The cinema was packed when i went to see this film and rightly so; it was brilliant! I wasn't really expecting a lot from the film, so i was surprised at how good it was! I enjoyed everything about the film: the storyline, the actors, the special effects, it was all just spot on.
Brief synopsis: Percy Jackson is a normal schoolboy; little does he know he's the son of the Greek God Poseidon - making him a Demi-God. The trouble all begins when Percy is accused of stealing Zeus's lightning bolt so he's shipped off to Camp Half Blood, where he learns to fight and enhance powers he earnt from his father, like healing in the water. Percy and his friends Grover (a satyr) and Annabeth (another demi-god) set out on a quest to prove Percy's innocence by visiting Hades, but its not that simple they must find three pearls to be able to leave Hades's lair. Throw in beasts, Medusa and the Lotus Casino and it's one hell of a quest!
Who's in the film: Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Uma Therman, Steve Coogan, Logan Lerman, Kevin McKidd and Catherine Keener.
In a strange way, Percy Jackson was quite an education film; Greek Gods who are not so well known were featured plus characters such as fates, centaurs and hell hounds. I liked the idea of the Gods pyshically being on Earth in human form before returning to Olympus and i thought the size of the Gods when on Olympus was also quite a clever idea.
The only bad points of the film were the predictability of Hades's wife and the amount of time the big names were actually in the film for.
Great film to take the kids to or a great form of escapism for those of us who need it !
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