I Heard People HATED *PERCY JACKSON* So I Finally Watched It!

Hope You Enjoy This Video Of My Percy Jackson Movie Reaction, This IS My First Time Watching Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. I Know Nothing Of Percy Jackson Besides People Hating The Movies. Did You Like The Percy Jackson Reboot? #PercyJackson #FirstTimeWatching #MovieReaction #PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians #PercyJacksonDisney #PercyJacksonDisneyPlus
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Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief Movie Description:
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is a story about a troubled young boy who finds out his father is a Greek god, making him a demigod. He and his friends are given the task of finding and returning Zeus's lightning bolt as monsters from the Underworld attempt to stop them.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (also known as Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief) is a 2010 American action fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and written by Craig Titley, based on the 2005 novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. The film is the first installment in the Percy Jackson film series. It stars Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson alongside an ensemble cast that includes Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Joe Pantoliano, and Uma Thurman.
In 2004 20th Century Fox acquired the film rights to the book series. In 2007 Chris Columbus was hired to direct. Filming began April 2009 in Vancouver. Some shots were filmed in Tennessee and Las Vegas, and some exterior scenes were shot in New York.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was released theatrically in the United States on February 12, 2010, by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for the poor grasp of its source material and its script, but praise for Lerman and Jackson's performances, visual effects, and action sequences. The film grossed $226.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $95 million. It was released on June 29, 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. A video game based on the film was released for Nintendo DS on February 11, 2010. A sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, was released on August 7, 2013.
FAIR USE: *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners.

[@jalankvng]

Honestly in my opinion if you never read any of the books, the movies are actually enjoyable if you separate them. They’re not perfect but enjoyable. Mind you I’ve never read any books but I’ve always wanted to after the first movie.

[@kyzerkurosaki4999]

I agree. I'm a huge fan of the books but read them after seeing this movie, and still like it to this day.

[@jtheletter_]

I think the second movie really fell off. The plot all happened too fast. But as a fan of the books, the first movie was definitely enjoyable, some minor gripes, but not too many.

[@ReaperXxK]

Only thing I wanted more in the first movie was more God interaction. The Ares meeting and fight and the Hades meeting.... Thats it. I could've don't without the school scene and the god intro at the start. ​@@jtheletter_

[@arianaink100]

I enjoyed the books at the time it was published there was a bunch of high teen fantasy stuff, (teen angst and fights) not a lot of it was mythology based so the books were a bit unique as a series. Almost like old school myths and badassery mixed with modern themes but staying close to the battle/myth stuff over it’s just a teen flick. The movies felt extremely done for modern audiences and edited for more general audiences. The feeling of myths and significance sort of got washed out as ‘ya some superpower shit’ and like more room for the teen drama stuff and teen highschool drama tropes. - I think the effects are good and the movie is watchable but it has a totally different feel to the books and a very different set of events/setup for events which is just lost in the movies. Pacing and reveals are very different. You can read about a monsterous creature and have build up for them and it’s different and more significant then seeing a cgi creature on scene with little background info besides ‘it looks intense and scary like a mythical monster’

[@CategoryFive5]

@@jtheletter_yeah fr

[@Aepdylans]

As someone who really loves the books, I don’t mind the movies 🤷🏽‍♀️ I discovered books through the movie and if you separate the two, the movies aren’t that bad

[@evannotoven]

Yes and no for me too, I like the movies, but they ruin the fact that it's essential that the kids are the age they are. Like it's integral and adds more to what happens to them and why they make certain decisions

[@ItsStrayy]

yeah same here, being a book reader, I didn't mind the movies too much. They weren't as bad as the last airbender movie was in terms of source material so we can be thankful for that 😂

[@ImIndavyjoneslocker]

you’re a brain dead fkn idiot lmao. the movie is garbage as an adaption & just from a film standpoint

[@Deboryanne]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@rimisark]

i do not care about source material, i like the last airbender and i do NOT care who hates it, i am me.@@ItsStrayy

[@TheStickyDynamite]

I clicked on this video, paused it after the intro ended, took an hour long shower and came back to continue watching. The "What took you so long, man?" shook me TO MY CORE.

