Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Nostalgia Critic

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The Olympians never looked so...average. Nostalgia Critic looks at another Young Adult series that never got the franchise it was hoping for. Let's take a look at Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (also known as Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief) is a 2010 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus. The film is the first installment in the Percy Jackson film series and is based on the 2005 novel The Lightning Thief, the first novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan. It stars Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson alongside an ensemble cast that includes Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Rosario Dawson, Steve Coogan, Uma Thurman, Catherine Keener, Joe Pantoliano, Kevin McKidd, Sean Bean, Dylan Neal and Pierce Brosnan.
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[@deshawnedwards6412]

Review Norm of the North 2: Key to the Kingdom.

[@grahamfortenberry2439]

Percy Jackson

[@jordancarpenter6816]

Chance you could review Downsizing Starring Matt Damon?

[@dillondelaney4347]

Doug just verbally assaulted tamera for a straight 2 minutes

[@rosaescalera1614]

Review doogal

[@QuantumParticle]

What I found most annoying about this film was how Ares is barely even mentioned, despite him LITERALLY BEING THE MAIN VILLAIN IN THE BOOK.

[@DrDolan2000]

Right?! He was so cool in the first book!

[@whovianjc4342]

He technically wasn’t mentioned in the movie just a name drop for his kids

[@QuantumParticle]

@@DrDolan2000 He was just such a badass! The ultimate shitty parenting story gone wrong, and it fits in so well with the mythology. Fuck there are so many nitpicky problems in this movie too

[@patrickkanas3874]

I don't remember him being the villain in the book, just an asshole. Granted I may have forgotten a bit

[@dragonsword8129]

@@patrickkanas3874 He was the final boss in the book.

[@ChildOfApollo]

What I love most about this movie is how much Rick Riordan HATES the movie

[@Domin0Head]

Daughter Of Apollo This is valid, and I enjoy this fact.

[@Katetanic]

Domino of the West Who? Dare I ask? 😬😬

[@caseywensnahan3543]

@@Katetanic who are you asking about?

[@Domin0Head]

Katetanic I’m assuming you are asking about where the facts come from... interviews. Other than what else or who else you are asking about; I dunno.

[@rowenarossedeplata1644]

Fun Fact, Rick's boggart is Someone coming up to him and saying "I have a question about the movie."

[@cerealwithafork7819]

Book Percy: my mom is the best person ever and I love and respect her so much. Movie Percy: welp guess she dead lol

[@timyuusis3372]

Theres litterly like 6 paragraphs about her cookies

[@captainjacksparrowk6463]

I know right he’s mom is dead and he didn’t even care. Until that demon god came 🙄

[@waddahyana494]

Can you spoil a bit more ? I mean i watched the movie long ago ( or maybe 2 movies ) But from what i saw in the first 10 minutes of the video she wasn't that much did the books go deep into her psycky or something ? I mean billions of men exist in thr world and she chose the drunk abuser one to "mask" percy ?

[@cerealwithafork7819]

@@waddahyana494 yea she stayed with him because he smelled so bad that it masked Percy's smell from monsters (monsters can smell demigods). And no it didn't go into her psychy because she wasn't the main character but it did go into her and Percy's relationship a lot more. He absolutely adored her and they were really close. It was a big point in the books that just wasn't portrayed in the movies very well.

[@jjonahjameson8934]

@@cerealwithafork7819 yeah they didn’t even have the blue food thing in the movie

[@Londronable]

Learning Greece myth in a museum. Uses Hercules instead of Heracles. THAT MAKES SENSE!

[@AishaVonFossen]

Yeah, they could have at least said something like, "This is a statue of Heracles, or as you may know him from Roman mythology, Hercules." Problem solved! LOL

[@briankelly130]

Except the books also call him Hercules and this was before they brought the Roman stuff in.

[@mtemboar4726]

I mean yeah, but by now everyone knows him as Hercules instead of Heracles so if I were to guess it was to keep people from being confused

[@jamescolm1133]

@@briankelly130 yeah but something weird in Titans curse they say Hercales once but then say Hercules the rest

[@benhaney5843]

Its not really wrong. Simply Roman instead of Greek. Its like calling Odysseus, Ulysses.

[@carolynn_rose]

Books: Percy is a lovable goofball who tries always tries his best, Annabeth is an intelligent and sarcastic girl with a heart of gold, Grover is a loyal and protective friend, Hades is NOT PORTRAYED AS SATAN, the world is built up and interesting. Movies: Nah

[@randiscott2647]

The books are always better, I really hated the movie.

[@puppyhowler]

they're also twelve

[@norishimogawa6125]

i dunno about percy being much of a goofball to be honest, but i agree on the rest

[@benrogers9082]

@@puppyhowler yeah 12 AND HE KICKED ARES' ASS. i'd have loved to see that scene

[@WAV074]

From what your saying, i'd rather read the books :)

[@augustrempelewert4377]

Having Harry Potter failing at being a generic youth protagonist because he's actually an interesting character with a well-defined personality was a nice touch.

[@jamescallanan2443]

He actually just hates Harry Potter

[@thezeitos469]

@@jamescallanan2443 and how would you happen to know that?

[@jamescallanan2443]

@@thezeitos469 He's mentioned it in other videos. Admittedly, hate is a strong word, but he's made it clear that he doesn't like the movies. He messes with Potter heads the same way he messes with Pokemon fans. He doesn't hate the franchise he just enjoys screwing with us.

[@jamescallanan2443]

@@Hewylewis Not really. It's all in good fun and as someone who is both a Potterhead and a Pokemon fan I think it's funny enough. He literally eats the angry comments of salty Pokemon fans. That shit cracks me up

[@Assimandeli]

I actually stopped reading the books because Potter's only character trait was his selfishnes. He's always complaining about his life problems to his friends like a jerk. Also, as a young boy it was pretty easy to see that the books were written by a woman who doesn't know how boys think

[@demigodgamer8517]

About Chiron: The books depicted his wheelchair as basically a magical pocket-dimension, effectively being a snail shell for the horse bit.

[@bdletoast09]

Would have been kinda cool if the movie actually showed him stepping out of the chair, TARDIS style, but nah, he's just a centaur and we'll never address how the wheelchair works, deal with it.

[@rock21611]

@@bdletoast09 That would have taken effort, and this movie firmly in the territory of ‘lazy cash grab’.

[@austinmasoni1896]

Oh that's why he was in a wheelchair I thought he just morphed back and forth from centaur crippled human

[@joshuaholland5279]

And in the sequel the don’t even mention the party ponies!

[@yoda908]

Let's just see how the t.v. show will fare compared to the movies.

[@elizabethjanemorgan3607]

Spoiler Alert. Things missing from the book: 1. There is a thing called the Mist, which prevents normal mortals from noticing the Greeks gods. 2. Percy is a hilarious protagonist with all the one-liners. 3. The mission is to get Zeus's lightning bolt back from the Underworld, but Percy is only really going to save his mom. 4. The pearls they're searching for in the movie were just given to Percy in St. Louis in the book. 5. Sally stays behind in the Underworld, while Annabeth and Grover only try to sacrifice themselves to save Sally. 6. Percy has a fight with Ares, not Luke, at the end of the book. 7. Percy can talk to horses. 8. Capture the Flag was more fun in the book and Poseidon claimed Percy as his son when it was finished. 9. Percy was twelve, not sixteen. 10. Percy was given the quest by the Oracle and left Camp Half-Blood in full view of everyone. He didn't need to sneak out. There is more, but these were the biggest inconsistencies to come to mind. I'm not saying the movie was perfect, far from it, but please, read the book if you want the whole story. I'm afraid the Critic's mean-spirited critique toward one of my favorite book series might be turning people away. Also, leave Harry Potter alone. He doesn't deserve to be yelled at and abused by the Critic.

[@revstalker7334]

Also, why people aren't using guns: Magical metals. The weaponry in the series is made from specific types of metals that are the only thing that can hurt the mythical beings of the books. In the half-blood camp the most common is Celestial bronze, thought there are others. And vice versa, these don't work on mortals.

