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The film is based on a novel by Anders Mattheson, who also co-directs the movie. Our tale begins in a Thailand sweat shop (as all the best kid's stories do) where children work their fingers to the bone making stuffed ninja plushies. When a young boy accidentally uses the checkered scarf of a visiting businessman instead of the regulation black cloth on one of the dolls, he's beaten to death. At that moment, a freak lightning bolt strikes the checkered ninja doll, giving him life and a mission of vengeance. Ladies and gentlemen, we have departed Pixar Land, driven miles outside of Dreamworks Territory, and now find ourselves in a wilderness of weird in which a movie that looks like children's entertainment is really about murder and revenge while being packed with profanity and crude humor--one character sings a sea shanty that I'm pretty sure is about his private parts. There is also a drug deal, cocaine smuggling, and a trip to a mental asylum.
But yet, somehow the movie is also sincere, telling a coming of age story about the boy who finds the checkered ninja. See, he's kind of an outcast, awkward in his own skin, no luck with the girls, trying to find himself. Our murderous ninja doll has to extract retribution, but first he's gonna teach our adolescent protagonist a lot about life and a little about love. There's warmth alongside the murder, vengeance, and cocaine smuggling. Eat your heart out, Winnie the Pooh. No, seriously, the Checkered Ninja will cut your heart out and eat it.
I can only guess that in other parts of the world, family fare is not as sanitized as it is in Hollywood. I want to be clear here, this movie does not seem to be made for adults. It's not South Park, full of biting humor and satire. On the contrary, it feels pretty sincere and geared toward 12 year-olds, which makes the darker elements so strange. Also, for me, it just isn't funny. Humor is subjective, so everyone's mileage will vary, but the jokes didn't land for me. Others with similar western sensibilities now have the opportunity to discover this movie for themselves thanks to a USA DVD release (there is no Blu-ray). The North American disc only includes an English dub, not the original Danish audio. There are no special features on the disc either, but the animation holds up pretty well in this standard definition presentation.
I find Checkered Ninja to be too tame for an adult audience and too edgy for a child audience, unless that audience happens to be Danish or Northern European. That's ultimately who this was made for, and it has really connected in its native land, selling over a million tickets and becoming the highest-grossing Danish film in over 30 years while also garnering awards that include Best Children's Film (?!). A sequel is currently in development. Hey, a million Danes can't be wrong...can they?
There are positive messages of family loyalty and perseverance, but the hardships of growing up without both parents are also depicted. Disabilities and neurodiversity translate into superpowers. Through teamwork, characters who feel misunderstood come together to build a community where they all belong.
Percy is a student coping with dyslexia and ADHD who discovers his heroic qualities. He adores his mom and does everything to save her. Grover is a good and self-sacrificing friend, but he's also played as a womanizer. Annabeth is a strong female character who's great with a sword and learns how to stand on her own despite her own hurdles. But the fierce friendship that these three forge makes a much stronger impression in the book.
The film has disabled characters in key roles: A wheelchair user evolves into a centaur, and a character who uses crutches turns out to have mighty hind legs. Percy, who struggles with dyslexia and ADHD, comes to find that his neurodiversity is his strongest superpower. But the film falls short on racial diversity. Two Black characters, Grover and Persephone, are highly sexualized, which falls into harmful stereotypes. Complicated family units, such as demigods raised by human single parents, offer strong non-traditional views of family.
Battles with some mythological monsters are quite frightening. Some creatures are also demonic-looking -- like a gruesome fury, a giant Hades with skeletal wings coming out of a campfire, and scores of tormented fiery souls. Others are just large and violent, like a minotaur and a hydra with many snapping, fire-breathing heads. Medusa's head of snakes is severed and carted around. A car is thrown, limbs are hacked by swords, and two characters -- one monster, one human -- are impaled violently. There's lots of fighting amongst campers, with some blood (though Percy magically heals in water). A man slaps down a mother in front of her child.
A main character flirts with almost every woman he crosses paths with; in one scene, he spends time with a group of women in a hot tub, and again at a casino. A character gets engaged to be married. Characters kiss passionately.