[@TessG9107]

🤣🤣

[@Rogueblue]

What were you doing in the shower???🤔

[@nonipplenoah6179]

@@Roguebluei just be sittin in that hoe sometimes thinking about life and shit

[@sethnelson4063]

when he asked, "Let me know what was in the books that wasn't shown?" Me: "Uh, the plot."

[@nikolechastre28xd65]

3:12 dude i actually thought he was part of the movie here 💀😂😂

[@Andrea-ie9vm]

I’m definitely gonna be hated for this but…this movie is such a guilty pleasure to me. I actually like it 😭 I always think of it as separate from the books, kinda like the saying of “separate the artist from the music”.

[@torontomame]

​@@TabathaTMartin Are you serious about not understanding that someone likes something you apparently don't?

[@itzbp9949]

I like it too

[@YoshiPotter88]

Yes THANK you!! I actually enjoy them both, it's been awhile since I've read the books but I actually really like the movies- like I know it's very different from the books but other than that I don't really get the hate! They're still pretty enjoyable, but that's just me personally!

[@TabathaTMartin]

@@torontomame I understand that this movie has decent effects, but as a fan, i'm offended!

[@jadorianempire9754]

I like them too.😂💯

[@gavincalhoun7454]

i’m gonna say that i don’t think these are horribly made movies. i think it works for something disconnected from the books, but the problem is they really only adapted the title and a couple of major details. the issues come from the original books being very well written and well loved and made it too disconnected to be liked

[@SymphanyWilliams]

This unlocks a lost childhood memory. This was the start of a new adventure for me. I didn’t even know about Greek mythology until I saw this movie, granted I was 10.

[@MikeyTheCartoon]

I’ve said this for years; you you treat the movies and the books as separate entities, they are entertaining. I was obsessed with mythology as a kid and so that’s why I liked the movie regardless. Also after the school took us to watch the movie we never finished the book and we were barely half way done 😂

[@mk9beatz]

I really hope you watch the series after this movie/movies! It is very good! Honestly, this movie is not AS bad as people say it is... if you havent read the books... but if you have read the books... you know ..

[@lyse8524]

Heyyy, another PJO fan here ! Just to explain why the fanbase hates the movies : they are so much different from the original story that they kinda become an insult to the books. The cast made an amazing job with the script they were given, it's the crew behind the script that we resent. Just so you know, when Rick Riordan (the books' author) got the script, he sent a 20 pages-long explanation to the crew of what was wrong or simply didn't make any sense, what the crew changed from the book and therefore ruined, and how they could make it better. He even offered to help them improve the script, even though he was writing his next book, and the crew just ignored him. As a kid, I really enjoyed the movie and didn't associate it with the book (because I could never remember the movie's name, but that's another problem) so I didn't see any problem, but I rewatched it as a young adult and I realized 1) how some parts of the plot make no sense (you mentionned some of those elements in your reaction btw) and 2) how they literally made another story using the same characters' names. So yeah, if you watch the movies without any knowledge of the books, they're not THAT bad ; but if you know the books and compare them, then they are horrendous (for example, they changed a lot of things in the MC's personalities and they butchered Grover's character, and yes I am still mad about it). Now the series has only released 3-4 episodes yet and I am already feeling like I'm watching the characters that I've read about for years, even though then made some slight modifications : it's strange how an adaption can actually be called a good/faithful adaptation when the author has a say in it. 🙂

[@Reylien97]

I watched the first movie, then read all the books and still liked the books better. The movies do have a lot of good qualities but they could be so much better. They just changed a lot of details in the plot, and eliminated so many good parts. Each book could be made into a mini-series.

[@jacklynch7802]

They are rn, disney are dropping an episode a week rn and the books author is one of the series main writers

[@Reylien97]

@@jacklynch7802 I just found about this too! The cast for Percy and Anabeth were different from what was described in the books but other than that the series seem really good.

