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Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief

Original title: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
  • 2010
  • 12
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
197K
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A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.

  • Director
    • Chris Columbus
  • Writers
    • Craig Titley
    • Rick Riordan
  • Stars
    • Logan Lerman
    • Kevin McKidd
    • Steve Coogan
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    197K
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    POPULARITY
    1,177
    5
    • Director
      • Chris Columbus
    • Writers
      • Craig Titley
      • Rick Riordan
    • Stars
      • Logan Lerman
      • Kevin McKidd
      • Steve Coogan
    • 548User reviews
    • 220Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 11 nominations

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    Alexandra Daddario in Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief (2010)
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    Logan Lerman
    Logan Lerman
    • Percy Jackson
    Kevin McKidd
    Kevin McKidd
    • Poseidon
    Steve Coogan
    Steve Coogan
    • Hades
    Brandon T. Jackson
    Brandon T. Jackson
    • Grover
    Alexandra Daddario
    Alexandra Daddario
    • Annabeth
    Jake Abel
    Jake Abel
    • Luke
    Sean Bean
    Sean Bean
    • Zeus
    Pierce Brosnan
    Pierce Brosnan
    • Mr. Brunner…
    Rosario Dawson
    Rosario Dawson
    • Persephone
    Melina Kanakaredes
    Melina Kanakaredes
    • Athena
    Catherine Keener
    Catherine Keener
    • Sally Jackson
    Joe Pantoliano
    Joe Pantoliano
    • Gabe Ugliano
    Uma Thurman
    Uma Thurman
    • Medusa
    Julian Richings
    Julian Richings
    • Ferryman
    Bonita Friedericy
    Bonita Friedericy
    • Hysterical Woman
    Annie Ilonzeh
    Annie Ilonzeh
    • Aphrodite Girl
    Luisa d'Oliveira
    Luisa d'Oliveira
    • Aphrodite Girl
    Elisa King
    Elisa King
    • Aphrodite Girl
    • Director
      • Chris Columbus
    • Writers
      • Craig Titley
      • Rick Riordan
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Rick Riordan, who wrote the Percy Jackson books, hated the script and has never seen the complete film. But he still accepted the paycheck from the studio for the rights and has stated he is grateful for how many people discovered the books because of the films. He also strongly advocated for the novels to be readapted, which would later happen with the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023), for which he wrote most of the teleplays.
    • Goofs
      When Percy, Annabeth and Grover come to Luke to ask for help he is playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) with a Playstation 3 controller while on screen Xbox 360 buttons are seen.
    • Quotes

      Hades: [yelling] Persephone! What could possibly be taking so long? Don't ignore me!

      Persephone: [yells back] Or *what*? What will you do?

      [quietly]

      Persephone: I'm already in Hell.

    • Crazy credits
      Halfway through the credits there is a scene showing Gabe Ugliano's fate on discovering Medusa's severed head.
    • Connections
      Edited into Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief: Deleted Scenes (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Highway to Hell
      Written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott

      Performed by AC/DC

      Courtesy of Columbia Records

      By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

    User reviews548

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    4/10
    Good Idea, Rashly Executed
    The premise of this movie - that Greek gods were real and have offspring in the modern world - is interesting. But the execution of this idea felt very rushed in this movie. I haven't read the book, so can't judge where the blame lies for this.

    The movie is an enjoyable way to kill a couple of hours, but isn't as engrossing as other movies of this genre.

    Several big stars feature in cameo roles and for anyone who knows a fair bit about who celebrities are, this tends to distract from the movie. Uma Thurman, Brosnan, etc., aren't really given the screen time to build a strong character for themselves. Perhaps the best of these is Steve Coogan playing Hades, but even here you send most of his screen time thinking "oh look, it's Steve Coogan" rather than being drawn into the movie. It could have benefited from having the minor roles played by less known actors - as it is, their appearances tend to detract from the main characters who actually do a good job with the material they have been given.

    But these are minor concerns - the biggest problem with this movie is that Percy finds out he's a demigod and suddenly seems to develop gifts with no effort or training, just by virtue of knowing his past. At the start of the movie, he already demonstrated an exceptional ability to remain underwater for long periods of time. But after finding out he's a demigod, he develops strong sword fighting skills with no training or effort (the start of the fight between the red helmets and the blue helmets, before the water "thing"), and later is capable of manipulating water in a couple of scenes without being taught this skill or having any difficulty or doubts about his ability to do it. This is just preposterous. The mythical/other worldly framework is generally used to provide a context to display human failings, struggles, and virtues. Instead, in Percy Jackson, this framework is used to simply give the lead character a loose justification for overcoming other mythical creatures. He doesn't have to question how to use his powers, nor does he have to put any effort into developing these powers.

    Like I say, the movie isn't so bad as to make it unwatchable, but they really missed a chance to make this movie have a strong impact by failing to give it any depth. It is all just the bells and whistles of CGI and having mythological creatures just to have some interesting looking battles and a trip to the underworld. It could have been so much more. Whether this is a failing of the movie, the books, or both, is up to those who have read the books to decide. But the movie reeks of jumping on the Harry Potter bandwagon in an attempt to get box- office success, while ignoring the fact that those movies were built on books that had some depth to them. That is what gave them their cultural poignancy. This movie lacks it completely.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 11, 2010 (Netherlands)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook (Germany)
      • Official Facebook (Germany)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
    • Also known as
      • Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Fox 2000 Pictures
      • 1492 Pictures
      • Sunswept Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $95,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $88,768,303
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $31,236,067
      • Feb 14, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $226,497,209
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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