[@AishaVonFossen]

I know I've never read the Percy Jackson books myself, nor have I seen the movies, but I'm glad to see someone defending a book series they know and love so well. Respect! :) I will say that it's the Critic's job to review movies, not the books, so I am kinda split on how he should review movies based on books. I mean, if he's not interested in reading the books (maybe to save on time), I should say it should be fair for him to at least consult the fanbases for the books the movies are based on so he'll know some facts going into a review. I mean, if he's seen all of Avatar: The Last Airbender before reviewing the Last Airbender movie, why can't he go to a little more length on stuff like this? If he doesn't like it, fine, but I'd say if he did do a little more research of the films based on books he's not a fan of, it would show a little more respect for his audience(s). Also, I totally agree, Harry Potter is awesome. He does not deserve to be abused by the Critic. I honestly thought that was the most mean-spirited part of this review. Very disheartening. :/

[@elizabethjanemorgan3607]

@@AishaVonFossen I get that the Critic is trying to judge a movie on its own merit, but at the same time, no movie is going to perfectly represent a book. Rick Riordan, the author of the Percy Jackson series, has five books to get through the story. It makes the experience much richer, especially since we're in Percy's point-of-view. You feel like you're there with Percy, learning and growing with him. As for the two movies, they only had so much time. We're not in Percy's point-of-view and so you feel more like an outsider and the things they change make the story feel muddled. I agree. It is disheartening that the Critic is so dismissive of both Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. They are both well defined, spirited characters and he just ignores their best qualities by choosing to only focus on what he considers to be their worst aspects.

[@AishaVonFossen]

@@elizabethjanemorgan3607 Oh yeah, it is common that movies aren't always close to the books, though I will say that some film adaptations get closer to the original source materials than others. I'm sure the books are much richer, as they take more of their time to tell a much more elaborate story. And to be honest, I kinda like the idea of the "wowed youngster" cliche, since we are seeing it in the main character's point of view, as someone connected to the fantastical world, and yet entirely brand new to it as well. I will agree with some of the tired tropes that the Critic points out about the "wowed youngster" cliche, but then again, who wouldn't be wowed by being introduced to a new world? One of the ways that made Harry so relatable for me is that like us, he was always wowed by being introduced to new parts of the Wizarding World he had never seen before in every book/film. And based on what you say, it sounds like the same thing for Percy. Yeah, I can see what you're saying about the movie's point of view. I guess it's pretty common in movies for their points of view to shift between all the characters, I guess in an attempt to flesh them out, but then again, it can also distract from the point of view in the story that really matters, like, as you say, Percy. Yeah, while I agree that Harry had some weak points in his character (but then again, as any character does, even the best ones), I agree, Harry is a well-defined, spirited character. And honestly, Harry has had to do a shit ton of work that really a lot of the adults in the Wizarding World should have been more on top of themselves, instead of, you know, leaving a *KID* to save *their* day! I don't care if he was some kind of prophesied "chosen one," he was still a kid who was thrown into a whole other environment that started out completely new to him, and he had to learn how it all worked, on top of defeating a powerful overlord, AND juggling his wizarding studies and personal life all at the same time! Harry definitely has my respect for surviving all that crap. LOL

[@fireandbombs12]

@@revstalker7334 In one of the sequel books (I believe it was the third book) Annabeth's father makes bullets out of the special metal and uses them on a plane machine gun and it's decently effective.

[@sarahcampbell6531]

First rule of the Percy Jackson fandom: NEVER, EVER mention the movies.

[@LorenzSinclair]

What movies??

[@SandwitchZebra]

I have no idea what you're talking about.... there were no movies!

[@CRAZYMUGMAN]

all I think of them is that they are some retarded films with the names from percy jackson slapped on to it

[@catfoy8888]

I think of them as the peter johonson movies

[@bobsmith6098]

YUP EXACTLY MAH DOOOD

[@DrSarcasmable]

*Nostalgia Critic:* _Pointing out all the plot holes, poor character performances, and stupid story elements_ *People who have read the books:* *_Strained tea kettle noises_*

[@dnmstarsi]

It's practically Jem and the Holograms all over again. LOL

[@DigiDestined13]

@@dnmstarsi Except the film's more faithful, believe it or not.

[@dnmstarsi]

@@DigiDestined13 I can see that. This film does have Percy Jackson even for a coloring book movie.

[@madfuqr2199]

DrSarcasmable so Prometheus

[@thecakegarden5324]

He said himself that he couldn't speak for the books and hoped that they were better (they are) so I don't imagine he was dissing the books at all

[@ohohoho249]

Fun fact of the day: the author hates the movie just as much as his fans

[@xanthiusdrake2775]

indeed he does, in fact he hates it badly enough that he called out or even flat out roasted the filmmakers, if you have done badly enough that the author is calling you out then your in big trouble.

[@alphinmesa9945]

I bet he doesnt hate the money

[@kaelibw34]

@@alphinmesa9945 he kinda does.

[@michaelnally2841]

Well good news is we’re getting a tv series where Rich Riordan is much more involved in

[@thatdarnseel7052]

@@alphinmesa9945 Actually He does. It reminds him of how badly they """"""Adapted""""""" His book.

[@gonzalogonzalez2585]

When Critic praises the ingenuity of the Lotus scene I held back screams of "cuz it's actually one of the least tinkered with parts of the book!"

[@invidatauro8922]

It's and the parts they did change piss me off. The biggest is that how the staff violently try and force them to stay, when in the myth and the book nothing was forcing the people to stay with the lotus eaters, it's just that it's basically heaven so why would you ever want to leave it? Hell the only reason they do so in both the book and the myth is because there are important things that must be done.

[@invidatauro8922]

@Animestar17 In the books there are no Lotus flowers and Percy finds out something is wrong on his own when he notices someone that looks like he's stuck in the 70s only to realise he actually from the 70s.

[@en4833]

@@invidatauro8922 Yup its magic. It makes you forget everything important in your life. After a couple of hours, Percy could barely remember his mom's name. It makes you never want to leave, to stay completely engrossed in the games there. And to top it all off, it makes time speed up, a couple hours in the hotel is 5 days outside. A couple weeks in the hotel is 30 years outside. A month in the hotel is 70 years outside.

[@miloscott6617]

Lol

[@joshuaholland5279]

@@en4833 just ask nico and Bianca

[@KingsBard]

Dear directors who want to write something with Greek mythology. HADES IS NOT SATAN!!! HE IS NOT EVIL THE ONLY MYTH WHERE HE DOES SOMETHING VILLAINOUS IS WHEN HE JUSTIFIABLY PUNISHES SOMEONE

[@soul6733]

Well, there's the Persephone myth...

[@amandabohn7697]

@@soul6733 Good point

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

I remember that TV series of demigods was more accurate to what Hades is in Greek mythos.

[@armanlopeman9014]

Yeah, Hades is usually pretty chill in the underworld in mythology (He even understands that his domain has more people than the living world). It's always annoying to see adaptations where he's reduced to 'devil trope'

[@TheBAGman17]

more that he's no worse than any of the other Gods which were all massive assholes who abused their powers at every opportunity.

[@nicktrains2234]

Absolutely every single criticism about the movie is solved by the books. This movie is a travesty

[@11dorkk]

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THOSE IN THE BACK

[@awormnamedscoobis3419]

Yeah lmao. I just got into the series due to my sister,I didn’t even bother watching any of the movies since she kept on describing how horrible they were.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

I read the books after the movies, and I would not say that. The books tell a good story, yes, but the writer often gets bogged down explaining things and forgets to actually write our main heroes as real human beings and characters...

[@popstarprincess123]

Nicktrains 22 I like both the books and the movie

[@thebravegallade731]

@@SwiftNimblefoot PJO is more about the world building then storytelling in my opinion, even though charecters and storytelling aren't half bad

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

I love how Critic just refers to Annabeth as that weird laugh-cough noise Grover made when Percy asked what her name was.

[@badasscomedy5126]

I always found that funny too

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

That one sound is a more accurate representation of this movie character than calling her "Annabeth."