[@jacklynch7802]

@@Reylien97 yeah, good from what ive watched so far, tbf annabeth and percys casting is differant but the actors are good for their age so its not too bad

[@garrettjohnson6896]

This single handedly made annabeth my celebrity crush

[@Alexxandme]

Yes Alexandra daddario is sooo pretty 😻

[@BanduTheGreat]

They took everything that made Percy Jackson and threw it away, ignoring every single plot point that Riordan had established to make the series actually work.

[@dalenufford4442]

I’m actually crying “I was like did he just call him pussy?” Then he said basically the same shit a few seconds later😂

[@moneyboy503]

in 6th grade My ADHD started hitting me hard. i was getting into a lot of trouble and I didn't know what it was at the time. Long story short: We we're made to read this book in class and as much as my teacher knew i loved Greek Mythology, Being forced to read it took all the fun out and then it became a chore. She showed us the movie a week later of me not turning in assignments and I loved it

[@gamebeast4191]

in the last olympian, percy can make his own personal hurricane, which he uses against Hyperion, the titan of the sun

[@hav__1150]

The fact he didn’t know Medusa’s orgin is killing me…

[@any_me...LOL]

The main major issue with the movies is that they changed the character ages and therefore had to change the plot. The characters are twelve in the books and therefore don't have access to cars. They're assigned a quest to get the bolt from Hades and return it to Olympus. There wasn’t a quest to find pearls. The characters just got into situations because of traveling delays. Many more minor issues but those are the major ones.

[@RedReceipts]

26:18 so glad you asked, avid percy jackson fan here. the movies are fine on their own-not great, but fine, sure-but they are remarkably, astoundingly unlike the books. for example: in the books, the hydra fight in nashville never happened, the characters were all aged 12, the relationships between gods and their children were much more nuanced and interesting, plot twists at the end were better set up and executed, the comedy was substantially funnier, the characters were more compelling,,, i could go on. the books were really good, so to see these mid movies with all the good stuff from the books taken out… it hurt our feeling fs 😂 luckily the show’s a LOT better, i hope you react to it!!!!

[@Zhaphry]

The editing goes crazy on this one Mell. You inserting yourself was hilarious 🤣

[@kaelynnemackenzie8531]

Idky but in the seventh grade our reading curriculum was all about Greek mythology. The whole year we spent learning about it and reading the Percy Jackson books.

[@ProdigousKal.El.]

Maybe I’m just lonely but the intro made me feel so included 😭 I love mellow man

[@Averagechicagofan]

3:09 I thought bro was a student for a second bro 💀💀💀

[@cosmicriptid]

The Lotus Casino scene is the one universally appreciated scene. It is nothing like the books, but it was pretty fun.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

i didnt HATE Percy Jackson myself, i just felt it could be better. especially when it is riding the coat tails of series like Harry Potter. instead of "You're A Wizard, Harry!" we got "You're A Greek Demigod, Percy!" and it just doesnt have the same "oomph".

[@KevinJoseph08]

I never understood this why don’t people judge something for what it’s for instead of comparing it to everything else

[@UltimateGamerCC]

because when you're critiquing a game or movie, you HAVE to compare it to similar media. but again i dont HATE it like a lot of people seem to.@@KevinJoseph08

[@amaerhodes9301]

harry potter copied star wars too

[@ViperPilot16]

​@UltimateGamerCC You don't have to compare anything to anything if you don't want to. Adaptations, like Edgerunners (as an example), are completely capable of standing by itself. Why can't this?

[@VampireHunter]

when i was young before I even read the books, this was one of my favorite movies as I was a greek mythology fan as a child. However, when I finally read the books years later was when I realized how incredibly inaccurate the movies were to the books. Good thing the new series is staying faithful to the events in the book despite the creative liberty changes they added and changed entirely. The new cast in the series definitely embodied the characters very well, definitely a good casting choice from both the director and the author himself.

