Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (5/10)

Long title, and I'm a bit confused. When I watched the movie, it only showed "Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief" on the screen. But "The Olympians" is on IMDb.com.Anyway, that's not important. What's important is how poorly this movie was written. And such a pity too. It had a good cast, a good direction, a good premise, a good plot, but it was just so poorly written and that's so frustrating.I'm a fan of Greek mythology but throwing in a Hydra here and some hell hounds there weren't enough to sway me. The movie started very well for me but it all went downhill from there, especially when they reached Vegas. That was so so bad. The Vegas sequence was as if they ran out of budget for more CGI effects.Consistency was the biggest issue here, making it another one of Hollywood's more inferior product that had one aim and one aim only - to wow the crowds with special effects. The movie was filled with loopholes; from the sudden use of "Homeland Security" by Alexandra Daddario (who I thought was cute enough to drool over, but only time will tell) whose character said that she grew up in the camp and only went outside twice, to the disappearance of Medusa's head that got lost as the movie progressed.I'll give credit where they are due and the effects were really impressive. From having Pierce Brosnon as a Centaur to Uma Thurman as Medusa, everything looked impressive on screen. The acting was good, especially for the new kid on the block, Logan Lerman, who really carried this movie almost on his own. And to have demi-gods in the present era was one heck of a good idea.But the lack of explanations and logic throughout the entire movie was just ridiculous. Why must it be the son of Poseidon who stole the Lightning Blot? How was it that Percy just needed to touch water and he knew how to wield a sword? How was Annabeth, the self-proclaimed master of strategy, so useless in planning in every single fight they encountered? How did they know Medusa's head still work even after she's dead? Hell, why were there so many demi-gods to begin with? Are the gods all so horny? Absolutely nothing was explained and the movie just skipped and skipped all the detail that would have made the movie more interesting. But no, everything happened by coincidences.I can't believe they still write movies like this, as if the audiences were retards. This movie had potential, but alas, what a pity.