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Last night, I had the rare opportunity to take my daughter out to the movies.  She’s 9, and is fast becoming old enough that being seen with her parents may be traumatizing and embarrassing to her “rep”, so We waited til dark.

The movie of choice was Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

As neither of us had read the stories, we were able to keep a completely open mind on the story, which i thought one word word was sufficient to sum it up: “meh”.

That’s all, just “meh.”

My daughter wasn’t that impressed, either.  There were parts she saw that she liked, but overall, we both left the theater talking more about how tired we were than much about the movie at all.

It seems you may have had to be a certain age to enjoy it, which maybe we were both outside that bubble, but in my personal opinion the story seemed to be very “flat”.  Sub-plots were scarce, and the reasoning behind every moderately amazing moment in the film seemed to carry a tone of “because we said so”.  I was constantly seeking out answers on how something was the way it was, and there was simply not enough answers in the film to keep me interested.

Like I said, maybe I was too old and my daughter too young to enjoy it correctly, but we gave it our best shot.

I’d say there’s something great about it for sure, but I couldn’t’ find it.  I do look forward to it coming out on cable, so I can give it another fair shot.  This will give me time to read the books and make a more educated review of it this time around.

I must admit, the idea of holding a thunderbolt does sound appealing, though….

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