Percy Jackson & The Olympians - The Lightning Thief - Blu-ray Forum

Elandyll · 02-12-2010, 05:39 PM

Haven't seen any thread on this film, so I figured, having read (almost all, I am about a 1/3rd in the last one) the books that I might as well.
More or less a Hary Potter wannabe, the 5 book series tells us about the existence of Greek Mythology in modern times, the struggle of a pair of young demi gods to be accepted by both their mortal relations and immortal parent figures as well as the journey reserved to Heroes, and the Rise of the evil Titan Kronos. Oh, of course there is a terrible prophecy that will only be revealed in the last book, but it does include a reference to the Hero and "the end our age".

Very interesting series I think, full of action pieces (much more so than HP, it is also far less into character development -and the books are indeed much shorter-) and a pretty clever take on Greek Mythology in modern times. The writing is consistantly more kid- oriented than Potter (or rather it's like the first book aim more or less at the same audience age the first Potter book did, but the following books did not grow up with the audience, wherehas the HP books grew darker and deeper).

The movie seems to have a -ton- of good SFX (and the 5 Percy Jackson books have some pretty amazing creatures and visual pieces, it only gets better after TLT), the first two Harry Potter movies director (Chris Columbus) and a decent cast (aside from the mostly unknown trio of young actors):

Pierce Brosnan
Sean Bean
Steve Coogan
Uma Thurman

One thing kinda annoyed me: One of the trailers blew one of the big reveals of the first book

[Show spoiler]

Next HP, or next Golden Compass?

This week end will tell I guess. Currently sitting at 54% (rotten) at Rotten Tomatoes, not too bad for this kind of movie I guess (althought director Chris Columbus scored much better -78 and 82%- on his first two Harry Potter films).

detective392 · 02-12-2010, 06:09 PM

I never read the books but the movie looks pretty cool. I don't think it will last past movie 2 though. Seems that if it's not Harry Potter or Twilight and over 5 books it won't all be adapted I mean look at Narnia that's not looking to good and the Golden Compass didn't last even Eragon didn't make it. But hopefully I'm wrong.

LordCrumb · 02-12-2010, 06:12 PM

Its just called 'Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief' here, no Olympians.

EricJ · 02-12-2010, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elandyll

Next HP, or next Golden Compass?

Harry Potter had the "plucky orphan" aspect that made us see the series as a Fairytale, and we could accept all the whimsical suspensions of disbelief--
Percy Jackson and his friends are all "hi-powered teens", and while Warner is certainly pushing Chris Columbus and "This is our next one to replace the old one!" in our face, it still....well...kind of looks like "Jumpers".

Not that the book series shouldn't be filmed at least once, but Warner is making it run marathons in some awfully big shoes it may have only vaguely been trying to fill in the first place.

(And no, nobody's waiting to leap on it and beat it to death like we were with Golden Compass--I've only read partway into the PJ books, but it didn't feel that obnoxious and despicable...

)

kpkelley · 02-12-2010, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by detective392

I never read the books but the movie looks pretty cool. I don't think it will last past movie 2 though. Seems that if it's not Harry Potter or Twilight and over 5 books it won't all be adapted I mean look at Narnia that's not looking to good and the Golden Compass didn't last even Eragon didn't make it. But hopefully I'm wrong.

You mean that dragon movie they called Eragon, the only things they got right were some of the names.

I think this looks entertaining and could be a successful series. It doesn't seem to be off to a good start however with the studio dumping it into a february release.

Petra_Kalbrain · 02-12-2010, 06:21 PM

This film will be a Harry Potter rip-off.

detective392 · 02-12-2010, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by kpkelley

You mean that dragon movie they called Eragon, the only things they got right were some of the names.

I think this looks entertaining and could be a successful series. It doesn't seem to be off to a good start however with the studio dumping it into a february release.

Yeah that one. Also a reason they never made movie 2 they changed pretty much evreything in the movie that it didn't make a lot back.

Elandyll · 02-12-2010, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

This film will be a Harry Potter rip-off.

The books are all but a self admitted HP knock off (from the trio composed of a main Hero "not so bright but powerful", the "brainy and pretty" girl, and the "clumsy but likeable" pal, to the yearly visit to "Hogwarth" .. oops, I meant "Camp Half-Blood"), so it's fairly logical that the movies would be seen as such.
Then again, PJ&TLT is also seen as one of the "better" ripoffs

Aside from that, I can assure you that the action scenes in most of the books would put most of HP's to shame (but that's not why people like HP anyway).

Otherwise, it's not Warner that's releasing the movie, but Fox (which is weird, because the books are published by none other than ... Disney).

Blu-Benny · 02-12-2010, 06:33 PM

i'm currently reading the 1st book right now....looks like something i could sit and enjoy on a weekend.

Sarge · 02-12-2010, 06:36 PM

What it lacks in originality I hope it will make up for in fun. Hopefully it's the start of a new franchise and not a one and done.

kpkelley · 02-12-2010, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Poet Who Didn't Know It

What it lacks in originality
I hope it will make up for in fun
Hopefully it's the start of a new franchise
and not a one and done

Fixed.

Sarge · 02-12-2010, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kpkelley

Fixed.

Ya... that's what I meant to do!!! lol.

Nice job!

Bullseye · 02-12-2010, 07:03 PM

Why did the Golden Compass get slammed in the US?

MarkJ801 · 02-12-2010, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Bullseye

Why did the Golden Compass get slammed in the US?

