As a fan of the popular "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" book series, I was prompted to see the movie. I went today, and walked out disgusted. The plot was all wrong, the character reference was sketchy, and it pushed the borderlines of what the book really was. Honestly, Rick Riordan should be furious with Christopher Columbus.
First of all, the plot in this feature was all mixed up. First of all, there were no "Persephone's Pearls" in the book, yet most of the movie's adventure was to obtain them. Second of all, Ares had no role in the movie at all. Sadly, the climax fight scene was Percy vs Luke in the Big Apple, not Percy vs Ares all the way in LA. Ares was supposed to be a huge character, seeing that he was the one who tricked Percy, Annabeth, and Grover by putting Zeus's bolt in the backpack. Another huge aspect is the fact that Percy had no control of his water bending powers in the book, but was able to do amazing things with the water in the movie. Him carrying those powers in his pocket altered the course of the fight scenes, and making them almost artificial. These things are scary, so to say that the title's the only thing that the movie and book have in common.
"The Lightning Thief" had some travesties when it came to characters. Obviously the age of the character's comes up. The book says that Annabeth and Percy are twelve, and in the movie they're about fifteen to seventeen. Some other things come along concerning appearance. Annabeth has brown hair in the movie yet she has blond hair in the book. The Olympians are naturally fifteen feet tall in the book, but forty feet tall in the movie. As well as appearance is the question if the character's even in the movie. Ares wasn't there, Dionysus wasn't, Clarisse wasn't even there! The lack of character similarities partially takes away from the mood and tone, something I don't like.
Something was pushed in this movie, something important. The whole prospect was pushed! There was a massive sexual innuendo in the movie. Persephone commented on Grover, to whom she'd been flirting with. *"I've never had satyr before... in my home"* she said. Mixed with her wearing a tight dress and Grover staying in the underworld while Hades was out cold, you could tell what was happening. Also, while the group stayed in the Lotus Hotel, they gambled, practically ate shrooms (Lotus Flowers- a kind of desert plated and served to party-goers), Grover got jiggy with some models, and danced to Lady Gaga and Ke$ha. So was this really a part of the book being altered, or a huge advertisement? I say a huge advertisement, seeing that this was a movie that was supposed to be based on demigods... At some times it seemed like the book wasn't important, which is sad.
Honestly, I'd recommend this movie so that you could see the differences for your self. But in reality, this thing's not breaking any records. I'd give it a 3/5 stars. Sorry to be harsh, but all in all, it's a mediocre excuse for a movie.
*Quote is altered, section after "..." is guessed, but you get the picture.*
No comments:
Post a Comment