Demigod Percy Jackson with Poseidon's Trident
“Percy Jackson” is based on a series of best-selling books by Rick Riordan, a former middle-school instructor who got the idea for the adventure saga while teaching Greek mythology in California and Texas.
In the movie, Lerman plays the title character, a trouble-prone teen who not only discovers that the Greek gods are alive and well but that his real father is Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), god of the sea.
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The greek symbol for Poseidon is the Trident, below is a Glow-in-The-Dark version of Poseidon’s trident (yes, it actually glows!) Click on the picture to visit the store.
GLOW IN THE DARK
After attending Camp Half Blood to tune up his powers, Percy teams up with two other demigods — Athena’s daughter Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) and a satyr named Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) — to help prevent a war among the gods.
The supporting cast includes Uma Thurman as Medusa, Steve Coogan as Hades, Sean Bean as Zeus, Rosario Dawson as Persephone and Pierce Brosnan as Chiron, a centaur who acts as Percy’s mentor.
While the film contains many of the same mythological figures who have appeared in a number of other Hollywood productions — and who will populate the remake of “Clash of the Titans” opening on March 26 — Columbus made a point of steering clear of such clichés as billowy robes and somber speeches.
“We haven’t seen the world of Greek mythology in a story like this before,” Columbus notes. “I think Rick Riordan tapped into something quite unique, juxtaposing the world of the ancient Greeks with the underbelly of contemporary America.”
Adds Daddario, “In the movie, the Greek gods are very human in many ways. They get jealous and angry and sad, but they also have these incredible powers. And that makes this story about them so exciting and relatable.”
For the actors, the biggest challenge was shooting so much of the movie in front of green screens. While a life-size replica of the Empire State Building (the portal to Mount Olympus) was re-created on location in Vancouver, many other sequences were shot on empty sound stages, with special-effects masterminds tasked with filling in the blanks after production wrapped.
DEMIGOD IN TRAINING T-SHIRT
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Of all the films and television programs produced by airborne members of the Flying Circus, I consider this to be their greatest achievement. Co-authored and then co-directed Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones (two rather silly people indeed), this film makes at least some effort to recreate a distant period in history and from a somewhat 20th century perspective. Apparently available funds were limited because Gilliam and Junes could not afford to rent horses and thus were forced to simulate them with body language and coconut half shells. Also, various members of the Ye Olde Merrie Companie were required to play several different roles…on occasion at the same time. For example, Graham Chapman as King Arthur as well as (or as unwell as) the Three-Headed Knight and the Hiccoughing Guard. Eric Idle ia also actively involved as Sir Robin, Maynard, Roger, a Guard, and the Historian Who Isn’t A.J.P. Taylor…plus some other stuff my limited space precludes noting. One of Gilliam and Jones’s cleverest strategies is to juxtapose 6th century Breton with 20th century England. Actually, not only juxtapose them but to have the former and latter interact without prior warning. Yes, this creates some confusion but the plot lags on fewer occasions and younger persons in the audience will feel more at home.
