Movies Review #5: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Movie Buddy: Chun Ing & Ting Zhe

Genre: Fantasy Thiller

Synopsis: Yes... A very long name; but it pretty much summarises the story. Someone stole lightning and Percy Jackson has to get it back. He was a high school student believe to have stolen Zeus's master lightning bolt and when mythical creatures start coming for him, his true identity unveils: the son of Poseidon. He must find the lightning bolt before Zeus's deadline is up to prevent a war between the gods.

Plot 1.5/4: Great concept. The idea of ur-friend-beside-could-be-a-demigod(half god half human) is definitely cool. Camp half blood, where half-gods trained to hone their special skills, is great. Nice bits of humour is placed all around the movie. (like the ipod touch's coolest "app") Then the flaws start to come in once the search begins. (spoilers)

Feel 2.5/4: The movie has pretty good CGI. The monsters look real enough. The sets look good too. But i actually hoped for a battle between a god or 2 but nope, didn't happen. But i went out of the cinema pretty satisfied. And by the way, Maserati rules (after Lamborghini)

Replay Value 1.0/2.0: The fights where quite all right. Pretty much the only thing worth replayed.

Grand total: 5.0/10
Other scores: 4/5 insing.com | 49% Tomatometer

Spoilers: Percy Jackson CONFIRM cannot go OCS. He's accused of stealing Zeus's lightning bolt and has his mum taken by Hades and all he could think of was going to hell and beg for his mother. The script did not "cut the title" (wen3 bu4 qie2 ti3). More than half the time after leaving Camp Half Blood was spent looking for 3 pearls. Shouldn't there be some investigating somewhere? And the last pearl was in e roulette. And they found the keys to the Maserati!! Never easier. And notice: Percy always gets water. But some parts are quite well woven together, like the ancient coins and Medusa's head.

Final Say: A good break from all the usual fantasy. Not spectacular but still enjoyable.