http://www.variety.com/article/VR111800074...egoryid=13&cs=1



This post has been edited by Calvin871989: Jan 25 2010, 03:51 PM

The official teaser trailer is out on Youtube.

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Added on July 22, 2009, 10:57 amOfficial Cast:

* Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson, the film's protagonist, and son of Poseidon.
* Brandon T. Jackson as Grover Underwood, Percy's best friend, a satyr.
* Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena
* Jake Abel as Luke Castellan, son of Hermes
* Rosario Dawson as Persephone, Goddess of Springtime
* Steve Coogan as Hades, God of the Dead
* Uma Thurman as Medusa
* Catherine Keener as Sally Jackson, Percy's mother
* Pierce Brosnan as Chiron
* Kevin McKidd as Poseidon, God of the Sea
* Melina Kanakaredes as Athena, Goddess of Wisdom
* Chelan Simmons as Silena Beauregard, daughter of Aphrodite
* Erica Cerra as Hera, Goddess of Marriage
* Sean Bean as Zeus, God of Lightning
* Maria Olsen as Mrs. Dodds
* Serinda Swan as Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
* Stefanie von Pfetten as Demeter, Goddess of the Earth and Harvest
* Tim Aas as Procrustes
* Joe Pantoliano as Gabe Ugliano
* Ray Winstone as Ares, God of War
* Dimitri Lekkos as Apollo, God of the Sun, Poetry, and Prophecy

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Added on July 22, 2009, 10:59 am

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Added on July 22, 2009, 11:00 amPercy Jackson & The Olympians is a series of adventure and fantasy books by Rick Riordan. Set in the contemporary United States, the series is based prominently on Greek mythology. The series consists of five books, as well as spin-off titles called the The Demigod Files and Demigods and Monsters.

The protagonist is a 12 year-old boy named Percy Jackson who discovers that he is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea. He learns that the legendary beings of Greek mythology still exist, including Cyclopes, Empousai, Titans, and of course the Olympians (Greek gods) themselves who are in Olympus on the mythical 600th floor of the Empire State Building. Monsters frequently attack him because he is a child of one of the "Big Three" (the sons of Kronos: Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades). Percy meets many other young demigods, both friendly and hostile, who are also in the process of discovering their heritage and powers.

The series stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for children's books for 100 weeks as of June 13, 2009.

This post has been edited by emino: Jul 22 2009, 11:00 AM

Cool. Chris Columbus of Potter 1 and 2 fame...

His involvement spells fail to me.

indeed. will give this a watch

promising...
will watch it..

Wild fantasy storyline... cool!! Anticipating it!

i wonder how will this movie box office performance compare with clash of the titan

this is more like a children novel book made into movie... Clash of the Titans got more crunch wif all the mythology creatures in it...

put it this way... Percy for children and family while Clash is for adults...

This post has been edited by maximus85: Jan 29 2010, 11:09 AM

Hahaha... Clash of the Titans might not be right for children. This is more of a "Harry Potter" genre... it appeals to kids more.

I'm liking it even more after watching the trailer.

Both Percy and Clash of Titans is worth anticipating I'll be going for both if possible (although COT does look more appealing).

I read the book. Percy Jackson's one I mean. Indeed awesome. Worth anticipating alright. I just hope, they don't cut too much scenes out. Hehe.

But then, does Logan Lerman have green eyes? That's how they describe Percy though. Haha. XD

tat can be done by using contact lense

Hahahaha. Quite right. Slipped my mind

watched it yesterday...percy was so leng chai...hahaha...overall is not bad...it's genre is jz like harry potter...this movie got funny...got excited...got handsome...but no pretty...lolz...my rating for this 8/10...(suppose is 7/10 but additional 1 point for percy...)

*omg...now oni i noe tat medusa is uma thurman...really can't recognize her at all...

p/s: pls dun leave da cinema when da credits come out...pls stay...

you mean have to wait until credits finish ? or just for awhile

about 30 seconds

Watched this yday! Awesome movie!

8/10!!