[@nahpimpin398]

I love how everything Mell thought out loud prediction wise came true seconds after in the movie😂

[@Theonlyyy.dakendriascaife]

They actually have a series out on Disney plus now

[@m00n_beetle]

36:24 you're thinking of aphrodite lol athena is the goddess of wisdom and strategy

[@DarthChosen]

the thing with the arrows made me mad everytime lol so true, walk behind them its basic safety

[@ErectMonke420s]

this movie is 1% book accurate. they refused to let the author help guide this movie

[@lucasclement9368]

I LOVED this movie! After I saw it for the first time in theatres, I've read almost every Rick Riordan Mythology series: Greek/Roman, Egyptian, Norse, Aztec/Mayan etc. I'm REALLY hoping that Rick Riordan is planning to write a series based on Celtic/Irish Mythology.

[@leschfeu1]

I prefed the old movies to the series that are releasing on Disney+ each Tuesday. My kids like it but I can't stay in front of the screen for over 5 minutes without reaching for my cell phone.

[@-._.-What-Is-Up-._.-]

Agree, the show is mid

[@AreuTriggered]

The new show is on point! Please watch it! It's what they should have been from the beginning

[@mageeaaron2624]

6:45 I've watched the first episode so far, and it's really good! 🙏🏽💪

[@ajandrianjafymusic]

I grew up loving the books and actually really enjoyed the movies as well. Yes there’s a lot of differences between the books and the movies but there is with lots of franchises it’s all about separation between the two. But I gotta say even though the series is only 3 episodes in so far I’m loving it

[@leovaalv]

I'm not enjoying the series... yes, they're a little bit more faithful, but everything is so boring... I kinda hate it...

[@HL-tf2ot]

I remember watching the first two in 6th grade before summer break, and I honestly liked it. I was 11 and wasn't into books and movies like this, but the class and I had a good time watching it.

[@mageeaaron2624]

3:51 Exactly! 😂💪

[@youfoundme7404]

The three big gods: zeus, poseidon and hades aren't supposed to have children. They have too much power and they caused so many wars.

[@eline_van_dijk]

I love that 'great casting' was one of your first reactions since the casting was one of the biggest issues of the movie. Basically the point why the book fans hate it is because Percy and Annabeth are supposed to be 12 year olds and the plot was altered SO much from the books. Originally Percy is a twelve year old kid who has ADHD and dyslexia and daydreams a lot, some of the reasons for which he gets bullied, mainly by Nancy Bobofit (a character the movies completely left out). He gets kicked out of school and Grover and him eventually end up going to Camp Half-Blood where Percy is assigned a quest by the Oracle (another character that was left out). And by the time he arrives, no one knows that his father is Poseidon. He only gets claimed a little later on before being assigned the quest. They go on the quest (which is almost completely different from the movies) and so on so on. Some other important characters they left out were Clarisse LaRue who is the daughter of Ares and who bullies Percy at the camp, Ares who is like a literal main character and so many monsters like the Fates. If you want a well done adaptation I'd say go and watch the show. Also, the camp is just completely different. Now, I did find the movies before the books so I find it easier to separate the two, but another part for the hate towards the movie is how the director/producers treated Rick Riordan, the author. After Riordan read the script he offered to help them out because it just was nothing like his books and they basically told him they didn't care about his opinion and did the movie how they wanted regardless of his opinion.

