First, let me start by describing my feelings during the movie. DEPRESSED.....
It was pathetic. I wonder how Rick Riordan felt when he watched it. He probably got a heart attack. Anyway, for those of you who are still in the dark, this movie is based on a book with the same title by the aforementioned author. It tells the tale of the son of Poseidon, Percy Jackson who is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning rod, a supposedly powerful weapon. To prevent war between the gods, Percy must locate and return the rod to Zeus.
In the beginning of the movie, Percy is revealed to be dyslexic and ADHD. But apparently, the dyslexia is because he can only understand ancient words and the ADHD is to make him forever ready for battle. Weird, huh? Anyway, he lives with his mom and a loser guy who treats them badly.
One day, at a museum trip, Percy is attacked by a Fury, and rescued by his wheelchair-bound teacher. Apparently, the Fury is after the rod. What I didn't get was, why did the creature have to climb up a scaffolding and then jump on top of him, instead of just leaping on him from the ground? Silly huh, these mythological creatures?
Later, the teacher and his best friend, a cripple, decide that it was time for him to go to camp. Percy gets a pen, which turns into a sword for protection, and escapes with his mom and best friend to the camp. On the way, they get attacked by a minotaur, who grabbed his mother and turned her into a fireball. The minotaur's horn then breaks off, allowing Percy to grab it and stab it, effectively killing it. Convenient, huh?
Percy then faints, and wakes up 3 days later, showing little emotion about the fact that his mom is dead. His best friend turns out to be a satyr and his teacher a centaur. Funny how mythological creatures are always disguised as cripples. He then falls in love with a girl, the daughter of Athena, and discovers that he can heal wounds with water.
The centaur tells him that because he is the son of one of the three main gods, he is a very powerful person and is a threat to most creatures. Which is why his mom married the loser guy, who apparently smells so bad that he could mask the smell of Percy's demigod blood and protect him from harm. Weird thing is, harm only comes after they accuse him of stealing the bolt, so why marry the guy in the first place?
Later that night, Hades appears, telling Percy that his mom has been captured and to get her back he must give Hades the lightning rod. So he sets out with his best friend and the girl he loves to save his mother. And then comes all the cliches we normally see in such movies; they fight monsters, defeat them, best friend sacrifices himself for them (if you call being seduced by a pretty woman sacrifice) and rescues dear mummy.
They set off to return the rod, have a fight with the guy who actually stole the rod, defeat him, return the rod to Zeus, and Percy meets his father for the first time. The end.
Wanna know why I hate this movie? Well, everything is so damn convenient for Percy.Firstly, they need pearls to get out of hell, one per person. There are three of them, and oh-how-convenient, there are only three pearls in the US! What the hell? First pearl, they fight Medusa with an iPhone, second pearl, they fly up Athena's statue to grab it, and third pearl, oh-how-convenient again, Percy stumbles upon it at a roulette table in Vegas. I mean, what are the odds? In a gigantic casino, the pearl is just lying around on a roulette table? Won't people just grab it and steal it or something?
When he meets Hades, he discovers that he has the rod all along (hidden in a shield given to him by the real thief) and Hades takes it, only for Persephone (his amorous and disgruntled wife) to grab it, kill him, and seduce Percy's best friend. Duh! The best friend 'willingly' stays back in hell, letting Percy, lovergirl and mummy escape from hell with the three pearls.
Another weird thing, mummy evidently knows exactly how to get to Olympus, despite her never being there, and only slept with a god who left her anyway. Percy and lovergirl race to find Zeus (somehow managing to open a door at least a hundred times their size and weight) and return the rod in the nick of time. How fake everything is!
This movie is crap, designed for a younger audience who can't see through the numerous flaws present thorughout the movie. It is extremely predictable, given the happily-ever-after ending in all kiddie shows, and boring throughout. I watched the whole thing with my mouth hanging open, unable to belief how horrible everything was.
Trust me, DO NOT WATCH THIS. It is pathetic, predictable and utterly boring. What a waste of ten bucks...
(PS : All this is written based on the movie. I haven't had a chance to read the novel yet, and I definitely hope it is not as bad as the movie.)
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