Synopsis
Perseus AKA Percy, a teenager with Dyslexia all his life suddenly finds himself as a demi-god. The son of a mortal mother with Poseidon, the God of the Seas. He then is not safe in middle earth only to find out that he is suspected of stealing Zeus' lighting bolts. The stolen stuff created a stir in Olympus that Zeus wrath will fall upon us hapless mortals. To add matters worse, his mortal mom gets kidnapped by Hades (God of the Underworld) and ransoms her for the stolen lightning bolts (which Percy doesn't have). Even without the lightning bolts, he proceeds to rescue his mom, assisted by his demi-god friends. The adventure then begins and so does our movie.
The movie is based on a series of books by Rick Riordan, this one was from "The Lightning Thief". Being a fan of Harry Potter, we thought this was in the mold with that. Although we haven't read the book, we will take the movie as it is.
Starred by some acting bigwigs in supporting roles like Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean (couple of double 0's), and Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson and Uma Thurman, we can't seem to find fault if we based on these casting.
Indeed we found some faults still. The story line is a bit free flowing and that the only challenge we see fit was the time with Uma Thurman's medusa. Although she was defeated rather easily, but it showed how intelligent and cunning our hero is. Other situations were merely fillers and can be done away with and yet the movie remains intact.
An origin movie of sorts, its the establishment of the characters that made this movie a bit slow in the beginning. The usual twists and turns are present that made the other half enjoyable in that sense. The only thing that left us hanging is the fact that Zeus is like a child who lost his toy and blames other people for his wrath. When returned of his toy, everything is fine. Are the Gods like these? That might be so, look at how Poseidon treats his demi-god son Percy.
The whole movie in itself is about the father son relationship of Percy and Poseidon. The lightning theft is the one that made the movie with enthusiasm. Thank God for the veteran actors, their acting made the movie enduring to watch until the end. When everything was going slow again near the end, good thing Hades turned up with Persephone. They are quite a couple.
Overall, although we haven't read the book, we felt that the book is more fun to read than watching this one. An origin film is usually not something we expect much of and this one is the same. Still, a watchable film then watch the sequel, the Sea of Monsters, a better movie in our books.
