My only criticism is that the plot was simplified and altered too much from the book. That always happens though. Other than that,it was great fun, and the kids all around me, wearing "Camp Half Blood" T-shirts, were cheering and making engaging comments throughout the movie. They even liked that the characters were older. It was entertaining, a lot of fun, and worth the time and money. I've read a lot of reviews this morning and I think you all take yourselves way to seriously.

I love the lightning thief books and when we read the play in LA, i was sooooo excited. then i was REALLY mad when i found out how different the movie is going to be because the play was based on the movie. more than half of the book was changed! Sally Jackson stays in the underworld not Grover! Annabeth has blond hair not brown! it was sooooo different! Me and my friends who read the books were so upset! but i still want to see the movie and want them to make the other books into movies so that they will become more popular.

From someone who has read all the boosk, even though i am a high schooler, the movie was ok. my only problem was that the movie left out vital things for the next books. We nevr meet Ares who in the book is the whole twist to the end that makes it interesting, we never find out that hades helm of darkness went missing too, and that he blackmailes Percy into bringing it to him, and is also another main reaon hades even wants percy to come to the under world. Because alot of this was left out, some of my favorite parts were missing too. Like when Percy and Annabeth get trapped but Hephestis when he is trying to get Ares and Aphrosites. Another main point that i thought the book showed was how the Greek Gods and ideas hav become more modern, Charon, for example, is supposed to be wearing an Italian suit and sun glasses, also the underworld has taken on a feeling of airport security. These little tings that are gone, are what made the book good. if i had never read the book, it would be a good movie, but if i was the author, for the next book, i would make sure they actually follow it somewhat.

I loved the lightning thief, the cast was awesome! Logan is the best!!!

It's good to see some teens weighing in on this one!

I saw the preview for the movie before I had even read the book. I absolutely loved the book. I thought it was smart, funny and very engaging. Then, I went back and watched the trailer again, and discovered that this movie was likely to become all action and no real fun. Judging by the reviews and other readers' criticisms, I'm pretty sure I was right.

That's just sad that they left out some really key plot points. That would be like Harry Potter without Voldemort.

it is genius
exept anabeths damn brown hair

I LOVE the books, and the movie was good too. However, the movie was it's own entity. There are MAJOR things missing and because of what is missing, the story starts to stretch away from what made the book so amazing. Like Eragon, if you haven't read the books, the movie is great...also like Eragon, the movie ends making it very difficult for the other books to be made. At this rate, a sequel would have alot of "filling people in" before it could get to the story. Some very entertaining and interesting and KEY characters were left out...as a matter of fact MOST key characters were left out...the ones that propel the story as a series. If this movie were called Billy Johnson and the Journey to Hades, it would have been great, but it carried the Percy Jackson name and then almost completely altered the plot.

I liked the movie a lot. The casting was excellent. The book was better of course, but I guess they had to cut out a lot for time. I think the main piece that was missing was the first person narrative. It makes the the book funny, sarcastic, and witty, and it's missing in the movie. If they make sequels they should definately have some voice-overs for thoughts or something. It's just what makes the series so charming.

Ok the movie has soooo many mistakes. first off the anabeths hair was made a big deal in the book because it was blond, and she was on percys team in capture the flag! And were the heck was clarrisa!!! and the fates and the fures were left out. the way madusa was introduced was way wrong. and ares wasnt even in the movie. and half blood hill wasnt even a hill it was a forest. the cabins were suppose to be in a open area and the wine god wasnt even mentchend in the movie. the oracle wasnt in it either, and shes soooo important in the books. There was also no fight with luke in the book. The underworld was suppose to be way diffrent and the lighting bolt was in the back pack that ares gave him. i no i have alot of commets but im a huge fan of the books and i hated seeing how much they changed the story.

I enjoyed this movie a lot. I'm a high schooler, read all the books, everything. Even though they changed a lot from the books, I found it very enjoyable if you just disconnect yourself from the book. I thought it was a good mix of modern and ancient Greek. Although it seems like no one else liked it at all, I'll admit that I loved it!!

I cant believe this!!!! they ruined it!!!! I've been waiting for this movie to come out for sooooo long and now I dont know if I should cry or yell. It is like they took the very basic point of the book and left out the rest of the plot. How are they going to make the other movies when they didnt mention anything about Kronos or Ares or The Oracle!!!! That was sooo important to the whole idea of the books!!!!! I just cant believe the author was happy with this. They didnt even do the Mythology right!!! the underworld was NOT hell to them!!! AND WTF is with Persephone!!!! That version is ashame to all of greek and roman mythology!!!

Well, it was a great movie but it sure wasn't the Lightning Thief!

I understand that to take a novel and make it into a screenplay - things have to be left "on the cutting room floor", so to speak. The problem with this screenplay is that they hacked out HUGE chunks of the story that are critical to it and to the inevitable sequels.

I had a great time and enjoyed the movie, but WHY did it have to be so different? WHY????

i've read all the books and i think the movie has changed alot and i think it is still good but i think they could have done a little better with putting in more details from the book becuz i think it would of been a lot better but other from that it was a great movie and i love the guy who plays Percy Jackson! he is so hot and adorable!!!! <3 i just love him! GO logan lerman!!!!<3

I think that the movie was really fun! My only problem was the things that were left out of the movie are vitally important for the next 4 books/movies. But, they did that with Harry Potter a couple of times and fixed it. My little brother and his friends were all happier that Percy, Annabeth, and Grover were older, though. I was too, acutally. We all had a great time watching it and I'd recogmend the movie to anyone that wants to go watch a fun film.

Also, has anyone else noticed that these movie reviews above seem awfully...complex and mature for what they claim is a "child-friendly" story? Aha, take that harsh critics! :)

i though the movie wuz really good even though it wuz nothing like the book. though i m surprised bcuz not very many peeps were there when i went on opening day. yea thought it would have been a bigger hit. i also thought the guy who played percy wuz adorable too.

Why is Grover black he is suspose to be a scared white kid...

Okay. To anyone who has read this book the movie will be a huge let down!!! They altered so much stuff. I mean where was thalia's tree? And where was Clarisse? Shes a big part of the first book! (Um the bathroom scene in the book?) And it was so blunt about oh well your the son of posidion. what happent to the part where his dad claims him? Ares also plays a key role in the book becuase he give him a new backpack filled with clothes and the master bolt. The pearls where a gift from his father percy didnt have to find them over the U.S.. And Ares and Percy where sposed to have a batoyle royale!!! Oh and another thing what about tartarus? Amd perys bad dreams of kronos and the oracle? Kronos is probly the greatest factor of this book!!! When percy reaches the underworld he was sposed to be dragged into tartarus buit grover was wearing the shoes remember? they untie the shoes and they flie of into tartarus. oh and one more thing, WHAT THE HELL DID THEY DO TO THE RIVER STYX?? that have a key element especially in the fith book!!! The other day i watched the guy that plays percy on good mornig america and he said hes never read the book!!! How do you naot atleast read the book!!! my last and final comment, if you have read this book and plan on seeing the movie your in for a let down i give this movie a 1 out of 5. if you have any comments please email me at sobe.19@live.com thank you

At least they got one thing right... the names. for all we know, it couldv'e been "Perry Johannsen and Hell's Marbles".

