Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

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Viktor S @Thingguy 3d The movie was great. The characters played really well, I don’t know why it was canceled. I would really recommend watching it. If you read the books and say it’s a bad movie, in my opinion you are wrong. I have a couple of reasons for that. Yes they took out a couple of scenes and characters but they used that to make the movie more understandable and fun, would like to watch a 2 hour movie about how Percy didn’t die or how he kicked some bums? Really. See more Jordan L 5d Was hoping a faithful retelling of the amazing books but so many parts were lazily cut out or changed for convenience from the source material, left out alot of the greek mythology, acting was hollow and dialog was awkward. I was quite disappointed being such a big fan of the book series. See more Lydia R @SweetRoxy Nov 18 My review is mostly going to be a comparison between this movie and the Disney+ show: Cons: Compared to other kids' book to movie adaptions like Twilight, Lord of the Rings, and Narnia, this movie is pretty corny. It sort of reminds me of a crossover between Spy Kids and a Disney Channel movie. I would have liked it to have taken itself more seriously. However, since this movie is obviously targeted towards younger kids, I will give it a pass. I think that trying to stay true to the Percy Jackson books actually hurt this movie, the books just do not transfer well to the screen. And I find it sad that a movie about young demigods in an urban fantasy world, which sounds like an epic premise, has to be confined to the boring events of the books. Also, I actually liked the actor who played Luke Castellan in the Disney+ show more than in this movie, which is probably the only thing I liked about the Disney+ show more than the movie. Pros: It is not amazing or anything, but it is definitely better than the Disney+ TV show. I, personally, do not care about book accuracy, especially since I have never read the Percy Jackson books. All I really care about is how entertaining the movie is, and, I gotta say, while people praise the Disney+ show for being more book accurate, it sure is boring. At least this movie is somewhat entertaining. Unlike the Disney+ show, the characters did not spend the whole movie just standing around and talking about exposition. The story line was actually easy to follow, and I did not get confused every time someone was explaining a story about something that happened in the past. Also, unlike the Disney+ show, the Olympic gods were actually memorable and had a level of aura to them. Finally, unlike the Disney+ show, this series has more action. See more Justin T Nov 12 I did not enjoy this film. In order of awesome it goes the books, the series and way down at the bottom is this film. It takes excellent source material and not only dumbs it down but also changes it way too much. I really hated the writing. Everything else is perfectly fine and this could have been a good movie if the writing had been more faithful to the source material. There’s no Ares, no Chronos, no Clarisse, no invisibility hat, nothing that made the books and series so good. This is honestly not worth the time watching it. Oh and Uma Thurman over-acts massively. The other cast are fine. See more Kevin C. @kc1988 Nov 10 A very good coming of age type of movie. Fun for the whole family See more Tommy D Nov 9 Good movie and great cast See more Read all reviews

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