Sea Of Monsters

This weekend I had the opportunity of seeing Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters, directed by Thor Freudenthal. Going into this movie I didn’t really know what to expect. The only thing I did know is that there’s a book on it and that was pretty good. But as soon as I read the title to this movie I figured it would be extra lame (I was right). Furthermore, I realized that the movie was about humans gods. Most of them were sons and daughters and Gods while others were just mythical creatures. Here’s a basic overview. Everyone is in the forest-like haven area. The reason I say haven is because they are actually safe and protected. About 15 years some of the kids got into a battle with a Cyclops. The ended up killing a girl named Talia. She was the daughter of Zues. She later reincarnated into a magical tree to protect them. Then someone poisoned the tree which caused it to die so they were unprotected again. The only way to heal it (Talia the tree) was to get the Golden Fleece and lay it on the tree. So then Percy (son of Poseidon) goes on this quest to get it…. Blah blah… but then he realizes that another dude (Luke son of Hermes) is going after it as well (bad guy). He’s going to use it to resurrect to Kronos the titan who was the father of Zues, Poseidon and Hades. Kronos would takeover and destroy if he came back. He DOES come back but then Percy kills him in about 30 seconds so not a big deal. He gets the fleece then saves the tree and saves the town. This movie was terrible. I was waiting for something sick and non-predictable to happen but never did. They did a good job making Kronos look cool but he dies way too easy and when they do fight it don’t feel climatic at all. They could have done so much more with the plot to build but nothing happened. Obviously this movie incorporates the theme Good vs. Evil because Luke wanted to control the world with Kronos. But Percy saved the day and everybody. This movie is weak sauce. I’ll give it one star, maybe 1.5 for some of the special effects.