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Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lighting Thief is a well done, and for the most part family friendly movie. It does however have some scenes that would probably scare younger children, due to intensity. The movie is based largely and pretty accurately on the Greek mythology of the gods and demigods i.e. half gods.

The latter group of half mortal half god such as Herculean category is the main focus of the movie. The premise as the name implies is that someone has stolen Zeus’s lightning bolt. No one knows who the thief is, however Percy Jackson quickly becomes the most likely suspect.

He must then embark on a journey to clear his name, but gets side tracked from that journey into a journey of regaining his lost loved one from Hades, the god of the underworld. The course of the movies is predictable in many ways, yet the predictability is comes in a very well done fashion.

The bulk of the movie takes us along on a journey across the United States in a search for pearls, which will allow Percy Jackson, and his group of friends to return from the underworld. After they complete this journey they must then embark on a journey down to the underworld.

The location of the underworld will come as no surprise, but what will be a surprise is a seemingly small yet crucial detail they overlooked in their planning. Also, as we of course learn the identity of the lighting thief, predictable towards the end we are taken a bit off guard.

Notwithstanding, there is still very good and yet subtle foreshadowing as to the identity of the lighting thief, coming as early as the first stop on their quest.

Also most viewers will find the twists and turns along the trip quite a refreshing change of pace from some of the more completely predictable movie themes. Of course, most people will see some of the twists coming from just due to our familiarly with basic Greek mythology, but they nonetheless add in enough new elements to keep it interesting.