[@-._.-What-Is-Up-._.-]

But The Series also has the same problem with Casting

[@eline_van_dijk]

@@-._.-What-Is-Up-._.- how? The series actually cast kids, which was the casting problem of the movies. (if you're referring to things like haircolor and eyes, even Rick admitted that those changed between books, so that doesn't matter all that much)

[@-._.-What-Is-Up-._.-]

@@eline_van_dijk Well, My main problem as Most PJO Fans saying -- ANNABETH (Or Anna-Black-Beth) What makes me mad is that Rick takes so much time in the books to talk about Annabeth's appearance because Percy values it and Annabeth uses it as a strength. Percy dismisses her early thinking that she's a dumb blonde, but is quickly corrected by her strength and intelligence. Annabeth also notes in the Heroes of Olympus series that the 7 demigods probably don't take her as seriously as the boys because of her blonde hair, but she is respected even more so than Jason because of her intelligence, grace under pressure and strategic strength; she's a true leader to them all. Riordan even mentions several times in the books how all the children of Athena look like Annabeth too with blonde hair and grey eyes. Are all the siblings going to be black now? Is the goddess Athena herself going to be black now? News flash, Greeks are white. What I think is just the biggest let down of all is that Rick condemned Fox for changing the age and entire story of his characters in the original fuck up movie, it was important that what was in his books was honoured. I just feel so sick at the fact that he's a hypocrite now. Fox bent to the idea that people would only watch the movie if the characters were older and 'sexed up', just as Rick described them. Now he's following the same philosophy, going with 'the times' or whatever this is and changing the race to be more fashionable. It's just lazy casting and unfair to the actor who I think would have been an amazing Hazel, a character in the book who is very similar to Annabeth, who in fact idolises her and is AFRICAN AMERICAN. Rick says he wasn't able to write characters back then who were of other races, absolute bullshit. Beckendorf was black, a character who brought everyone together in the final book for the war and who Percy highly respected and honoured. Hazel was black, one of my favourite characters in the Heroes of Olympus series. Piper is Cherokee and goes against every stereotype thrown her way, a truely strong woman. Frank is Chinese and is arguably one of the most powerful demigods we ever meet. It's just all a lie. Rick knows the strength in his characters and how they should be portrayed, he repeats in all his books how every character looks and how they become so much more, this is just unfair to a talented actor who should have gotten an original movie, not some established character they hastily painted black for appeasement.

[@oliverconway6960]

It's very hard to believe this is by the same guy who did the first two Harry Potter films. It has the same basic story on the surface, but a very different attention to detail.

[@zaxzumu4605]

I still use an ipod classic, mostly for the extra storage space and the presence of physical buttons so I can feel what I'm doing if I need to pause or skip or anything like that while driving. Also some areas I go to have poor reception or actively block wireless signals and devices, so an old school ipod with no wifi.capability is perfect for me. I wish they'd bring them back so I don't have to worry about what happens if mine breaks or gets stolen or lost.

[@austinthorup1157]

Let me be the first of many to say I LOVE the books and HATE the movies. The books have such a unique, modern spin on Greek mythology that was completely thrown out the window in the movies. They’re not as bad as Last Airbender or Eragon but that’s really not saying much. This really could’ve been something special but they made it as bland as they could. Changes need to happen for adaptations but none of the ones they made make any sense whatsoever.

[@abc.animal5143]

The only good scene in the first movie was the Casino. I thought that one was alright.

[@SLITHERIS]

@@abc.animal5143 Yea it was alright but it was described much better and slightly different in the books. At least that’s how I remember it, it’s been a long time since I read the books.

[@abc.animal5143]

@@SLITHERIS yeah. But i love the fact that they used Poker Face for the scene. Iconic.

[@CategoryFive5]

@@SLITHERISit’s a book ofc it’s better and more descriptive than a movie

[@SLITHERIS]

@@CategoryFive5 Some movies are more descriptive than some books (I mean “descriptive” as in a lot of important details that keep the viewer engaged and entertained). You’re able to add much more visual details to a movie whereas with a book you have to rely on the worded details and use your own mind to visualize those details.

[@melaniescott7894]

So I saw the movies before I read the books. Now I'm a massive book fan. And as I found it to be a fine movie in isolation, as an adaptation, it fails so hard. It's insulting. The characters, especially the main 3, are almost unrecognisable from their book counterparts. The first movie was alright but then the second movie goes nuts with the story 😂 there are too many changes to cover, lol. But a lot of book fans still enjoy the casino scene in the movie. It's pretty fun

[@shaniquewright1951]

I loved this movie! It was something needed during my childhood. As well as City of Bones

[@jamesteden4926]

Honestly I never read the books before this movie and I loved this back in the day still a guilty pleasure tbh

[@kzali901]

Grover's dancing in the reason why I still haven't watched this movie all the way through; it made my eyes bleed.

