The trailer for this movie looked thrilling enough to make this movie a "must-see" for me so I did and found it enjoyable enough (the special effects!) not to leave my seat once (although I thought I had to) at all during the show. I can't find a decent plot summary anywhere at all on the web - the one on wiki seems off and lots of details are missing.
Here is my plot summary / plot synopsis of the movie Percy Jackson based on my recollectoin of the movie:
The movie starts with the greek God Poseidon striding out of the sea. monstrously large (taller than buildings etc) and then assuming human form. He goes to the Empire State Building where his brother Zeus is and Zeus accuses Poseidon's son, Percy, of stealing his lighning rod and tells Poseidon that Percy has 10-12 days to return the same, failing which there will be war. Cut to Percy who is shown to have a reading disorder in school. When he gets home, his stepfather orders his mum about, smacks her butt in front of Percy and reminds Percy roughly whose home it is. Percy has a best friend in school Grover who appears to rely on crutches to ambulate about. Percy and Grover go on a school trip to a museum when his teacher asks Percy to step aside. She turns into a really hideous looking demon with wings, a fury, and demands the lightning bolt. Percy and Grover are saved from the demon by Chiron who is in a wheelchair when he walks amongst men. Chiron gives Percy a pen which he instructs Percy to use only in the most desperate of times. Anyway, Grover reveals that hs is Percy's protector and they rush back home where Grover knocks the stepfather out (stepfather was aggresive) and Percy, Grover and Percy's mum get into the car and drive for camp half-blood. On the way there, the car is over-turned by a minotaur and the trio have to make for the camp by foot. Sadly, Percy's mother cannot go through the door of the camp, being human and is seized by the minotaur and vanishes. Percy pulls out his pen and it becomes a sword and he fights the minotaur and kills it. However, Percy gets knocked unconscious and when he wakes up he is in the hospital ward of the camp. First person he sees is Grover who takes him to see Chiron. I couldn't recognise Pierce Brosman beneath all that hair and his horse's ass. Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena in the camp who is practising her sword play catches Percy's eye too. Chiron organises a game Capture the Flag and the campers are divided in 2 groups - red and blue. Luke, son of Hermes welcomes Percy to join their group. Percy makes it through all the fighting to the flag. Annabeth stops him from taking it and wallops him hard (even kicking him). He crawls like a slug to the stream and his wounds are healed. He is also revitalised and manages to beat some of the other red campers and Annabeth and takes the flag. That night in the camp when the campers are feasting and celebrating, Hades makes an appearance in a hideous fire form and starts throwing fireballs about while yelling for Percy to show himself and give up the lightning rod. When it is revealed that Hades has Percy's mother, Percy steps forward but denies he has the rod. Chiron tells Percy that the way to save his mother is to go to Olympus and convince the Gods there that Percy is not the thief. However, Percy doesn't listen and in the night, tries to sneak off. Grover catches him and insists on following and so does Annabeth. They have no idea at all how to go to the Underworld. Annabeth thinks Luke may have an idea so they look for Luke who supplies Percy with a shield, a pair of shoes with wings and a map on how to get to the underworld. According to Luke, they need to find 3 Pearls laid by Persephone and finding each pearl will mark the way to the next pearl and then to the underworld.
The first destination they have to go to is this garden somewhere. They drive there in a beat up truck to find many stone statues in a large garden. To find the pearl, they separate from each other. Grover finds a statue that looks a lot like his uncle down to the mole and realises something is wrong. Annabeth is seized by an old lady who jabbers on about someone turning people to stone. Annabeth and the old lady are confronted by Medusa whose hair is initially in a bun. Medusa then persuades the old lady to open her eyes and turns her to stone. Annabeth refuses to succumb and Percy distracts Medusa. Annabeth manages to break free and with Grover, use their old truck to ram Medusa down. Anyhow, in the end, Percy uses his pen/sword and slices off her head. Grover uses his shirt to wrap it up and take it along with them. The pearl was on a bracelet on Medusa's arm and indicates the next destination is some museum in Nashville.
The trio make their way there and hide in the toilets till the mueseum closes because they easily spot the pearl on the crown of a very large/tall statue of Athena and plan to use the sneakers with wings to fly up and take it. Annabeth uses her crossbow to shoot the 6 night cleaners and render them unconscious. Just as about Percy is about to take the pearl, the night cleaners appear and speak in a uniform voice demanding the return of the lightning rod. They then transform into a hideous large multi-headed monster breathing fire. The pearl is dropped and Percy tries in vain to get it. He slashes off all the heads of the monster but then two heads grow in its place. As the trio run towards the door which is locked, Grover has an idea and uses Medusa's head to turn the monster to stone. The pearl then indicates the next place they have to go is to Las Vegas Lotus Casino.
The trio get there and are tempted by the free food, lotus flower which looks like sushi. They start speaking slowly and forget why they are at the casino and start having a good time. Grover even gets his hoofs painted and dances around. Percy however hears the voice of his father warning him and he wisens up. He spots the pearl on the roulette table and refuses to eat any more lotus flowers which alerts the security guards who know he is percy. Percy gets Annabeth and Grover who are enjoying themselves and then grabs the pearl. The trio get into the lucky draw sports car and drive off. The pearl shows them that the final place they have to go to is hollywood.
They get to the place where the word Hollywood is spelt out on a hill. A hole opens indicating that that woudl be the way to the underworld. They go in and meet the boatman. The guy who ferries the dead across (can't remember his name). Grover gives him cash because the boatman wants souls and on each cash bill is the face of a president. The boatman burns it all. Percy is inspired and gives him the coins that he took from Medusa garden and the three get a ride in the boat. They end up at Persephone's and Hade's palace where they are first met by Persephone's hellhounds (ugly huge beasts). Persephone is attracted to Grover but they are summoned by Hades before she can do anything. Percy asks for his mother back. Hades summons back Percy's mum but Percy admits that he does not have the lightning rod to trade. During the ensuing scuffle, he drops the shield that Luke gave him and there, the lightning rod is revealed to be hidden. Delighted, Hade seizes it and orders Persephone to send the three to the lost souls. However, Persephone uses the rod to knock Hades out explaining that it is because he is a cruel person etc. As there are only 3 pearls and 4 of them, Grover volunteers to stay behind.
Percy, his mum and Annabeth then step on a pearl and end up at the empire state building.They are about to step into the doorway which would take them up to Olympus but Luke appears. He admits that he stole the lightning rod and tried to frame Percy. Percy and Luke fight then and Percy summons his powers as a demigod to use water and flush Luke away. Percy, his mum and Annabeth then make their way through the doorway to a lift that takes them to Olympus. Percy's mum cannot get out of the lift because she is mortal so only Percy and Annabeth enter the hall of the Gods.
The Greek Gods sit around ready for war at the stroke of midnight (by going to the Lotus Casino, 5 days passed by although Percy thought that they had been there just a few hours). Percy returns the lightning bolt to Zeus and tells Zeus who the thief was. War is therefore averted. Poseidon asks for permission to speak to Percy and he explains to Percy that he was forbidden to have contact with Percy after becoming too human by being with Percy. Percy is seen to shrug Poseidon off and not embrace him warmly the way he later embraces his mother.
The show ends back at the camp where Annabeth and Percy meet up and kiss. And the show ends.
The Slog Reviews: 8/10. An entertaining enough teenage/children movie with great special effects and the opportunity to see James Bond with a horse's ass.
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