[@cm5913]

50% of comments: "The Percy Jackson books were better than the movie." Other 50% of the comments: "Leave Harry Potter out of this!"

[@cardboardcrafter2482]

No, its 49%, 49%, and 2% of both.

[@cm5913]

@@cardboardcrafter2482 Touché

[@UltimateGamerCC]

indeed, they didnt need to put Tamara Potter in with that league of NOT legends, Harry Potter is the best book to movie adaptation since LOTR!

[@lavinialadlass9432]

I’m on both sides.

[@Mayt5987]

Even though I’m not ridiculously mad when people scorn Harry Potter(especially the author) even putting the movies next to this one is just… no.

[@AK-Drakoin]

Book: Depicts Hades as being misunderstood and otherwise a pretty ok guy Movie: HE'S EVIL!

[@discountplaguedoctor88]

Hades ALSO has the reputation of being the one guy Greeks feared saying the name of most. To be fair however, he's STILL a much cleaner guy than Zeus when it comes to his shenanigans (Zeus has countless murders and rape incidents in his criminal record while Hades has only ONE kidnapping to his name).

[@Bowserjr-wi4dn]

@@discountplaguedoctor88 Not to mention his other brother Poseidon did plenty of bad shit...most famous example probably being forcing himself on Medusa in Athena's Temple (Also seriously Athena, why you such a jealous bitch all the time? We can thank you for like, half the monsters in the mythology just because you got JEALOUS.) and got Medusa turned into the horrible monster she is now...

[@lordofdarkness4204]

Levi Herendeen yeah but the Greeks didn’t believe death was evil. Also the myths told on Hades directly contradict what you just said

[@lordofdarkness4204]

Bowserjr1213 none of the Greek gods were actually good. They all did something morally wrong and some gods like Zeus and Hera did stuff like that all the time. Same with Poseidon and Hades, along with every other god. The Greek gods were arrogant assholes all around

[@discountplaguedoctor88]

@@lordofdarkness4204 when you're basically god of the underworld, people are going to be pretty terrified of ya. Also, you do realize that I WASN'T being contradictory when it came to his criminal record? NOTHING is gonna remove that mess with Persephone from the record. Also, you said it yourself: NONE of the Greek gods were actually good.

[@XanKreigor]

"Look how they massacred my boy!" - Every person who read Percy Jackson books

[@arthas640]

Were the books better? I only got a couple chapters deep years ago, it reminded me too much of the Disney Hercules tv series to keep reading

[@muhammadazrafbinmohdakmam4772]

10 times better

[@benrogers9082]

@Philip Good i'm honestly surprised that disney hasn't jumped harder on this. Rick Riordan Universe: Triumvirate Endgame

[@Robo-xk4jm]

@@arthas640 the final climax is a war in Manhattan but without any normal civilians

[@benrogers9082]

@Zooey Kessel what're your thoughts on Disney aging up Artemis Fowl because they didn't want to have a child be a villain?

[@lorcanclancy2376]

I love how potter is resented because he has the most personality, pretty clever

[@comiccinema8177]

That and Doug loves picking on HP fans lol. Same as Pokémon fans.

[@nodorog448]

Not saying HP is more than a shitty oveeblown fandom, but it sadly is the better "young adult" adaptation. Doug's attack on Potter is an extension on how much better the adaptation(at least based off the books, not the author's later trans+/anti-trans viewpoints) was handled.

[@alim.9801]

@@nodorog448 yeah the bar for YA seems to be unfortunately low sometimes

[@bwestacado9643]

@@nodorog448 Her views aren't anti trans, they're pro woman. Her argument is that the female identity is being erased and co-oped by men. She's not denying they are people, just that it takes more to be a woman than cutting off your peen and stuffing your sack into that small testicle cavity in your abdomen and pretending it's now a vagina. It's like giving someone a skin graft and pretending they are a dime piece instead of disfigured. My statement isn't a condemnation of the grafted, only that they aren't the same as someone who isn't grafted

[@stebsis]

Most personality? Need I remind you that Neo used to eat at that one place.

[@adhdweirdo4314]

the beauty of the percy jackson books and fandom is that the fandom doesnt need to imagine themselves as the main character, and we dont want to. we imagine ourselves as another character in the world, we go along with percy and his friends. we're with him and cheering him on his first day of camp, crying with him as he see's beloved friends die, and we laugh at his corny jokes. the books use that angle to give him an actual personality and make him someone who we love. he has good and bad traits, he has people he loves, he has things that are usually sacrificed to make a character more "relatable". hes unique, and not really like anyone. i cant relate to half of the things he does and is, however i relate to the world itself. a place where kids who dont fit in and lose hope in themselves belong. its even easier for me, a kid with adhd who's disorder holds them back, it gives me a place to feel like i belong. it even gives a way for people without adhd or dyslexia to see themselves in this world, with characters such as percy's mom, and racheal, but they too have personalities and goals many people dont. when my problems to do with adhd get really bad, i'll often start reading percy jackson books. you know what i wont do?? watch the FUCKING movies that take everything i love OUT THE WINDOW. they are a disgrace to the books which make me feel warm and comforted, and i hope the show is better then the clusterfuck that were the movies.

[@martinsolia]

that sounds like sonic's fandom

[@aidanmatthewgalea7761]

@@martinsolia except here they won't die of slitting their wrists.

[@heckicusdoomicuswizardus1382]

so instead of relating to the main character, you're a self insert. yeah, real literary genius there.

[@karose2772]

@@heckicusdoomicuswizardus1382 I think they're just saying its competent, unlike most of the ya genre.

[@brandonfj5811]

I don't think that's at all what the op meant

[@kimberlylockwood3588]

The books, 75098209 times: Annabeth is BLONDE, okay? The movie: nah.

[@Persoon56]

The Movie: She can take Clarice's role, right?

[@callumtrott6303]

And Grover isn’t a stereotypical black side kick, but a hippy guy with his own important dreams and motervation that’s different to Percy’s

[@Labinzel]

They couldn't even bother throwing in a line in the second movie llike "I got tired of dying it"

[@magnumslash]

Is that number accurate?

[@f.i.r.e.5119]

I KNOW. To quote myself from five minutes ago, "What five-year-old did the casting?"

[@Jollerygrokes]

*The books are a lot more interesting and actually make sense.*

[@uglyguy2519]

Tell me about it, bro. I believe people call it "writing with an actual brain".

[@heneverdied2165]

The books were great, this was the biggest clusterf*ck adaptation ever

[@Slaggedfire]

@@someguy4853 ffs. Who wants to read about greek demigods using guns?

[@MikeRitiques]

I read all the books and loved them watching this in the cinema really disappointed me

[@uglyguy2519]

@@someguy4853 The reason why they use swords and classic weapons is because regular metals don't hurt monsters. They use celestial bronze (I believe this is the name in English), a special magic metal that does, among other magic materials and relics. But as you can imagine, it's a lot more rare than regular metals, so they save it mostly for melee weapons. One guy has made bullets out of it once in the books, but it was for a special occasion: an actual army of monsters, where it was almost impossible to miss a target and waste ammo. Now tell me if the movie came even close to coming up with something that logical or interesting.

[@maggiecashman4379]

Considering the fact that one of the major conflicts in the series was godly parents being divine deadbeats who allowed their children to die/suffer without any love, support, or protection, the whole Poseidon-bails-Percy-out-constantly thing is a huge slap in the face. Percy has a complicated relationship with his father; he wanted to make him proud but was often let down and hurt/confused by his distance. Like Luke, he had to struggle to come to terms with his identity and godly heritage and even though he didn’t betray the gods, he never let them off the hook for their shitty behavior, either. GOD, the book is so much better, I’m going to go back to pretending it doesn’t exist

[@painterspalette1215]

I love how the one part that critic loves, the lotus casino, is the part almost ripped directly from the book.

[@dejmira]

The lightning bolt *Book* : A very powerful weapon which can *DESTROY* half of the country *Movie* : Pew Pew Im gonna shoot you

[@tyrant-den884]

If they made a WWII movie the Atom Bomb would have been a grenade.

