A CGI Celebration Percy Jackson- Sea of Monsters-PR-** Another action film based very loosely on stories of Greek gods and their offspring. In this case, the Half-bloods (half endowed with special characteristics such as horns and hooves and half human) are trying to protect their shield that protects their island from the encroachment of bad demigods such as Luke. In order to do that, they have to travel to New York and find the Golden Fleece. Yes, I said New York. This is a film, like the others in the series, with lots of out-of-time moments. That they provide the humor in the film makes only somewhat more acceptable the total hash the script makes of Greek mythology. Since this is a series aimed directly at the hearts (not the minds) of teens and younger, what does it matter? I’d list the major cast but they don’t matter. This is a movie that is 99% CGI-driven. In fact, it is a showpiece, not for actors, but for programmers. As such it turned me off early as I knew from the start that any problems the characters got into could be escaped by computer. I was right. Stanley Tucci plays a notable cameo with no computer assistance. His tic is that he never gets folks’ names right and the gag lasts for a surprisingly long time. Not a film to absorb the mind of anyone over thirteen
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 21:30:46 +0000
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