STUDIO: Fox | DIRECTOR: Chris Columbus | CAST: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Catherine Keener, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Alexandria Daddario, Steve Coogan, Uma Thurman, Joe Pantoliano, Rosario Dawson
RELEASE DATE: 6/29/2010 | PRICE: DVD$29.98, Blu-ray
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BONUSES: featurette, deleted scenes, quiz
SPECS: PG| 118 min. | Fantasy | widescreen 1.85:1 | Dolby Digital 5.1 | English, Spanish and, French subtitlesRATINGS (out of 5 dishes): Movie
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Based on Rick Riordan
In Riordan’s world, the Greek gods exist as more than statues and influencers of art. They walk among us when they choose to, squabble as siblings often do, and enlist emissaries to educate and protect their half-human progeny. Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman), a teen afflicted with dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder, learns he’s not only one of them – the son of Poseidon (Kevin McKidd) – but also the prime suspect in the theft of Zeus’s (Sean Bean) source of power. His entry into the mythological training ground begins his quest to rescue his human mother from Hades (Steve Coogan) and avert a cataclysmic war among the gods. Like all young fantasy film heroes, he’s aided by his best friend (Brandon T. Jackson) and a beautiful young woman (Alexandria Daddario), both of whom are undercover from the world of the Greeks.
Directed by Chris Columbus, who knows a thing or two about serving up fantasy tinged with nightmare to family audiences, The Lightning Thief is mostly a fun ride that doesn’t take itself too seriously. How can it, when Percy’s best friend reveals his goat’s legs and dances up a storm in a Las Vegas nightclub? Or when the daughters of Aphrodite – bikini-clad vixens in a hot tub – beckon our male heroes? And as portrayed by Logan Lerman, Percy displays sufficient incredulity as a stand-in for the audience. The script might not make a whole lot of sense, but neither do the events unfolding in front of Percy’s eyes.
The DVD delivers a wide palette of colors nicely, and the scenes set in darkness are fairly clear. The Dolby Digital track is sprinkled with sonic zings, particularly in the film’s last half-hour when the heroes enter Hades’ underworld lair. You’ll be immersed in the action.
Extras are comprised of a very short featurette on author Riordan’s inception of the novel and astonishment at its popularity, and five handful of deleted scenes (as opposed to 10 on the Blu-ray edition), including more of goat-boy on the dance floor.
The kids will enjoy this and movie, and their parents will tolerate it without much trouble.
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