[@shainaelise2694]

Wait, i just realized at 4:04 that Gabe 'smells like a sewer' bc his demigod powers are kicking in and Gabe's odor was repellant to gods and monsters 😂

[@mage1439]

I watched this movie before ever touching the books, and not going to lie... I like it. "Can I take you, too?" I think 90% of everybody would agree with that sentiment.

[@JJ-un8do]

People hated this? One of my favorite childhood favorites 😂

[@Jing_Ling_Uncles]

Yes the fan of the books. The movie is ass

[@canocohen4218]

Pretty fair opinion on the movie, definitely didn’t capture the magic of the books

[@Colin-bowser]

Fun fact: the actor that plays Poseidon is the same actor that voices John “soap” Mactavish is him the og modern warfare. Gabe is cypher from the matrix

[@MaxFire-s3f]

YESSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@dylanaxel2723]

I used to be obsessed with this movie and I had a crush on Alexandra Daddario since this movie, she has crazy beautiful eyes

[@Alexxandme]

Literally same,she is soooooo underrated and gorgeous ❤❤

[@JigsawSaysHello]

Differences from the book to the movie: - Annabeth is blonde with grey eyes - Percy had to be claimed by Poseidon, so he originally lived in the Hermes cabin with Luke, who is a son of Hermes. The Hermes cabin is used for demigods who haven't been claimed yet because he's a god of travelers (and thieves) - The underworld has *never* been described as hot and full of fire. There are a few rivers in the underworld and Persephone even has a garden down there. - Percy originally sent the head of Medusa to the gods, but the gods returned it to him so he uses it to aid in the murder of his stepdad - Percy originally left behind his mother, not Grover. - The oracle of Delphi gave a prophecy for the quest to happen. - "Their world" is just *the* world. The gods resign in the US (specifically New York) - Athena cabin was on Percy's side, he was supposed to be the defender of the flag but got ambushed by the Ares cabin. He did get healed by the lake, but only because Annabeth pushed him in it to heal him. He was claimed by Poseidon then. - Hades never showed up to camp, but he has been sending the three Furies to hunt him down so he can return the bolt - Luke gave him flying shoes in the hopes he would get dragged into Tartarus (where all the monsters come from). Percy gave Grover the flying shoe though, since flying isn't good for a child of the sea god (The sky is Zeus's domain, so he had every right to zap him out of the sky) - They ran out of time originally and had to fly in an airplane to return the bolt on time. - Luke, seeing that Percy came back safely, used a scorpion to kill him with venom in the forest, but it failed because he managed to get back to camp in time to survive - Percy fought Ares after escaping the underworld - Poseidon gave Percy the three pearls, he didn't have to hunt for them - they had to do a fetch quest for Ares to get back an item he lost while on a date with Aphrodite. Because they retrieved the item he lost, Ares gave them a means of transportation to get to LA in time - Poseidon can't speak to him like this. Percy figured out the Lotus scam on his own and had to beg Annabeth and Grover to leave - Charon (the underworld guide) only granted them passage because they promised they would ask Hades to give him a raise - Percy had to fight a Hellhound after the Capture the Flag game in the beginning - It was the summer. Persephone wasn't in the underworld. She is only in the underworld during winter and autumn, not spring and summer. It describes the changing of seasons. Demeter hates when Persephone is gone, so plants wither and die in her absence

[@mustangmadness530]

honestly i like these movies better than the new series

[@daurydavis3983]

I honestly can't take the TV version of Chiron seriously

[@Jing_Ling_Uncles]

You never read the books then because the movies are ass

[@Moon_lightnight]