Oyea,dont leave when the credits start coming out..stay back for a while ...

hmm watched this

the fights against minotaur, medusa, hydra were too boring

i was like wtf... so easily get killed ???

god of war storyline is much better.. with better fights

First off, I have NEVER read the book

First impression, a modern retelling of the legend of Perseus.

Scene stealers, definitely Brandon T. Jackson and Pierce Brosnan.

Surprises, Uma Thurman taking up the role in this movie (a rather small one) in this movie, and she does it deliciously... I suppose even Uma Thurman has monthly bills to pay.

Strong first act, weaker 2nd and 3rd did not live up to expectation.

Worth a viewing if you have the spare change.

Nuff Said

one word - nice!!!! the view of Olympus was just superb and "real", want to watch it again la...
a must see movie for God of War freaks!!!
Persephone -
Posiedon like gay & very weak...

-cheers-

I can't say that I actually enjoyed this movie. Although there were a lot of funny scenes and dialog but the acting is just not good kinda kills it.

Probably because those are new and young actor, I assume?

Everything work way way too linear and not to mention that some of the scene kinda rush IMO. (mind you, I never read the novel)

Most of the fighting scene are not that good and not well-choreograph IMO. Especially Medusa, she got kick out of the bucket too easily. Even Minatour fight was slightly better than that. The series would be a lot better if there are more "magic" attack involved. Percy should use his water spell more often as well.

As for the Casino scene, I am don't like it although I know the purpose of that scene for. I guess it was a the work of "final villain" to delay and waste the heroes time? It is never explained in the end...or is it?

As for the ending, It was alright. Everything wrapped and complete but somehow lacking for me although the credit ending definitely do the justice.

Overall, It is 6/10 for me. Probably because I have extremely high expectation on it.

yup the game

3rd installment gonna be out ^^

Another movie I thought I'd be watching but I would rather wait for better movies. So far, movie count for 2010 : [1], and thats "Avatar" (2009)

nice movie, i find it better than harry potter movies, balance action n storyline

this one very nice liao,I'm enjoice alot watching it

8/10

Anyone noticed how the actor didn't show much emotion when the mother was supposedly "killed" by the minotaur?

The casino is crutial for sequel.

Its is where (do not read if you dont want to be spoiled by the books)

Actually in the books:

the trailer's scene with a truck n gatling guns seems to be missing in the movie proper

Sneaky moderator deleted my response to his/her harsh action without justifying.
That forum name really suits him/her.

Anyway people I have written a review on this movie on my blog if you're interested.

This post has been edited by tonYe: Feb 21 2010, 02:02 PM

Haven't read the books so I can't tell if the plot drifts... but the beginning of the movie (not to mention, some of the casts) leaves you with pretty high expectations. Great start, good performances for some of the cast, superb effects and animation but the movie died with a terrible ending.

Man am I disappointed.

Beginning ok...
between the beginning and the ending was ok...
ending sucked... bad...

Please. No more blog whoring. You know who you are.

This movie comes at wrong timing....
quite nice but i dun see many ppl watching .....
All cny movies full house, but only 10 ppl watching when we watched

From an average guy who only enjoy movies and have never read the book :

Film is below average. Not suspense enough. Too linear ... as in boy finds out himself as a demi-god and manage to master his powers before hte movie mid point. I guess them demi-gods must be extremely talented. Interesting concept though of how they mix in Greek mythology with the modern world.

i) Medusa was sooooo predictable. Aunty Em. Rock statues. Who else can it be lol?
ii) Didn't manage to guess Hydra.
iii) I do think the Lotus Lair part is kinda out of the story until I read emino's post.

On a side note, Percy Jackson was my worst movie experience, namely because of a lady that kept on going "huhu" during the entire show.

