Saturday, February 20, 2010

Percy Jackson & the Olympians - The Lightning Thief

"Trouble-prone teen Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out school but that's the least of his problems. The gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters seem to have walked out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology texts and into his life and they're not happy. Zeus' lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now, Percy and his friends must embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true thief, save Percy's family, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves (Movie Overview: Fandango)."

There is no doubt it is an adventure and action packed movie just like Harry Potter. The movie plot is simple, interesting, hilarious and most importantly easy to understand. The film is more US style as compared to UK style Harry Potter. The special effects were great. The male lead “Logan Lerman” is handsome and definitely has potential in his future career. In the movie, those creatures were not surprising as we had seen a lot of the similar kind in other adventure movies. Besides the centaur (half human half horse) played by Pierce Brosnan, the special ability of Medusa with snake hair (played by Uma Thurman) impressed me as it can turn thing to stone. Of coarse some parts of the movie were fun and full of excitement. It’s entertaining throughout the entire movie. The film is suitable for all ages and my overall movie rating is 3/5.

8 comments:

LEon said...

When I saw the trailer, I love the plot already. This is what I will go to see but now i have wait for DVD as I cant really go movie whenever I want. LOL

desmond said...

Bro, I understand as you are a father of one recently. Should accompany your family more :)

Asrul "iLham" Sany said...

kinda cute movie. it's a greek version of Harry Potter. huhuhuu

desmond said...

Asrul, I prefer this than Harry Potter as the story line is easy to understand. I don't really like Harry Potter anyway :P

Juliana said...

I saw the movie. It's indeed much easier to follow than Harry Potter and quite good in special effects! If you enjoy Greek mythology stuff, it's about modern American teenagers mixed with Greek Gods story :)

desmond said...

Yes Juliana, this movie is quite easy to follow and very entertaining :P

J A S O N L U said...

ZEUS, POSEIDON AND HADES... like playing GOD OF WAR... hehe

desmond said...

Jason, I am not very good in playing GOD OF WAR anyway :)