[@heinrichze-france4089]

@@tyrant-den884 Technically I think it was a firecracker.

[@thenarnianhufflepuff6077]

Haha

[@norishimogawa6125]

idk if i'm remembering this right, but although the lightning bolt was DESCRIBED as something that could destroy half the country, wasn't it kinda... pew pew in the books as well?

[@dejmira]

@@norishimogawa6125 As I remember they never use lightning bolt like they use this in the movie

[@MikuFutaba]

English Teacher: today we're going to be reading the Illiad That one kid who read the Percy Jackson books: *It's like I was made for this*

[@SireDandelion]

English viking kaden you should put this meme on Reddit don’t waste your talent here

[@423adriana]

honestly this is me tho

[@QueenofHearts1098]

I mean, Percy Jackson inspired me to become a history major and mythology reader. Sooo, yes, this is very accurate. Make a meme about this!

[@junjunjamore7735]

@@QueenofHearts1098 PJO fans make this meme all the time.

[@realsteel9877]

I definitely understand that

[@lunaflammata8365]

I'm only halfway through, but I love how everything you don't understand is something that was explained in the books. Literally, everything.

[@ellugerdelacruz2555]

Just shows how much Dog Poop the movie was

[@ellugerdelacruz2555]

@Soham Chandra Exactly

[@KorGarrot]

That's kinda why this movie is a horrible adaptation. A good adaptation should be able to stand up on it's own, without the source material propping it up. As an example, look at Harry Potter. Sure, the movies change a lot of things, but they still stand up and make sense without reading the books.

[@Double-R-Nothing]

@@KorGarrot Much less so the further the books go on. What was that piece of glass in Deathly Hallows Part 1 again?

[@KorGarrot]

@@Double-R-Nothing oh yeah, in the movies I guess they never talked about the mirror

[@evankauffman2139]

Percy's Mom still dates Gabe in the books because his "pungent odor" repels the monsters that would otherwise come to attack Percy.

[@darksev.6468]

Books: actually great worldbuilding, complex characters, explaining everything sooner or later Movies: *that*

[@pyromaniac2104]

What is... *that?*

[@obairna2285]

Also continuing the trend in modern media of doing a 180 from mythological Hades to make him Satan

[@darksev.6468]

@@obairna2285 The books didn't do that iirc.

[@Bretillia]

@@obairna2285 Nah Hades' actually kinda chill in the books

[@alucard347]

@@obairna2285 Hades is pretty nice in the books. He is petty, yes, he is bitter, yes, but he is by far one of the best deities in the book. Zeus and Hera, on the other hand...

[@BugsyFoga]

Percy Jackson : One the most inaccurate movie adaptations of all time .

[@poopa854]

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory has them beat

[@SireDandelion]

Nathaniel Foga I think that the dragon ball movie is mor inaccurate

[@camnunes8847]

As a huge fan of the book series this movie made me very upset.

[@Archer13591]

Nathaniel Foga *cries in Avatar the Last Airbender*

[@poopa854]

Original Name Let’s not forget every Disney movie based on a fairytale

[@Darkvalentine333]

Having just re-read the series, one of the things that stands out to me watching the movie first time through is how Ms. Dodds immediately tells Percy in her first attack "you stole the lightning bolt" instead of just assuming his guilt and attacking him on sight, and then later asking "where is it (without saying its name)" like she did in the book. By being vague and indirect, it set up the Kindly ones to be more mysterious, left it up for Grover and Annabeth to theorize that maybe there was more going on there than Hades being the Thief. Just a perfect early red flag that story telling and Subtlety had no meaning in the movie lol.

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

It's just like how Percy in the books didn't immediately get put in the Poseidon cabin. He actually spent the first week or two with the Hermes cabin because that's where demigods who've not had their parent confirmed stay.

[@Anvi.di.Angelo10]

This is just another reason the books are better

[@johnrubino8937]

Spoiler Alert: That ending where you all had to look on your phones to see if Jubilee was actually a vampire made me laugh for five minutes. Well done.

[@boots5304]

"Had the rest of this movie been this clever-" (whispers): "The books"

[@AnimeMasterManWND]

The Musical

[@boots5304]

@@AnimeMasterManWND oh man, I want to see that musical so bad! Tell me there is a song about exploding toilets?

[@AnimeMasterManWND]

@@boots5304 No sadly not, but there is a campfire song in which all the halfbloods talk about how shitty there god parents are and Percy sings about how Awesome Sally Jackson is

[@AnimeMasterManWND]

@@boots5304 you can find the album on KZbin along with a few animatic with the series my personal recommendation is to use the channel Kallina who is in the middle of going through the entire show. The character designs and timing is just what you'd expect the the characters to act, sound and look like. Here's her animatic for the first number of the show The Day I got Expelled kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJypc3SAeZmsh9E

[@clarisacalderon9555]

@@AnimeMasterManWNDtheres a musical?!!!!!

[@haw_stickstone]

I’d stop being a horrible teacher to Harry Potter before he names his kid after you.

[@scottiecurrie7927]

Oh my God this one better go down in the books. I applaud you sir

[@benfrizzell1244]

underrated comment

[@theivoryguy2476]

*Destruction 100*

[@ENDIEKID]

I'm sorry, i'm unworthy, i don't get the joke....PLEASE KIND SIR, ENLIGHTEN ME

[@morgangobin9985]

Depressing dot Co. In the books/ movies, Severus Snape was a horribly mean teacher to Harry Potter. Then years later Harry had a son and gave him the middle name “Severus”.

[@zinkheroofyoutube8004]

I love how he never calls Ha Annabeth since they’re completely different characters

[@HarryPotter1228]

I like how Harry Potter is the runt of the students learning to be bland characters. It kinda subtly says that Harry is more intersting than the bland characters in other films

[@DoomBoy8000]

I didn’t even realize that symbolism, I just thought Dough just didn’t like Harry Potter but him being more interesting and awesome than the characters actually makes a lot of sense!

[@markzilla6895]

​@@DoomBoy8000 could be a mix of both

[@matityaloran9157]

@mr.niceguy8000, Doug Walker (not in character) positively reviewed the Harry Potter films though in character he might hate Harry Potter

[@brandonbreyer3118]

In the book, when Luke was revealed to be the Lightning Thief, it was gut-wrenching and a huge backstab. In the movie, it's basically: *"sup, i'm the lightning thief".*

[@eddiezuniga1268]

Si

[@lukedeakin7124]

Especially because there's less of a clue in on Luke being a traitor

[@khronostheavenger8923]

The best part of the reveal is that it happened AFTER the quest ended.

[@Coreyy12]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[@anlydaly5726]

I know right? plus I am really disappointed of how they did the mystery around Percy's father in the book it's this big mystery and it comes up this huge emotional grasp and in the movie it's like oh yeah you're the son of Poseidon get used to it

[@Joenah5]

I believe you made an error. Percy Jackson is a book series. There is no Percy Jackson movie.

[@aidangordon2713]

Stage 1: Denial

[@dusathemaid]

@@aidangordon2713 WHY DID THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS HAD TO RUIN A PERFECT BOOK?!

[@milkgotzgames]

Larry Belenossi the answer is always the same “money “

[@ThomasJefferson-xc8wg]

@@dusathemaid Stage 2:Anger

[@graceg.55]

Same with Eragon.

[@littletravelblog7589]

"Actually for me it's cruel and a quite common punishment." Love this line.

[@A-Smartass-that-people-love]

23:29. One of Medusa's powers is that she is VERY convincing. That is why she killed so many people before Perseus killed her

[@augustrempelewert4377]

Is that actually part of the lore? Because if so, I didn't know that.

[@toxicdemon1315]

​@@augustrempelewert4377She was described to be beautiful before Athena turned her into a gorgon, plus her voice didn't change much, so she used it while hiding her face to trick her victims and lull them into a false sense of security.