This post has been edited by jubz: Feb 19 2010, 07:25 PM

haha jackx!, i feel the same way to man, he was like ... "oh ok my mom just died, its nothing really"

maybe he knew he will revived back his mom..??
hahaha...
yela...
demigod kan...

watched yesterday,
hero was ok
the chicks not hot enuff
6/10 for me

& why they show trailer clash of the titan movie make me cannot enjoy the percy jackson movie

This post has been edited by ReAcTiVo: Feb 20 2010, 04:04 PM

[skip all the previous review and post this, might contain SPOILER]

(I didn't read the book, and only watch this because at that time no other movie to watch)

To me, this movie is really a sucks one and the story shouldn't "exist" at all.
How is it possible that "The son of the God of Messenger" can stole the Zeus's lightning bolt? And why Medusa and Hydra are alive where they been killed by Perseus and Hercules?

(If skip through the mythology) The movie started with a few fight/runaway scene, which probably made the audience impress (at first). The subsequent fight scene became not as good as the previous one (try compare the Hydra fight with Luke). This have made the movie became lost interest on later part...
It made me feel like this is just a typical Hollywood product, just that there is no sex scene.

This post has been edited by tan_pang: Feb 20 2010, 11:11 PM

the books actually explained them properly. sadly the movie doesnt.

Is the book also explained how the Zeus's Lightning Bolt been stole?

If yes, then Hollywood has spoil one good story...

I dont actually remember how. I guess he used the Helm of Darkness to be invisible and stole it under instuctions from Kronos. Also, being the son of Hermas, God of Messages, Travelers and Thieves he could have some other Hermes's godling powers.

But what I do know is that when Zeus realized the bolt is missing, he sent out all the gods to look for it, Ares finds Luke, and Luke persuade him by saying that the missing bolt would caused wars between the gods, and Ares wants war badly. He took the bolt for 'safekeeping'.

Hmm... your explanation make the story more interesting...

the book was indeed very interesting. too bad the movie doesnt do it justice.

I didn't like it. Percy is supposed to be 12 years old in the book, but in the movie he's 18. Whose stupid idea was this? The movie is way too kiddy.

they talked about his age in the movie ? cant recall if his age was mentioned in the movie but for sure we can see he's a highschooler. he is 18 years old (born 1992) in reality, if that was what you meant.
never read the book before but i thought Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was just o.k., meh.

This post has been edited by Calvin871989: Feb 22 2010, 01:08 AM

This is NOT the first time I seen movies where prize cars were hijacked from inside a casino (usually Vegas) that comes with the key easily accessible and some petrol to get it running.

as some of u mentioned, great opening, acceptable mid part, but disastrous ending...

i'm disappointed as this comes from the director of Home Alone, Harry Potter 1&2

the story is quite stupid if u ask me, or maybe it's the screenwriter who failed to bring out the best from the novel. Acting sucks as well... as far as i remember, there are quite a number of young actor actress who can act superbly at a young age, so this movie's casts should really go back to acting academy

They sure don't look 12 to me.

Percy was twelve. And the Great Prophecy was supposed to happened when one of the Big Three godlings reached 16 years old.

The Great Prophecy (that was weirdly never mentioned in the movie, which is one of the main reason why Poseidon hides the existance of Percy).

i give 8.5 /10 ...nice movies

I recommend u all don't watch a movie that diadaptasi from the books... the result is really sucks...

Clearly you've never watched The Godfather.

Rating: 3.5/10

Pros: Uma Thurman. Animation is top notch.

Cons: A mediocre film that tries too hard to be epic and fails miserably.

Suitable Audience: KIDS.

+ 1

Quite okay.. but I think the novel is a lot more better..

info: http://mrr2.com/percy-jackson-movie/

not too bad for a kids movie...i do enjoy the goat and poker face weehhehe

clearly you never watched Lord of The Rings

the movie is oklah for me. i nearly fell asleep halfway also. hahaha

Tipping point: Poker face.

As for the Casino scene, what is the song name, quite nice

Poker Face - Lady GaGa

So how was Siberia?

the casino scene was totally pointless and draggy.

This show is a joke, good for wasting time.

between 2-3/5.

nothing like clash of the titan style

It reminded me of those 90s Kevin Sorbo Hercules telemovies. Nothing impressed me in this movie. It was humdrum.

