Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief

If you are in to Greek Mythology and lots of action, you'll like this movie.

We were a few minutes late, fortunately we had someone with us who read all of the books who explained to us what we missed. Don't be late.

Percy is a Demi-God, meaning he is the son of
Poseidon and a mortal mom. Percy has been accused of stealing Zues's lightening, but didn't really. He and his friends go out into the world trying to find the underworld where Hades has imprisoned Percy's mom. Very appropriate, the underworld's entrance is in Hollywood, CA. Emma got a chuckle out of that.

If you know your mythology, you'll enjoy the movie more. I was stuck next to someone who didn't know a whole lot about it and was explaining alot.

Lots of action, monsters, beheadings, sword fighting... I thought the movie is perfect for a teenage boy. Not for the under 12 crowd, though. It was way too intense for me in some parts. Maybe one or two bad words, nothing too too bad. A couple of scenes of sexual "promiscuity talk", you didn't have to imagine too hard.

Out of 5 Medusa snake heads, I would give it a 4.5. I'd rent it at Red Box for a $1.

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