[@ozthebeeman]

The problem with this film is that it doesn't follow the books at all and skips all the good parts of the books it just changes stuff without it making any sense

[@Kuypers125]

So in other words: It's a completely normal book-to-movie adaptation

[@rhiannonthrasher7747]

What about the first one? I thought it followed the book pretty well. Sure it took a few liberties here and there, but overall, I thought it was pretty good. (I haven't seen or read the second one, though.)

[@nolanlarocque2967]

@@rhiannonthrasher7747 the second movie was horrible compared to the first movie. Yes they first movie was bad in what they changed. But the second movie did something that completely screws up the rest of the series

[@juliannagoodwin2875]

Sounds like every Harry Potter Movie Chris Columbus directed.

[@yourethatmantis5178]

not even just the first book. Wasn't the Hydra in book 2? not book 1?

[@TKZells16]

Rick Riordan wrote a letter to all teachers saying that he would rather have his teeth pulled out without anesthesia than have students watch the movie

[@isobelmiller7464]

Don't you mean WITHOUT anesthesia?

[@sorrybarley7509]

Unfortunately, the first time I saw this movie was when I was at my school. I guess my teachers never read that letter!

[@alecazam6755]

I am just as disappointed in Rick for letting this happen as Harry Potter's movies were only as goos because of tight author control on them while Riordan was hands off obviously. He should have learned by this point in time that it is a rarity for books to be adapted properly and it's as much the author's responsibility to take initiative as anyone else's.

[@ThePFloyd65]

@@alecazam6755 he tried and they didn't want his help..he wrote like a huge list of suggestions and the movie people pretty much just threw it away

[@alecazam6755]

@@ThePFloyd65 that's unfortunate, though didn't Rowling contractually make it so they'd HAVE to listen to her to a certain extent?

[@CesarACastillo]

Actually Harry's catchphrase is Expelliarmus. He uses the disarming spell so much that the Death Eaters know instantly which Harry is the real one in Book 7 the second he uses it. Professor Lupin even brings this up. He admits the spell is extremely useful but when Harry uses it so much that its pretty much his UK personal ID card its extremely dangerous.

[@nedandtheneedlefishvevo575]

17:40 That’s actually not true. In the third book, a guy uses bronze bullets in his plane to kill an army of monsters. Also, in the first book of the second series, there is a shotgun that shoots bronze shells.

[@roboticgamer4645]

Yes

[@ethancrash2554]

The reason they don’t use it more often cause celestial steel and imperial gold and stygian iron are hard to come by and it would be better to use it to create swords than bullets plus that guy is Annabeth’s father

[@toxicdemon1315]

@@ethancrash2554 Small correction: Celestial Bronze.

[@ethancrash2554]

@@toxicdemon1315 oh thanks

[@aidanmatthewgalea7761]

even the gods couldn't make the mythical materials, and iirc the guy, annabeth's dad, melted down a bunch of her weapons into the bronze penetrators for custom shells used by a sopwith camel.

[@justanotherchannelonyoutub126]

The other day, I kid you not, I was in a job training thing and the instructor started off with “as you know” and immediately I thought “shit, I’m in a bad movie”

[@Mariorox1956]

Don’t worry, critics have no hold on you. Well, your peers do, but they’re nicer than the critics.

[@thelionssin701]

"How the hell did he hide horse legs in a god damn wheelchair?" Ignoring the fact that 2 minutes earlier a sword came out of a pen.

[@thelionssin701]

@Goddess 18 what mist?

[@Igorcastrochucre]

@@thelionssin701 A thing in the Percy Jackson world that makes things invisible to the eyes of humans.

[@DrDolan2000]

+@@Igorcastrochucre In the next movie, they turn the Mist into a fucking spray

[@mickys8065]

@@Igorcastrochucre not invisible, just either unnoticed or believable, for example Tyson just looks like he has two eyes rather than just being completely invisible

[@anselravenhart4753]

Someone actually built a pen sword. Hiding horse legs in a wheelchair is CONSIDERABLY less believable.

[@_timothy_tomato_9801]

i watched the movie for the first time without knowing how much the fandom hates it and was absolutely appalled to find out that the writers basically changed everything. it’s not the same story.

[@kingkaza]

Same i thought it was ok That kinda of movie where you don't question it and just enjoy the adventure

[@jp3813]

There are instances where that worked. For example, the How to Train Your Dragon franchise is a much looser adaptation.

[@Beacuzz]

It is kinda amazing how many plot holes or cliches the books avoided that the movie went purposefully full force in to!

[@Dargonhuman]

Aquaman was a better Percy Jackson movie than the *actual* Percy Jackson movie. Yea, I said it.

[@Plaugue1122]

No shit.

[@berkleypearl2363]

Ohhh that must be why I liked it so much

[@icecreamhero2375]

Mira reminded me of Annabeth: Shut up Seaweed Brain.

[@AnimeMasterManWND]

Oddly enough I think Jason Mamoa would be a fantastic choice to play Poseiden if these books ever get the adaptation they deserve

[@Dargonhuman]

@@AnimeMasterManWND That's actually a fantastic idea!

[@countdooku7152]

You can't avoid the fourth Alvin and the Chipmunks movie forever Doug!

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

Count Dooku I also want Doug to review that film.

[@tapperclick8615]

Doug: Come at me bitch

[@jhonnymark7581]

He can’t avoid the Green Hornet 2010.

[@14sok]

The Chipmunk reviews are some of the best reviews he ever made

[@HeilRay]

Summon David Cross

[@blackbirddragon8045]

me during the video: "AAAAAAND they ruined Grover's character"

[@yumatsukumo8823]

I have ADHD and when I was younger and he called himself a loser for having it, it kinda hurt ngl.

[@DiegoXRA]

Perseus in the books doesn't call himself a loser for having ADHD . He often just makes funny jokes about it .

[@khronostheavenger8923]

Why do they keep doing Hades wrong? In the actual mythology he's a chill dude.

[@rodimusrider8798]

cause the devil ruling Hell underground archtype

[@louiscorona8465]

In the books Hades isn’t even the villain, he’s just minding his business

[@CineMasterDamian]

Watch Lindsay Ellis's mini-canon review of Hades

[@couldbeme5561]

Because why would they use the actual villain from the books when devil man is right there

[@sidwerd1hater]

@@louiscorona8465 In the books he even lampshades the trope asking why everyone thinks he's always the bad guy.

[@Ambibop]

The books: Yeah Annabeth is blonde, Percy has sea green eyes, he doesn't just chill underwater it's more like he has a bubble, Grover isn't black, and Percy found out his heritage during war games which actually allowed time for Luke to be shown as a guy who just wanted to make things good for everyone in his cabin with him. The movie: Nah

[@AthenaMinerva-bn4xf]

TheRealKnight32 You forgot another thing they got wrong in the movie Chiron has the body of a white stallion He isn’t a chestnut colored stallion. Can’t you guys get anything right in movie based off of a successful book series?

[@jamescallanan2443]

I actually always imagined Grover as black. They never say his skin colour in the books and the image just stuck in my head

[@AthenaMinerva-bn4xf]

James Callanan I know right? I think he’s much better black. And I guess after this movie came out I saw art of the characters and how they were supposed to look like and I saw Grover and oh boy I was like Grover is much better black than white. Don’t get me started on Nico de Angelo. The fanart is way better.

[@alyssanicole_haydon]

Yes and the second one...talia

[@FiveOClockTea]

And those were the least important changes they did in the movie. I really don't care about their skin/eye/hair colours (but in the books, there's a lot of variety), but the changes they did to the Story and characters? Its kinda devastating 🙈

[@C0LLID3D]

On the plus side now, Disney is working on a series of the books with the author, fingers crossed.

[@kimifw58]

After how they did Artemis Fowl and... everything else recently, my expectations are at rock bottom.

[@patrickpreston3904]

@@kimifw58 Normally, I'd agree. But Rick Riordan is actually one of the head writers and producers, and is directly involved in the adaptation and he has said that he is working with writers and directors just as passionate of the source material. That gives me a lot more hope

[@meap6474]

Books: *amazing world building, character development, dangerous fights, good humour* Movies: *basically shits on the entire franchise*

[@SandwitchZebra]

Thank god they stopped making movies

[@plutossky7534]

WONDERBREAD

[@Mars_555.]