It has something to do with the second movie. My friend who read the book told me, can't remember why though.

Such are Boring movie.Not worth to watch either!

i generously rate this movie 3/10.

lol 3/10 hahahaha lucky i never watch

dis movie i give rate 8.1/10..
they cut out alot of da funny scenes from da book...
for instance...
da bully at camp..in da movie it look like annabeth da bully bt in da book
theres a girl, Daughter of the war god, Clarisse..
wat a bummer....

for those who wanna see "magic" base attack, w8 da 3rd installment..
i dun know whether they follow da book or not but its da most exciting
book from da 5 books..
there will b Thalia, Daughter of Zeus, gila2 ooo... percy gaduh wif thalia..
water wif lightning....and there will b children of Hades oso....
Nico n Bianca DiAngelo...

hehe...dun wanna spoil for u guyz...

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Added on June 9, 2010, 2:06 amda casino scene very important oooo....
in da 3rd book, there will b children of Hades...
and they got sumthing to do wif da casino..

da 2nd book abit boring...
bt there will b alot of monsters in da 2nd book..
as the title is "Sea of Monsters"
ngeee.....

This post has been edited by saydee92: Jun 9 2010, 02:06 AM

the Hades is so funny....didn't expect him to look like this....lolz

so, when is the next sequel?

ya ooo..
they didnt mention anything bout da next sequel....
dammit.... wanna see more greek mythology...

BTW..clash of the titans suck..
come on, they used da legend Perseus story but they change it alot..
no fun at all....

the sequel is crap as well. probably worse but we already knew what to expect

i felt that this sequel is kinda "toned down" from the previous one... a LOT

back then we have pierce brosnan, uma thurman, steve coogan, sean bean, rosario dawson to name a few as
the supporting cast now only stanley tucci & nathan fillon(even their time on screen was short)

and the 1st one did have some trademark places like lotus casino, parthenon, the underworld and mt olympus itself.
The sequel only have the ocean and that's that

This post has been edited by noir7559: Aug 13 2013, 09:57 AM

Another alternative if you like Harry Potter (main characters = teens)

Their is part of of Percy Jackson and i can't wait for it seem really another good movie.

The director is like, let's get this shit done ASAP with so I can carry on living with my life. I bet the actors thought of the same.

just watched it the other day.

kinda meh. animation was meh, powers were meh, adventure was meh, fighting scene was meh.

pretty meh.

percy looks nice though

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

Another book series that movie producers are hoping would turn into the next Harry Potter franchise...

With the above mention franchise, with each passing movie, the director approach the movies from a more adult perspective.

Unfortunately for this "movie franchise" the reverse is true, and in turn, hurting the movie...

I do understand that there is a big market for a children/family oriented movie. Having said that, there is no reason why movies in this segment needs to... lack sophistication...

Frankly, I have never read the series, so I do not know if the issue lies with the source material or somethings are lost in the translation... (I really would like to hear from the readers of the books)

I know a thing or two about the Greek Mythology, and the series, really do... dumb down Greek Myth, which is actually quite sophisticated (even the late great Shakespeare, had been know to pinch an idea or two from Greek Myth)

Basing everything in the States is a big problem for me, I really wonder why so many Greek Myth stuff ended up in the States??

And everything has to be... "Americanised" (Circeland... "It's A Small World After All?" )

And something that really irk me, is the whole look of the movie. There are alot of "night" shots, and I absolutely no photography knowledge, but there are some shots here that looks really really... WASHED!! (The same can be said about the The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013))

To my untrained eye, I really feel the work produced by the director photography (Shelly Johnson) is underwhelming. Funny thing is he also did Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and The Wolfman (2010) which I have no issue with. Maybe it is the new digital cameras they use nowadays...

I will not go as far as to say it is as bad as The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, it is just very predictable and un-challenging.

As always...

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Dec 2 2013, 10:36 PM

any news on the next sequel? the actors aren't getting younger you know... i wish they produce the complete sequel as quickly as harry potter did. where we can see the actors grows in the movie