Because it sucked.

vegeta88 · 02-12-2010, 08:00 PM

I actually had no interest in this movie until I saw a recent trailer for it. It looks pretty good, great cast too!

Doughoef · 02-12-2010, 08:10 PM

I am not expecting too much from this movie, but I am taking my 10 yr old tonight. He is crazy about these books.

P@t_Mtl · 02-12-2010, 08:11 PM

I enjoyed the first book and will see the movie sometime next week

LordCrumb · 02-12-2010, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkJ801

Because it sucked.

I thought it was because of the religious 'controversy'?

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...3970783&page=1
http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...he_golden.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,305487,00.html

Moefiz · 02-12-2010, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doughoef

I am not expecting too much from this movie, but I am taking my 10 yr old tonight. He is crazy about these books.

Same here...taking my kids Sunday to see it they are also crazy about the books.

WyldeMan45 · 02-12-2010, 11:50 PM

Last night a group of 6 drunk high school boys, wearing togas, giant santa beards, and gold crowns went to the midnight showing of this movie, when I was going into the Wolfman........I thought these are children's books?

02-12-2010, 05:39 PM	#1
Elandyll Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2007 Location:MD Blu-ray collection:188 Trading Score:1	Percy Jackson & The Olympians - The Lightning Thief Haven't seen any thread on this film, so I figured, having read (almost all, I am about a 1/3rd in the last one) the books that I might as well. More or less a Hary Potter wannabe, the 5 book series tells us about the existence of Greek Mythology in modern times, the struggle of a pair of young demi gods to be accepted by both their mortal relations and immortal parent figures as well as the journey reserved to Heroes, and the Rise of the evil Titan Kronos. Oh, of course there is a terrible prophecy that will only be revealed in the last book, but it does include a reference to the Hero and "the end our age". Very interesting series I think, full of action pieces (much more so than HP, it is also far less into character development -and the books are indeed much shorter-) and a pretty clever take on Greek Mythology in modern times. The writing is consistantly more kid- oriented than Potter (or rather it's like the first book aim more or less at the same audience age the first Potter book did, but the following books did not grow up with the audience, wherehas the HP books grew darker and deeper). The movie seems to have a -ton- of good SFX (and the 5 Percy Jackson books have some pretty amazing creatures and visual pieces, it only gets better after TLT), the first two Harry Potter movies director (Chris Columbus) and a decent cast (aside from the mostly unknown trio of young actors): Pierce Brosnan Sean Bean Steve Coogan Uma Thurman One thing kinda annoyed me: One of the trailers blew one of the big reveals of the first book [Show spoiler] Next HP, or next Golden Compass? This week end will tell I guess. Currently sitting at 54% (rotten) at Rotten Tomatoes, not too bad for this kind of movie I guess (althought director Chris Columbus scored much better -78 and 82%- on his first two Harry Potter films). Last edited by Elandyll; 02-12-2010 at 06:50 PM.

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02-12-2010, 06:09 PM	#2
detective392 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Champlin, MN Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:439 DVD collection:293 Blu-ray reviews:21	I never read the books but the movie looks pretty cool. I don't think it will last past movie 2 though. Seems that if it's not Harry Potter or Twilight and over 5 books it won't all be adapted I mean look at Narnia that's not looking to good and the Golden Compass didn't last even Eragon didn't make it. But hopefully I'm wrong.

02-12-2010, 06:12 PM	#3
LordCrumb Moderator Top contributor Member since:May 2009 Location:New Zealand Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:405 Blu-ray collection:2924 DVD collection:109 Blu-ray reviews: 12 Trading Score:67	Its just called 'Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief' here, no Olympians.

02-12-2010, 06:21 PM	#6
Petra_Kalbrain Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Vancouver, BC 4K collection:5 Blu-ray collection:561 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:20	This film will be a Harry Potter rip-off.

02-12-2010, 06:33 PM	#9
Blu-Benny Michael Bay's #1 Fan Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Wisconsin Home Theater Gallery:39 Blu-ray collection:552 DVD collection:108 Trading Score:138	i'm currently reading the 1st book right now....looks like something i could sit and enjoy on a weekend.

02-12-2010, 06:36 PM	#10
Sarge Active Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Montreal Blu-ray collection:182 DVD collection:387	What it lacks in originality I hope it will make up for in fun. Hopefully it's the start of a new franchise and not a one and done.

02-12-2010, 07:03 PM	#13
Bullseye Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Ireland Home Theater Gallery:24 4K collection:70 Blu-ray collection:760 Blu-ray reviews: 44	Why did the Golden Compass get slammed in the US?

02-12-2010, 08:00 PM	#15
vegeta88 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2007 Location:CA 4K collection:94 Blu-ray collection:666 DVD collection:116 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:1	I actually had no interest in this movie until I saw a recent trailer for it. It looks pretty good, great cast too!

02-12-2010, 08:10 PM	#16
Doughoef Expert Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Icelandia 4K collection:37 Blu-ray collection:269 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:9	I am not expecting too much from this movie, but I am taking my 10 yr old tonight. He is crazy about these books.

02-12-2010, 08:11 PM	#17
P@t_Mtl Blu-ray Duke Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:452 DVD collection:513 Trading Score:3	I enjoyed the first book and will see the movie sometime next week

02-12-2010, 11:50 PM	#20
WyldeMan45 Banned Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Western Washington Blu-ray collection:49 Trading Score:15	Last night a group of 6 drunk high school boys, wearing togas, giant santa beards, and gold crowns went to the midnight showing of this movie, when I was going into the Wolfman........I thought these are children's books?

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