The filmmakers had a great formula on their hands: Rick Riordan's fanastic story, which puts mythology in modern times, adds a bit of sass, and makes a hero of a dyslexic Everykid Chris Columbus, the director of the first two Harry Potter movies, at the helm some great monster special effects and some great actors, even in the supporting roles ( Pierce Brosnan, Thurman, Keener, Joe Pantoliano). Kids have been waiting for this movie adaptation for a long time too bad they'll likely be disappointed, especially if they love the book series. Too bad Luke didn't warn them about what was guarding the pearls - they'll have to fight Medusa ( Uma Thurman), a hydra, and even lotus flowers to get to the underworld and back before the gods' petty fighting destroys the earth. Grover and daughter-of-Athena Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) decide to go with him, armed with a magic map from senior camper Luke (Jake Abel) that will lead them to three special pearls - the key to getting out of the underworld alive. So Percy decides to go to the underworld to find the truth and save his mother. But before Percy can even break in his new bunk, Hades accuses him of stealing Zeus' master lightning bolt. Grover, now sporting the goat hooves of a satyr, leads Percy through camp explaining that he's actually half-god - and his parent isn't just any god, but sea king Poseidon. but only after it took his mother to the underworld. He wakes up in an infirmary like no other, teeming with teens in Greek battle gear, as he remembers with a jolt that he fought and killed a minotaur.
Seemingly normal (albeit dyslexic) D student Percy Jackson ( Logan Lerman) realizes that something is very wrong when he's attacked by a demonic beast during a class trip and whisked away by his mother ( Catherine Keener) and friend Grover (Brandon T. Also, in the movie they just snuck out of the camp, while in the book Percy, Annabeth, and Grover were given a quest. In the movie they were looking for the pearls as there quest. In the book they were trying to find the door to the Underworld and they collected the pearls along the way. I loved the books so much and I despise these movies with a deep passion. In the movies, he's a ladies man which is just. In the books he was a shy, nervous saytr. In the movies, she introduces herself to Percy saying she's never lost a battle before, and that she's been going to this camp since she was a child and then Percy (who has no training at all) beats her in a battle right after she says this? How? They also took away her baseball cap, and made her a useless character when she wasn't at all useless in the books. He was always cracking jokes and wasn't nearly as mature as the Percy in the movie. Percy was a sarcastic but still nice kid.
The movie completely ruined Percy, Annabeth, and Grover's characters. Annabeth is BLONDE! Also, Percy and Annabeth were on the same team for capture the flag. Also, it took Percy a couple of chapters to find out that he was the son of Posiden and it was a really big deal.
THERE WAS NOTHING EVEN REMOTELY SIMILAR TO THE BOOK IN THERE!! The characters were supposed to be 12, not 17.