{Movie}: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Directed by: Thor Freudenthal

Starring: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Douglas Smith

Genre: Family, Adventure

Rated: PG

Year: 2013

Thoughts: Beware! Warning! This may contain spoilers!

Being an avid book reader, I was excited when I heard that the second Percy Jackson movie was going to be made into a film. However, seeing as this was intended to be another children's movie, I did not have any expectations for this film.

I'd say going into this film with no expectations was a good idea, since it is based off of a book, which tends to skew people's opinion of the film. I can admit that I have read the book a good few year ago, and while I remember the plot, many of the details evaded my memory.

But the film was surprisingly very pleasant for a children's movie. The action was intense, and the fighting was well choreographed (although keep in mind that since it was a children's movie, nobody died... they all just were knocked unconscious). The acting was really good, these younger actors have already established themselves once in the previous film, and since then the acting has improved. The plot was very straight forward - which made the film a little boring because there were no major plot twists. The biggest possible twist was the end, when Thalia wakes up. And when we find out that she is also a descendent of one of the three gods, removing Percy from the only heir. 

However, being a family movie, you know the ending will be happy and the bad guys will not win. But sometimes these happy scenes go to an extreme, causing the characters to make some stupid mistakes. For example, when Percy and Tyson are reunited they decide to hug and apologize and the works. However, they should realize that while they are having their intense hallmark moment, Kronos is still being resurrected behind them. If this was strictly an adventure/ action film, this hallmark moment would have been postponed until the real conflict had been resolved. But then again, in the movie Kronos is needed for a major fight scene, creating some excitement.

In all I'd say the movie was really cute. It wasn't too violent, and the children are really clever, except for the scene noted above. The director was smart in making the film cater to younger children, but also to the older teenagers and young adults, who may have read the book series, when it was first published. It also helps that all the actors and actresses are closer to our age, and have very attractive features.

Rating: 7/10

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