Percy Jackson is your average troubled kid in a private school. or that's what he thought until his substitute teacher transformed into a nasty creature known as a Fury from Greek mythology and accused him of stealing Zeus's lightning bolt, the single most destructive weapon unknown to man. With the very skies and seas warring, Percy has 14 days to prove his innocence and return the bolt to its rightful owner.
This film was nice to look at; the lighting was great, the CG was done well, and it had an interesting variety of shots that kept the movie visually pleasing. Unfortunately, the movie suffered a pretty big lack of character development and rushed plot. The movie was mostly a composition of the main action scenes from the book it was based on and enough story to keep the flow in between. That being the case, the viewer never truly gets to experience what they expect to from the book. While this is a pretty big downfall, Columbus makes up for it by keeping us laughing with a clever soundtrack and fun one-liners the whole family can enjoy.
The Lightning Thief, directed by Chris Columbus, falls pretty nicely into the genre of fantasy. Its no surprise that Columbus is the director of this film, as he also directed the first three Harry Potter films, Night at the Museum and its sequel, and The Goonies 1 and 2.
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I was wanting to see this movie, but with the honesty of this review I may not waste my time. Thanks for the honesty Randy.
ReplyDeleteYour review was well written in terms of sentence construction, and good analysis, and there were no grammatical errors. This made is easier to understand what you were trying to say. Only, I felt that, the plot of the story was extremely brief. You could have mentioned if Percy proves his innocence, and if yes you could have talked a little bit about how he does it.
ReplyDeleteI did not want to mention whether or not he proved his innocence since the movie is still very new and in theaters. Answering that question would be giving away the ending to the film. As far as why the plot was briefly stated, it didn't contain much plot to tell the truth.
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