PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS ("JUST FOR THE FANS")

August 30, 2013.

Cast: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Nathan Fillion.

Director: Thor Freudenthal.

There are certain franchises for which there is no replacement. Generally even if the one intending to replace the former is equally good it would be up against formidable resistance from the general audience to accept it, so what if the latter is not even half as good as the former! Such is the case with the Percy Jackson series which was touted as the replacement for the Harry Potter series.

After the episode of the Lightning thief Percy(Lerman) is forced to get back in action when the invisible shield protecting Camp Half blood is broken when Luke poisons Talia. He has to get the golden fleece from the Sea of monsters a.k.a the Bermuda triangle to save Talia thereby restoring the protective shield as well. As usual he is accompanied by his buddies Annabeth (Alexandra) and Grover (Brandon).

Just like the first part this one also starts slow goes slow and ends slow. Though there are a few action sequences none of them really takes the film to a level where it could be categorised as an action film. The passable effects do nothing on their part to better it either.

The writing is lazy offering no real thrill to the proceedings and even the scenes intended to be funny or tense fall way short of what they ought to be. There is no real chemistry among the lead actors which again can be attributed to the writing. But then Logan and Alexandra are so nice to watch on screen that you would not mind even though the writing and the direction let them down.

One good thing about the film is that it does not bore you at all. You can sit through the film without much complain.  

I am giving a 2.25 for Percy Jackson: Sea of monsters. This one is meant only for the die hard Percy Jackson fans.

IMDB Rating

Rating Scale (Out of 5)

Less than 2                   -           Unwatchable.

2    to 2.25                   -           Below average.

2.5 to 2.75                   -           Average.

       

3    to 3.25                   -           Good.

3.5 to 3.75                   -           Really Good.

4    to 4.25                   -           Great.

4.5 and above               -          Extraordinary.