![]() ![]() The first, 2010’s “ Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief” - directed by Chris Columbus, who leeched some but not all, of the life out of the first two Harry Potter movies - was respectable but dull, while “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,” as directed by Thor Freudenthal (“ Diary of a Wimpy Kid”), is both dull and awkwardly executed. It’s a shame that the millions of readers who fell in love with Riordan’s classic-meets-contemporary children’s stories have been handed such limp adaptations of the material. But even likable actors can’t obscure the fact that, holy gods on Mount Olympus, this thing is a slog, a movie that dutifully hits its plot points involving prophecies and fleeces without evoking a whiff of spirit or imagination. Well, maybe not quite the underworld, since a trip down there presumably wouldn’t feature droll quips from Stanley Tucci and Nathan Fillion, who play small but enjoyable supporting roles in this desperately-trying-to-be-epic adventure. ![]() “ Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,” the second film based on Rick Riordan’s immensely popular books about a dyslexic boy who discovers he’s a demigod, may make some moviegoers feel like they’ve stepped into an actual Greek myth - one that banishes them to the underworld for nearly two hours. ![]()
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