A lot of stuff never happened. Like Percy's shield, given to him by his brother(not Luke) in the next book. Luke ain't a techie, did not break into his daddy's house, and where is the oracle, Clarisse, Dionysus, and they never once went to the Parthenon in Nashville. they totally left out Iris-messaging, which comes into play everywhere... I could go on and on. REDO, REDO!

The percy jackson series is made up of my favorite books, and I was very mad when a lot of the vital information was left out of the movie. Otherwise, the film was pretty good.
Mistakes:
1. The plot is not about finding pearls! It's about traveling to the Underworld!
2. Where on earth was Thalia's tree?
3. Camp Half Blood is supposed to be on an island/hill, not a forest!
4. Clarisse is a major part of the book (especially the second book), and she wasn't even mentioned!
5. Where was the Oracle? She's the one who tells Percy his quest!
6. Hades never comes into the camp, and he definitely does NOT throw fireballs at campers and roasting pigs...
7. Why weren't any of the campers wearing camp-half blood shirts?
8. The cabins are supposed to be in the same area, and not made out of canvas.
9. Percy is claimed by his dad, not told by Chiron!
10. ANNABETH HAS BLOND HAIR AND GREY EYES! I AM SO MAD!
11. By the end of the book, Percy and annabeth are still fighting, not about to kiss!
12. Grover doesn't use crutches.
13. The fates, Dionysus, Ares, and Cronus weren't even in the movie- IN THE BOOK THEY PLAY MAJOR ROLES!
14. Annabeth, Grover, and Percy get permission to leave on the quest.
15. ANNABETH AND LUKE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE "BROTHER AND SISTER"--IN THE MOVIE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER!!
16. I AM SICK OF WRITING DOWN ALL THE MISTAKES, SO IM ABOUT TO END--FIRST, HERE'S THE LAST AND LARGEST MISTAKE:

LUKE WAS INFLUENCED BY CRONUS! IT WASNT JUST HIS FAULT (same with Ares)
Thanks!

I've been a fan of the books since about fifth grade (I'm a freshman in high school now), and I think that the movie is NOTHING like the book. They changed so many things, and cut out so many important characters. Percy's quest in the book was to get the lightning bolt back to Zeus so Zeus didn't kill him. In the movie, his quest was to get pearls? I feel like they kind of mixed Annabeth with Clarisse, the daughter of Ares (who we never meet and is really important). Luke and Percy's confrontation never happens in the book; he fights Ares. The reason they send Luke flying off the building is because they had nothing else to do with him, and obviously Percy has to live. So, if they're making The Sea of Monsters, they're screwed. They just killed off their antagonist. Who works for Kronos, by the way, NOT Hades. Hades is in no way evil; he just got the short end of the stick when drawing lots in ancient times. And please explain to me, why was Persephone even IN the Underworld? It was summer time, anyone who's gone through middle school knows that Persephone leaves in the spring to stay with her mother Demeter. I could go on for days, but I shan't! I really don't like Chris Columbus' version.

ok, i went to see this movie today. i love the books, i would not recommend the movie. the whole thing kind of spoiled the image of percy and the gods. lots of key stuff left out. the action on the movie was cheap camera jerking stuff even though there was so fun and cool scenes...

ive never read the books, but i just saw the movie. wow, what did they do to persephone and hades? the underworld is not supposed to like hell, hades is not evil or the devil, and persephone is not a slut.

After seeing the trailer i was very exited but from the first 10 minutes i knew this film was a disaster

Major and I mean MAJOR events have been cut out which is accompanied terrible acting bad and a bad choice of cast.

But the Biggest problem i have with this film is the changes in story and character for example Annabeth is nearly unrecognizable from the cheeky sarcastic blonde in the book

I'll give you some help if you havent seen the film yet DON'T because if your a percy jackson fan you'll HATE IT and if you aren't ull be left with a terrible plot and cringingly bad acting

This movie was just painful to watch, especially if you've read the book series. The casting was poor, the plot was altered far to much. The monster they fought from the weren't even put into metion (Except Maduesa of course) The fight seen were way uncalled for, and plus, it just sucked. I did like the Casino scene. But other than that I can't think of something else to really say, but that there probally won't be a "Sea of Monsters".

i am a huge fan of the books, but i did really like the movie, even though it was so much different than the books. It gave a new perspective of what could have happened for the people who have read the books, making it a whole new expierience. i was upset with the fact that there was no mr. d, or ares, and that annabeth's hair was brown!! but, it was a very good movie, with good acting (logan lerman fit his part perfectly!!) and very cool special effects.
i give it a 8.5/10

i love the book series and i was at first disappointed with the movie. the story was completely different and wasn't actually percy jackson at all. it was just a moive which stole the title and characters and said "here you have it". well, here i have it and i am hugely upset. i liked some parts. grover was definitely funnier, the lotus casino was way better but there were amazing things in the book which they left out and they were key stuff as well. what happened to the Thrill Ride O' Love???? and the bed-stretching place??? stuff like this sucked but if you have never read the books, then it's a fab movie. my sis loved it though a lot of her love is because of Logan Lerman's face (which is amazing!!!)

I am a reading fanatic! I've read all the Harry Potters, more times than I can count. I have read the Twilight books, almost every movie they adapt from a book I've read. It's a true fact that they (movie makers) stray from the written page in every movie adaptation of a novel, but The Lightning Thief was ridiculous!!! First off they changed how Annabeth looks, their age, the camp was soo much bigger than described in the book, where was Mr. D? Annabeth has met her mother, where was her Yankees cap? They never once speak about Thalia's tree...or Luke, Thalia, Grover and Annabeths journey, or their necklaces, where are the other 'cabins'? Their quest was TOTALLY OFF!!!! They didn't go looking for pearls... They believed Hades had the bolt..where was Ares? He had the bolt and gave it to Percy in the backpack?!? Its not that the movie wasn't good, to someone who had never read the book it would be good, but to someone who has read not only this one but all five, they screwed up! They left out a lot of key points that needed to be addressed before the 2nd movie. If I had to grade this movie I'd give it a D at best, because it was entertaining but not at all true to the book, they should have changed their names and called it something else.. I personally will NOT waste my money on anymore of these films.

It wasn't demi-god awful - it was god awful

OK, I have read all the books with my boys; I am a big fan of Greek mythology, and had no idea Grover and Persepone was black, nor did I realize she was a nymphomaniac...hmm, really? Where were all the key characters: Kronos, Dionysus, Ares,etc. Hello! The underworld is not Hell! Read the books, that's all Ive got to say! BTW: before you respond to my opinion by saying I'm "racist" for mentioning obvious inconsistancies, I happen to be black and I know for a fact if there were a movie based on African mythology and the director threw in a white actor to play the part of let's say, ELEGUA Guardian of the Crossroads of Life. All hell would break loose! It's true, no need to be PC about it!

Why why why did they take a goldmine written brilliantly by Rick Riordan and turn it into such a disappointing mess. Chris Columbus did you even READ the series! You blew it big time and we want a remake! Get Mr. Riordan to write the screenplay and do it right!!! You completely disappointed my 9 year old son who worships the books ... he can't stop airing his outrage. You missed the entire point of the movie!!! BAD BAD BAD!!! And you had a great cast to boot.... you blew it for some quick cash. Boo hiss!!! Please fix it!!!

