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Rosario Dawson
Logan Lerman
Uma Thurman
Catherine Keener
Pierce Brosnan
Sean Bean

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Based on the book by Rick Riordan: a young discovers he's descended from a Greek god and sets off to settle an ancient battle between the old gods. -- Chris aka Tarkin

08/06/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Could have been better

Though I was entertained by this movie, I couldn't help but think it could have been better. Seems like they tried to make a movie that was appealing to both kids and adults (a'la Harry Potter) but at times it was either too geared to kids or trying too hard to be entertaining to adults. Nonetheless, I was entertained for 2 hours, the story is decent, and the effects are strong.

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3/4 

06/06/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Low Brow.

Percy Jackson begins with a clever premise, and shows the giant god that is Poseidon arising to the shores of New York. Atop Mount Olympus, which is now hidden within the Empire State Building, Zeus accuses Poseidon's demigod son of stealing his lightning bolt. Zeus will wage war on the Earth if it isn't returned in seven days.

Enter the demigod Percy, who has no clue what he is, as a new franchise begins to hope it can steal the Harry Potter mantle. Too bad, as Logan Lerman clearly shows in his big debut, that neither he nor the other actors can act their way out of a box. In the meantime centaurs, minotaurs, furies, Hades, Medusa, and even a hydra appear. This one is purely for the Nickelodeon and Hannah and iCarly crowds who may dig seeing winged Converse shoes and low brow sexual...

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1/4 

02/15/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Fun with Greek Gods

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. The kids were all pretty good. I enjoyed Uma as medusa. The overall story was interesting though I believe a bit has been changed from the book. The special effects were well done. On a whole I enjoyed the movie.

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3/4