The Percy Jackson Movies
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Re: The Percy Jackson Movies
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The Percy Jackson series was very well-written. It starded with the introduction of Percy Jackson himself, to his discovery of Greek mythology, which led him to Camp Half Blood, Annabeth and Grover, that's where the good part begins because he then starts to unravel the secrets of his family, his role in the war against Kronos, and eventually becoming the hero readers want him to be.
Nonetheless, being it a good book and everything, I am not very happy with its movie adaptation, and I guess that's why Percy Jackson isn't that popular compared to Harry Potter, and it's all because of the movies! The Lighting Thief was the first, followed by the Sea of Monsters, and if you read the book before watching the movies, you'll be quite dissappointed because in my opinion, they could've made it more realistic, but Logan Lerman did a good job though!
Harry Potter Series were well writter, the movie adaptations were equally as good as the books, the production staff of Percy Jackson must pit more efforts into making the movies better, if not, the best in our generation.
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Olivia Harris wrote:So I'm not sure if this has already been discussed (or ranted about) but I was so disappointed in the Percy Jackson movies. The books were so astounding and brilliant that I couldn't have been more disappointed in the films! I was excited to see how they would portray them but that was such a let down. I loved Logan Lerman in The Perks of Being A Wallflower, he was AMAZING, but in an interview with the cast, they claimed they had never heard of Blue Food.
I mean... wow.
Please somebody rant with me on this!!
Haven't seen the movies, loved the books. In general I steer clear lol.
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I didn't even watch the second movie because the first one upset me so much.
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My then 16 yr old son BEGGED me to go see Percy JacksonOlivia Harris wrote:So I'm not sure if this has already been discussed (or ranted about) but I was so disappointed in the Percy Jackson movies. The books were so astounding and brilliant that I couldn't have been more disappointed in the films! I was excited to see how they would portray them but that was such a let down. I loved Logan Lerman in The Perks of Being A Wallflower, he was AMAZING, but in an interview with the cast, they claimed they had never heard of Blue Food.
I mean... wow.
Please somebody rant with me on this!!
The worse movie ever '
-- 21 Jun 2017, 19:55 --
My then 16 yr old son BEGGED me to go see Percy JacksonOlivia Harris wrote:So I'm not sure if this has already been discussed (or ranted about) but I was so disappointed in the Percy Jackson movies. The books were so astounding and brilliant that I couldn't have been more disappointed in the films! I was excited to see how they would portray them but that was such a let down. I loved Logan Lerman in The Perks of Being A Wallflower, he was AMAZING, but in an interview with the cast, they claimed they had never heard of Blue Food.
I mean... wow.
Please somebody rant with me on this!!
The worse movie ever '
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The Ellipsis Writer wrote:The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series is my favorite book series of all time, so needless to say, I was beyond disappointed by the film adaptation of The Lightning Thief. I never even saw the second film adaption.
As so many people have said, the issue is that it is hard for filmmakers to recreate a book into a movie due to time challenges. However, I find that to be a sad and tired excuse too many people use to justify a poor film adaption of a wonderful book, video game, comic book, etc. The fact of the matter is that much longer and much more expansive books have been made into films in the past, and those film adaptions still uphold as some of the greatest in cinematic history. The obvious example are the Lord of the Rings series and the Harry Potter series. Those books were far longer and had a lot more chunk to their stories than the Percy Jackson book series (which in of itself is rather expansive, just not as huge as the others), and yet the film adaptions of those books brought forth some of the worlds best movies ever made.
It just boils down to who is adapting the books. As it turns out, the people who adapted PJATO into films were not as well prepared to do so. Oddly enough, Chris Columbus was the director of the first two Harry Potter movies, as well as the first Percy Jackson movie. How he could direct two amazing film adaptions so well, and then adapt a really poor film just goes to show that there are more people involved in a bad film than just the director. There were many people responsible for the film and how it turned out, and it is sad to say, but the way the movie came off, those people simply did not care enough. When a well known and beloved book has the chance to be adapted into a film, people will either take it seriously to make a good film, or abuse the devotion of the fans to make a big profit from a minimal effort of a film. From what we saw in the PJATO films, I can only guess what the motivation was behind that one.
It really is a shame in the end. I adore this book series more than any other, and to see it's cinematic debut do so bad is saddening. There were many efforts that could have been taken to make it a great film, including better casting (I find it repulsive that they cast a 26 year old woman to play a 12 year old girl), better acting (when the actors are poorly assigned to characters that do not fit with who is playing them, the acting will indeed suffer for it), the effects (it is one thing to have too much CG, but when there is too much bad CG, that makes things ten times worse), and the list goes on. Not to mention the film strayed from the plot in a lot of ways that it should not have. As a general rule of thumb, I feel that the filmmakers who are adapting an original work into a movie should not stray at all from the source material unless it makes sense for the timing of the movie, assuming a second film will be made. The film adaption of the Lightning Thief strayed in ways that did not make sense and I think it was a little presumptuous of the filmmakers to assume that a second film could be made... even though it was.
In all, I agree that the film adaptions of the Percy Jackson book series are disappointing cases. Hopefully, so long as the people who made the first two movies keep their hands off of the books, in the future, better movie will be made, with actual children playing the roles and who can act worth a dime, as well as effects that make the movie a real visual experience and a plot that all readers of the books know to be true...
I've read the books and I was so excited when the movie came out. I was so disappointed. PJATO is one of my favorite book series. I know that the books are hard to adapt as a movie but there's just too many things that got to me. The movie plot is also quite different with the book.