Has anybody seen this one? I saw it today. It is pretty entertaining. Surely nothing outstanding, but is has some very nice ideas and does generally a good job of placing greek myths in todays US.
Stefan
Has anybody seen this one? I saw it today. It is pretty entertaining. Surely nothing outstanding, but is has some very nice ideas and does generally a good job of placing greek myths in todays US.
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Stefan
It felt like watching SCION: The Movie.
I enjoyed it quite a bit.
It was a little appetizer before the new Clash of the Titans. Not as good as the Wolfman, but I still thought it was worth seeing, if you're a fan of Greek mythology.
Has anybody seen this one? I saw it today. It is pretty entertaining. Surely nothing outstanding, but is has some very nice ideas and does generally a good job of placing greek myths in todays US.
** spoiler omitted **
Stefan
It felt like watching SCION: The Movie.
I enjoyed it quite a bit.
As did I.
Now I totally want to play SCION. :)
Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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I liked it well enough. It covered the major bases of the book, had some nice effects, and delivered most of what was promised. There were a few key cuts from the book, as you'd generally expect, but overall not bad.
I'd say my one critique is just that I'd have liked to have seen a bit more time spent on the "before we go to the magical side of the street" part of the story, just to set us up a little more with it. I know that's hard to do, but the first Harry Potter movie I thought did well with it. I suppose he had more material to work with, though. The Lightning Thief does get into the action pretty quickly, so I suppose it's more of an "I wish..." than a real critique of the movie vs. book.
So, it's a solid B, maybe lower if you are easily upset by variations from the book. Nothing to light your pants on fire, but an enjoyable matinee.
P.S.
I was considering watching it before I read this, but now I'm less sure. Meh, I'll probably watch it anyway, but quietly insert witty comments.
What in particular undermined your certainty?
Took my 10yo twins to see it, the one who hasn't read it yet loved it, the one who read the entire series in less than two months was a little disappointed that a lot of the stuff in the book didn't make it onto screen, namely anything involving Dionysus. I enjoyed it, the wife was disappointed about 15 minutes in.
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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Did anybody else think of this every time they saw Grover with his pants off?
Nice. Well played, sir.
Knowing about satyrs from Greek mythology, I was disturbed by the whole Grover-without-pants thing. Thank God it he was not mythologically-accurate.
Decent flick.
