Film Review – Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

It’s actually surprising to be confronted with a sequel to the 2010
release, “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.” While
a modest success, the picture didn’t inspire the type of pop culture
ubiquity that normally shadows blockbuster franchises, but the producers
aren’t giving up just yet, submitting the more compactly titled “Percy
Jackson: Sea of Monsters” to the moviegoing public, hoping to build on a
foundation poured by director Chris Columbus. There is noticeable
improvement here, with a general muting of slapstick tendencies to shape
the material into a straightforward adventure/visual effects orgy,
finding helmer Thor Freudenthal conjuring the forces of Spielberg and
Rowling to craft a fantasy romp that, much like its predecessor, is far
too tense with exposition to really let ‘er rip.
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