I like the movies as their stand alone, disconnected from the books as I watched the movies before I read the books. My biggest grip with the movies is it doesn't stay faithful to the books in any sort of way. They changed the entire plot of the movie, changed the characters and personalities to almost unrecognizable, and then altered the entire course of the books. As there is a reason for the ages in the books, of Percy starting off as 12 in the books, and ending as a 16th year old in the very last book. Making percy 16 alters things towards plot progression, and then they made the characters dull and way less interesting than in the books. While changing the story towards a story of hide & go seek for the pearls, while in the books they weren't that relevant and instead given as a gift. The books were more about a 12 year old being forced on a quest while learning the dangers of new world with his friends. They got rid of any depth towards the characters and the initial charm of the books, as you explore the world with percy. While percy in the books is witty, funny and loyal, they made him a blank slate, boring & unintresting. Annabeth, while smart and tactical, she was also a kid, that was stubborn, and funny, and just wants the acknowledgement from her mom. Grover, is an anxious, and funny, who just wants everything to go smoothly and get along If you want to watch a more faithful adaption, so far the series on Disney Plus is doing a pretty good job, although still nervous. The movies are fine in their own right, but not when being an adaptation of the books. They don't show the humor, or the plot or anything really that makes the books great, of what their regarded as.

[@annemusk6609]

Well never read the books or even heared of "Percy Jackson" but this was quite entertaining I love Greek, mythology. Hi Mellow love the new intro .until the next time ❤

[@stephnichole]

new here, just wanted to say I really dug that intro at the very beginning, so friendly and had all the best vibes, just watching a movie with my pals lol

[@unitedrooster]

idc what anyone says tbh , i grew up watching these movies and reading the books and i ducking love these movies , just not the second one as much tbh

[@sorasan2466]

If you've never read the books, the movies are enjoyable. But if you have the context, you know how much is changed and how different it is. From ages of characters, the villans, even the plot. Lots of little things that do matter. The second movie got even more wrong. The 2 most accurate things in the movies was smelly gabe, and a scene that was cut of annabeth calling percy seaweed brain.

[@sorasan2466]

At least its not as bad as the Avatar treatment. They could be calling percy "pair sea" and it take 5 people to move a drop of water

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

Mell is going to love miss Daddarios big... Talents in True Detectives series!

[@_richi777]

As someone who hasn't read the books, I love the Percy Jackson's movies. I can understand the hate because it's not like the books but as people say, If you think about the movies as their own thing, you'll enjoy them. I've never read any book thats had a movie adaptation but I have seen all the movies based on books, and I love them lol.

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite Percy Jackson movie!!!!😊😊😊😊

[@martinbraun1211]

Any chance for Star Trek reactions in 2024?

[@Emily-tb1cp]

Yes please.

[@ninjcrafts]

Bro rewatching this years later is wild 😂 I haven't seen this since I was a kid, and I never realized how bad this movie is 🤣

[@BCOG1691]

a man who can identify a former James Bond gets an instant subscribe!!

[@6dogs729]

4:13 i just died 💀😂😭 everything ab 2 change 🐱 everything

[@mageeaaron2624]

22:20 Yikes!!!!!! 😂😂😂

[@zaidencrawford7648]

As a kid I loved this movie but then I read the books loved the reaction

[@90stalgic70]

As a stand-alone movie, it holds up quite nicely, but when it comes adapting the books, it is dogwater.

[@rainstorm.]

this movie was how i discovered the books and i never looked back. the deep hatred i have for them now rivals Ricks

[@maxvignolijr92]

People loves Percy Jackson and The Olympians, as in the book series and second book series The Heroes of Olympus, the movie versions though, not so much, but I like it

[@SIMMIS_0316]

Most of the people who hate the movie are hardcore fans of the books. Make no mistake, the books are _way_ better, but the movie is decent.

[@aniqridzuan547]

Let's get a follow up into the 2nd movie. Love the reaction!

