blah blah with its special effects and Lord of the Rings blah blah of its battle of good v evil and the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (that one I remember) for its centaurs and satyrs. In fact, I loved it more for its modern portrayal of teenage fury in an Old World Olympian setting, than my daughter did for the special effects. This means not much in the way of gore and some really great monsters. Rated PG, Percy and the blah blah blah (I can't ever remember the whole name) is not really as scary as it is intense – the emotional conflict of good v evil rather then the purely physical. When the biggest irritation is the American pronunciation of satyr as “SAY-ter”, it’s apparent that Potter may at last have a worthy successor.Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief My nine year old daughter and I watched this movie together and enjoyed it for different reasons. Here, he skips nimbly between monster-fighting action (a Fury, the Minotaur, a hydra), bits of comic relief (Grover explaining that some demi-gods become celebrities “like, White House famous”) and the development of a world that invites further exploration. The plot races, especially by the standards of an origin story, Columbus mixing monsters and emotional beats with a touch that’s far lighter than he demonstrated in the first two Potters – perhaps thanks to more judicious story editing. Jackson) and daughter-of-Athena Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) head off on their mission to save Percy’s mum (Catherine Keener) from the Underworld – and coincidentally save the world. The Dumbledore figure holding these psychotherapy candidates together is the centaur Chiron (Pierce Brosnan, clearly having a ball), but soon Percy, his satyr friend Grover (Brandon T. All are barred from contact with their divine parents by order of Zeus (Sean Bean), instantly setting up a whole raft of father and mother complexes for the super-powered offspring. That said, the action is firmly on a PG level, as Percy dodges monsters on his way to “Camp Half-Blood” to meet his fellow demi-gods. For anyone who knows their classics, therefore, there’s a grotesque undercurrent to the comic marital bickering between Hades (Steve Coogan) and his abducted bride Persephone (Rosario Dawson), and an unpleasant twinge when Uma Thurman’s seductive Medusa notes that she used to “date” Poseidon: in legend, his rape caused her metamorphosis into a snake-coiffed monster. Whereas wizards may be eccentric, the Olympians are, to a deity, rapacious, violent and tyrannous. Our ordinary boy (3.10 To Yuma’s Logan Lerman) enters a fantastical world when it’s revealed that his absentee father was the Greek god Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), and that instantly creates a darker canvas. The differences between Percy Jackson and the mighty Harry Potter, however, are as marked as the similarities. Dewy-eyed young stars surrounded by quick turns from more famous and respected faces. Chris Columbus directing the first instalment in a hoped-for franchise. A fantasy film based on a best-selling series of books.
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