Saturday 31 August 2013

Film Review - Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters



Teen Spirit


Film: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters


Cast: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon Jackson


Directed by: Thor Freudenthal


Duration: 1 hr 45 mins


Rating: * *


             After a considerably lukewarm response to the Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson is back, this time to battle the sea of monsters. Considering that the popularity of this teenager is a fraction of Harry Potter, the hesitation of the studios to put in big money is understandable. After all, it is pretty much familiar territory and too many heroes of the same mould doesn’t necessarily work well with kids.
            Even Chris Columbus who has a few credible films to his resume could not do much with the Lightening Thief. So unless you are fan of the franchise or a teenager (usually the two are the same), for the average audience sitting through this is an uphill task.
            Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) son of Poseidon and half God and half human has taken refuge at the Half blood camp, along with others of his type. There he meets his half brother who is a cyclops, he has just one eye in the middle of his forehead. There is a barrier around the camp which gets destroyed so the mission is to find something called the Golden Fleece which will help restore the barrier. The villain is Luke Castellan who wants to destroy Mount Olympus among other things. Percy embarks on a journey along with his friends Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) and Grover (Brandon Jackson) to save the day.
            Like yours truly, if you are not familiar with the franchise, there is way too much goobledygook in the film. There isn’t a great deal of excitement in the story nor do the action scenes grab your attention. Since the film was converted and not shot in 3D, you wish they would have stuck to the conventional 2D instead of messing it up.
Bottomline: this one is strictly for die hard Percy Jackson fans only.

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