@Thatguywiththestuffies KZbin page. theirs no way you've read a percy Jackson book

[@Mars_555.]

@Thatguywiththestuffies KZbin page. hoo? Cc? Mc? Toa? Please tell me why they all suck

[@Mars_555.]

@Thatguywiththestuffies KZbin page. besides the fact you're"NOT LIKE OTherGIRls"

[@olympiadeverre]

The fact that I’m constantly thinking “no, that’s explained by x detail in the books” speaks LEAGUES about this movie’s awful worldbuilding. Easily in my top 2 most hated films.

[@icecreamhero2375]

I know right especially the mist the wheelchair, and the fact that I recall you being allowed to use powers in captured the flag.

[@TehWhiteTiger]

@@icecreamhero2375 the fact that technology does not work for demigod too.. luke was not a gamer......

[@icecreamhero2375]

@@TehWhiteTiger I always wanted to see this happen in Percy Jackson. You know those cups that can have any drink. What if Percy asked for hydroclric acid and dumped it on someone.

[@alexandersmith7061]

icecream hero what if he accidentally spilled that on Luke when he was still in the Hermès cabin. I mean, Kronos would probably find a new follower, but it would at least slow him down. Plus it’s explained in the extended book Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods that ghosts can’t lie, so when Luke’s judged in the underworld by the three golden masked men, a lot if not all of Kronos’s plans would’ve been unveiled to the Gods, and they could’ve stopped him while he was still weak in Tartarus. I take these books too seriously...

[@beanieguitarguy4070]

The fact that Doug doesn’t tell us about the all the things the movie doesn’t explain with examples from the books speaks leagues about his awful preparation for a book-based movie.

[@lim3400]

“you’re the one, neo” “.....interesting!” that had me sent

[@jacobkleinsasser5658]

Just once I wish there was a movie where the "I am obviously going to betray you" character didn't actually end up betraying people.

[@thungoda3082]

Lego movie 2?

[@jacobkleinsasser5658]

@@thungoda3082 never seen it

[@augustrempelewert4377]

Tell you what, name the qualities that designate the "I am obviously going to betray you" character as such, and I'll get my sister to include such a character in one of her books without them betraying anyone.

[@jacobkleinsasser5658]

@@augustrempelewert4377 unfortunately there is no 1 character quality. In this it's the overly friendly guy who always is a nice guy until he betrays you because we need to up the drama. In the Lord of the Rings is the overly proud and headstrong man who believes in himself more than any others. Harry Potter has the opposite of "This guy is super clearly the bad guy." But then turns out he's actually a good guy. Regardless, if you your sister is writing a book, can I get a copy?

[@augustrempelewert4377]

@@jacobkleinsasser5658 Hmm. It sounds like making the character come across as "I am obviously going to betray you" and not "obvious red herring who tries too hard to make the audience think they're a traitor" will be extremely tricky and require almost as much luck as it will skill and effort. If you're talking about Snape with your last example, I'm still not convinced that spying on Voldemort for Dumbledore makes him a good guy. He was a true-believing Death Eater who switched sides for the sake of one person (NOT because hate crimes and terrorism are wrong) and continued to spend literally the rest of his life abusing children and being as much of a dick to everyone as he possibly could. No promises. Sorry. It'll probably be a few years yet before she's actually ready to publish anything.

[@FireDrone23]

Oh my god, Doug. You did not just talk about this? Number 1 rule about being a Percy Jackson fan. The movies never existed.

[@nightmareeclipse8383]

What movies?

[@ninalauckner355]

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about

[@Plaugue1122]

What movies?

[@henith7850]

Wait, they made movies out of it.

[@raticoochiesmith9819]

@@henith7850 *No*

[@BabyBells231]

The Percy Jackson films are a cautionary tale told among the writer communities whenever Hollywood wants to make a live-action adaptation of their books

[@LewysC]

Never sell your book rights lol

[@f.i.r.e.5119]

@@LewysC Or, if you decide, "sure, they can make movies out of my babies," make sure you're involved heavily in the production.

[@davyrando1203]

If for some reason I write a book so popular that it's being made into a movie, I am going to be on fucking set every fucking day to make that shit is right.

[@KelciaMarie1]

The Hobbit left the chat

[@5yenwishes590]

They are adapting the bartimaeus sequence and I love those books. I am so afraid and worried because most of the books series I love have been adapted horribly into movies. Why can't film directors stick to the books?

[@hickorydaisy4117]

You know, they didn’t have to eat anything in the Lotus Hotel in the book. And Percy snapped himself out of it on his own. And that’s the most accurate part of movie. Welp.

[@jurassicmark3187]

Interesting fact: In the movie Hades seems like an evil asshole, but in Mythology. He's actually one of the most respectable, honest, loyal and most humane. He doesn't bitch or whine like the other gods, he just does his job. He doesn't punish people without a proper reason like Athena with Medusa (which is litualy a bitch saying "your not aloud to be prettier than me" and turns her into a snake. He a reliable husband that doesn't cheat on his wife like other gods (yes I'm talking to you Zues) In my opinion and I bet many others agree. Hades is the best god in Greek mythology, he's just misunderstood because of his job. It's like hating on a Lawyer when their just doing their job to provide for their family and life. I would actually like to see a movie where Hades is a good guy through out the entire film.

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

Cerberus also means spotted so he named his dog Spot

[@oceankim8791]

@@FoxHound-ut1hu Well it technically translates to Spotter or Spotted, since he's a guard dog Spotter probably makes the most sense, although they both can be abbreviated to Spot.

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

@@oceankim8791 The the translation could go either way so I choose to believe that the king of death and the underworld named his Doggo Spot.

[@oceankim8791]

@@FoxHound-ut1hu I mean, either way he would be called Spot.

[@wwehulk8798]

weird to assume all lawyers have a family you know some ppl don't require or obligate to having a family and can even be all by self.

[@mcwyman7928]

A FEW of the dumb changes they made from the book: *Percy and Annabeth are 12 in the first book, not teenagers *No mention of Clarisse (daughter of Ares and Percy's nemesis) in the movie. *No Mr. D aka Dionysus (overseer of the camp) in the movie (Yes I know they were both in the sequel but let's face it the movies were already dead to society by then) *Persephone's pearls were something they happened across by chance, not Dora the Explorer-type checkpoints *Percy didn't learn he was the son of Poseidon until the water healed him in capture the flag *Annabeth was the first person Percy met at camp, and they don't start out with animosity, just tepid awkwardness. *Percy is SENT on the quest to the underworld to get the bolt back from Hades and clear his name (he doesn't just sneak out), who everyone thinks really stole it. *Ares the war god is SUPER important in the book. HE gives the crew the lightning bolt hidden in a backpack given to him by Luke. *Luke being revealed as the villain isn't revealed until after Percy gets back to camp, and it's actually a decently done twist.

[@nifralo2752]

I can forgive them aging up the characters for the film if it means we avoid any Jake Lloyd stuff.

[@dannieluv23]

Also they completely ignored Annabeth and Luke's past until the second movie and didn't even mention the mist which explained a lot of things that Nostalgia Critic joked about

[@Vrinara]

I remember listening to the Audiobook early last year. I got to the 3rd book but stopped cause I had a few other things going on. All these points are correct! Maybe one day someone will adapt the book correctly instead of the hot garbage we got =/

[@obairna2285]

President Kudsi right but if they hadn't done such a shit job with the adaptation then Jake Lloyd stuff wouldn't be a problem

[@tevildo7718]

@@nifralo2752 The only real way to do a proper film adaptation of Percy Jackson is in the same way they did Harry Potter IE with a set of child actors that are the right age and have a film a year as they grow older and go through each adventure in the books. Plus a big plot point in the books is Percy's age because he has just hit the age where he is strong enough for monsters to start noticing him more, and Percy coming of age is also a plot point in the later books.

