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Percy Jackson & The
Olympians: The
Lightening Thief is
what you think it
is. It’s Harry
Potter meets Greek
Mythology. Based on
the books written by
Rick Riordan, Fox
attempts to make
it’s
family/adventure
series of sorts with
Percy Jackson & The
Olympians.
Percy Jackson has
the same type of
life as Harry
Potter. He has an
incredible parent…
his dad happens to
be Poseidon- God of
the Sea. His mother
raises Percy with
her smelly,
beer-guzzling
boyfriend and he
can’t find a place
where he belongs in
‘normal’ life. When
Percy’s ancestry
catches up to him he
gets sent off to the
demigod version of
Hogwarts where they
play capture the
flag violently and
learn how to train
for their greater
purposes. It turns
out that Percy has
been framed for
stealing Zeus’
lightning bolt and
he has to run around
to mythical places
to save himself and
clear his name.
That’s the story in
the nutshell.
The cast isn’t bad.
Logan Lerman is good
as Percy and his
comic sidekick
Grover Underwood
(Brian T. Jackson)
isn’t bad either.
The cameo/bit parts
played by known
actors is a tad more
impressive with Uma
Thurmond, Pierce
Brosnan, Rosario
Dawson, Steve Coogan,
and Sean Bean
rounding out the
rest of the cast.
The extras on this
Blu-Ray disc aren’t
amazing but they’re
good enough to get
by. You get a few
(very short)
featurettes, some
interactive stuff
that links back to
different scenes
from the movie and
you also get a few
deleted scenes. It’s
pretty standard
stuff- not great but
not terrible either.
You do get a digital
copy that works with
iTunes which also is
an added bonus.
Percy Jackson & The
Olympians was
supposed to be the
next Harry Potter
series. It had the
potential to do for
Fox what Potter has
done for Warner
Bros. Only it hasn’t
and it won’t. It’s
not on par with the
other series. It's
set up too
differently, other
than Chris Columbus
directing. That
said, it’s a cool
family adventure
that kids under 13
can and will enjoy.
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