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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is....
15 years ago
a big dissapointment, at least to me XP
I mean, as a movie, it delivered the usual stuff, action, adventure, comedy and romance, all for the kids, or more for teens which looks to be the target audience. The movie wasn't draggin at all, in fact, it went at a much quicker pace than I thought it should be. Well, that's to be expected from the guy who directed Harry Potter. Pretty good effects, and I was especially impressed with the way they portrayed the Underworld in the movie. Very interesting take on it.
However, they really took out a lot of stuff, and I mean A LOT. A bunch of the stuff they took out really mattered. For one, they took out the one who is the camp director of Camp Half-Blood, Mr. D., or his more prominent name, Dionysus, god of Wine and Madness. He provides some of the humour in the books, but with him not around, it just seems...bland. Then there's Clarisse, daughter of Hades, who is the Draco Malfoy to Percy, always antagonizing him. Then, there is the Oracle of Delphi, a mummy living in the attic of the "big house" where the director stays who gives out important riddles and is how the campers of Camp Half-Blood get to go out into the world for their quests. Although not alive, she is integral because her predictions tie into Percy's future.
And now, there's the portrayal of the characters and the world at large. I mentioned before how I liked the Underworld was portrayed. Mt. Olympus was also up there, although I found the Underworld much more impressive. Camp Half-Blood was really underwhelming. In the book, it was an amazing huge camp with strawberry fields, a big ranch-style house for the camp director, a large forest to one side and the camper's cabins, one for each of the major gods of Olypmus, all arranged in a U with a large pit in the middle, not to mention the large tree at the edge of the camp, which provides a barrier against monsters and humand. The camp is always sunny, thanks to Zeus' influence. Grand place, ain't it? In the movie, it was just a forest with cabins close to the trees and a lake. it looked like something out of Robin's hideout in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves or Peter Pan's Lost Boys. It was more like a guerilla hideout than a camp. And the fact that they were in the forest made the whole place feel claustrophobic. Percy couldn't keep a single step without being in somebody's face or weapon. Everybody in the camp are as old as Percy or just about, while in the book, they take in all ages to keep them safe from the monsters. Because of this portrayal, I don't get the same home-y feeling of the movie adaption to the books.
I'll probably rant a bit more about this since I really had high hopes for this movie. It kinda made me feel that they were making a one-off movie, cash in on the name and then check out, making the movie half-assed and giving a hint that its going to continue but not really. Nice going Hollywood, you guys did it again XP
I mean, as a movie, it delivered the usual stuff, action, adventure, comedy and romance, all for the kids, or more for teens which looks to be the target audience. The movie wasn't draggin at all, in fact, it went at a much quicker pace than I thought it should be. Well, that's to be expected from the guy who directed Harry Potter. Pretty good effects, and I was especially impressed with the way they portrayed the Underworld in the movie. Very interesting take on it.
However, they really took out a lot of stuff, and I mean A LOT. A bunch of the stuff they took out really mattered. For one, they took out the one who is the camp director of Camp Half-Blood, Mr. D., or his more prominent name, Dionysus, god of Wine and Madness. He provides some of the humour in the books, but with him not around, it just seems...bland. Then there's Clarisse, daughter of Hades, who is the Draco Malfoy to Percy, always antagonizing him. Then, there is the Oracle of Delphi, a mummy living in the attic of the "big house" where the director stays who gives out important riddles and is how the campers of Camp Half-Blood get to go out into the world for their quests. Although not alive, she is integral because her predictions tie into Percy's future.
And now, there's the portrayal of the characters and the world at large. I mentioned before how I liked the Underworld was portrayed. Mt. Olympus was also up there, although I found the Underworld much more impressive. Camp Half-Blood was really underwhelming. In the book, it was an amazing huge camp with strawberry fields, a big ranch-style house for the camp director, a large forest to one side and the camper's cabins, one for each of the major gods of Olypmus, all arranged in a U with a large pit in the middle, not to mention the large tree at the edge of the camp, which provides a barrier against monsters and humand. The camp is always sunny, thanks to Zeus' influence. Grand place, ain't it? In the movie, it was just a forest with cabins close to the trees and a lake. it looked like something out of Robin's hideout in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves or Peter Pan's Lost Boys. It was more like a guerilla hideout than a camp. And the fact that they were in the forest made the whole place feel claustrophobic. Percy couldn't keep a single step without being in somebody's face or weapon. Everybody in the camp are as old as Percy or just about, while in the book, they take in all ages to keep them safe from the monsters. Because of this portrayal, I don't get the same home-y feeling of the movie adaption to the books.
I'll probably rant a bit more about this since I really had high hopes for this movie. It kinda made me feel that they were making a one-off movie, cash in on the name and then check out, making the movie half-assed and giving a hint that its going to continue but not really. Nice going Hollywood, you guys did it again XP