I was SOOOOOO disappointed in the movie. I loved the books and have encouraged my students to read them as well. I couldn't wait to see the movie, only to leave the theater mad and disappointed. It should have never even been called Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief....it should have been called the Search for the Pearls which had nothing to do with the books. I agree totally with an earlier blog that listed all the many things left out. How could you leave out so much and REWRITE the entire book. I'm just mad!!!

Chris Columbus and Craig Titley: My 9-year-old son wants your job! He's been waiting for this movie for MONTHS because he wanted to SEE Annabeth and her invisibility cap, the water park scene, the battle with Ares... He's in the other room now with the video camera trying to make his own version and do it "right". His sister did like the teenage stuff (how much did you pay Lady Gaga?) but I think Riordan's books have plenty of adult appeal. I've read them all twice!

The Lightning Thief book was about a kid in a world of grownups behaving badly who, with his OWN guts and cleverness convinces those adults to see the truth and come together. The movie was about a boy looking for his mother getting help from his father along the way. Come on! I truly believe all kids really do want to grow up!

I am a high schooler and I definitely loved this movie. Yes, it doesn't follow the book word by word, but neither does Harry Potter. I really thought they did a great job integrating all the valuable information that they could. And yes, Ares should have been in the movie, but hey, what can we do? And to the people who thought that when Grover said, "And even some demigods make it into the White House" was a reference to Obama, it wasn't. The book was published before he even became elected into office, and I do remember reading that line. I suggest everyone should see the movie. Oh, and if you haven't read the book, it wasn't that hard to follow along to. I loved this movie, and would definitely see it more than once

I have read all of the Percy Jackson books and absolutely adored them. I was so excited for this movie and even bought a shirt for the occassion. On Friday, I watched Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief and was COMPLETELY disappointed. The plot was completely altered and some huge scenes and characters were left out. There is: no Clarisse, no Mr. D., no Ares, no ORACLE (!!!!!) and there shouldn't be a Persephone. The scenes that were not shown and should have been are: The beach scene, the minotaur scene (done CORRECTLY!!!) , the beginning fight between Luke and Percy, The Oracle giving Percy his quest, and the whole ordeal with Ares. They also didn't have Percy spending the first few nights in the Hermes cabin, he wasn't supposed to be told that he was the son of Posiden by Chiron but to find out in the dining hall. The information that was not given in the movie that is EXTREMELY important to the series which will make creating the rest of the series into movies very difficult are: they did not even mention Talia and that the BIg Three aren't allowed to have children, Annabeth is supposed to have a Yankees invisibility cap, all of the campers are supposed to have necklaces that have the charms with the largest occasion of the years past on them, like I said before, the Oracle of Delphi was not there and neither was Dionysis, they killed Luke who is the whole base of the story plot in the next few books, and Annabeth and Percy weren't supposed to look at each other al lovey-dovey until the last book! And that's all I have to say about that.

i think that the director completely butchered the book. they left out huge chunks of detail. like annabeth's hair being brown and the part where Poseidon claims Percy and Luke and annabeths past also Thalia's tree and another thing Clarisse wasn't even there. another thing that made me upset was when the three stay in that motel after Percy kills Medusa Grover pulls out her head and the cleaning lady see's it what happened to the mist and mortals not being able to see that sort of thing and also Hades never goes into the camp Grrrr this movie infuriates me because i have read all the books. there's sooooooooo much more i could say about this movie but i just am getting tired of typing down its flaws. and i also think Rick Riordan should have the movie redone in his image of the movie if they get a director who sits down and talks to Riordan it will probably be a good movie that's all i had to say if you read the books stear clear of the movie.

I haven't even seen the movie (yet) but know... I don't know if I want to... :-/

This was the most disappointing film ever. I truely don't see how they will ever be able to continue with the rest of the series. To watch my children, 10 & 12, rant on and on for days about all the great scenes and characters that was left out is just sad. It felt the director went home through a couple of shots together and slapped on a great title. In my book that is called fraud. Sure changes are to be expected, but this was an entirely different story, boring at that. The books were brillant with action, comedy, history, mythology,a nd yes even drama..... SOOOOOO Disappointing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I vote for a remake with someone who cares about the type of film he creates with integrity!

I hated the movie for the same reason as everyone else. I do have one thing to say. Please stop blaming just the director. It was the screen writer who killed the series. I would ask the writer to please do this over again ( like the hulk) and please make each book the way it is written. I promise people will come and watch every single movie. me and my fiance saw the trailer over christmas and went to get the books immediately after. We read them all and was excited to see this movie. I refuse to go see anthing remotely resembling a sequel to this. It will be nothing like the series. Its like the screen writer is trying to make his own series off this and sorry but his version sucks! Just make it like it should be and then you can make money off five movies instead of one. Also why did they put parts of all five movies into this one. From a financial aspect, this was a horrible idea. So much money lost. REDO IT!!!!!!!!!

I was so incredibly disappointed by this movie. Because it was the same director as some of the Harry Potter films, I was hopeful. But, the movie was AWFUL. It is one thing totally deviate from the plot of the book. It is entirely another to hire horrible actors and recreate Xena Warrior Princess on screen. Do waste your time. This movie is not even worth a dollar rental.

I'm really mad that they changed the movie... ALOT! Sure,they can chaqnge they're looks and make them older... But seriously??WHERE'S THALIA'S PINE TREE? how are they gonna make the 2nd movie?? WHERE'S ARES AND CLARISSE???? I am so mad.aahh! But i'm dissappointed mostly...

All you Percy Jackson fans, I think everyone gets the point about your opinion i mean, i didnt even need to read all of you guys comments and you were all practically talking about the same thing. Except for the people who liked the movie. So, because I have neither read the book or watched the film, maybe i will have a more balanced view. First of all, so what if Grover is black? I mean, what do you think they should do for you fans, paint him white? I mean, don't people get cast for role because they were the best people for the role? And please, no need to cry just cause some girl isn't blond i mean get over it. I know some fans of the book but are people seriously that naive to think that everything in the book is going to be the movie? Come on, the movie would go on for years. Just because some key characters are taken away, doesnt stop it from being a good movie. Plus, recognizing the actors from previous films, they're really, really great especially Logan Lerman who is an amazing actor. And may I just say, you don't need to read the book of every flipping movie you act in because not everyone in the world has read the book and most actors don't read the books of the movies they act in so why get so worked up. Why people aare comparing this movie with Harry Potter is beyond me except for the fact they both have the same director which is stupid like comparing Titanic with Revoluntunary road. Harry= wizards & Percy=Greek mythology - big difference! I guess not everyone can be happy.

when i heard that this was being made into a movie i decided to read the first book and see how it was, i found the story very inviting and quick paced so you couldnt help but wonder what was going to happen next. now that ive seen the movie i feel that they made some serious plot flaws which means that they have written themselves into a very big hole by deleting or changing much of the story. im sure many of the previous posted will tell you what the producers changed or left out so wont repeat what they have already posted.
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when they made the first harry potter movie they had to make some changes to adjust for time and budget but it still felt like the story was kept mostly whole for the sake of the future productions, but for percy it seems that they took another route and it doesnt come off as good and the first harry potter did. many poeple will go out and enjoy this film but i think a lot of people will walk away feeling disappointed becuss it's missing a lot of things they may have liked about the books. the moive will entertain but it won't be as good as the book.

i will leave this post with this, if these post are even read by the companies and directors that made this film. i don think you can make another percy jackson movie since you cut out a lot of the important scenes that set up and were needed for the next four books. now youve messed this series up and have damaged it to a point i doubt you'll be able to fix it if the even does well in theaters and you decide to make the next installments.

