Entertainment that combines myth with modern life

First of all, it is a film from a director who I really admire and it seemed a tad bit different from what he's done previously. I actually enjoyed it which did surprise me. I mean, I really liked how they mixed the modern day era with the Ancient Greek era featuring the mythical creatures and gods. The effects were obviously FANTASTIC especially the snakes on Medusa's head. Percy Jackson is a film that is beautifully entertaining that has its fair share of laughs and its moments of expanding imagination and witnessing mythical creatures and entering different worlds.


Logan Lerman delivers a surprisingly satisfying performance as Percy Jackson. Percy is a demi-god (which is half-god who has one immortal parent and one mortal parent). He is the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea and mortal woman Sally Jackson. Percy is a well-natured, friendly, brave and is often willing to risk his life to save his friends and strangers. However, he is a troubled 12-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with dyslexia and has been kicked out of every school he has attended. Alexandra Daddario was decent as well as Annabeth Chase. She is also a demi-god like Percy apart from her father is mortal and her mother is a goddess. She becomes close friends with Percy in the film but as the film goes on, she becomes his love interest. Brandon T. Jackson was humorous yet quite annoying as Grover Underwood. Grover is Percy's best friend who is a satyr which is half goat and half human (like a Faun in the Narnia books and films). This film has a lot of famous actors in this film to make the cast even better like Sean Bean, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman and Catherine Keener.


Chris Columbus is a director of this generation that I really do admire!! Percy Jackson is another very entertaining film of his that he can add as a success in his career. I was mostly excited about seeing this one because it is from the director of Home Alone 1 and 2, Mrs. Doubtfire and most notably Harry Potter 1 and 2. Despite that it isn't as good as either of them, it is still another good Columbus film. Columbus brings something that we did see in Harry Potter 1 and 2: moments of visual magic and in some scenes: intense action. The script was a bit of a flop on some occasions but I wasn't too fussed about that because, after all, it is just for entertainment.


Overall, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief is a very fun film to watch. 2010 has started well with a fresh action/comedy fantasy film that combines Ancient Greece with modern life.

8/10