I was surprised by this movie. I originally decided to avoid this movie because i thought it was going to be another fluffy childrens movie trying to cash on the current fantasy craze. It's obviously directed towards the young teen demographic but i was surprised with how well made the movie was.
I recently watched, The Vampires assistant. That was another movie i had originally planned on avoiding for the exact same reasons but was pleasantly surprised. I thought, The vampires assistant was actually more than a Teen/family movie. It reminded me of this generations, My best friend is a vampire. I don't think, The lightning thief is a classic in the same way, Vampires assistant, was but it certainly surprised me in the same way. After seeing this i can only wonder how the last four, Harry Potter movies would have turned out had Columbus stayed with the franchise. This director is great at creating a fantasy atmosphere. So, yeah, this movie wasnt anything special but it's certainly not a throw away movie either
I just got through watching this after renting it from the PSN.
This movie was pretty cheesy. And I mean that in a bad way.
The CGI was decent enough, but the acting was deplorable, even from veteran actors like Joey Pants and Sean Bean.
It was worth a watch, I admit, but it is definitely nothing that I'd own.
I felt like I was watching a Nickelodeon movie. Seriously. It was just too kid friendly. Even the Harry Potter franchise has darker tones than this film. At least we got to see Wormtail cut off his hand and Cedric Diggory die in GOF.
All Lightning Thief had was a few cuts and scrapes, and some really bad humor by the black satyr.
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Mhm. To be honest, the Medusa scenes sucked balls IMO.
Yeah,the hydra was a good scene,I just liked the Medusa scene mainly because I found the whole ''Statue Garden'' thing a bit creepy,it reminded me of ''The wheelies'' out of return to Oz for some reason,I found the ''Las Vegas'' scenes fun as well.