@talulah please dont take this as bashing in any way but one of the reason its being so compaired to harry potter isnt just due to the director but more of the marketing department's promotions for the book as well as the the story itself. after reading it i felt like there were elements that could be compaired to the harry potter novels, but then again it could be argued that rowling borrowed herself from others writers and so on.

now i agree that you are right that not every scene can or will be seen in a movie but i do ask that you concide at least that by "killing" or "changing"certain scenes the writers have ended the films ability to set up for the future installments as the books were able to.

Just saw the movie. Very poor although some of the action stuff was good. I hope they don't make a sequel.

Disapointing. The book was 9000 times better. They took out alot of the fun, cool scenes and greek mytholgy. The ending made it hard to make a squel. So did percy's age.
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I can't believe the people that thing there are "some" things missing between the book and the movie. There is something missing...it's the plot! They totally re-invented the people (Annabeth is a mix of Clarisse and herself), the story line (what's with the quest for the pearls), and added bits that were not in the book - Lotus Eaters???? Will not be seeing the rest of the series. I totally understand when directors have to eliminate things for time constraints and was very prepared for things to be different but to add other things just because they want to, when it isn't in fact in the book just totally sucks. Why base it off the book then? They couldn't even be bothered to put in a three-headed dog for Cerberus - just three big dogs.
I am a teacher, I read this to my students every year because it's an excellent way to introduce them to Greek mythology. So sad I can't reference them to the movie which should be close enough to the book that they could recognize it. Which after seeing it I know they wouldn't. Terrible movie.

ok i know im definitely not the only one who freakn hated this movie....but i mean i dont care who u are the movie flat out sucked.....i understand as a screenplay they have to cut out some parts and yes the movies are never exactly like the book but i mean simply give ol' annabeth a wig and a dagger would have been an improvement...grover isnt some hot shot cool kid he is so shy and quiet he is usually picked on......yes i did like SOME of the casting but definitely not all of it......i mean first thing they did wrong was cast an 18 year old to play a supposed 12 year old...percy isnt in highschool yet.....annabeth is blond with grey eyes and her eyes looked blue....CHIRON IS WHITE!!!!!! NOT BROWN!!!!!!! percy is thrown into the Hermes cabin because he is unclaimed by poseidon.....but nope "chiron" sets him up in his own little supposed cabin.....hermes cabin is supposed to be loaded with half bloods and luke was the only freakn one in there.....Luke is supposed to try and kill percy with a scorpion spider thing at the end not beat the crap out of him....the way to olympus is at the BOTTOM of the building not halfway and percy has to ask about the 600th floor....ughhhh this was an all around crappy freakn movie.....i wanted to rip my hair out.....dang i could have made a better movie in my back yard....please screw the screenplay of this movie and the can guarantee that they willl be getting a letter from me!

whatttt?? the movie strayed so far from the book that it wasn't even good. first off, he gets assigned the quest. he doesn't just randomly decide to leave. major skrewup. second, chiron and the other campers don't know that he's the son of posiedon until like chapter 8. another major screwup. they also left out a lot of percy's feelings of like longing and loneliness. ps-annabeth was blond and didn't start dating percy until book 4.

I have read the all the books and saw the movie and man i was a little disappointed. just like others commented on, they completly changed the whole thing!! i mean, some parts were very good and i espically liked how they made Grover very funny but they skipped soooo many parts and main characters!! here are some of the HUGE mistakes they did: as everyone is saying Annabeth is supposed to be BLONDE!!, percy and annabeth are NOT all lovey dovey!!, what happened to mr. D, Clarisse, Ares, the Fates, and the Oracle??!!, why is no one at camp half blood wearing camp half blood t-shirts and bead necklaces??, there quest is supposed to be about going to the underworld not finding perals!, where is all the other kids from the hermes cabin? how come there was only Luke?, Luke doesn't give Percy a sheild Tyson makes him one in the other book, they get their quest from the oracle!!, percy doesn't know that he is a son of poseidon until they play capture the flag, WHERE WAS THALIA'S TREE???!!!!, camp half blood is over a hill not in a forest, hades doesn't come to camp and start throwing fire balls!, persphone is not in the underwold and doesn't start checking out Grover. But the most biggest problem they are going to have is their age. i mean i dont mind it but what are they going to do about the whole the next demi god to turn 16 if the characters are 18??

what the heck is going on with that movie?

Well, I'm an avid reader so I first read the book when I saw the treiler. Sure, I had to tell myself to be open minded (I tend not to like movie versions of books) because I bowed myself this would be different.
However, as the movie continued I found it harder and harder. I knew there would be important changes (all movie versions do) and I don't mind neither the change on the ages or the apperances of the charaters. I'm also aware that some stuff about Thalia's tree micht be difficult to inclue (It's mostly narrative with no visual support) and I could do without the Love Ride. But taking out the major plot of the series so far (sorry, I've only read the first to beacaouse I'm rather busy but intend on continue) like, tha way most of the Gods leave their kids without knowing who is their father / mother and Percy discovering his identity and abilities as the story progresses. With that and Khronos out of the picture, there goes the possibility of getting a decent seaquel.
Annabeth's characther is very difficult to recognize, leaving the whole brown hair aside. For a thing, she's quite prone to belive that Luke has betrayed them, when he is like a brother to her in the book and there's no way she'll think so badly of him. Also, her invisibility cap is one of the material (visual) things that link her with her mother being Athena.
So, on with the Lightning Thief as a stand alone... Hades being the bad guy? So cliche. That's what he gets for being the God of Dead, which, by the way, its NOT HELL. And what's the deal with Persephone? I know myth versions can change but as far as I know, she loved Hades. Anyway, the fact that Hades isn't the bad guy is one of the major plot twist there are in the Lightning Thief so... where the heck is Ares?
Meh, sorry I repeated much of the stuff said earlier and if this seems.... far to complex for a child's book but I'm a college student and I was thought to support my opinions with facts... so there.
However, I'm still waiting my brother's review; he hasn't read the book so his opinion won't be biased....

I have read all the books to the point where I have memorized them. I have been downloading Percy Jackson wallpapers for months. I waited two hours the day the movie came out to see my beloved book on the big screen. My immediate response: I AM SO UTTERLY DISAPPOINTED! How could Chris Columbus glazed over EVERY major and minor detail of the book, including the plot? Why was Annabeth a twenty-one year old brunette instead of a brilliant twelve year old blond warrior? Why was Luke a jerk even at the beginning of the movie even though he was supposed to have been a "caring" counselor despite how he betrayed everyone and such? Why were the cabins not so much cabins as huts that probably wouldn't last a week? Why was Persephone in the Underworld? Were was Ares and Clarisse? Most of all, why wasn't Kronos in the entire movie? He is the villain, the "Voldemort" of Percy Jackson, and yet he is not included in the book at all. Personally I think that it was wrong that the characters were so old. I think that Luke and Annabeth should have been way closer. Ares and Clarisse should have been in the movie. The "quest" shouldn't have been for those pearls, it should have been for the bolt like it was in the book. The Oracle also should have been included in the movie--she (or it) has a key role in the other books, especially five. Same with the Styx. How's Percy supposed to...never mind, I won't give it away, but those who have read the fifth book knows exactly what I'm talking about. Also, the movie's version of why the gods couldn't see their kids was pretty lame. It was all about Percy? Yeah, right. Percy was just another demigod. Mythologically speaking, what makes him different from any other demigod? What makes him so special that Poseidon would want to stay with him and Sally? The movie doesn't explain that. In the book, they just say...well, the gods are busy and have maybe a billion kids total, so they don't exactly have time to see them all. The only reason Percy is special is because of the prophecy--book readers, you know what I'm talking about. Even with the prophecy, Poseidon doesn't really care for Percy that much till around the fourth book. Before that...Percy's just another kid. Just another demigod.
Overall, I'm disappointed and saddened by this unworthy version of my favorite book. I can truthfully say that I am the biggest Percy fan in my city, maybe even state. I have memorized all the books, and after such a wonderful read, the movie simply did not live up to expectations...

sooo the movie was good,but they did leave out some really good stuff like Mr.D he was awesome!! he was so funny,and they also left out alot of oyher things,but like I said the movie in general was good,but the book was better...

