![]() ![]() He asks Percy if he can tell the class what these children were called. Brunner explains how the gods often came down to Earth and had love affairs- and sometimes children- with mortals. Brunner is in a motorized wheelchair, his legs covered in a blanket. Brunner ( Pierce Brosnan) is lecturing on them. At a gallery showing sculptures of the Greek gods, a teacher named Mr. A bus moves past Poseidon, in front of him, and he's gone. Percy glances around, and Poseidon is seen looking at him across the street, though Percy does not recognize him as he has never seen Poseidon before. A voiceover from Poseidon tells Percy that everything as he knows it, is about to change. Percy is going with his school class to a museum to look at a gallery of ancient Greek and Roman exhibits. Sally tries to insist that Gabe is good to her and Percy in 'ways he doesn't understand.' Percy can only say that Sally is right- he doesn't understand. Gabe Ugliano is a crass, crude pig of a man with foul armpit stench, who cannot hold a steady job because of his demeanor and smell. Gabe retreats to his room and Percy asks Sally why she stays with him. Gabe gets up and leans against the wall close to Percy, and says that it's his house and Percy is the one who needs to show some respect. He insists that Gabe show some respect to Sally. Sally complies without a word of complaint, much to Percy's disgust. Sally says it's in the fridge, but Gabe clearly expects her to bring it to him. ![]() He sits at the table and asks where his beer is. Gabe is bald, paunchy, and dirty, with granny glasses attached to a chain around his neck. At that moment the door opens and in walks Gabe Ugliano ( Joe Pantoliano), Sally's husband and Percy's stepfather. Sally tries to assure him that one day, everything will make sense, but he is very dubious. He thought the Yancy Academy was supposed to make things better. Percy suffers from both dyslexia and ADHD, impairing his school performance. She asks him about school and he is clearly very frustrated. Percy arrives home, kissing his mother, Sally ( Catherine Keener), hello. Finally he says he doesn't know the answer. He looks at the blackboard, blinking as the letters seem to twist and dance around confusingly in front of his eyes. Dodds notices Percy glancing away and calls on him. Several students raise their hands, but Mrs. ![]() She asks the class if anyone can explain the quote. Dodds ( Maria Olsen), writing a quote from Othello on the blackboard. In class, there is a substitute teacher, Mrs. They walk through the halls, disgusted as several students fight openly in the halls before it is broken up by faculty. Percy and Grover are at school at the Yancy Academy, and we see that Grover uses crutches. Being under water helps clear his mind and is one of the few places he can think. Hardly possible for most people, Percy thinks little of it. Jackson) that he had been underwater nearly seven minutes. On surfacing, he is told by his best friend Grover ( Brandon T. We then see young teenager Percy Jackson ( Logan Lerman) sitting calmly at the bottom of a swimming pool. He tells Poseidon that unless the bolt is returned to him by midnight on June 21st, the summer solstice, there will be war. Poseidon insists that his son doesn't know who he is, and warns Zeus about crossing a line, and that if Zeus harms Poseidon's son, he will be in for the fight of his life, but Zeus does not back down. Zeus gets directly into Poseidon's face and tells him that he is convinced that Poseidon's son is responsible for the theft. Poseidon notes heavy thunderclouds, and Zeus points out there is no lightning- his master bolt, which gives him control over lightning, has been stolen. He arrives at the observation deck of the Empire State building and meets another man there, similarly attired- his brother Zeus ( Sean Bean), king of the Greek gods. Poseidon strides through the water along the pier, glancing nonchalantly at a gawking fisherman, and steps onto the streets of New York, shrinking to human size and his garments changing to resemble normal contemporary attire. Water rises from Brighton Beach and coalesces into the form of a huge being looking like a man- the god Poseidon ( Kevin McKidd). The movie begins with the camera panning over New York City, past Coney Island and along a pier.
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