Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (MOVIE / 2010)The Lightning Thief is the first movie based on a series of "tween" books that takes ancient greek mythology and brings it to the modern day. Many things in the films universe can be seen in the Harry Potter films, in fact this film was directed by Christopher Columbus who directed the first 2 Potter films. Percy is a young man who is a misfit who comes to find out he is the son of the God Poseidon and is thrust into a fantastical journey. He is framed for stealing Zeus' Lightning Bolt and his mother is taken hostage. The story is not an original one, but you do have fun following him on his adventure. The special effects are good, not great, and there are a lot of familiar faces in the film. The film presents you with enough mythology to keep you up to speed with Percy's race to save his mother. The idea may not be an original one but I had a lot of fun watching this movie and hope that good success comes from the rentals (it did pretty bad in theaters) that we can see Percy's next adventure.
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