The plot was awesome, the plot sucked, Chris Columbus was a great director, Chris Columbus was a horrible director.
I loved Percy Jackson and the Olympians. It is one of my favorite book series. Sadly, I consider the movie to be one of the five worst movies I have seen in my life. Chris Columbus directed the first two Harry Potter films beautifully, but he completely failed in his most recent endeavor: The Lightning Thief.
In a series about the gods fighting the Titans, how does one manage to forget the Titans? At times during the movie, I wondered if anyone on the set had read the book or even read the summary on the back. They lacked Ares, Kronos, Procrustes, Clarisse, Nancy Bobofit, Luke’s scar, the Mist, Cerberus, Elysium, the Fields of Asphodel, Grover’s desire to be a searcher, Dionysus, the Fates, Thalia’s tree, the Oracle and the whole plot. All of these characters are either interesting or important to the next books.
There is a reason the book was not called Percy Jackson and the Pearls of Hell. Obviously, it is because in Percy’s universe there is no Hell and he never had a quest to go find some green pearls (all pearls are white). The Underworld is not Hell.
In my opinion, what made the book is that it was so satirical and sarcastic. It was a funny book told from someone who didn’t take things too seriously. The movie takes itself to be the most concrete serious thing in the world although some of the mythology doesn’t even make sense. Is it my imagination or does Medusa’s ugly face turn people to stone not her eyes and snakes? Aren’t hellhounds a little bit bigger than a wolf? Those hellhounds looked more like zombie dogs from I am Legend than ferocious demons of the Underworld.
The gods weren’t similar to how they appeared in the book or in mythology. I never knew Persephone was an African American nymphomaniac with a deep lust for goat men. Poseidon is supposed to usually look like a fisherman in Bermuda shorts. Hades was supposed to look the most god-like. Instead, it was quite reversed. Hades looked like a burn-out-junkie rocker. All of the other gods looked like giant ancient Greeks. The book made a huge point of how the gods had evolved with the times, but evidently in our times, everyone wears togas and sandals.
I would have enjoyed the movie a little more if it had been called Jerry Koston and the Journey to the Underworld. Instead they took on a renowned franchise doused it in gasoline, lit a match and tossed the match on top. The only things they had in common were the character names, the place names and they were related to Greek Mythology.
I give this movie a -5,545,451,648,946 out of 10. If you have read this book, please do not see the movie. You will come out either crying or screaming.

As a movie it was mediocre, but compaired to the books it was a huge dissapiontment. My friends and I dressed up to see the midnight showing, I was the oracle and was very disapionted to see that they edited her out of the story.. Also they made it extreamly hardt for themslefs to make a second move without completly changing the plot

this movie sucked

I have never seen the movies (yet) but it sounds really bad. I am a big Percy Jackson fan too and I was excited about the movie. Is it that bad??

this was the est movie ever do the 2nd book and make it a movie

This movie was nothing like the book. Why the heck does Percy look 15? Why was there a Hydra in the first movie, not the second? And I've heard that Tyson the Cyclops will not be in the second movie. He is like my favorite character because he likes to blow stuff up. How can they make a second movie without Tyson?! Otherwise the movie and the rumors I've heard about the second movie are okay.

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I am reviewing this movie as a school project, solely for the reason that we are supposed to pick a movie we dislike and make it sound good. Why, you may you ask, would I choose this movie then? Sure, it sound fine to someone who never read the brilliant series by Rick Riordan, but take it from someone who has--the books outshone the movie by far. They took out many key plot points and changed it to the point where, if they changed the title and the names of the characters, it would become a completely different story. On a scale of ten, I rate it a six, but while taking the book into account, it's a two. My advice to you: if you've read the book and are dithering about whether to watch the movie or not; DON'T. You will regret it. Might as well just wait for it to come out on DVD and borrow it from some poor soul who wasted good money to buy it. I certainly hope that they don't try to make a sequel out of the mangled bits and pieces of what was once a great story. Chris Columbus puts me in mind of Dr. Frankenstein trying to assemble his monster, meanwhile leaving out tedious bits like arms, legs and a face.

The movie was so disappointing. My children and I have read all five of the Percy Jackson books and we were looking forward to seeing the movie. We walked away from the movie very disappointed.
The books were exciting, funny and had great characters. The movie was missing so much, they just butchered the movie.
So much missing what happened to Mr. D and Ares they were such great characters in the book. I was looking forward to the fight between Ares and Percy and then found out Ares wasn't even in the movie. Big mistake.
They even skipped the Hades helm of darkness being stolen. And what they couldn't hang a necklace of beads around the characters necks for us book readers, we would have know what they meant. So sad they gave Annabeth double duty when they cut out the tough Clarisse character, and what happened to Annabeth's invisible cap, that would have been fun. It would have been a great replacement series of movies to take over the Harry Potter spot. Just not enough effort and creativity put into the movie. The movie was butchered save your money read the books you will enjoy them a lot more.
We will have to wait till someone decides to do a decent remake.

..............................................................OK stop complaining the movie was on a low budget because they knew a lot of people were going to download it free...but for a low budget movie it was damn good...they left a lot of things out because they don't want a 10 hour movie for gods sakes man...and if you read the book haaarah 4 you ...Ive read the whole series 2 times..so stop leaving really immature comments if you don't like the movie don't ruin it for those who do...................................................................................

this movie was the biggest disapoinment ever. when chris columbus directed Harry Potter he did a great job. then he does my favorite book and destroys it its bullshit. the only thing that guy got right was the title/

I'm just gonna sum up these reviews. As a movie, not bad. As an adaption, Chris f***ed up. Too much of the overall STORY was changed. However, some of the changes were good. Like making Grover a player instead of a pussy, and the ages, and making it all more like a battle camp then a summer camp. But probably the worst SPECIFIC problem, they had the WRONG building for Olympus! They kept flying by the real Empire State building and then calling the other one that. One last thing, well two, Eragon is not a good comparison. That whole movie sucked. In just about every way. And two, I don't care one bit about Rosario Dawson playing a slutty Persephone, she was too hot for me to care.

This movie was good for itself, but a very poor representation of the book. Now I understand that the majority books that are made into movies, the movies are cut and abridged to fit everything within a scope/budget/time limit - but in this movie - the changes were unneeded. This is not a very complex book and it is relatively short. Many of the twists and turns, the humor, character development, etc. were either eliminated completely or discarded and reinvented by the screenwriter. This was by far the worst adaption I have ever had the opportunity to compare.