[@Alexxandme]

Only reason to watch this movie is Alexandra daddario,those eyes 😍 omg she is literally perfect ❤

[@Thorfinn96]

26:45 i think he let percy have fun first before telling it

[@aaronlewis4369]

the that you said IM put Persephone on Hades body had me dying of laugher lol.

[@mageeaaron2624]

2:59 Yikes! 😭😂

[@abramsullivan7764]

I never read any of the Percy Jackson books but now I'm curious about reading them.

[@haydenburns6644]

Ngl I can’t bring myself to even watch the movies, I can only watch reactions of it cause I get bored 15 mins in if I’m not watching someones reaction

[@bibilibi]

i dont think the series feels this eventful but its more accurate to throw books than the movie 😭 you should definitely watch!

[@bibilibi]

*the

[@HerHollyness]

Poseidon and Medusa slept together pre-snakes. It’s the reason she got snakified and the reason Athena hates Poseidon - they did the deed in Athena’s temple, which was blasphemous, so Athena cursed Medusa as revenge. Anyway, these movies are… not great. Thankfully the Disney+ series seems to be much better so far! You should check it out!

[@Marvell3000]

Was not expecting Uma Thurman as Medusa

[@1999_photography]

See im not a huge book reader but all of them captivated me... but not one person can tell me grover wasnt killing that dance to poker face😂😂😂

[@powerof3ozzyluver2]

Still say these actors did great with the characters it’s the producers who let the audience down by not giving it what it should of gotten

[@haliacrowells5777]

I was obsessed with this movie growing up. Never read the books, but I wanted to because of this. Still haven't gotten around to it but I will eventually! Second one is also really good, wish they made more but 🤷‍♀️😪

[@GareBear7800]

@MelVerse definitely need to watch Sea of Monsters Zeus had a daughter who died and that’s why he’s so skeptical in this film about Demi Gods and they show Kronos who was the father of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades really good story line as well wished they continued the movie series

[@cornellwilson1450]

Bruhh😂😂 11:50 took me out I had to run it back at least five times 🤣🤣that was the perfect 💯 and on that note: Mellow please PLEASE tell me you've seen Desperado

[@cosmicriptid]

Percy, Annabeth, and Luke are probably three of THE best fighters of the age. Percy and Luke were said to be the best swordsmen in the world, about equal, while Annabeth uses a knife, but is probably the best in overall combat. There is one character who shows up in the sequel series who might be able to give her a run for it, but it would not be easy.

[@cosmicriptid]

7:33 Grover fills the inside of his shoes with Styrofoam, leaving just enough space for his foot. They fall off regularly, this is a plot point.

[@jeambeam3173]

A big reason i hated this movie was when i saw it as a kid i was smart enough to know about the mythology and the rape that led to Medusas curse and it makes the way the rewrote the story very weird. Plus knowing the gods half the kids at the camp would be children of rape minus Hades kids

[@cosmicriptid]

Medusa dating Percy's dad is the reason she was cursed to have snakes for hair.

[@jennaragsdale5593]

I really liked these movies but I've also never read the books and I think that's why so many people hate the movies, they're not like the books

[@StAngel22]

Man, they mess up with Hades so much in this movie. The characters are also nothing like their book version (personality’s wise), and they changed some key elements of the plot. As a movie, is not that bad but as an adaptation is honestly insulting. Even worse is that they did a scene by the book in the trailers… and then didn’t use it.

[@typo1345]

You should watch the Disney+ series next, you need to experience a more faithful adaptation now, like you did with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

[@cosmicriptid]

People in the fandom often identify with a certain godly parent, there are many quizzes online. Of the twenty that currently have cabins in Camp Half-blood, (really eighteen, because Hera and Artemis don't have demigod offspring,) I'm a child of Iris.

[@flaming_shadow]

I’d love to see you react to the show!!

[@Andjelka99]

Yeyy. I highly recommend you watch the series eventually. I can only accept this first movie, but the se in one... Honestly even if you accept it as separate from books it's not good movie 😂😂