[@Echolocatingcheese]

24:25 rick had no control over the movie. Even he hated it. He sent in a bunch of suggestions for it but they took none of them. He didn't make that line.

[@salenebrom6476]

Random Person ☝️

[@MrMedy101]

Yeah, he also mentioned that he never saw the movies because they would ruin his characters for him.

[@Angyali]

I just gave the 100th like to your comment!

[@climbinguphill]

I think NC meant "writers" as the writers of the movie. I am glad that Rick didn't approve of these movies because they did NOT do the books justice.

[@bigpigeon2384]

alnaddabi I think the movie ruined his characters for everyone who saw it

[@MrSonny6155]

When his mother dies... Percy: I'm sorry Ms Jackson (Ooooh) I am for REEEeeels

[@alexjewett7455]

Movie Percy after his mom dies: I'm sad... I guess. Book Percy: *bawling his eyes out*

[@theotherghostgirl337]

Everyone asks me why I’m nervous about the Artemis Fowl movie. This- this is why. The Artemis fowl movie was in development the EXACT same time as this one

[@patax144]

and the adaptation rights for both are under the same people right now but Percy has the advantage that those people published his books to begin with

[@hunterolaughlin]

And you were right to be nervous about the Artemis Fowl movie because it sucked.

[@Blakkid489]

Son: How old was I when you left? Dad: You were a plus sign on the test old. (crying)

[@isobelmiller7464]

Your dad left your mom when he found out she was pregnant?

[@DigiDestined13]

What Doug didn't know was that was actually right. Poseidon left well before Percy was born.

[@eloquentpotato6435]

Nah, he left as soon as the sperm fertilized the egg...!

[@AllisonKraus1]

This movie broke me as a tween. It ignored the lore of the books and fell back on tired tropes so hard that I could make a list several pages long. A DISGRACE I SAY

[@giraffedragon6110]

Yup the movie pissed me off soo damn much. They even forgot the chimera chihuahua.

[@gamingdragonofmordor3770]

At least it wasn't as bad as the Eragon movie

[@MrSuperbeast92]

@@gamingdragonofmordor3770 ... That... Don't remind me... I will have my revenge. Dragon Ball Evolution, Beautiful Creatures, and the Twilight series. 😉👌

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

I Agree

[@echogamer1871]

Is it bad I watch movies somewhat randomly and I have horrible memory oh wait for this movie that’s great 😁

[@jariusreece1931]

"It's like high school without the musical" is actually pretty close to how high schoolers talk nowadays.

[@cdnlightning1080]

In the books it's explained that the metal used in the weapons they need to use, (or they can't harm monsters) is a rare thing to find, wasting it on one used bullets is stupid

[@waywardwatcher2053]

Yeah, anyone who read at least one book of the Percy Jackson series hated the movies

[@malachiowens3423]

I don’t hate the movie but dear god did they fuck up so many plot lines. Aries daughter wasn’t even in the movie.

[@patax144]

I find the movie entertaining if I turn off my brain and forget about the connections to the book and with the changes it has it is rather easy to just disconnect it from the book

[@Quetzal00358]

I’ve never been so angry after leaving a movie theater after watching this piece of shit

[@isobelmiller7464]

@@malachiowens3423 You mean Clarisse LaRue?

[@Sanquinity]

Didn't read the books, still didn't like the movie. It was okay. A decent movie you watch in the background whole doing other stuff. But it wasn't good.

[@Arthas771]

Here's fun facts they changed,removed or fucked up from the book: -Percy and Annabeth were 12 in books; -Grover was not black; -No explanetion of the mist; -I don't remember a hydra in the first book; -NO FRICKING ARES; -The reason why Percy's birth is a no-no; -Portrayal of Hades; -No retrieving a thingy for Ares; -The bed shop; -Portrayal of Charon -No Cerberus; -Portrayal of the underworld; -Sally was the one who stayed in underworld, not Grover -Capture the flag (it was not red vs blue) -No Argus; -No mention of Kronos -No fight between Percy and Ares; -Luke's betrayal, it was different in the book

[@dragongirl7978]

Um, not to mention Persephone wasn't a CHILD PREDATOR in the book. I don't understand why more people aren't freaked out by that. 😩

[@isobelmiller7464]

Well, Percy and Annabeth were 12 in the FIRST book; I'm pretty sure they got older as the series went on.

[@shneancy220]

It never bothered me if somebody flipped a character's race (unless the plot required that character to be that specific race) so I don't mind Grover being black but I cannot forgive them changing Annabeth's hair colour.

[@Arthas771]

@@shneancy220 To be fair it didn't bother me to, heck he was of only characters in the movie interesting to watch

[@nixiscartwright5521]

And where was-oh what was her name...Clarisse? That one bitch who was a daughter of Ares I think, who ended up coming around toward the end of the series? Edit: not to mention that she played an integral role in the ongoing plot lol

[@MrCableguy153]

Books: Percy vs God of War Movie: haha pearl roulette goes brrrr

[@DodgeNCounter]

29:29 "Or most of the human body is made up of water" *Has Blood bending PTSD flashbacks*

[@pbrunet44]

The books are basically the things you loved about the Lotus Casino scene for the whole thing, with characters that aren't watered down Hollywood versions. My friend said it best when this was announced to be coming out, and said their opinion didn't change after seeing it: "Percy Jackson is great, and would make a great movie series, but would NEVER get the budget to do it right."

[@xeagaort]

pbrunet44 I’ve never read the books but based on this it could be a pretty decent Netflix original series. I’d watch it.

[@sailordarkjupiter]

agreed it would not get the budget to do it right, but ive always thought it would be best to do it as a tv series live action or animated would do this series right.

[@chrismartinez7446]

Plus the final fight was a thousand times more badass

[@ginogatash4030]

budget doesn't mean shit if the director/writers turn the characters and stories that made the books succesfull in the first place, into every generic Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings wannabe. this movie had MORE than enough money put into it to make something great, but you just can't pay "giving a shit" with money.

[@danielbland1951]

The books were actually well constructed and subverted expectations. The films were generic and dumb and changed the plot completely...

[@BlockeologyThetwinster]

I mean the while Lotus concept was straight up from the books. Its the one time the movie did something close to them

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

Still inaccurate

[@rhettnicholson2218]

@@BlockeologyThetwinster coincidentally also the best part of the movie, who would've figured?

[@danielledoeswhat]

They also changed Annabeth's hair color. Also, aren't the main cast characters supposed to be TWELVE?

[@mavikartal7775]

Films? You mean there is more?

[@novared7]

I like how the characters from books are the opposite, being much deeper and definately more well written.

[@RredGrizzly]

26:06 Yeah, since it’s the only part that’s actually accurate to the book.

[@mikecabral2420]

You know listening to the NC nitpick stuff that was explained in the book really makes you realize how much BS the mist covers up. Edit: thanks this is the most likes I've ever had for a comment. Just to clarify I dont think plotholes in themselves are a good determinant of the quality of various fiction because every fictional story has them. I think they're only a problem if they break your suspension of disbelief. If you are watching a movie and go wait that doesn't make any sense cause of something that happened earlier it's very difficult to regain and maintain your continued investment and enjoyment in the movie.

[@HonestBeacon]

Underrated comment

[@plantinapot9169]

Yea, still kinda thought it was cool tho, atleast for me, I didn’t really care if it was an “excuse” or not to do awesome sh*t

[@christianjohnson802]

Yeah...he reviews movies, not books

[@polyhymnia701]

Mike Cabral Thank you. The movie is horrific, but let's not pretend that the book is a masterpiece 😂

[@ctpp64]

Yeah they puled a lot of dumb stuff with that lol

[@augustthacker5704]

I'm dying every time he refers to Annabeth as Grover's laugh 😆👌

[@itzkaylaaa9208]

Same

[@Zuyuri]

An"AHA"beth

[@tyrant-den884]

Best part of of the review.

[@joelthefanboy3303]

Grover didn't laugh. That's her actual name. That girl is a brunette, Annabeth is blond.

