Percy Jackson ? A real suprise considering ...

Percy Jackson ? A real suprise considering ...

Hello Barlington here , now as you can see from my title ive said considering now ive kept away from Percy Jackson for the mere fact it seemed like a Harry potter meets clash of the titans mix and I though it would end up being a cheap B-movie for teens with some CGI graphics , but amazingly it wasn’t cliché it had some adult humour for the masses and was surprisingly able to create good characters from relatively unknown main actors , who came probably from American television , From what ive heard it is part of a trilogy and so hope to see more of them really. Don’t get me wrong it’s not going to get nominated for any prizes but as it goes for a Fantasy movie got 0-25 it does it job. 

The story line being very simplistic really , very Chris Columbus in child content with a director who back in the day made some of m favourite movies has gone some of the way to regaining so dignity with this movie and moving away from too cliché teen movies , but the story is basically boy has no dad , finds out he’s a demi god and try’s to save his mum with the help of his friends , that is simple enough but as ive said and will say in is the ensemble cast which makes this film worth watching really .

Now the basics are out of its way the Greek mythology used was clear precise and upmost right not mentioning any names ... Clash of the titans..., The inclusion of strong supporting cast of Sean bean , Steve Coogan , Pierce Brosan , Uma Thurman and Catherine keener was very much underused and the main burden of acting was down to the three teenagers. 

The way the film plays it that of a teenage high school movie very similar to Harry potter but with a more starting grown up feel, because the First harry potter was for kids and the first Percy Jackson is for teenagers due to the amount of sexual references from a very funny from Grover character. 

So on personal note i am giving this thumbs up for trying to breathe live into a stagnant Greek mythology era, much like the western is trying to do with the remake of true grit and cowboys and aliens next year.