That being said - the movie itself was ok. It is saved in large part by the casting (which was spot on - despite the age differences from the book).

In the end - I am filled with trepidation as to what the future movies will do with the successive books.

I ENJOYED Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) READ MY REVIEW!

i know everyone else has said this, but i can't make it clearer!!! the movie freaking SUCKS!!!!!!! @talulah, what is that supposed to mean, "Just because some key characters are taken away, doesnt stop it from being a good movie"??? umm, sorry if this is rude, but last i checked key characters were maybe a little important. i guess harry potter would be just as good if it was called "ron and hermione and the sorcerer's stone"?
anyway, please please please don't waste your time with this. the only highlight was grover, which is not cool b/c he was funny in the movie but he's supposed to be SHY in the books! i'm going to see the sequels just to see how they bluff their way through 4 more movies with luke dead, no oracle, and a nonexistent kronos. ugh. :PPPPPPP

all those who are dissing the movie ., especially the"critics" are so dumb. OK so the movie isn't exactly like the book but neither are the Harry Potter one; i went with my 11 year old brother and my 17 year old sister and we all liked it ; the movie was entertaining and very funny

Man, why can't they just stick to the darn book? Haven't they yet learned that from Eragon? If you butcher the original plotline, then the fan's won't like it. Why remove a bunch of the cool stuff thats ESSENTIAL to having the plot line up, and then add in a whole scene with a bloody hydra in a place that they never went in the book? GRR! Yeah, it was enjoyable, but it could've been great if they just trusted the author. The author made a story that people liked. Why can't they believe that that same story will still work in another format? Get it through your head, Hollywood! We don't like it when you change everything!

Oh, and did anybody else notice that they eliminated all character weaknesses? Percy's mom was just noble in marrying Gabe Ugliano, instead of insecure. The gods are FORCED to stay away from their children by a law, instead of being portrayed as being, sometimes, indifferent snobs. WHY?!

There. That's my rant.

I am a big fan of the books. I read the entire series in under a week! I couldn't wait to see the movie. I was EXTREMELY disappointed. Yes i expect changes, but that was just too much! They can cut out a couple of minor scenes but they cannot cut out main characters! Did they even read the book? I can't even name all of the things that they did wrong. It was the worst thing I have ever seen. Of course, if you have not read the books then you would love it. But as a fan of the books, I give this movie a .5/10 stars. I WANT A REDO!!!!!

To the one (gaaaaah) who apparently deems those who complains about people disliking this movie because it's not like the books;

I haven't read the book(s) and I absolutely detested the movie. I decided to hold off on reading the books until I actually saw the movie so I wouldn't be biased. However...

The actors were simply appalling, the scenes were very rushed, the characters have little to no depth to them at all (again, bad acting). And the list goes on.

In fact, the only thing that's good and worth mentioning would be the special effects. Unfortunately for this movie, the special effects aren't nearly impressive enough to make the movie even remotely enjoyable.

I truthfully wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone above the age of 10. To those who still plan on watching it, don't expect too much of it...

i agree with all the people here who think the movie sucks. and that's saying something 'cause i'm only a kid. the books are soooo good (i've read them all at least three times) and the movie doesn't do them justice. we should all sign a petition asking the director to redo the whole movie with these changes:

1)They hold open auditions all over the world and pick a new cast
a)They pick a better person for annabeth, one that is blond and looks (or better yet, is) twelve years old. annasophia robb or dakota fanning might work
b)They pick a better person for grover, one that's white (not being racist, but i always imagined grover as white) and young
c)They pick a better person for percy,one that looks (or better yet is) twelve
d)They don't introduce characters that aren't in the books (aka persepherone)
e)They do put characters that should be in the book (aka the Oracle)
2)They make Mt. Olympus a little bit cheerier. I know Zeus and Poseidon are fighting, but it looks like a haunted mansion or something
3)They stick to the plot in the book.
a)Ares gets someone to steal the bolt. It ends up in percy's backpack.
b)percy visits olympus at the end
c)percy's mom is left behind, not grover
d)they don't give away percy's dad too early
e)they include ares and clarrisse
f)they include dionysus (even though he's bratty)
g)they mention that it's a quest
h)they include thalia's tree (not some magic gate)
i)percy stays in the hermes cabin for a while
j)the amusement park scene
k)at least mention the titans
l)what about the big three's pact?
m)percy makes the toilets explode onto clarisse and her buddies
n)they receive the pearls from one of poseidon's nereids
o)Kronos manipulated someone into stealing the bolt
p)the flying shoes go into tartarus
q)luke doesn't die, instead takes percy into the woods, shows him backbiter, and sics a pit scorpion on him
r)medusa insists on taking picture and feeds them burgers
s)the entrance to the underworld is in Los Angeles
t)the river styx should be shown
u)annabeth and luke are supposed to be like brother and sister
v)the campers should wear orange camp half-blood shirts
w)where are the fates?
x)the cabins are in the same place
y)grover doesn't need crutches
z)why is there a percabeth moment? percy and annabeth aren't supposed to be that way till like book four or something!

I can't believe this! There are so many mistakes i have to start over at a:

3)They stick to the plot in the book. (continued)
a)percy is claimed, not told by chiron
b)Hades does not throw fireballs at people.
c)you need permission to leave on a quest
d)the cabins aren't canvas
e)what's up with the cake things at the lotus hotel and casino?
f)the goal of the quest is to find Hades, not get some pearls!
g)annabeth's invisibility cap
h)why isn't the mist mentioned?
i)isn't cerberus a three-headed dog?
j)it said in the books that Chiron was part white horse, not brown
k)where are all the other kids at camp?
l)Grover wants to be a searcher
m)Grover has no weapons besides his pipes
n)Persepherone shouldn't be there and she shouldn't be african american (and she shouldn't flirt with grover)
o)Hades should be most god-like, wearing black robes
p)The olympians evolve with the times, but in the movie they all wear sandals and togas
q)Percy and Annabeth are supposed to be TWELVE! not 18! Can cris columbus count right?
r)where's Luke's scar?!
s)Riptide is celestial bronze and is a capped pen, NOT a click pen
t)u DO NOT fight Medusa with an iPod touch
u)why isn't Annabeth's family mentioned?
v)Persephorone is not a hostage
w)annabeth is better with a knife than with a bow and arrows
x)Grover DOES NOT join the daughters of Aphrodite in the hot tub
y)Percy barely has control over his powers and cannot move water the way he does in the movie
z)The key to the elevator should be a CARD

Oh, man. this movie sucks so bad i have to start over again!

