Suffers from attention deficit and dyslexia Percy Jackson's life easier at school and private life seems to go better, living with his mother, having never known his father. The reason for this becomes clear when, on a school trip to a museum, a teacher turns into a winged monster and threatens to kill him if he did not reveal where he hid the lightning of Zeus. Percy, a demigod, the son of Poseidon and a mortal and the time came for him to train to become aware of their powers.
The training will have to wait for, someone has stolen that thunderbolt of Zeus and all primal accuse Percy to unleash a colossal war between the big three brothers: Zeus, Poseidon and Hades.
Difficult not to see behind Percy Jackson and the deOlympians: The Lightning Thief attempts to give life to a great new movie saga that takes place (not so much in the hearts of fans as in the portfolios of manufacturers) of the now finished Harry Potter. Also deals with a number of books the same name, written by an American (Rick Riordan) and not by an Englishwoman, the movie just like the novel repeats the same situation potteriana of a boy who seems less talented than others but in reality destined to great things, who, accompanied by a friend and a wise and attractive close friend more sympathetic, committed to learning the secret arts of his rank and from time to time what is even more burdensome resting on his shoulders.
Similar to the one made for Harry Potter then the choice of how to make the transition from page to screen by giving the director right away to Chris Columbus (gi director of the first two films of the boy wizard and producer of the third), selecting actors for parts unknown protagonista and large gauges for the complementary roles and finally focusing more on action than anything else. The result for falling short of the stencil. Although there is Columbus at the helm the film never moves, unable com 'to give his characters motivations that will sound authentic and believable, and even in sequences most incredible sounds fake.
The only point of interest that differs from those of Percy's adventures of Harry, the fact that they take place in the real world and be strongly coupled all'attualit, full of references to contemporary obsessions. If in any Harry Potter disappeared indicator contemporaneit, nullified by the future prospects of the magical world traditional English, Percy Jackson Greek myths are folded American semantic universe. Are adapted not only the characters (Medusa runs a shop selling statues in the province, Ade lives like a rock star), but also geography, drawing a map of places all over Greece within the Stawe Emirates (the Parthenon in Nashville, the gates of Hades in Hollywood, the Olympians on the Empire State Building and the place of oblivion in Las Vegas). The result continues a wink to pop and objects of modern consumption as Apple and Converse can boast two of the best product placement ever seen, which overshadows the charm and mystery that should surround the unknown (for protagonist and therefore the viewer) the secret world of the gods of Olympus.