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Toss in some more CG beasties, a way too short cameo by Ms.
Thurman as everyone's favorite serpent-headed gorgon, a gratuitous music montage to Lady Gaga's
"Poker Face" and you've got a film that is desperate to balance the needs of folklore with the
demands of a contemporary demographic.
That might explain Brandon T. Jackson, who literally redefines the sentiment "a little goes a long
way." In his case, the savvy satyr overstays his welcome right up front, and then settles in for even
more cloying aggravation. With him, everything has to have a cool and smarty-pants comeback,
from bribing the Ferryman for a trip up the river Styx to line dancing in an enchanted Las Vegas
casino.
Indeed, had Columbus more time and a larger budget to really expand his vision, Percy Jackson
and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief might have been the beginning of a fun and financially
viable franchise. There is surely enough here to warrant revisiting the rest of Riordan's sprawling
tale
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