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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

38 Ratings: 2.5

Fantasy-adventure film directed by Chris Columbus

Mythology and the modern world collide in this epic quest for justice by Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman), your basic below-average, misfit student whose family life is a mess and who's misunderstood by everyone except his best friend, Grover (Brandon … see full wiki

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Cast: Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Kevin McKidd, Logan Lerman

Director: Chris Columbus

Genre: Action, Adventure

Release Date: February 12, 2010

MPAA Rating: PG-13

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review by woopak_the_thrill. August 06, 2010

posted in Friends and Fans of Fantasy

A Decent Kid-Friendly Action Film That Has More Ambition Than Solid Execution...

"Sparky" The Lightning Kid Battles The Hordes of Greek Myth!

After the mega-success of the “Harry Potter” adaptations, Hollywood is in the hunt to find the next family-friendly fantasy franchise that can generate huge profits. They gave it a shot with an adaptation of the “Vampire Assistant” and now, director Chris Columbus makes a shot at box-office success with an adaptation of the books by author Rick Riordan with “Percy Jackson and Olympians: The Lightning Thief”. The film is a kid-friendly fantasy series that uses … more

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review by FreeDom4. August 24, 2010

posted in Movie Hype

Like Harry Potter, but with Greek Gods

My first impression on seeing Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief is that it's basically a Harry Potter ripoff. Almost literally, except for the fact that it draws from Greek mythology rather than Medieval legends. Otherwise, it's the same movie, with two guys and a girl on a quest; the main hero never really knows his father; there's a school/camp for young magicians/demi-gods; and the first quest in this movie even involves searching for something (lightning) that … more

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review by Sean_Rhodes. February 15, 2010

posted in Movie Hype

You Can't Predict Where Lightning Will Strike (3.5/5)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief may be the worst movie title ever, but it is far from being the worst movie ever. There is something quite fun about the film in and of itself. It will require a LOT of suspension of disbelief to enjoy, but once you settle in for the ride it becomes a movie that's fun in spite of some of it's more daunting moments that actually come out from me just having to nitpick and ask questions. The Lightning … more

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review by MichaelBrown. July 12, 2010

posted in Movie Hype

Wonderful film for people of all ages

The first film based on the successful series of books makes the character of Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman), parentage true that a normal high school is much stranger than anything he could wait. His best friend Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) claims to be a student with physical disabilities in the school of Percy, but the fact of hiding their true nature. It's really a satyr: half man, half goat. He was responsible for the custody of the gods of Olympus Percy, which should never find its location. … more

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review by AlmostRambo. February 14, 2010

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief sounds a lot like Harry Potter in it's title. I think everyone will go in expecting something akin to Harry Potter Lite if they choose to see this at all. The title immediately suggests Greek gods and goddesses and the traier hints at lot at what you're going into to see. We've been trained for many years on the Potter franchise though, and unless you've read the books this movie is based on, I expect most will go in expecting some version … more

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Quick Tip by Magick1. July 27, 2010

posted in Movie Hype

A Quick Tip by Magick1

Got a chance to watch this movie this past weekend and found it to be a good movie. Children could watch this and be enchanted by the Greek Mythological creatures, learn a bit about Greek Mythology and a couple of "bad words". If you don't mind the word a$$, then they can watch it as that's about as bad as it gets. The movie was nice, flowed decent, but we could tell who was the Lightning Thief right away. Decent if you want something different to watch!

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review by FreeDom4. August 23, 2010

Like Harry Potter, but with Greek Gods

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Quick Tip by cruzer79. July 12, 2010

posted in Movie Hype

A Quick Tip by cruzer79

Good movie good special effects, enjoyable story line good cast.

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Quick Tip by IrishAdin. July 10, 2010

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A Quick Tip by IrishAdin

A good adaption from the book. I suggest disassociating it from the book and watching it solely as a movie.

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review by Lopez15. March 11, 2010

posted in Movie Hype

Chris Columbus takes the bold outlines of Greek Mythology and turns it on it's heels......

For teenagers they all think that life is going to be simple and easy, some of them find out the hard way that is not so while others lazily go by doing what they do everyday. For High Schooler Percy Jackson this is so, Percy thinks his only purpose in life is to just survive High School, barely, while dealing with his slob of a step-father. Battling his troubles with dyslexia, ADHD and all the while trying to make his mother proud of him. For a teenager this is no easy feat especially … more

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