Review requested by: Brandon Bennet-Morrison. Hello, I'm Clayton, and welcome to "Clayton vs. Hollywood", if you ever ask me what one of my favorite book series is, I would say it would be "Percy Jackson and the Olympians". The five-book series written by Rick Riordan is about a demigod (half mortal/half god) that goes on many quests to prevent the Titan god Kronos from being ressurected. And when I've heard that 20th Century Fox is making a movie based on the series, I got excited. And when it got released and I saw it, well, let's get with the plot to the movie. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief" is about when Zeus' his lightning bolt is stolen, he accuses Poseidon's son Percy Jackson and gives Poseidon's son fourteen days to return it, otherwise he will initiate a war amongst the gods. Meanwhile the teenager, Percy, who is dyslexic and has ADHD is visiting The Museum of Metropolitan of Art and is attacked by a Fury disguised in his teacher. His crippled best friend Grover reveals that Percy is a demigod and that he is his protector and his teacher Mr Brunner gives him a pen telling him that it is a powerful weapon. They go to Percy's house and together with his mother Sally they drive to the Camp Half-Blood. However Sally is attacked by a Minotaur and vanishes before Percy can help her. In the camp, Percy befriends the gorgeous Annabeth; when they are attacked by Hades who wants the lighting bolt for himself, Percy discovers that his mother is in the Underworld with Hades. Percy decides to travel on a dangerous quest to retrieve the lightning bolt and save his mother.
What I liked about the movie:
What I sort of liked about this movie is that it sticks somewhat to the storyline of the book and characters. Another thing I liked was the action scenes, the action was pretty awesome and intense, especially near the end when Percy is fighting with the REAL lightning thief (which I WON'T spoil).
What I didn't like:
What I didn't like about this movie is that they changed EVERYTHING that was in the book such as the age group with the characters, Annabeth's hair color, and I was really expecting Ares to be in this movie and could'nt wait to see my favorite part of the book. But it is not in there! Plus, some of the acting is not all that great.
Final thoughts: Overall, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief" is not necessarilly a BAD movie but it's not as great as the books were. I've read on Wikipedia that they are making a "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Sea of Monsters" for release in 2013. I hope that they will change directors and stick it closer to the books. If you're a fan of the books like me, I'd say read the books first and then see the movie, or if you like Greek mythology, chances are you might like it.
Rating: I'd give it a moderate recommendation: decide for yourself
I'm Clayton and prepare for Hollywood to pay for what we had to pay
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