![]() That is not in the book (they just wander into the place and get captivated and lose track of time). The kids eat the lotus flowers and all of a sudden they are tripping out. The movie shows this as basically a drug scene. One scene that disturbed me was the Lotus hotel and casino scene. Brosnan and Coogan were great- the others just ok. ![]() As it stands now, Lerman will be like 26 by the time they get done with the movies.Īgree with your comments Nell about the supporting cast. I guess maybe the movie makers were afraid to risk it- thought the first one might flop and then they’d never get to make the rest. Lerman is what- 18? The Harry Potter series did it right by starting with kids the right age and making the movies in the series as they age. In the books Percy is supposed to be 12 I think. In general I think the movie makers erred by going with such an older cast. We need a bit more “Clash of the Titans” and a bit less of “Circus of the Stars.” Parents should know that this film has good deal of fantasy violence with some graphic images, some characters injured and killed with one decapitated, characters turned to stone, severed head, Medusa character with a head full of snakes, scenes in the underworld with Hades and Persephone, teens eat “lotus blossom” snacks that influence them like drugs, reference to gods and humans “hooking up,” and some brief potty humor and mild language.Family discussion: How were Percy and his friends like modern kids and how were they different? How did being separated from their parents affect them? What powers would you like to have?If you like this, try: the series of Percy Jackson and the Olympians books and the Harry Potter books and DVDs Related Tags: Uma Thurman re-creates her all-time weakest performance by making Medusa into a snake-headed version of Poison Ivy and the usually-terrific Rosario Dawson seems lost as Persephone. But we realize how much the Harry Potter movies benefited from top performers like Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon. Brosnan is nicely majestic in a brief role and Steve Coogan brightens things up considerably as Hades. Lerman is a bit bland, leaving Grover to capture much of our attention and interest.But the main thing this movie seems to be missing is classically trained British actors. But the attempts to bring a modern sensibility to the adventures sometimes feel forced and awkward. And his mother stuck with the odious step-father because, well, I’ll just say because it was the best way to keep Percy hidden. He is ADHD because he has the reflexes of a warrior. He is dyslexic with English because his brain is hard-wired to read classic Greek. I like the way that the things that bother Percy most in his old life turn out to be strengths in his new life. But he has a good sense of the way a young teenager sees the world. Rowling’s league when it comes to inventiveness, intricacy, imagination, or heart. He gets a bit of training at demigod boot camp and is soon off on his quest with a shield from the son of Hermes, and a pen from the centaur, accompanied by Grover and Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario), the swashbuckling daughter of Athena. Percy has to find the bolt and return it to Zeus before the summer solstice. He thinks Percy is hiding the bolt - and so do a number of other creatures. And he suspects his two brothers, the gods of the sea and the underworld. Someone has stolen the lightning bolt from Zeus (Sean Bean). Water gives him strength and healing powers and he can also control it. He is to water like Popeye is to spinach, and then some. And Percy is the son of Poseidon, the God of the Sea. Jackson), who walks with crutches, is a satyr (goat-legs) assigned to protect him. And the teacher in the wheelchair (Pierce Brosnan)? He turns out to be a centaur, half man, half horse. On a field trip, the gray-haired substitute teacher turns out to be a fury. He is most happy and comfortable in the pool. He has a loyal friend named Grover, but he is dyslexic and has ADHD so school is difficult. Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) loves his mom (Catherine Keener) but his step-father is obnoxious and abusive. They even share a director Chris Columbus did the first two Harry Potter films, and so he is an old hand at translating a beloved series of novels about kids with special powers on screen. And he soon finds himself in a special school with other kids like him, where they can learn to make the most of their powers.Sound familiar? It does have something in common with Harry Potter, including a successful series of books now made into a movie. It all comes together when he finds out that he has inherited some special powers from the father he last saw when he was seven months old. A teenager feels like he doesn’t fit in anywhere.
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