"Ass" a few times. "Highway to Hell" plays on the radio as the characters head for the underworld. A few uses of "God" as an exclamation. Plus insults like "bald-headed freak" and "little brat" exchanged between Percy and his stepfather.
Main characters wear Converse All-Stars, which are highly promoted in the film. An iPod is also an important part of the story. A Mac laptop and a Mazerati are visible. Characters mention The French Connection (original) and Mick Jagger. Many Vegas nightlife hot spots can be seen in the background, including Caesars Palace, MGM Grand, and Casino Royale. The Lotus Casino becomes an important location at the forefront of the story.
Lotus flowers at the Lotus Casino are offered constantly to guests; they have a mind-altering effect that make patrons loopy and unaware of the outside world. Gabe drinks beer or asks for a beer in every one of his scenes. There are fruity-looking drinks at a bar in the Lotus Casino around teens.
Parents need to know that this movie is based on the popular Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief book. Things are aged up here: Percy (Logan Lerman) is now in high school rather than middle school; his satyr friend, Grover (Brandon T. Jackson), is busy chasing girls. When Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario), Percy's demigod friend who is searching for her own mother joins the journey, the trio stops into a casino that has a nightclub, a full bar, and trippy lotus flowers that all the patrons ingest (in the book, they play video and arcade games endlessly). Violence includes monsters and sinister gods, including demonic ones like Hades (Steve Coogan) aflame with skeletal wings and a fury sent to destroy Percy. Characters (monster and human) are impaled and slashed at with swords, and a parent is crushed by a minotaur and taken to the underworld. There's some bullying among the campers and characters say "ass" a few times. The film positively portrays disabilities and neurodiversity, but there's very little racial diversity, plus a couple stereotypical Black characters. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF meets Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) as he struggles to find his place in school. Percy realizes that something is very wrong when he's attacked by a demonic beast during a class trip and his mom (Catherine Keener) is taken to the underworld. While he's unconscious, his friend Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) whisks him away to a secret camp. Percy wakes up in an infirmary like no other, teeming with teens in Greek battle gear, as he remembers with a jolt what brought him there. Grover, now swapping his earthly disguise of crutches for the godly goat hooves of a satyr, leads Percy through camp explaining that Percy is actually half-god -- and his father isn't just any god, but the sea king Poseidon. But before Percy can even break in his new bunk, Hades (Steve Coogan) accuses him of stealing Zeus' (Sean Bean) master lightning bolt. So Percy decides to go to the underworld to find the truth and save his mother. Grover and daughter-of-Athena Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) go with him, armed with a magic map from senior camper Luke (Jake Abel) that will lead them to three special pearls -- the key to getting out of the underworld alive. With challenges around every corner, including coming face-to-face with Medusa (Uma Thurman) herself, a hydra, and mind-altering lotus flowers, the trio fights to return Zeus' bolt before a war breaks out between the gods.
Lovers of the book series may have a hard time recognizing this grown-up adaptation of their beloved tales. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief significantly reworks Rick Riordan's fantastic story, which puts mythology in modern times, adds a bit of sass, and makes a hero of a dyslexic everyday kid. With Chris Columbus, the director of the first two Harry Potter movies, at the helm; some great monster special effects; and talented actors even in the supporting roles (including Pierce Brosnan, Thurman, Keener, and Joe Pantoliano), this should have been a hit for the franchise. But the script takes too many liberties with the original plot, disappointing readers while failing to bring in new audiences.
The book saga is a friendship tale at heart. By making the main characters teens instead of tweens in the adaptation, there's less room for the budding relationships fans love. And the gods, as giants, look quite fake, making an important scene where Percy meets his dad fall flat. But for those who tune in without flipping a page, this film is a passable hero's quest.
Families can talk about how Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief compares to the book versions. So much was changed here -- the characters' ages, the plot, the places they visit, etc. Was it still the movie you were hoping for?
Talk about the scare factor. Did anything make you hide under your chair? What mythological monsters would you least like to see in the real world? Does fantasy violence have the same impact as more realistic violence?
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