In order to restore their dying safe haven, the son of Poseidon and his friends embark on a quest to the Sea of Monsters, to find the mythical Golden Fleece, all the while trying to stop an ancient evil from rising.
Director:
Thor Freudenthal
Stars:
Logan Lerman,
Alexandra Daddario,
Brandon T. Jackson
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Director:
Mark Waters
Stars:
Freddie Highmore,
Sarah Bolger,
David Strathairn
A teenage girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook's hero.
The Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where they are enlisted to once again help ward off an evil king and restore the rightful heir to the land's throne, Prince Caspian.
In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.
Director:
Chris Weitz
Stars:
Nicole Kidman,
Daniel Craig,
Dakota Blue Richards
When his lightning bolt is stolen, Zeus accuses Poseidon's son Percy Jackson and gives Poseidon's son fourteen days to return it, otherwise he will initiate a war amongst the gods. Meanwhile the teenager, Percy, who is dyslexic and has ADHD is visiting The Museum of Metropolitan of Art and is attacked by a Fury disguised in his teacher. His physically handicapped best friend Grover reveals that Percy is a demigod and that he is his protector and his teacher Mr Brunner gives him a pen telling him that it is a powerful weapon. They go to Percy's house and together with his mother Sally they drive to the Camp Half-Blood. However Sally is attacked by a Minotaur and vanishes before Percy can help her. In the camp, Percy befriends the gorgeous Annabeth; when they are attacked by Hades who wants the lighting bolt for himself, Percy discovers that his mother is in the Underworld with Hades. Percy decides to travel on a dangerous quest to retrieve the lightning bolt and save his mother. Grover...Written by
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The statue of Athena at the Parthenon in Tennessee has a carving of Medusa on her chest plate. See more »
Goofs
When Persephone summons the hell-hounds, she says "ela tho", which is supposed to mean "come here." However, this command is grammatically wrong. The correct Greek term is "ela edo." See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Poseidon:
Zeus.
Zeus:
Poseidon.
Zeus:
It's been many years.
Zeus:
What do you see?
Poseidon:
Thunder clouds.
Zeus:
But no lightning. Stolen.
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Crazy Credits
Halfway through the credits there is a scene showing Gabe Ugliano's fate on discovering Medusa's severed head. See more »
A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION (JXL RADIO EDIT REMIX)
Written by Billy Strange and Mac Davis
Performed by Elvis Presley
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing See more »
I went to see this movie without any expectations. I haven't read the books and I only read one review in the paper.
Yes, there are parts borrowed from other movies, but what makes this movie different is that it doesn't take itself too seriously, like Harry P. It was as if most of the actors were instructed to 'Ham it up'.
I didn't look at my watch during the movie (two hours), which is a good sign that I am enjoying going along for the ride.
What I didn't like was that most of the mythology was missing. Like it was assumed knowledge. All it did was not allow me to connect to the main characters because I didn't know enough about them (from the film).
The music wasn't overbearing, but went nicely with the film. Nothing memorable except "Highway to Hell".
S/Fx were done to an acceptable level, especially Hades (the place not the God). But the Gods were too human for my liking.
Maybe the producers are hoping this film will fill in the void being left by Harry P. The hero in this movie looks about the same age as Harry in his last film.
I don't think it is a repeat watch (DVD).
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I went to see this movie without any expectations. I haven't read the books and I only read one review in the paper.
Yes, there are parts borrowed from other movies, but what makes this movie different is that it doesn't take itself too seriously, like Harry P. It was as if most of the actors were instructed to 'Ham it up'.
I didn't look at my watch during the movie (two hours), which is a good sign that I am enjoying going along for the ride.
What I didn't like was that most of the mythology was missing. Like it was assumed knowledge. All it did was not allow me to connect to the main characters because I didn't know enough about them (from the film).
The music wasn't overbearing, but went nicely with the film. Nothing memorable except "Highway to Hell".
S/Fx were done to an acceptable level, especially Hades (the place not the God). But the Gods were too human for my liking.
Maybe the producers are hoping this film will fill in the void being left by Harry P. The hero in this movie looks about the same age as Harry in his last film.
I don't think it is a repeat watch (DVD).