We took the family to go see Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief yesterday for the birthday kids. Going to the movies is quite the big deal at our house. We don't go often because it so darn expensive! Even the matinee was over $80 for us! Now I know why movies gross so much. No popcorn for this crew, that would mean we couldn't get dinner after.
The movie was okay. That's all, just okay. Makes me wish we had waited for the dvd. If we hadn't loved the books SSSSSOOOOO much, maybe it would have been better, but then again, maybe not. The acting was pretty bad and the changed story line was pretty shallow. They definitely spent all their budget on special effects which were pretty loud but not all that convincing. Maybe that was the acting, I don't know. I liked the hydra and Percy's water powers, but that was it. The only actor choices I really liked were for Grover and for Luke. The rest were not what we pictured or was even described. Liam Neason would have been a much better Poseidon . And don't get me started on Annabeth. She must have been someones daughter. The story is vaguely the same as the book, but far enough from it to be a different story.
So if you have read the books, don't go, wait for the dvd. If you haven't read the books, I would be interested in your opinion of the movie. If you haven't read the books, READ THEM! We listened to them on cd from the library. The whole family sat around the living room like in the time before tv but after radio. We even had to wait for my sweetheart to come home from work because he didn't want to miss anything. The stories are a great way to learn Greek mythology in a modern adventure.
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