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Film: PJO trailer 2
Sep. 18th, 2009 08:22 amRan across the second trailer for Chris Columbus's upcoming adaptation of The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan:
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I'm not sure what to make of this one. The book strikes me as eminently filmable (very shounen, so to speak, with more action than introspection through-lining the plot); though popular, it shouldn't have the same YOU MUST INCLUDE EVERY INCIDENT OR RISK THE WRATH OF THE FEN! impetus that dragged down the first few Harry Potter films. Which gives me some hope for Columbus: his HP installments were pedestrian at best, but there were touches here and there that made me wonder if he felt stifled by the material. (It may also help that the young leads are played by somewhat older actors in The Lightning Thief; the adult cast -- Pierce Brosnan as Chiron, Sean Bean as Zeus, Uma Thurman as Medusa, etc. -- no doubt will help them along.) I expect I'll be seeing this in the theater with my godchildren when it comes out.
I'm not sure what to make of this one. The book strikes me as eminently filmable (very shounen, so to speak, with more action than introspection through-lining the plot); though popular, it shouldn't have the same YOU MUST INCLUDE EVERY INCIDENT OR RISK THE WRATH OF THE FEN! impetus that dragged down the first few Harry Potter films. Which gives me some hope for Columbus: his HP installments were pedestrian at best, but there were touches here and there that made me wonder if he felt stifled by the material. (It may also help that the young leads are played by somewhat older actors in The Lightning Thief; the adult cast -- Pierce Brosnan as Chiron, Sean Bean as Zeus, Uma Thurman as Medusa, etc. -- no doubt will help them along.) I expect I'll be seeing this in the theater with my godchildren when it comes out.