Our First Movie Review: Clash of Titans

Daughter: Okay let's pretend that you are an old man with wrinkles and you find this really pretty box and inside there is a pretty dead girl and a crying child. What would you do is take him in and name him Perseus. Sweet child is the son of Zeus. Now all of a sudden he has to go save the city of Argus where the people have stopped praying to the gods. I was so excited when dad said we are going to watch CLASH OF THE TITANS well I'm not excited any more. Spoiler Alert- Perseus marries the wrong girl!!! He's supposed to marry the princess and live happy ever after but no he marries some random girl that isn't even in the original. So my advice to you people reading this is watch the original (the good version) then watch the newer one (not as good version) then you can feel the pain I'm in.

Dad: Awesome monsters & great fight scenes. The scorpions were excellent, the harpies chaotic and the Jin was a nice touch, but I missed Bubo, poor little owl. The movie was fun and action-packed, but introducing a new love-interest for Perseus (sorry, Andromeda, you're heading for the prop-closet with poor Bubo) then killing her off and pulling a Deus ex Machina (literally, since Zeus did it) to zap her back to life was a bit much. It was a fun movie but I was so in love with the first one (you'll noticed I inflicted 1981's giant rubbery monsters on the daughter!) that I'm afraid it couldn't compete with the nostalgia, just like Liam Neeson can't compete with Laurence Olivier in a "Release The Kraken" contest.

Percy Jackson & The Lightening Thief

Daughter: Now who was it that said that the Olympian gods weren't real?? OK now the gods are real now they are having half bloods. At least there aren't any children of the main three gods Hades, Poseidon or Zeus oops now that not true. nothing makes sense anymore. Well now I have to go kill Medusa not a fun job.

Dad: So here's Percy. Doesn't even know he's a demigod and suddenly he's accused of stealing Zeus's lightening bolt. The Lightening Thief is a fun, modern romp through Greek mythology. Half the time, I'm scratching my head wondering if I should know the story, the other half, I'm laughing out loud at the surprising twists.

Percy jumps from confusion to action, often quickly. Never a good student, he is often at a loss to recall what would help him most, but when it matters most, he's a half-blood of action.

And who knew Mount Olympus was on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building?