Once in a while the gods come down to earth and mate with the Gods. Kids are then born of those gods and those kids are called demigods. Percy Jackson is one of those kids, the son of Poseidon, only problem is that he has no clue. Now he is being hunted because someone has set him up as the one who stole Zues' lightning bolt. Now those who were protecting him in secret have brought him to the "half blood camp" to train. With his mother now missing he is joined by his guardian Satire, Grover, and daughter of Atena, Annabeth, on a quest to rescue his mother and return the lightning bolt to Zues before the gods start a war to destroy each other. The film is based off the best selling book.
This film adds to the plethora of fantasy films based off of books that have intriguing ideas but fail to translate to the screen in a fully successful manner. Parts of this film worked and other parts didn't, mainly the dynamics of the characters. There is not much to expect from this film other than a fun ride with some fun moments and characters. The characters seem to be modern day dim witted high school students who have failed to learn anything in life. Each character seems to have a single purpose and that single purpose alone, which causes them to feel somewhat one dimensional. These leads everything to feel contrived so we know everything that will happen.
The biggest blunder of this film seems to be it's use of popular Greek mythology and how no one seems to know anything about it. The story takes place in a modern day world where these stories are somewhat common knowledge. Everyone knows about Hercules and who Perseus is not to mention Zues, Aphrodite, and Hades. Yet somehow these kids don't know the truth about a Hydra or the ferryman of the underworld. What I want to know is how such common knowledge becomes nonexistent. The answer, a ploy for unsuccessful humor.
Where is the thunder in this film? The fun action scenes littered throughout, which are only so many. There is also the underlying social commentary where the kids must travel to Hollywood where the entrance to hell awaits and when upon entering a seemingly burning rendition of Los Angeles can be seen in the background. Talk about Hollywood dissing itself. When it came to the Harry Potter films Christopher Columbus created a world that was fun but not a great film. He continues his streak here. The film is a fun ride but nothing to be marveled over.
It will go into the archives of fun but yet unfortunately forgettable fantasy flicks.
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