percy jackson lightning thief movie review

Although the scene succeeds in introducing the main conflict of the movie, I can’t see a good reason not to have Chiron explain it later on, like in the book.

(Poseidon, of course, is not wearing the Hawaiian shirt that the book describes him to be wearing, whenever Percy sees him.) Here, Zeus, the god of the sky, accuses Percy, Poseidon’s son, of having stolen the bolt. We see Poseidon, the god of the sea, coming out of the water, on his way to meet Zeus atop the empire state building. Right off the bat, the movie starts with a scene that isn’t in the book. If you’d rather skip to part 2, you can find it here. In part 2, I focus more on the plot of the book and the movie, after Percy gets his quest. In part 1, the part you’re reading now, I go more into the characters and general notes. You can find my book review of Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief here.ĭespite already having cut out a lot of points I would have liked to mention, I had to divide this post into two parts.

Keep in mind that this post consists of my observations and opinions that are bound to differ from others. It is meant to compare the two (admittedly in a bit of a nitpicky manner at times) for entertainment purposes and nothing more. One prime example of that is Percy Jackson.ĭisclaimer: This post is not meant to judge whether the book or the movie is better. If there is one thing that readers can agree on, it’s that book to movie adaptations are seldom entirely accurate to the book they claim to be based on.

Percy jackson lightning thief movie review