Film: Percy Jackson - Sea of Monsters
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Having long given up on
the wish to see a good cinematic adaptation of a series of books, it
is now easy to enter the cinema hall expecting to be letdown. Sadly,
Thor Freudenthal's Percy Jackson - Sea of Monsters is simply
an addition to yet another god-awful book adaptation of Rick
Riordan's Percy Jackson series.
On a conceptual level,
which is the inheritance of the novel, it seems like such an exciting
prospect that the protagonist is an offspring of an Olympian god.
Like Hercules, but contemporary. But if this film and its prequel,
Percy Jackson - The Lightning Thief, are to be believed, life
as a demi-god in the modern setting is duller than the life of a
balloon salesman on FC Road.
Picking up from where the
prequel left us, the film gives a back story to the shield that
protects the half-blood camp. A flashback, shows us how Talia, the
daughter of Zeus, sacrificed herself to save three others. Zeus then
gave her life in the form of a tree which marked the boundary of
safety for the half-blood kids. But our lightning thief returns,
breaches the wall and thus begins Percy's next great adventure, the
search for the Golden Fleece that has the power to save lives.
A few tedious references
to Greek mythology apart, the film lacks humour, compassion and a
general ability to keep you engaged for 100 minutes. After the first
30 minutes, which have you convinced that nothing good can happen in
the film, you conveniently disengage yourself from the screen and
argue with yourself as to which character is the lamest.
Unfortunately, the film isn't long enough for you to conclude that
debate satisfactorily.
The one thing you deserve
out of every film which makes you wear those bulky 3D glasses, is
some quality visuals. Alright, make a lousy film, but atleast give
the viewers half-a-dozen moments where they live the movie. But no,
the imagery is largely derivative and intriguing on no level. The
biggest monster of the film titled 'sea of monsters', immediately
reminds you of the Kraken from Pirates of the Caribbean. At
that point, you know that the makers too want you to think of other
things, and not watch this unimaginativeness.
You don't see Zeus, or
Poseidon or Haedes in this one. You don't even see Pierce Brosnan in
this one. The only god in the film, is the one overlooking you –
Boris, the Greek god of Boredom.
Rating: 1.5 out of 5
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