Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.
I really, really enjoyed this movie, but one thing it lacked in was originality. Throughout the entire movie I just compared it to the Harry Potter series, and if you didn't already know, the director of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chris Columbus, also directed this film.
...I really tried not to make the comparisons and it's not completely the director's fault. But really?
Percy: Percy, Black Guy, Single Girl
Harry: Harry, Ron, Hermione
Percy: Gods
Harry: Wizards
Percy: Hades
Harry: Voldemort
Percy: Pen
Harry: Wand
Percy: Blonde guy, Luke (Jake Abel)
Harry: Blonde guy, Draco (Tom Felton)
Percy: 3 dog things at the entrance to the Underworld
Harry: 3 headed dog at the entrance to the Sorcerer's Stone chambers.
Percy: Skillful female lead whatever her name is.
Harry: Intelligent female lead, Hermione.
Percy: Percy
Harry: Harry
While watching the movie, I came up with a ton of other similarities, but right now I can't think of any. :(
So anyways, I enjoyed the movie. It was decent. The beginning felt rushed. And you could tell that this was written by a guy with the training and fighting and battling and whatnot.
The book (not the movie) was published by Disney. Now I just need to bash Disney for 5 seconds. Everybody thinks so highly of Disney and I love to tear it down. Disney just wants to have a series they can make money off of and it doesn't even need to be original. Harry Potter and Percy Jackson are SO similar. Disney has also done this with A Bug's Life (after Antz was released), The Wild (after Madagascar was released), etc. Too bad Disney didn't back the movie to rake in even more money to their cash-crazed company.
The movie was kind of cheesy at times and I feel that if they were to have made it PG-13, then it would've been amazing! Although, I thought it should of been PG-13 just the way it was. Some of that stuff was pretty intense and graphic. How many things were beheaded in that movie? More than 10 if you count the Hydra + Medusa.
The black best friend was very funny! I enjoyed Uma as Medusa. Pierce as a centaur with that funny accent was weird.... stick to the british, bud. The final battle with Luke on top of the building was too The Incredible Hulk. The effects were decent. Blood was good, could've been a little more bloody. But overall, good movie!
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