[@augustthacker5704]

@@joelthefanboy3303 Ahh yes, of course. She doesn't deserve the same name lol

[@juliarivera6071]

Zeus: I will send him to the depths of Tartarus. Percy: YEET! WAY AHEAD OF YOU!

[@Formoka]

Hades is not the god damned devil! The writer of the Percy Jackson books knew that! I’m so sick of people making Hades the villain just because he’s a god of death! He was a good guy who kept his promises, loved his wife, and did his job! There’s also evidence that the root word behind Cerberus meant spotted. So the giant dork named his dog Spot! Hades is amazing!

[@kristofgriffin384]

I read both Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus, and I'm severely disappointed by the fact that this movie and its sequel are the only things people know about series. Let's all pray and hope that one day, we'll get an accurate and awesome adaptation. Maybe a Netlix animated series in the style of Avatar or Voltron Legendary Defender, so that one day it will get the recognition it deserves.

[@josiejugalbot6820]

They did a musical.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

A bunch of fantasy books would be better with animated adaptations rather than live-action, but somehow "professionals" do not see that...

[@draculaura_keyblade]

The musical is good

[@aliyah2393]

Josie Jugalbot yeah the only one thing of accuracy of the books is A FREAKING MUSICAL AND NOT THE DANG MOVIE!!

[@mityakiselev]

Amen, dude. The books are actually really good and complex, I'm still to this day so pissed about this movie

[@fictionferguson1320]

I'm praying that Percy Jackson and the Olympains will get picked up again and get the respect it deserves. The books were OUTSTANDING and this movie along with its sequel treated it's story and characters as blank states and uninteresting characters in general.

[@anarchomando7707]

Lego were better

[@sydneeblueford3754]

My life goal is to aid the PJ franchise.

[@supermixiegold]

What you need is an ANIME series. Each book can be a season, or every two books can be one season. THEN, maybe a year or so after the series ends, you can start up the Heroes of Olympus series!

[@patax144]

Well Disney bought the adaptation rights and they published the books so it is up to them what happens now

[@H.G._.Hansen]

I want a tv show... Enough said

[@archethomas6993]

hey remember how the book had a lot of humor, remember how percy was funny and witty, remember all the cool and entertaining side characters they all happened to come across in the story remember how the book had a passion and creativity, along with strong emotional bonds well fugget dat, we jus read the wiki synopsis and called it a day

[@adamloga3788]

You give the writers too much credit...

[@AngelRuiz-xq2ie]

There is so much essential plot that explains EVERYTHING missing that was included in the book

[@alexman378]

Strange. They say because Percy’s brain is wired to understand Ancient Greek, he thinks he’s dyslexic. I’m Greek, learned Ancient Greek in an early age and English was really easy to pick up as a language because of how many Greek words are in it. Also, why do they keep making Hades Satan? He was probably one of the quietest and least troublemaking of the gods. Save for an instance or two, he always minded his own business, had a shit job and he did it unconditionally, why do they always make him the Devil?

[@user-mf9ot6qt4o]

I know, right? And he's basically the only God with a functional marriage, for the most part

[@Revan-eb1wb]

because hades is the god of the underworld and therefore everybody believes he is just like lucifer. it is dumb. i know and i hated too. zeus was far worse than hades. he just takes care of the dead. thats it

[@Revan-eb1wb]

@@user-mf9ot6qt4o didnt persephone hate hades?

[@user-mf9ot6qt4o]

@@Revan-eb1wb eeeeh not really? I mean, yeah, there's the whole kidnapping thing, but there are many versions of them, and I've never heard of Persephone downright hating her husband

[@Revan-eb1wb]

@@user-mf9ot6qt4o maybe i just mistaken it with god of war. In chains of olympus she hates hades. My bad i guess

[@jamescolm1133]

Percy is isn’t even shown to be a “loser” in the movie however in the book it spent a fair portion of the book showing that he is being bullied and nobody even cares

[@Butter_999]

James Games well not exactly it actually more that he is trying to defend the bullied kid (Grover) but not being able to do anything without getting in trouble

[@chendror872]

At least until he unintentionally fought back

[@gamingdemigodxiii5630]

To be honest, at the beginning of the series most of the other demigods were indifferent to Percy at worst. If anyone in the book called Percy a "loser" (other than an unconvincing Clarisse), that person would be Percy himself. Considering his background with an abusive stepfather and multiple expulsions until he turned twelve in the books, this self-depreciation is somewhat justified.

[@jamescolm1133]

@@gamingdemigodxiii5630 I was mostly taking about when he was in the school with Nancy who bullied both Grover and Percy

[@gamingdemigodxiii5630]

@@jamescolm1133 Oh... well... um... I didn't realize that. My apologizes. EDIT: Though Nancy might not have been the first bully Percy had to deal with, only the first that we see.

[@inthemeadows823]

13:24 Ok, any readers of the books already know that this is easily explained away by the Mist, which is essentially an invisible, magical gas that protects the vision of mortals from seeing anything they shouldn’t; usually by transforming it into something ordinary. However, for some reason, they chose not to include this concept in the film? It was mentioned in the sequel, but it worked completely differently from how it’s portrayed in the books. I honestly have no idea what the writers were thinking here...

[@cottoneyejoesfm]

In 7th grade my history class watched both the Percy Jackson Movies. I remember actually being upset when I found out there weren't any more Movies made after the sequel. Not because they were good, but because me and my friends enjoyed ripping into it.

[@tonymoura8035]

Percy Jackson I was heavily invested in the book series growing up and the movie took one gigantic dump on it.

[@JacobButter]

I saw the movie first and liked okay. Then I read the books and now I hate it.

[@Vannabee13]

Seriously. The first movie screw up so bad I don't even know HOW they managed to make a second since all the actual story elements were botched. The whole plot of the books hinges on anticipation for Percy's eventual sixteenth birthday due to a prophecy. So naturally, lets make him already 16 in the movie!

[@thelegendaryonionring4304]

The real reason critic hated potter was because he’s the only one of those protagonists that actually did good in the movie

[@TheAustralianMapper5378]

That was my thought too.

[@chendror872]

100%

[@morgangobin9985]

George Maceda I thought Doug was making fun of the whole Snape vs Harry dynamic in the series by doing that. Your reasoning makes me much happier, though!

[@hypetherobloxguy1622]

Bullying Harry Potter is like bullying the billionaire popular rich kid who can destroy you if you say ‘hi’ in the wrong tone

[@nazeonrave2501]

I like the fact that a major battle between Percy and Ares which sparks a rivalry between the two is completely ignored and that they ignored the plot line where the gods think Percy stole the lighting bolt *AND* the helm of Hades

[@ukaszbaut5323]

13:24 You wanna know how? He has a goddamn garage inside of that wheelchair I'm dead serious.

[@pedrosaurusmex2586]

Łukasz Bałut Leo made a few upgrades.

[@zacharygilmore1075]

Yeah. In the books, it's mentioned that the wheelchair was enchanted to make room for Chiron's legs. If only the movie cared about the small details like the books did.

[@ktfinnst3796]

The mist

[@gurglequeen433]

They hanged he entire story, are you really surprised they left out little details like that?

[@danieloceansmith3156]

Łukasz Bałut it’s bigger on the inside ey?

[@Nic5Cyprus]

Percy Jackson books: Pretty good Percy Jackson movies: Complete trash

[@cringemccringe6276]

Nic5 Cyprus yep

[@anarchomando7707]

He'll there a lego adaptation and it a million times better

[@LaneGamesYT]

This applies to basically every book adaptation. It seems only LOTR and Holes were able to rise above it

[@superdude7254]

Amen

[@supertransistor8762]

The books were actually pretty awesome. Instead of the lightning bolt being able to destroy the country, this movie was able to destroy the franchise. There was a sequel which had some awesome visuals but again had nearly NOTHING in common with the books. In the end, I'm glad they never made a third movie. I liked the movies as a kid, but I'm just a sucker for special effets

[@owencole2406]

Percy is supposed to be twelve in the first book.