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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Our title boy, Percy (Logan Lerman), is your average American kid. Starkly average, to be blunt. Hes a bit of an outcast and a loser, his mom remarried a real jerk when his deadbeat dad left, and hes got dyslexia. Or so he thinks. Ysee, it turns out Percys dad is Poseidon (Kevin McKidd) -- yes, the Poseidon, with the waves and the trident and the whole deal -- and its not so much that hes a deadbeat, hes just forbidden by Zeus (Sean Bean) from ever seeing Percy so the two of them dont team up and try to overthrow the natural order of things or something like that. So, when someone does try to overthrow the natural order of things by stealing Zeuss lightning bolt, Percy is the one everyone immediately points their finger at. Fortunately for our young hero, his parents have made arrangements for his safety. It turns out Percys best friend (Brandon T. Jackson) is actually a satyr charged with protecting him, and his wheelchair-bound schoolteacher is actually a centaur named Chiron (Pierce Brosnan) whos been keeping tabs on him. Plus, theres a space reserved for him at Camp Half Blood, conveniently just outside the city, where all the young demigods of the world learn how to master and control their abilities. Which they do by constantly trying to maim and kill one another. Under Chirons supervision, with a few subtle nudges from his watery dad, Percy begins to learn his full potential while getting roughed up by demigoddess Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario). You may have noticed that, up until now, the review has been a bit light on what Percy himself is doing or thinking during all of this. Thats because for the first half of the movie Percy doesnt do a damned thing. He makes a snide comment about his stepfathers odor and thats it. Its all about people instructing, ordering, or dragging the title character off to do one thing or another. For those first 45 minutes, Percy is nothing but a sock puppet that gets passed from one character to the next. No thoughts, no opinions, no choices. He barely reacts when his mother is killed in front of him by a raging minotaur as they race to the safety of the camp. So, its a big thing at the halfway point of the movie when Percy finally makes a decision of his own. Hes going to disobey orders, leave the camp, and head to the Underworld. Hes going there to convince Hades (Steve Coogan) that hes not the one who stole Zeuss lightning bolt so the dark god will let Percys mother go. Yes, it turns out his mothers still alive, so its a good thing he didnt waste any time or energy mourning her. Besides, hes going to need that energy while he searches for the pearls of Persephone, magical items that let you escape the Underworld, after sneaking down for a visit with Hades somewhat-unwilling wife (Rosario Dawson). Well, somewhat unwilling with him, anyway. Although, considering what a chore it is to get each of these pearls, its hard to believe Persephone really wants any visitors. Ill be honest. I havent read any of the books by Rick Riordan that this movie is based on. My total experience with them was picking a paperback up at Target and showing it to my girlfriend to say Im reviewing the DVD of this for CinemaBlend . As such, I have no idea if the film is slavishly loyal to the source material or so far off base they had to pay Mr. Riordan extra so hed smile during the bonus features (well get to those in a few moments). What I do know is that this movie is frustrating and rock-stupid. The scenes are clumsy. The dialogue is wooden. The story has the episodic feel of a B-level video-game script. Tonally, it cant figure out if its trying to be make a claim for the Harry Potter four-quadrant throne or if its a live-action Saturday-morning cartoon. Not to mention that so many of the cool reveals and discoveries in this film depend on the viewer having never been exposed to Greek mythology in their life. With such a fantastic idea and Chris Columbus at the helm, this movie shouldve been a slam dunk for fun if nothing else. Instead its a mediocre film that seems like it suffers from a very determined, deliberate lack of effort. Which is all the more frustrating. Really, Percy Jackson feels like a cheat on a bunch of levels. Too many of its beats and scenes are copied right out of the Hogwarts playbook. Most of the challenges and obstacles in the story are overcome by Percys friends and family, not Percy himself. Even his dyslexia is a cheat. Were supposed to feel sorry for him and identify with his struggles because of it, except then we find out he doesnt actually have dyslexia. His brains just hardwired for ancient Greek because hes a demigod. His basic, humanizing flaw is just another example that he doesnt have any flaws. For a main character with so much mythology and history in his |
1. Властелин колец, Дж. Р. Р. Толкиен
2. Гордость и предубеждение, Джейн Остин.
3. Темные начала, Филипп Пуллман
4. Автостопом по Галактике, Дуглас Адамс
5. Гарри Поттер и кубок огня, Дж. Роулинг.
6. Убить пересмешника, Харпер Ли.
7. Винни-Пух и все-все-все, А. Милн
8. 1984, Дж. Оруэлл.
9. Лев, ведьма и платяной шкаф, К. Льюис.
10. Джейн Эйр, Ш. Бронте.
11. Уловка-22, Джозеф Хеллер.
12. Грозовой перевал, Эмили Бронте.
13. Пение птиц, Себастьян Фолкс.
14. Ребекка, Дафна дю Морье.
15. Над пропастью во ржи, Д. Сэллинджер.
16. Ветер в ивах, Кеннет Грэм.
17. Большие надежды, Чарльз Диккенс.
18. Маленькие женщины, Луиза Мэй Элкотт.
19. Мандолина капитана Корелли, Луи де Берньер.
20. Война и мир, Лев Толстой
21. Унесенные ветром, Маргарет Митчелл.
22. Гарри Поттер и Философский камень, Дж. Роулинг.
23. Гарри Поттер и тайная комната, Дж. Роулинг.
24. Гарри Поттер и узник Азкабана, Дж. Роулинг.
25. Хоббит, Дж.Р.Р. Толкиен.
26. Тесс из рода д'Эбервиллей, Томас Харди.
27. Миддлмарч, Джордж Элиот
28. Молитва об Оуэне Мини, Джон Ирвин.
29. Гроздья гнева, Джон Стейнбек.
30. Приключения...
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