Percy, Perseus, and The Proposal

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

A lot of people I know didn't like this movie. Well, I like it. Production value was great and the story is very rich and engaging. I only have two problems with this movie. First, so many things happened in this movie that there was barely any time to develop one scene before the need to move on to the next scene. This may in large part due to the film makers trying to squeeze so many scenes from the book into the movie most likely so as not to anger fans of the book. Second, the acting ability of the main child actor wasn't harnessed well by the director. Sometimes it felt like the actor was merely going through the motions and wasn't really into the role he portrayed, which is a shame because I found him to be a good child actor in a short-lived TV series, Jack and Bobby, carried by Studio 23 in the Philippines some years ago. But on the other hand it was an enjoyable movie to watch.

Clash of the Titans

Most of my friends who I watched this movie with were disappointed with this movie. For some reason they had high expectations with it, which I didn't really understand. Maybe they were very good in Greek Mythology or something. I, on the other hand, didn't even know that this movie was made until I saw the trailers a few months back. My only real problem with this movie was the unbelievability of the film's main protagonist, Perseus, played by AVATAR's Sam Worthington. That actor doesn't have a wide array of emotions under his belt. He reminded me of Keanu Reeves. But the movie was enjoyable, the special effects were more than decent. I enjoyed watching this movie. It was never boring.

The Proposal

"The truth is Margaret and I are two people who are not supposed to fall in love with each other but did."

The first two-thirds of the movie was actually very good. It was funny and witty and the onscreen chemistry of Sandra Bullock and the actor playing the lead role was good. But the last thirds of the movie was weak. I didn't really believe that Andrew would fall in love with Margaret based solely on the events that unfolded in the first 2/3 of the movie. His "change of heart" wasn't believable. It felt forced by the writers just so they could end their movie.