I started
blogging a few months after the first installment of this very average adult
fantasy series. Percy Jackson and The
Lightning Thief was the first in the series by Rick Riordian that was a much
awarded book but an average movie. I am
told by reliable sources that the book is readable.
Sea of Monsters
is the 2nd edition. The fans
would be really excited to know that there are 3 more to come The Titan's Curse,
The Battle of the Labyrinth, The Last Olympian.
I say damn!!! We have to go through quite a bit of pain to watch one of
the most over rated super heroes I have seen to date.
Percy Jackson is
at Camp Half-Blood as we saw the last time around. This time, we get a back story to begin
with. One about Thalia (Katelyn Mager)
who gave up her life to protect Camp Half Blood from some Half-Blood thirsty Cyclops. she is turned into a tree that creates a
force around the camp keeping it protected from any further attacks.
Come back to
today and we find that Thalia’s tree has been poisoned. Her strength is fast draining and the only
thing that can save her is a Golden Fleece that can be found in the Sea of
Monsters. And where is the Sea of
Monsters in this modern day world? The Bermuda Triangle. Yawn!!!
Now of course
the path has to be fraught with hazards galore.
But the twist in the tale is one that involves Luke (Jake Abel), son of
Hermes who has made it his mission to raise the SuperGod (for lack of any other
word) – Krono. Kronos was defeated by
his sons – Zeus, Posiedon and Hades and banished for life to save the world
from destruction.
So you see the
story is not too different from “Wrath of The Titans” that released last
year. Much like The Lightning Thief was
identical to Clash of The Titans. I guess
there were learnings to ensure that the series doesn’t release together. But I cannot quite figure out why these two
series are all but identical to each other?
Having said
that, neither will be remembered for time immemorial. Both Percy Jackson and The Titans are entertainment
for a tweenage crowd who cannot quite understand the intensity or the grand
scale of the likes of The Lord of The Rings or The Hobbit. They are the pulp fiction version of Greek
Mythology and nothing more.
The movies are also
equally average. They give nothing new
or creative when they come back on screen at intervals of 2-3 years. The stories are of course great but the
execution is no good. The performances do
not inspire anything whatsoever. The
saving grace comes from the effects that are good. Otherwise avoidable. 5 on 10.
Watch the trailer
on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1537583385/?ref_=tt_ov_vi
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