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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

  • 20102010
  • PGPG
  • 1h 58m
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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.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
188K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,417
128
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    • Director
      • Chris Columbus
    • Writers
      • Craig Titley(screenplay)
      • Rick Riordan(novel)
    • Stars
      • Logan Lerman
      • Kevin McKidd
      • Steve Coogan
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    • Director
      • Chris Columbus
    • Writers
      • Craig Titley(screenplay)
      • Rick Riordan(novel)
    • Stars
      • Logan Lerman
      • Kevin McKidd
      • Steve Coogan
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    • 526User reviews
    • 220Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
    • Awards
      • 11 nominations

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    Alexandra Daddario in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
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    Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, and Alexandra Daddario in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: 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(screenplay)
      • Rick Riordan(novel)
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    • Trivia
      When in the Parthenon Museum, Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) begins telling Percy (Logan Lerman) a story about her mother, Athena. The story she tells, is the Greek myth about how the capital city Athens got its name. The citizens of the city were arguing over which god, after whom to name the city. The two choices were Athena and Poseidon, Percy's father. Both agreed that they would bestow a gift onto the town, and whichever gift was deemed more useful, that giver would have the town named after him or her. Poseidon stuck his trident into the ground, and created a spring, from which the townspeople could use the water. Unfortunately, the water turned out to be too salty, and therefore useless. Athena presented a single olive tree. The people realized the tree had many uses: Its fruit for eating, its wood for building and burning, the oil from its fruit for cooking, and for bathing, and the pits of the olives could be planted, therefore bringing up more olive trees. The people agreed the olive tree was more useful, and therefore named the city "Athens", in honor of Athena.
    • Goofs
      Before Medusa takes off her turban, a small piece of Uma Thurman's blonde hair visible peeking out of the right side of the turban.
    • 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

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    7/10
    A Nutshell Review: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
    I guess you know the drill already. With the Lord of the Rings making Hollywood studios go into a frenzy in adapting the many fantasy books out there, not everything Tinseltown touched turned to box office gold, and more often than not, save for that famous boy wizard, what could have been pilots of franchises, became no more than false starts. I suppose it goes to show that a solid story is still fundamental, other than making yet another special effects extravaganza to try and wow a growingly jaded audience.

    So the verdict for Percy Jackson & the Olympians? I dare say I was impressed by how engaging it was, so much so that 2 hours just flew by, but that doesn't mean that it didn't have its fair share of plot loopholes for you to ridicule, or clichés that make you chuckle that these are still utilized in this day and age. Simply put, if the Greek gods and goddesses were all powerful, especially that of Zeus, well the first few minutes as played by Sean Bean, made him out to be a clueless weakling who had his all powerful lightning bolt being stolen from under his nose, like taking candy from a kid, and now the kid's throwing a bad tantrum, threatening the fate of the world and that of Olympus (erm, the Empire State Building in New York, anyone?) unless his accused, the titular thief and demigod son of Poseidon (Kevin McKidd) coughs out his favourite toy.

    But that is only if Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) is guilty in the first place, given that he actually doesn't know his half-god lineage no thanks to Poseidon being horny enough (as do the other gods in their frequent visits to the human earth) to impregnate Sally Jackson (Catherine Keener), and then Sally deciding to keep Percy safe from jealous harm from other godly beings, because being the son of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades (Steve Coogan) is a big thing actually, the three being big daddies and sworn brothers in this mythology.

    But of course in one fell swoop, all hell breaks loose, Percy discovers that a Pen can indeed be a powerful weapon, and allies himself with a Satyr Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) his good friend and protector, the cute demigod Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) - note the necessary trio of heroes in the vein of Harry Potter here given that they're demigods, but still need to go to a Hogwarts equivalent to hone their special abilities, amongst other Greek god offsprings numbering in the hundreds (told you they were horny), in the middle of a nowhere forest, demarcated by a sign board and a force field to keep out muggles, I mean, humans.

    Being an introductory film to the world of the Olympians, we learn facts like why Percy's such a big deal (no he didn't repel the biggest foe in the franchise), and the little do's and don'ts they have to learn from the likes of the centaur Chiron (Pierce Brosnan). But kids being kids, and wanting to save his mom from the clutches of Hell, Percy and his friends embark on an American cross country road trip, and in the meantime try to decipher just who could that Thief be, having 14 days as the deadline to meet, which forms the basis of incidents and episodes that the trio come face to face with in exhibiting their powers (well, actually only Percy's).

    Part of the fun is to see how other notable names in the casting list get to play up their gods and demon status. Uma Thurman stars as Medusa, spruced up by special effects snakes adorned on her head, which at certain points looked quite CG-ed for its own good. Or having Rosario Dawson star as Persephone in quite fed-up manner, and the lists goes on. Suffice to say that many of the appearances here are quite self contained in the scene they appear in, that they rarely re-appear again until the sequel (already announced for next year). Joe Pantoliano hams it up as Percy's muggle, I mean human step dad, and I was somewhat impressed by the extremely mean looking CG design of Hades, which can really strike fear with his appearance. The one that came out in the bonfire, that is.

    With Clash of the Titans coming just round the corner, one wonders whether it may suffer from an audience jaded with this version's interpretation of Greek mythology, plus the uncanny use of the same villainous types that would prove detrimental by the time Titans come around. I guess that remains to be seen. Meanwhile, stay tuned when the end credits start rolling, as there's a scene that'll come on as soon as the cast list rolls off. And I certainly have no clue why "The Olympians" were dropped from the title of its release here.
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    • Is "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" based on a book?
    • What was the place Percy saw after he got off of the elevator in the teaser trailer?
    • Why are the characters 16 and 17 years old? In the book, they are only 12.

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    • Release date
      • February 12, 2010 (United States)
    • 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 and 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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    Technical specs

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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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