Percy Jackson and The Olympians : The Lightning Thief

[bullets]

wow . I been watchign some of these clips online , alot of spoilers , unless there is alot more to it.

 

[Hush]

This is the Worst adaption of a fantasy book I have ever seen. I saw it last night at Midnight and being a HUGE fan of the book I was rather pissed off the entire movie. I hope this bombs simply because I do not want the other books to be butchered. I went in with the lowest possible expectations and I was STILL dissapointed. It was like 5% adaption 95% made up. The acting was sub-par at best and the Effects really were nothing to write home about. I'M MAD AS HELL. Chris Colombus should be ashamed of himself. I just really hope that the rights go to someone who can handle them instead of FOX they have really ruined another Franchise already. Again I went in as a HUGE fan and still am of the Books but there is just too much wrong in this movie. Percy is 16 not 12? Certain characters are mixed together or all together missing. HUGE scenes are not in the movie. Oh and no one but Percy looks like they should in the book. Its just bad. Very Very Bad. I really think if you gave me $150 million i honestly could make a better picture with lesser talent. I know that is a big thing to say but thats how bad I thought this was. If your a fan of the BOOKS do not see this, its too much dissapointment. Oh and for Sean Bean lovers he does not even redeem this.

 

[xwolverine2]

saw it last night.....extreeeemelly filled woth cheesy scenes dialoge and plot moments.

with that said, it was still somehow entertaining. Maybe cause i went in with such low expectations... and the vfx were actually amazing at times!, which is surprising from a Fox film.

and the Uma as medusa scenes were actually not as bad when i saw it in context. It was prob my favorite thing about the movie.

there was plenty of stupid **** though... as if whoever wrote this didnt completely ever know anything about greek mythology. and the fact that all the monuments of world are mythological places was freakin ******ed... the Hollywood sign is the entrance to the Underworld (in this movie called Hell, and hades looks like the devil).

5.6 out of 10... silly ridiculous film, but great vfx and directed/acted as best they could with that cheesy script.

 

[ozziememz]

very cheesy did not enjoy

 

[Raiden]

Looks like Fox botched another franchise, then.

 

[MadVillainy]

but if it still makes some money, which I suspect it will. It could keep going

 

[Hush]

there was plenty of stupid **** though... as if whoever wrote this didnt completely ever know anything about greek mythology. and the fact that all the monuments of world are mythological places was freakin ******ed... the Hollywood sign is the entrance to the Underworld (in this movie called Hell, and hades looks like the devil).

Well the Mythological Places being in certain places around America is explained in the book which is not explained AT ALL in the movie, something that bothers me ALOT, so yeah the whole Nashville scene (not in the book) was well ******ed. Yeah I agree on Hades that was just ill performed and horribly visualized.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Haven't seen the movie yet, but I just wanted to talk about one of Hush's complaints. The one reason they upped the characters ages was to avoid even more comparisons with Harry Potter.

 

[블라스]

Haha this sounds awful.

 

[xwolverine2]

Yeah I agree on Hades that was just ill performed and horribly visualized.

i thought it was an awesome looking design and vfx... but not for Hades lol
and the underworld looked like hell from Constantine (again cool design but not for the underworld).
As i remember the underworld wasnt for bad people.. its just where people's souls go after they die. dont know why it looked like just a place of torture and fire.

 

[Hannibal Smith]

Something seemed cool about this Hades being more Modern day corky and a bit Crazy looking. I have not seen it so can't relate until Sunday but i think most seemed aimed at teens more or less but i often go to films to rekindle the child like feeling inside you get sometimes with films like this.

 

[Fanticon]

i'm still going to see this...never read the book but want to be entertained and it looks ok. i don't think its going to make a lot at the BO, and it will probably only pull in about as much as Spiderwick Chronicles did...71m-80 total. But I hope I'm wrong...I'd hate to see another adaptation stunted after only 1 movie.

 

[Doctor Jones]

So how is Lerman in this to anyone who has seen it? Think he's suitable to be the next Spider-Man?

 

[Hannibal Smith]

That's hard to say for compeletly different characters. I am sure Spider-Man people are hoping this flops but i hate seeing this be another Golden Compass or Spiderwick for i liked those movies but got no success largely because bad release time. Thses fantasy films are always released in slow months.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I just mean performance wise. I don't expect him to act like Peter or SPider-Man or anything. Just a performance where it's fair to judge that he's capable.

 

[Hannibal Smith]

The kids in this thought seemed better then the Narnia kids. Mind you its by Trailer and Clip observations but seemingly wise the 3 main kids seemed fine.

 

[Hush]

Haven't seen the movie yet, but I just wanted to talk about one of Hush's complaints. The one reason they upped the characters ages was to avoid even more comparisons with Harry Potter.

Well thats just it, you dont need to up the ages if you adapt it correctly its very different from Potter. Now they have a sticky mess on there hands for ANY sequels enless they just do different stories in all the remaining films. Plus its the innocence of a 12 Year old getting a huge revelation that makes it such a great story. He does not care about girls or anything yet, he just wants to have an adventure. You lose that by upping the age.

I just mean performance wise. I don't expect him to act like Peter or SPider-Man or anything. Just a performance where it's fair to judge that he's capable.

He was the strongest of the leads and he has potential, he would make a decent Spidey, not sure on Parker though.

 

[Heretic]

Sorry, but with that chick standing next to him, he's going to care about girls.

 

[Octoberist]

i heard that Brandon T. Jackson's character was an stereotypical black sidekick. If that's the case, aren't we over that?

 

[Nathan]

Watched it today because a friend wanted to see it badly. I was kinda interested too after seeing the Trailers. We all left disappointed. It felt kinda unimpressive. All the mythology and greek set pieces felt cheap and the story was overall a waste of time.

 

[Hannibal Smith]

Well fantasy completely ignored Black people. I mean traditional Fantasy like Rings and so on. I don;t mean Avatar and Star Wars. I do not recall a main black kid to the exception of Dean Thomas in the Potter films and he was a secondary character.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

i heard that Brandon T. Jackson's character was an stereotypical black sidekick. If that's the case, aren't we over that?

Nah. He actually got to be the hero in a few situations. It skirted the edge but didn't crossover.


That movie should not have worked at all, but I walked out with a smile on my face. It's cotton candy. Light and fun. I have COTT for the dark and gritty stuff.

8/10


That Lotus Casino scene was hilarious. Those kids were high as sh--.

 

[Tanin]

I'm a huge fan of the books and I'm heading out to see it on Sunday. I'm hoping I'll like it despite the differences as even LotR was very different from the book yet still great.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

I'm a huge fan of the books and I'm heading out to see it on Sunday. I'm hoping I'll like it despite the differences as even LotR was very different from the book yet still great.

Well, if you aren't digusted by the changes by the time the credits run and just want to leave, there's an extra scene a minute into the credits(after the main cast list).

 

[Tanin]

Well, if you aren't digusted by the changes by the time the credits run and just want to leave, there's an extra scene a minute into the credits(after the main cast list).

Thanks for the tip