3)They stick to the plot in the book. (still continued)
a)there is no sign percy is poseidon's son until he reaches camp
b)there shouldn't be a swimming pool
c)medusa wears a veil
d)hades is NOT the one trying to overthrow olympus
e)hades is not funny
f)percy doesn't fight Luke
g)percy doesn't own an iPod touch
h)hellhounds are huge
i)the gods have customized thrones
j)the gods are ONLY fifteen feet tall
k)where's argus?
l)where's the big house?
m)isn't grover shy and clumsy?
n)yancy academy is a private school
o)Mrs.Dodds is a pre-algebra teacher
p)gods are allowed to contact their children
q)camp half-blood is spread out
r)Poseidon's cabin is not built specifically for percy by Poseidon himself
s)where's crusty (from the waterbed palace)?
t)what happened to sally's blue food?
u)sally and percy are supposed to be on a trip ro montauk beach
v)percy breaks off the minotaur's horn himself
w)what happened to the "humane" zoo transport?
x)percy kills mrs.dodds
y)the helm of darkness shoudl be missing
z)annabeth should call percy seaweed brain

I feel sick now, but there are STILL more differences

3)They stick to the plot in the book. ((sadly)still continued)
a)the flying shoes activate when you say maia
b)percy stays dry in water
c)percy can breathe underwater
d)why isn't annabeth wearing her camp half blood necklace?
e)percy should have green eyes. and so should poseidon. (they're rich! can't they afford some contact lenses?!)
f)where's backbiter?
g)why is cabin three seperate from the others?
h)where are the strawberries?

oh,wow. i think that's it. feel free to add more.

I thought the movie was great... until i read the book. I mean seriously, the movie was an insult to rioridans hard work into making the boooks so great. I mean how hard is it to stick to the plot?? now i completly understand they cant make the movie the same as the book, but the movie was nothing like the book. They left out ALL the major key points that lead up to the other books. but the thing that ticked me off the most(besides the plot not being the same) was the casting. They were 12!!! In the movie they were all older than they were in the last book. And whats up with annabeth. she was always my favrite character and they completly changed her. She was supposed to be blond,cute and 12, not 24. and she was like in love with luke and she doesnt seem to like luke at all in the movie. Wheres here invisibility cap ? that was cool and off coarse they left it out. Also she isnt supposed to like percy yet. The whole subplot in the book is the relationship between them. I think they need to stop now and remake these movies the right way. Oh my gods im so mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT SUCKED!!! They left out HALF of the WHOLE FREAKING MOVIE!! They don't even MENTION most of the characters, they're all supposed to be SO much younger, and Luke does NOT DIE at the end.
I've read EACH of the books so many times, I could probably recite most of the series BY HEART, and that was the WORST movie I've EVER SEEN!!
It shouldn't be LEGAL for them to even call it the same as the book.

1) Annabeth does NOT have brown hair.
2) the story is NOT about finding pearls.
3 )Chiron's horse-half is WHITE.
4) There are NOT more centaurs at camp.
5) The cabins are Not made of canvas.
6) Chiron does NOT tell Percy that he's the son of Poseidon.
7) Mrs.Dodds does NOT escape in the museum.
8) Luke does NOT give Percy a shield.
9) Percy's school is supposed to be a BOARDING school.
10)they don't even mention Percy's stepfather Gabe.
11) Percy doesn't meet the hydra until the SECOND movie.
12) Percy was supposed to fight the Chimera at the St. Louis Arch

I could write a few more pages of this, but that movie isn't even worth writing more than I already have.

the movie was good-unless you read the books. they are WAYYYYYYYYY too different. but there are 3 things that bug me the most(but other things still bug me)
1. annabeth is WAY too different. what you cant at least afford a wig and contacts?
2. they can't even squeeze in a bit about thalia and the journey annabeth luke and grover went on with her?
3. if you see the gods in true form(like you do with hades) your supposed to burst to flames!
i could spend weeks complaining but i wont waste my time on this anymore. and you ppl say cut them some slack they had a low budget-cut ur crap u no u hated it and couldve made a better movie with a camera about 20 bucks some friendly volunteers and a place to film scenes!

I agree with the comments of Buffo. They cut sooooo much out of the movie. I had read the books 2 times before I saw the movie and I WAS really excited to see the movie but when I saw it I felt like crying. Thy don't include Ares or Mr D or the oracle or anything that was really important to be able to include the things in the other four books. If Chris Columbus makes the rest of the movies I'm only gonna say that at least half the book should be included in the movie....

I promised myself I wouldn't cry watching the movie. And I didn't. I screamed. If you are a die-hard Percy Jackson fan (like myself) you will be thoroughly disappointed with this movie. How dare they name it after the book!!! By itself, and if you haven't read the books, it is pretty ok. I read all these comments and here is what I have to add that the movie completely screwed up:

1. Mrs. Dodds is Percy's MATH TEACHER!! not English SUB!!!!! Oh and where was Nancy Bobofit?????

2, Percy does not get the flag. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON DEFENSE!!!

3. Where is Percy's humor???

4. Percy can't be 17 or 16 or 15 or whatever crap age they put him at. The prophecy says the next powerful half-blood to turn 16.

5. Umm the Hermes cabin is supposed to be completely full!! not just Luke!

6. Barely any of the Gods are mentioned and they do not fit their book descriptions.

7. GROVER WEARS THE SHOES!!! Hey, and what about Percy's vivid dreams?

8. The Lotus Casino was WAY too adultlike.

9. What about the food sacrifices in the dining pavillion?

10. Percy, Annabeth, and Grover tip over a bus, ride with wild animals, have Lotus cards (infinite money), send Medusa's head to the Gods, meet Percrustes, and meet a talking poodle named Gladiola.

I know I have more to say, but this subject is a very sensitive mater. Chris Columbus- Next time, (not that there even ill be another movie since they screwed the plot up) make the book INTO a movie. And keep it the same. That would be an absolutely AMAZING movie.

I am an adult who loved reading the books. I just rented Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as soon as it was released to DVD. It felt more like I was getting a third-handed story from some guy who bearly read the book. I caught myself yelling at the TV saying "what the heck, this is all wrong" or "where is person" and "what are they thinking omitting this part or that" through most of the movie. It left out sooo many characters and different parts of the book that it didn't flow right at all or even end to where they could recover enough to make the rest of the books into movies. Most of the scenes of the camp, the other Demi-Gods, the Gods didn't even come close to what the original author had in the book, and they added things that never happened in the book. They showed Percy at the camp for maybe a day in the movie and the camp was a major part of the book. They didn't even come close to showing things that happened as Percy, Annabeth and Grover were traveling in the book. The Gods and most of the other Demi-Gods where barely even shown or mentioned. After waiting so long for the DVD to release, I was very, very disappointed.

i havent seen the movie yet
but i know that it SUCKS horse butt
after reading the comments
i have read all riordans books and the 1st in the kane chronicles and this just sucks
i mean they cant do special affects?
what the crap did they do to annabeth
like i swear if i met the producer
id give him a black eye!

OK i just have to say that i flipped out when i saw this i put a hole in my wall this was terrible not to mention they made it impossible to make a sequel. They take almost every single key element of the book.

The movie was awful, I`m a teen and I hated the fact they aged up all characters and made then so full of themselves! Anabeth gets so "I`m the best, I`m so powerful, but I`m so weak when Percy is around". I hated mostly how they did the movie changing everything to focus the teen public, and, if there is a sequel, I won`t watch!

