Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (Charlie)

I am slacking on my reviews.

I went to see this movie with a person who has read the whole Percy Jackson series. I recommend doing this. About three quarters into the movie i leaned over and said "We need to have a long talk when this movie is over." What i was told after the movie is that this movie is nothing like the books. They also seemed to think that the people that made this movie did not even read the books.

With that aside i thought this movie was terrible. I am a big fan of Greek Mythology and i was hoping they would do something creative with this story. Nope, this was just another attempt to find the next Harry Potter. If they plan on making the rest of the books into movies then i do plan to skip them.

This movie also had a huge cast. Sean Bean, Pierce Bronsnan, Brandon T. Jackson (the guy in love with Lance in Tropic Thunder), Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Mckidd (my doppelganger), Joe Pantoliano (who is a really nice guy to work with), and Uma Thurman. None of them bring anything to the movie. Uma Thurman was painful to watch. She plays Medusa and the clay animated Medusa from the Original Clash of the Titans was more convincing.

I am told the books are really entertaining and clever. This movie was a waist of time.

And the Greek Underworld is not the same as Christianity's Hell. Hollywood gets this wrong all the time.