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Originally Posted by Locke

Watched the Lightning Thief sequel, Sea Of Monsters. The biggest problem is how the movie comes together, with a top range SyFy original look, Sea of Monsters is basically two hours of climactic action sequences, so when the final climactic battle and aftermath arrive, you don't even realise you're at an ending until the credits start rolling.

Still, you could do a whole lot worse than two hours of decent looking CGI monsters, this film is actually pretty fun, even if it is fun of the most vapid, popcorny variety. It blazes along at breakneck speed, leaping from one set piece to another with barely a breath in between, and despite the speed no set piece feels like it's going through the motions, as every blend of the modern and Greek Mythology feels inspired and genius. So you may have no idea what is going on, but you're watching a dude fight a transforming flame thrower bull robot thing and it is AWESOME.

The other good thing, is the movie is funny, intentionally! Especially Hermes as portrayed by Nathan Fillion who makes a comment that for the certain kind of cross over fan, is going to leave you in hysterics.

Sadly, beneath all the imaginative sequences, is a very typical core at the heart. A dude betrays his kind as he feels downtrodden, he wants to rebel so he turns evil, gets way in over his head, luckily there is an under achieving dude who is actually destined to be the hero to stand in his way etc etc it's pretty much the plot of every Young Adult fantasy novel ever written.

I'll say this, the books are considerably better.