Released: August 7, 2013 (USA)
Directed by: Thor Freudenthal
Starring: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Leven Rambin, Brandon T. Jackson, Douglas Smith, Stanley Tucci, Nathan Fillion, etc.
Summary of the Movie: In this retelling of Rick Riordans book, "The Sea of Monsters", Percy
Jackson, accompanied by his friends Annabeth Chase, Clarisse La Rue and
Tyson, his half brother, goes on a journey to the Sea of Monsters to
retrieve the Golden Fleece and save Camp Half-Blood.
My Thoughts: Anyone who has read the Percy Jackson series and then saw the first installment of the movie franchise, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, knows how badly they did at adapting the first book into a film format. I'm not usually one to be snobbish when it comes to book to movie adaptations, but this one was a pretty off compared to the amazing series written by Rick Riordan.
First of all, Percy and his friends in the first few books are in their early teens, while in the first movie they had Percy be about 16 years old. That was probably one of their biggest mistakes if they had any intentions of this series going as far as the books go, time-wise. Not only that, but the way it translated just didn't sit well with the majority of the fans who had read Riordan's series before, including myself.
First of all, Percy and his friends in the first few books are in their early teens, while in the first movie they had Percy be about 16 years old. That was probably one of their biggest mistakes if they had any intentions of this series going as far as the books go, time-wise. Not only that, but the way it translated just didn't sit well with the majority of the fans who had read Riordan's series before, including myself.
So when they announced there would be a second installment of this movie franchise, I was instantly interested. Did Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief do well enough in the box office to warrant a sequel? Apparently so. Not only that, but it seems to have been revamped. Many of the fans can just watch the trailer and tell that this movie would be a lot more true to the book than the last, therefore more people were anticipating it's release, including myself.
But upon leaving the theater, I was sorely disappointed. Even though many characters from the series that weren't in the first movie were put into this one, some of them were misrepresented entirely (such as Silena Beauregard or the sass-less Percy).
It was like they took a few plot points from Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters book, and threw out the rest. Nothing was considered when it came to staying true to the Greek mythology roots or the continuity, especially when it comes to the possibility of a third Percy Jackson movie. I actually came out of the theater feeling a little bit angry, to be honest. Being such a fan of Riordan's works and seeing one of his novels be botched this much was hard to watch. Not only that, but the movie lacked natural flow, and as a film I felt like it fell short of my standards of a good movie.
So no, I don't think I'll be buying this one when it hits the shelves on DVD, but I definitely won't let this movie put a sour taste in my mouth when it comes to Riordan's brilliant series.
It was like they took a few plot points from Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters book, and threw out the rest. Nothing was considered when it came to staying true to the Greek mythology roots or the continuity, especially when it comes to the possibility of a third Percy Jackson movie. I actually came out of the theater feeling a little bit angry, to be honest. Being such a fan of Riordan's works and seeing one of his novels be botched this much was hard to watch. Not only that, but the movie lacked natural flow, and as a film I felt like it fell short of my standards of a good movie.
So no, I don't think I'll be buying this one when it hits the shelves on DVD, but I definitely won't let this movie put a sour taste in my mouth when it comes to Riordan's brilliant series.
My Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
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