From a non-fans point of view i would give the movie a 4/5, but from the point of view from a fan i give the movie a 1/5. So many scenes and charecters were cutt. And to many stupid scenes were added. If they went without the whole part with hades at camp and the whole quest for the pearls(which are more like jems) and the last part with the battle of percy against luke, they would have been able to have the neried giveing percy the pearls. Ares giving them a small quest, the theme park scene, the ares fight scene, the part at the end with percy and Luke in the woods at the end. I like the cast, i thought the actor for percy was very good, grovers acting was ok, but annabeths lines were horrible. Also wuts up with the luvy duvy parts and the longing stairs it ruins the movie. I thought the part with persephony was funny but where was river styx aand hades had no throne of bones or skeleton gaurds from the cival war and ww2. Sigh.... i guess all us fans can do is start a petition and beg for a remake. Or to atleast to end this campaign of shitty movies. And every thing else was ok exept the part in the casino heres a quote of what im talking about.(percy, grover, and annabeth, just eating flowers)"Percy:were on a time sencitive mission. Grover:i cant remember. Annabeth:i think i got, it i think i know y were here. Percy: y are we here. Annabeth: to have fun. Percy: ok ok lets never leave....Lets stay here"...........Wut kind of line is that i can write a better scene than that piece of crap.

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The movie sucks! We are HUGE fans of the Percy Jackson series.And we HATE the movie!We wanna SCREAM,CRY,RIP OUR HAIR OUT AND SCREAM SOME MORE!we wanna MURDER Cris Columbus and Craig Titley!We could have made a better movie with better screenplay,direction,cast(consisting of ACTUAL 12 year olds!).And it would be soooooo much better.(our 7 year old sister would have been sooooo much better.)Ok, if ur not a fan and didn't read the books the movies a 3/5 in a percpective.And if u did read the books,then the movies a 0/5 in my perspective.There r over a gazzilliion mistakes.And where the hell is the Oracle?!Is she gonna drop outta the sky in the next movies?What about Clarrise who is important in the next books esp. book 2 & 5 is she gonna come out of the blue in the next movie? Exactly the same for ares,thalia's tree..............We'r not gonna waste our time writing about this damn movie!IT IS A SHAME FOR RICK RIORDAN!he is one of our fave writers.There's no need for a second movie chris columbo!and titley!cause the firsts a CRAP the plot's a 0 REMAKE, REDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I watched this movie in class and I was soooo dissapointed.I mean they left out so much,heck they practically re-wrote the book!I do like Logan even though in my mind he is a poor actor I think he's kinda cute.:D This is just my opinion.

I was so upset when I saw that movie. I was probably the only one who stayed to the end!
This movie was so unlike the book, they made a book based on the movie that was based on a book!
Annabeth was not supposed to be Clarise, Percy and everyone else was not supposed to be 17! What happened to the Oracle, Mr. D, Ares, AND WHAT DID THEY DO TO PERSEPHONE!?!?
I was so upset after watching the movie, if they were gonna make the movie like that, it should've been called Perry Makson and the Pearls to Hell.
I was extremely disappointed, and hope they won't be making a Sea of Monsters any time soon.

Oh,im very disappointed with the movie.Really..what have they done to it??I read the books twice now..I LOVE THE BOOK SERIES but i REAlly hate the movie..there are may characters that are missing..where is the oracle of delphi??what happened to Aries and Clarisse???why did they all grew up so freakingly fast,they supposed to be 12years old not 17..how can you continue this movie if some characters are cut??how about there roles on the next moviesif you cut them out??please!!FIX this..For the writers and all please read the books again so you will have much more insights to make the other Movies far more greater than the first one..Please..and dont cut the good PARTS again ha??Please and thanks..hoping the Sea Monster different than the first one??

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The movie would be ok if you had never sread the books, and didn't notice the bad special effects.
~Where is Nancy Bobofit in Yancy?
~Miss Dodds=old bker looking pre-algebra teacher, not old crumbly lady.
~No click pen! Uncap it fool!
~Doesn't go to camp until Montauk Beach with his mom.
~Where is Thalia's tree?
~There is no archway into the camp.
~The camp wasn't even hidden, or at least the info saying it was hidden.
~It's on Long island, not in the middle of a forrest.
~WTF with the cabins being an ugly canvas?
~Annabeth's hair situation.
~Percy is claimed by his dad, not told by Chiron.
~Grover needs no crutches.
~Percy passes out when he first comes to camp.
~The fight with the Minotuar was all wrong.
~No freaky fiery Hades.
~Percy and Annabeth and the whole lot of them are like, 12. Need I say more?
~Whole quest was messed up. Enough said. Including the plot.
~Too much in the Lotis Hotel, too innappropriate for PG I think.
~BASICALLY THEY MESSED UP COMPLETELY AND IT WAS A TOTAL WASTE OF MY TIME AND MONEY. CHRIS COLOMBUS, YOU DID SO GOOD WITH THE FIRST 2 HARRY POTTER MOVIES, AND THEM YOU GO AND MESS UP THIS MOVIE! I DON'T GET IT MAN.

I hated this movie. You people already mentioned the many reasons why, but I really did critcize it every few minutes as I was watching. I wish there would be a remake. But there's a Sea of Monsters movie coming out (or so I've heard) that will hopefully fix things.

The problem with the changes in the movie, aside from being huge changes at times, was that they were so unnecessary. I get that certain scenes would have to be cut out, but for the most part, the book shouldn't have been hard to adapt into a movie without skewing the whole thing. I mean, the movie should've been aimed at fans of the book, so why change the things the fans liked? I guess people who didn't read the books would be fine with it, though. But The Lightning thief is part of a series, so without those important plot points and characters that were left out, the second movie will have to do a lot of filling in.

And the actors should at least resemble the characters. Some of them are fine, but others are....meh (*cough* Annabeth and Grover *cough*). I wouldn't have anything against the characters' ages in the movie, except for the fact that by the end of the movie series (which will probably happen, as hinted by the sequel), the characters would be in their 20s in the actual story.

It wasn't even Percy Jackson; it was the basic idea of Percy Jackson with a completely different story. Please, someone do a remake before continuing the series. And read the books this time. Please. Thus ends my rant.

In my opinion, they did the movie pretty good but they did NOT follow the book as much as i had hoped.... I caught simple things like Annabeth wasn't supposed to be so 'mysterious' and she was supposed to be blonde since her mother was Athena and Athena was supposed to be blonde too so that really irratated me and also the fact that they didn't have as much information in their that the book gave us like in the book they talked about Thalia and all them and also that they left out some of my favorite parts. I know that there will be conflict when making a book into a movie and what not and it definitely will not be perfect but it just drove me insane....I do not want to watch it again and if they make more movies, I seriously hope that they be more specific and true to the book no matter how long the movie is. But none the less, the actors did a good job and it was pretty okay but again, I do not want to watch it again....

Now I am afraid to watch the movie after I read the books. They are really funny, yet they have action in them, and if the movie is really different, I probably won't watch it. I am a huge Harry Potter fan, and even though the movies were relatively close to the books, I still had issues with some of them, so I bet this won't be something I will watch.

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at first i saw tyhe movie ad i thouht- hey this isnt so bad
but then i read the books and i fell in love wit tem and I HATE THE STINKING MOVIE!!!!!! i meank, it is great on is own, but it is a coplete stinkinINSULT to rock riordan AHHHHHHH!!!!!!
im about to smah the keyboard cz im typig so hard im not kidding!!!
and i coukd make a list o EVERY SINGLE THING which is WRONG EITH THE MOVIE as guess what? it would be so stinkin long it would wrap fifty times around theworld and then turn into a bow! thats how bad the ovie is!!! ahhh!

I AM SOOOO DISAPPOIONTED WHEN I SAW IT AGAIN I THREW POPCORN AT THE TTV! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SOMEBODY REMAKE THIS!!!!!!