Percy Jackson is the latest in a long line of fantasy novels headed for the big screen since the success of the Harry Potter movies and concerns the gods Zeus and Poseidon who are threatening war after Zeus's lightning bolt is stolen, and one demigod may be the key to it all.
Now, it must be said that this is not a terrible film, as there were a couple of sight gags that did make me laugh and there were some okay action sequences that didn't exactly set the world on fire but also weren't too bad either.
But this film fails on two very big points: character and structure, and I'm going to look at both points separately, in the character side of things, none of the heroes or their quest are made important enough to suck you into the plot of the film, as they go about their business in a very workman like fashion and Percy's mother is not on screen long enough to make her interesting or make you care when she's kidnapped.
And in terms of the film's structure, the events on screen move too fast for the audience to take in what they're watching and come to root for the three heroes to succeed and Hades is simply not seen enough to be a presence in the background of the film and be felt when the heroes go about their quest.
But as I said, it's not a terrible film but it's also a film that fails all three of the fundamental principles, it doesn't have a good story, interesting characters or a strong villain so as a result, it only gets a 1 out of 5.
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