One Word Description: Fun
Family Appropriate: Yeah.This movie is PG, it has some violence and a few swear words.
Basic Outline: This movie is based on a book of the same title by Rick Riordan, which was fantastic. As with so many movies, the book is better simply because they can't fit all the good parts into a movie. I had heard that this movie was nothing like the book, which I found to be untrue. They change some things, mostly for the sake of time and moving the plot forward. I found that most of the changes had been made in order to eliminate lengthy explanations and things unnecessary to the core plot. The book contains a lot of things that are there because they will become important in later books. There are not plans to make another movie, so it doesn't matter all that much that things were left out of the first one. Just remember to not spend too much time comparing and enjoy the movie!
For those who haven't read the books, Percy Jackson finds out at the beginning of the movie and he is the son of Poseidon and thus a demi-god. He also learns that he has been accused of stealing Zeus's Lightning Bolt. He has been given until the summer solstice (2 weeks) to return it in order to save his mother a prevent a war between the gods.
Like I said, the movie is lacking the depth that the book has, but it is a cute movie none the less and I really enjoyed watching it!
By the way, does anyone else think that Zac Efron has a twin he doesn't know about? I swear Percy looked just like him.
Recommendation: As long as you can keep yourself from comparing it to the book, watch it! It makes a great family movie night.
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